What is Homeworld?
Homeworld is a three-dimensional real-time strategy game from Relic Entertainment. It is set in the galaxy of M51 (its astronomical designation, indicated by the use of pictures of M51 for any maps shown in-game). It involves complex space battles, a wide variety of ships, an epic storyline with powerful emotions about a fleet coming to their long-lost Homeworld from the planet their people were exiled to 3000-4000 years ago. Their leader is Karan Sjet, the woman depicted in the artwork as bald, and “jacked in” as she controls the massive banana-shaped Mothership which is the core of the Exile fleet. I hope I’ve helped for those who have no idea what the game is, and I hope I have inspired some people to check out the game. Its sequel Homeworld: Cataclysm takes place 15 years after the events in the first game and involves one of the Hiigaran “kiithid” or clans and its adventures in space. Homeworld 2 takes place 100 years after Cataclysm, and involves the Hiigarans in a war against a
