Nicassar
An alien race from the Warhammer 40k setting. They are an ally/slave valued client race of the Tau Empire.
They only appear in the game Battlefleet Gothic, specifically Dhow space craft.
Dhows are small yet elegant yachts propelled by the psychic powers of the Nicassar. Nicassar have psychic powers, mostly telekinesis. Their ships have no interstellar capacity, and the are reliant on the Tau for this. Alternatively, they will travel slowly for centuries while in hibernation. Often for a longer journeys a Nicassar family will join together to form a larger community, with crew alternating between hibernation. The race lives and dies in space, and have adapted to thrive in this environment at the cost of being less able on the surface of planets. This makes them less than optimal in ground based operations, so they serve the Greater Good by providing ships to the Tau Fleet, primarily for scouting and exploring. They were first outside race to join the Tau Empire.
The Nicassar are driven by an insatiable curiosity to explore and travel, becoming semi-nomadic and most content only when traveling.
They are very slow to act, but very wise. Much like Ents, the running gag is that the Nicassar are so slow to act that they were conquered before they even realised the Tau had turned up. Though models of their ships are available, no models or official artwork of the race has been produced, though Jervis Johnson described them as "sort of like very flat polar bears". Which is certainly different. Anon doesn't care if this is correct, because it's pretty fucking funny either way.
They do not look like motherfucking squids.
Gallery
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A drawfag's version of a Nicassar.
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A fleet of Nicassar Dhow.
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Note the butter.
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Totally Mathematical!
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Dhow Pilot. Note the chair.
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Big, alien bears. These aren't very flat.
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More floaty, dragon like space bears.
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By Tiuku from the Advanced Tau Tactica Forums.
