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The Unifiers is a custom chapter of the Adeptus Astartes, being a Primaris chapter that defected from the Imperium to the Tau Empire. Also known as the "Taumarines"
The chapter that converts to the Greater Good is called the Scalpels of Excision. Their gene seed was drawn from the Word Bearers to create a Primaris chapter. Their post-conversion name is the Unifiers. To the Tau, they’re just the gue’ron’vesa.
They are under the command of Ethereals directly.
They converted after being shown by the Ethereals that the Imperial Truth and the Greater Good are similar, and far from the Imperium’s current goals.
They were allowed to keep many customs and many people from their tribute worlds, provided that they resettled within the borders of the empire AND that the people were offered a genuine choice.
The Earth Caste found the process of creating a Space Marjne to be incredibly wasteful, and improved the washout rate significantly. They also enforced gender equality in the candidate selection.
The Tau have no objection to making child soldiers, as the caste system means they don’t see the flexibility in humans as an inherent benefit. But, they have an objection to the failure of an aspirant to be a death or punishment sentence. Those who fail at becoming a full Tau Marine are instead given training by the appropriate caste.
The worlds that the Scalpels recruited from were Civilized worlds, as they valued oratory and quick thinking.