Talk:Sentient/@comment-5361248-20170905030110/@comment-50.0.136.101-20171206205758

"If the Sentients could travel through the Void to the Tau system"

Sentients can not travel in the Void. The entity that would become the Sentients was developed to travel in normal space, building a Rail to the Tau system as they went. When they arrived they were to teraform the planets there to suit the Orokin, who would arrive via the Rail at a later time. That entity was purposely designed to be weak to the Void, a trait which the Sentients still have.

See the Imprint:CREWMAN entry in Simaris' Sanctuary

We do not at this point know for sure that that entity became the Sentients, but it seems sort of likely. We also do not know why the Sentients turned agaist the Orokin, perhaps on the long journey to Tau, they gained free will and revolted against the precieved injustice of thier "slavery" or disposable nature.

"There is something in the Tau system, and we need to go there."

Assuming the Sentients made it to Tau and then revolted, Tau could be considered the Sentient home system. The Sentients that are here in the Origin System are weak and/or broken (Hunhow/Teralyst), going to their home turf, where they will be numerous and full strength, seems like a bad idea.

But also like a hell of a lot of fun.