Continuity
The commander of the Tau strike force in Dawn of War: Dark Crusade is called Shas'o Kais. Whether or not this is the same Kais is unconfirmed, as Kais is a recruit in Fire Warrior and the rank of Shas'O approximates to that of general, so a significant amount of time must have passed (32 years for Tau society). Also, at the end of the Fire Warrior novelization, Kais was shown to be in a coma, possibly mentally broken by his experiences fighting the forces of Chaos, though the medics said he may have pulled himself out of this.
Furthermore, Kais is a Tau name meaning 'skillful' (The famed Commander Farsight is mentioned in the Tau language section of the tau codex as being named Shas'O Vior'la Shovah Kais Mont'yr, with all parts of his name explained) so it is unlikely that they are the same Tau.
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