Ruminations on Rumors

The new Grey Knights releases and the rumors of the Tau make me reach one conclusion:
Privateer Press will launch a Space miniatures game in the next Year.

How did I get to that conclusion? The Grey Knight's release (SPACE MONKEY!) and the Power Loader from Aliens Dreadknight combine and the Tau alien allies feels very "spacey."

Warhammer 40K does not feel spacey most of the time. The Knight Captain's don't teach green-skinned alien women to love, they set them on fire and purify the mutant's world.

The Warhammer 40K tech, most of it, feels like a World War 2 fight mixed with heavy metal.
"In the Grim Future, things are retro." Marines ride around in tanks and punch people. Not very futuristic is it?

Giant Robot suits and cyborg species yes! Tanks with treads and guys on wheeled bikes? No.

So the Grey Knight stuff is actually Futuristic, the Tau are rumored to get a HQ that lets us field more Robots! There are some aliens to go with the Tau for a multi-alien alliance. It's FUTURISTIC!!!!

Which lets face it is a change.

And why change now? Games Workshop, as anyone who has been a customer for more than 5 minutes knows they do not change. Like ever, they only ever change their prices for the higher.

So why actually make a change now? Hordes/War Machines is taking a bite out of their player base, but it's a different style game, it's fantasy/Steampunk-esque.

Therefore why change the Golden Goose? Something is coming to challenge it.
And I'm betting it's from Privateer Press and it will be a VERY futuristic game with multiple different alien races and Super Science.