What was the Eldar empire called?

The Aeldari Empire
The Aeldari Empire, also sometimes anachronistically called the Eldar Empire, was the great interstellar empire of the Aeldari species.

Are the tau and Eldar allies?

Imperial and T’au troops have often fought side by side against the Necrons and Tyranids as with the Eldar, and the Imperium could essentially be said to have been allies with the T’au. Contact with the Eldar is sporadic, and relations vary from one craftworld to the next.

What do Space Marines think of the Tau?

It could be said that the Space Marines view the Tau as honourable warriors as hinted in the Damocles Gulf Crusade, but I have a feeling that the Astartes also know the Tau are a force of order and a xenos race that the Emperor, if he were still around would view with a kind eye.

What is the setting of Warhammer 40k?

The Warhammer 40,000 game takes place in a dystopic, science-fantasy universe. Set in the 41st millennium AD, most of the major storylines that provide the backdrop and history span over millennia. “…the grim nightmare of the far future, where there is only war and the galaxy’s alight and everyone’s got a headache…”

Why did the Golden Age of humanity not last?

This Golden Age for Humanity would not last. Warp travel became increasingly difficult and ultimately impossible due to the great Warp Storms that convulsed the Immaterium and would herald the violent birth of the Chaos God Slaanesh and the later Fall of the Aeldari that first began in the 25th Millennium.

How is Dark Age technology viewed by the Imperium of Man?

In the superstition and religious fervor that has taken hold in the Imperium since the Horus Heresy, Dark Age technology is viewed with a mixture of both awe and fear. Worshiped as divine, relics of the Dark Age are sought after fanatically by the Adeptus Mechanicus.

Was the 20th century a golden age for Science?

By the 20th Millennium, Humanity had proliferated and settled many of the countless star systems of the galaxy. It was a golden age for scientific achievement; technology provided all the answers. Thinking machines aided civilian and military production, allowing enormous labours to be accomplished at a frenetic pace.