Hiigaran Empire | Homeworld
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 16. 05. 2024
- Once the word "Hiigara" was nothing more than an ancient word scrawled on a single stone. In the modern galaxy, it is synonymous with Empire.
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The bear does not want salmon he wants Sajuuk!
Bring Sajuuk to bear!
Bring Sajuuk to bear!
Bring Sajuuk to bear!
I mean....
If you find a bear in the woods, give it Sajuuk and it'll leave you alone.
"A single word, older than the clans themselves. Hiigara. Our home."
The Beast Slayer Somtaaw emblem looked so good right there
I always imagine Kith Somtaaw, as the Dwarves from Deep Rock Galactic.
Pluckiest bunch of Space-miners and Engineers you ever met, beating all the odds and digging their way out of incalculable horrors, through ingenuity and bravery.
They were a religious kiith on Karak in the first place, and miners only after that. But having theirs most brightest technical specialists in cryopods makes more sense. But its also makes sense wgy there were so few of them left after arrival to Hiigara.
A word older than the Clans themselves...Hiigara, our home.
After all these years that line still gives me chills.
@@CoryoPrime the mothership has cleared the scaffold. we are away
Honestly, I wish we could get something from the perspective of the Taiidan Republic. They deserve a day in the sun after being pretty much forgotten in HW2 and HW3.
Aye, the Taiidan republic is one of my favourite factions.
There is a little hint in the hiigaran design for the fighters in Homeworld 3. They are similar to the taiidan design from Homeworld 1. From what I understand the Taiidan Republic was absorbed into larger Hiigaran empire, despite animosity because of the Burning of Kharak.
Taiidans, Vaygr, Turanics, Gardeners... Progenitors...
Oh, yesss. I've been flying with Republican colors for a while now, in Cata and Remastered. An official faction with Taiidan-styled vessels would be a treat.
Just a reminder that the "Ancient Slight" that Taaidanii wanted revenge on the Hiigarans for, was the Hiigarans *GLASSING* the Taaidanii homeworld
thats why i want new big DLC for HW3 about pre-quel ant this war, where we fight with old Higarians Empire
No I think they just bombarded the Taifan homeworld military bases and their imperial palace. I've never read that they destroyed the entire planet
@@uncertainscientist This is the case, but a day of bombardment of these things still left untold devastation, and areas the Taiidan haven't restored, though by choice. That said, there are no innocents protected or in general in such actions. Whilst the Taiidan have guilt for their own actions in corruption of the council and provoking the Hiigarans - there's very much gray here, and I appreciate that part of the lore.
Both were militaristic empires in their prime, Hiigara just got a bit too arrogant from their newfound core, particularly being a dummy concerning the Bentusi, who have their own flaws, nontheless they have long since paid the price. Also we play them, so.. yeah :D.
Wherever Higarans go. Only death follows.
They heavily bombarded the planet, but they didn't destroy it outright like the Taiidan did with Hiigaran worlds using atmosphere deprivation weapons. As per Homeworld: Revelations, the world of Taiidan survived and is now the bustling metropolitan capital of the Taiidan Republic (unlike Hiigara, which the returning Exiles were very careful to maintain ecological balance with urbanisation needs, resulting in garden cities). Some areas of significance were apparently deliberately left as ruins as a reminder of the Hiigaran bombardment of Taiidan.
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I could hear a three hour documentary about the lore of homeworld 3 with this narration . U made me travel man . Beautiful work
You would think the Hiigarans wouldn't use the Empire title for their nation. Considering their history. They were an empire when they decided to flaunt their power and almost wipe out the Taidan before they were exiled. Their adopted homeworld and the vast majority of their people were wiped out by an empire.
Empire would have left a bad taste in their mouths by now.
Yup. And they are, organizationally, not an Empire.
@@DoremiFasolatido1979 That depends what you call an Empire, The political nature of an Empire is fluid, it could be a monarchy, oligarchy, have key republican elements. A Empire consists of many groups of people of different kind, bbut how they are ruled and borught together may also differ a lot.
Maybe itâs just a translation error and theyâre two different words in at least one of their languages?
As per the Homeworld 3 manual, the post-Landfall Hiigaran state is apparently called the Hiigaran Hegemony which is rather underwhelming.
It used to be New Daiamid of Hiigara...
Somtaaw for the win!!!!! BEASTSLAYERS!!!!
They included Kith Somtaw that is epic
S'Jet and Somtaaw will always be the Higara's finest. Cant wait for Taiidan video though.
Meanwhile Kiith Naabal is skulking in a corner because no one is appreciating their momentous intervention in the Heresy Wars, which resulted in the unification of Kharak.
@@svyatoslavrurikovich8831 I mean it is vital. But considering how kiiths were still on occasion would straight up back stab each other or going on dangerous gambits which led to the mess that was War with the Beast, they might'v done a lil better, though granted, the way kiiths function, its a wonder they got anything done at all.
Thanks for the explanation. I have always speculated most modern Hiigaran are ethnically Taiidan and probably bilingual.
This vid basically confirms it.
Aye, that whole Kitthless thing was from Homeworld Mobile.
Yeah, over the years since HW2 was released many have wondered how 500k or so Kushan became over hundreds of millions of Hiigarans in the matter of a single century. Therefore the reveal of the Kithless and that many of such are actually former Taiidan does neatly explain such a thing. Millions of Taiidan that remained on Hiigara when the Kushan claimed it as their own Homeworld basically asorbred by the vastly smaller former Kushan population.
Templin made a better Homeworld story than HW3
Tell me about it, I bought the game bc of these vids and I was wildly disappointed
Thought the gameplay was decent though. Story was to me a big bummer.
Iâm so glad somebody got a full play through up as fast as they did. Makes me really sad how mid it is
Hiigaran: We are a good empire this time we swear!
Is Hiigara supposed to be some kind of alternate universe Earth? đ
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No, the location of Hiigara is way closer to the core than earth is for the Milky way, it is a standard earth like planet in sci fi but those are pretty common
Probably not. In fact, we don't even know if Homeworld takes place in the Milky Way galaxy. It's implied that the Progenitors were humans and their civilization was intergalactic. So it's possible that the Progenitors came from the Milky Way and went to the Homeworld galaxy.
pretty sure it's more complicated than that. the Nimbus Galaxy that the games take place in is confirmed to be a different galaxy altogether from the one we live in. plus the other civilizations that we meet in the games are all also Humanoid. I personally don't think the humanoids of the Nimbus Galaxy evolved naturally. they were put there by the Progenitors before they disappeared.
@@KingOfMadCows the galaxy the games take place in is called the Nimbus Galaxy
â@@bottasheimfe5750 No, it's not. Nimbus is the galaxy events of Homeworld Mobile take place in. It's connected to the main galaxy via the Gate Network. I don't know if the main galaxy of the series has ever been officially named. Some refer to it as the "Whirlpool" galaxy.
And yes, it was confirmed none of the galaxies in the games are the Milky Way. Humanity spread out to multiple ones, and the Progenitors settled this one. They've disappeared after bulding the Great Network of Hyperspace Gates, and the current factions in the galaxy are their descendants, who rose from abandoned colonies.
The Mothership carried at most 600,000 people to Hiigara 300 years ago. Assuming a population growth rate of 2.5%, this means that the population of the Hiigaran Empire would be 989,260,954. As such, unless they accept a lot of immigration or have aggressive exowomb programs in place they have a total population slightly smaller than the combined populations of the EU, US, Japan, UK and Canada, or the total global population of 1800.
Maybe the population really likes making babies? Like 6-8 kids per family?
â@@tbotalpha8133 the population 300 years ago was 10x that number
Some cities back then had populations in the millions
@@artificernathaniel3287 Eh, fair, I just googled "population in the 1700s" and clearly got bad numbers.
It was noted in this video that Taiidan that didn't have the means to leave the planet were accepted in to the nation. Just as various worlds that were once controlled by that Empire have since come under the Hiigaran.
So their actual population is vastly larger then that. Which as is also noted in this video leads to the situation that most citizens of the Empire are not of Kharak origin.
Well nothing to surprising in the end really, a starter population of 600k can only get you so far so quickly after all. Large compromises were unsurprisingly made to let them get their feet under them far more quickly.
Can you make a simulation where the Mothership of the Homeworld game series end in Star Wars during the Empire? đ
What a great video. Shame Homeworld 3 isn't the same kind of quality work you guys put into your videos.
"We are a people forged in the struggles of battle, conflict, and death. Where others see pride, we see only duty. Where invaders see weakness, we see honor. As individuals we go to war, yet we return as family, Hiigarans, Kiith. The choice before the Daiamid is that between war and submission. Our foe possesses every material advantage that we possess and hundreds of years more experience wielding the power of their core. They have the support of the Galactic Council while we stand alone. You cannot consider your spirits yet tested if you accept only those battles where victory is certain. Many men would turn back now at the thought of the hardships before us should we challenged the Bentusi. We stand at the edge of our future with only one question to be answered. Are we to be remembered as Hiigarans, or do we bow to the sands of time?"
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5. SCIU | Sanctuary
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Kiith Somtaaw stands ever ready!
These are some truly detailed videos on the universe of Homeworld. I sure hope theres a third game worthy of this storied franchise.
While I love Homeworld, I do feel a sense of disappointment at the direction they took. The whole "fate" and mysticism stuff went from a small but prevalent theme to seemingly THE theme, at least in my mind. I liked the more humble interpretations of the first game where, yeah, there was prophecy and so forth but it really came down to hope and desperation as our scrappy underdogs journeyed through a universe much bigger than they thought.
Would be nice to see even a sliver of this in HW3
My gaming IRL friends have said they're going to get a copy of Homeworld 3... in a few years when it's Πthe current price..
Small nit pick. The kiith logo that can be see at 6:14 is from Kiith Paktu, not Naabal.
EDIT: Nice reference to Cataclysm and use of the Somtaaw "Beast Slayer" Kiith logo at 6:50.
Our deepest apologies to those members of Kiith Naabal.
Thank you the Video and the English subtitle.
I wanna see you guys do a video on the sword of sanghellios
World eaters or seraphon would be great too
I remember HW1 when I intentionally captured all the unique and heavy ships that I could.
Had tons of Taiidan heavy capital ships and more than a dozen Kadeshi multi beam frigates by the last mission and steam rolled the Taiidan.
This transported me to another world, what a video. Please for the love of S'jet, what is the track used during most of the video? I need to listen to it for 48 hrs straight. PLEASEEEEE
The most confusing thing is how much DoK fit so well into the setting as a prequel of Homeworld, but then the very same developer drops the ball so utterly in HW3.
By Sajuuk! We must reclaim Hiigara once again!
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Love me some Templin Institute!
That was Kiith Paaktuâs sigil btw, not Naabalâs
I wonder what state of the Hiigaran Empire will be in after Homeworld 3.
Anyway, we need to see a video on the Hiigaran Navy and the other factions from Homeworld soon.
Also, does anyone know the name of the song playing in the background? Or is this from the game soundtrack?
Turns out it's just exactly the same. Hiigaran worlds did not get impacted whatsoever.
Does anyone know the name of the theme/song that's playing behind the narration? It's very beautiful
Excelente video, aquĂ una sugerencia: La Fuerza de Defensa de la Tierra [Saga EDF]
I like Kiith Paktu. I'm glad they got some actual representation with Intel.
May the burden remain.
I just wish the campaign was longer, I shouldnât have been able to play through it in two days
The Sobani stand ready!
Kith somtaaw my beloved
6:45 Beast Slayers Represent!
"Are we the baddies now?" XD
Could you do Babylon 5 races?
Itâs kinda amazing as it is depressing that all this great lore is pretty much entirely ignored in HW 3. I mean there is so much talk about the possible internal political issues of the Higaaran Empire of Kiiths possessing their own individual militaries and the existence of kiithless non-Kharak factions.
Like the writers clearly wanted to make a more personal style story, so why not the personal stories of people of different Kiith or the other factions factions. Yet they only went with 3 people who basically have no flavor and are literally just protag, supporting character, and antagonist. Oh, and Karan⊠again.
Black bird interactive needs to hire some writers from templin....
BBI: hmm, nah. Weâll just hire writers from Netflix
@@wafflecat8 BBI: EVEN BETTER. We'll get a writer from Borderlands 3!
@@Razgriz_01 wait, I havenât played Borderlands 3, was the story bad?
Anyone else wish that the third game would have featured more factions and interstellar races?
My video wish came true! Can't wait to get paid so I can pick up the game.
While HW3 sucks, the legacy of the HW universe and Templin Institute do not. This was a really good one from you!
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cool story :)
I think the Progenitors would've been something better than what HW3 served. Or some other ancient & forgotten danger.
nice
Can you Please make videos on games like frostpunk , men of war , faces of war and company of heroes
Beast war reference woooo
âWelcome.. to Era 3!â
Have you ever looked at the ships in the X series? So the e.g. of x4 foundation?
So does gearbox wanna let us know we're Sajuuk and the dreadnaught are chilling. Was really hoping they would be in 3 since 2 spent the campaign on a quest to find them.
I miss the old days, when you paid to have the game, not the right to play on it until the developer decided otherwise.
I still have the CDs for Homeworld, Cataclysm, and Homeworld 2...
Really enjoyed the recap of the lore of the Hiigarans, thanks for the video! Can I suggest a different background music for future content? The one chose, was almost 'always there', became a bit distracting and a little annoying for me.
Let the pain remain
one thing that has always bothered me about the homeworld series is the seeming lack of Alien species. everyone in the galaxy seems to be some variety of Human. think about it, how would the Hiigarans be able to integrate those Taiidan who couldn't leve Hiigara if they were aliens? wouldn't work
The theory goes that the Hiigarans, Taiidan, Vaygr and most other races developed from societies seeded by the progenitors, who may have been humans from Earth
@@Kibbeh42 yeah that makes sense to me.
Sort of like the "Foundation" series. Vast human spanning empire with very little alien contact if any.
Why isn't this a series in Netflix or Amazon? !!
If the houses from Dune were wise and cooperative instead of feudal and competitive.
I feel like the reason why we never get to see HW2 ships in HW3 since they lost so much during the Vaygr war that they have to recommission older Kushun and Taiidan ship and refitted with the latest technology
Wow.
Does Hiigara feels like story off the exodus to anyone?.
Battlestar Galactica anyone?
Woah
It's too bad essentially none of this lore is expressed in the HW3 campaign :(
Shame HW3 does not live up to the history.
Oh, another thing. Since it's the "Homeworld week", you can possibly make a video of "Building your Battlegroup" about making an Hiigaran Navy battle group... It would be fun. Between those who are pro-strike crafts and those who are pro-capital ships... There would be plenty of likes and comments.
And I will personally enjoy it. That is the most important thing. đ€ ... đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł Joking. đ
This almost sounds like the helghast from killzone
Thumbs up for the beast slayers.
You should do the federation from Rick and Morty
Itâs too bad that none of the Hiigaran empire (or really any other faction) shows up in the HW3 campaign. Youâre basically just an isolated group, fighting for 3 squabbling individuals. You really donât get the scale of what Homeworld has been with HW3.
May the burden remain.
"The Hiigaran Empire"
"federal republic"
huh?
"The United Kingdom"
"Parliamentary Republic"
Keep up.
"Empire"
And here we have done -180- 360 on Taiidan.
Homeworld had indeed made sure that both player choices in HW 1 are canon:D
So itâs earth? Or is this another universe?
Can anyone estimate the empires population?
It's too bad Sajuuk and the Progenitor Dreadnought weren't in Homeworld 3, and they didn't eve bother explaining why.
Honestly. I have the head canon that Sajuuk pretty much was rebuilt, somehow, into the Khar Sajuuk Mothership as it not only sports the awesome main gun, that is similar to the Sajuuk but has advanced point defense cannons that are basically lightweight ion cannon guns. Shrug. Don't if it was possible, and kind of blasphemous in a way really but I could totally see something like that happening.
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I find it very weird how fast the small Hiigaran survivor population turned into a galactic power. Just 300 years of growth should not have let them even settle Hiigara properly. And I do not see their culture surviving immigration.
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What's with all the forced HW 3 hate in the comments? Just finished the story and I loved it. It had great mission design, good music, loads of high quality cut scenes with great voice acting and a gripping story. Been playing Homeworld since the first one came out and this takes its spot at the top together with Homeworld 3.
Mothership...
May the burden remain!
Considerong the Kharak homefleet only had about a half a million people settling Hiigara at the end of HW 1, wouldnt the Hiigarans be a minority? How do they and thier kiths have so mich power still?
Assimilating smaller peoples into the Empire?
Like this video only if you are a true Hiigangsta.
I'm sorry, but could one not call the Empire a Syndicalist state? Kiiths seem very squinty-similar to trade unions.
They function in lore more like Guilds then Trade Unions.
Paramount+ ahhhhhh story line in 3
Homeworld 1 was originally conceived as a game of Battlestar Galaxtica. So if someone turned Homeworld into a series we really could say that all of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again
So the Taidan are human?
Hmm technically all the major powers are humanoid. Hiigaran, Taiidan, Vaygr, even the Bentuis is probably humanoid, but that has not been confirmed.
@@PraetorPaktu they are human. just watch the Desert's og Kharak
@@3455Renato ah, translation error. When I mean human I am talking about humans from earth. Humanoid are humans, but not from earth.
Kinda need to have a differing word to understand in a galactic context. Something I have learned from worldbuilding.
â@@PraetorPaktu turians are humanoids, that doesn't make them connected to humans.
The word you were supposed to use was humans, not humanoids.
@@TheArklyte i think you are misunderstanding what i said.
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Your snoring...
If only they put more work into a long campaign and they didnât demand everything, including my firstborn, in the damn terms of service.
Theres other issues, but those two keep me from being interested.
Man the campaign story is so bad đ .
Wish the game had the quality of these videos. It does not even qualify as mediocre, its straight up a lazy release. Maybe hire Templin Institute to make the narrative if your game interesting?
Watched some HW3 playthroughs. Story seems weak.