HOMEWORLD2: WRATH OF THE GODS

PROLOGUE:

In the End Time, the Vaygr led a stunning assault on the Galaxy. Wielding the power of the ancients with the Progenitor Dreadnaught and reverse-engineered weapons systems, they conquered all before them.

The Taiidan Republic, already weakened by decades of continuous civil war, was crushed in days. The Bentusi would have survived this, but their fleet was markedly smaller every since the Beast Exodus. They too fell, their powerful tradeships overwhelmed by sheer numerical superiority. Only their Harbour Ship Bentus was able to survive by virtue of its far jumping capabilities.

When the Vaygr launched a surprise attack on Tanis Base, Karan Sjet was barely able to escape with the Pride of Hiigara and the Second Core. The Hiigaran System was conquered and Hiigara itself put under siege by the Vaygr.

Karan's odyssey across the Galaxy was fraught with peril and danger, yet she was able to hold off Makaan's minions long enough to unlock the secrets of the Progenitors. In the climactic battle at Balcora, Makaan fell and Karan became the Sajuuk Khar.

It was then that the Eye of Aaraan was discovered, uniting the Galaxy in peace as the First Core once did. This heralded the arrival of the Age of Sjet. However, the Turanic Raiders had absorbed many Taiidani since the fall of the old Empire and the recent conquest of the Republic. No longer just a ragtag pirate force, they now constitute a high-level threat to Hiigara itself.

Karan Sjet had forseen this, and hence had given orders for the original Mothership, 01, to be given a massive overhaul. When complete, it would be in the same league as the Pride of Hiigara, ready to lead the Hiigarans to victory again.

In remembrance of the tragic Kharakian genocide, 01 was dubbed Legacy of Kharak.

And so the Exiles believed that peace was secured at last. Little did they know that more was yet to come…