THE HOMEWORLD UNIVERSE

This map represents the state of the galaxy following the second homeworld war (The dust wars), approximately 9637 Galactic Standard Year (127 After Landfall). The Vaygr have since retreated from their maximum extended reach during the war, yet still hold a wide range of space in the eastern fringe. While the new Galactic council tries to reestablish itself in the wake of the Dust Wars, forces in the western side of the galaxy continue to grow in power, unchecked, and may soon prove to be a threat to the safety of the core in the very near future. The homeworld universe is of a spiral shape with a neighboring star cluster, Hyperborea. Much of the universe appears to have been colonized previously before the present races existed. This ancient empire is widely known as the Progenetors. No known prognetor is known to live to this day, but estimates establish that they wandered this galaxy sometime around -4,000,000 GSY. Many archeologists conclude that the Progenetors apparently died out through warfare, suggesting a kind of civil war, but nothing conclusive has been deduced from the ruins. In the past hundred years, the most noteworthy effects on the galaxy have been the return of the Hiigarans from their exile, the rise of the Vaygr in the east, and the coalscence of the Turanic Raiders in the west. With the return of the Hiigarans from their exile, the Taiidan hold on the universe has been shattered- sending the Taiidan race in a number of directions, never again to be the same. When the Hiigarans were firmly established, the prophecy of the three cores being united was fulfilled during the second homeworld war. Karen Sjet and the Hiigarans under her leadership found and unlocked the last of the progenetor ruins: the hyperspace network centered on the Eye of Arran. With it, the universe was now open to speeds of travel never before thought possible- even travel to other universes. This has yet to be exploited, mostly out of fear of what could be discovered on the other side of the network. The Homeworld universe is based on the M51 Galaxy. Reference images were reversed and illustrated on to create the first Homeworld guide map that plotted the path of the Exiles to Hiigara. Maps created since then have either been purely conceptual, or were referenced in cutscene sequences with no apparent concern for contiuity. This map attemtps to combine the aspects of Homeworld 2 concept maps, canonical maps presented in the game, and fan speculation on the part of Michael Ptak.
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DISTRIBUTION OF PROGENITOR RUINS

Scattered across the homeworld universe are the remains of an ancient galaxy-spanning civlization known as the Progenitors. Responsible for constructing the Eye of Aarran- a vast hyperspace network- the Progenitors were also responsible for millions of derelicts, devices, and spacecraft scattered across the universe. Many of these artifacts are no longer intact, as the ruins at Karos can attest to. The fall of the Progenitors has not been clearly defined, but popular theory suggests a massive civil war engulfed the Progenitor people, around the same time the Aarran hyperspace network was completed. This suggests the Progenitors were divided about their control of hyperspace to the degree that they went to war... and nearly extinguished their entire race. From the ashes younger civilizations rose, giving birth to the modern civilizations across the galaxy. Progenitor ruins are great sources of technological wealth and information, but travelling to them comes at great risk. Many Progenitor ruins and progenitor areas of space are guarded by automated defenders who attack anyone who trespasses on their territory. Five times during the second Homeworld war did the Progenitor Automated space fleet- the Keepers- become involved in conflicts with the current generation of space empires. Two of those five were against the Hiigaran Mothership, Pride of Hiigara. The second of two encounters left the Hiigarans with the Bentusis Progenitor core, allowing the Hiigarans to claim inheritance of the Progenitor Aarran hyperspace network.

THE BENTUSI CLUSTER

DURANDAL

EDOM
EDOM

IYSSADAE CONCORDAT
SAMALAH

THE BENTUSUN ROAD

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THE BENTUSUN ROAD

TYBELS STONES EDREI

FRERRN AGGREGATE
SIDON

KHABBADA GATE

GILEAD

BAKYER

ASSHUR
KEMPHET UNESH HANOCH

TAANACH
THYARAN BAZAAR

KONYA PORT

HIITIES

MOUNTAIN

BETHSIDA
KOSHIIR-RA CROSSING

While certainly not the most important cartographic instrument in the entire universe, the Guidestone has transcended the simple means of a map for the Hiigaran exiles and has become a cultural icon among the returned population of Hiigara. Comprised of igneous rock cooled in a vacuum, the Guidestone was later confirmed to have been created out of rock carved from Hiigaras only moon. Though most of the Guidestone is damaged and the original message conveyed is lost, it still held the galactic coordinates of Kharak and Hiigara on its surface. Today the Guidestone has been mounted on a pedestal, shielded behind armored glass, before the Daiimids assembly building in the Hiigaran capital.

NOCREEN GATE
ANAMAM
NINEVEH

CAESERA

HANOCH TRIBES

KYRE GATE (WELL OF KOLOTUS)

HAVILAH
CAPERNAUM

SOMTAAW HIGHLANDS

IMPERIAL TAIIDANI SPACE

JIGOKU (IMPERIAL CAPITAL) IYOTO (CONA)

ADASA
NAANAM

NANHAI

CONTESTED SPACE

NUBIA
SUPER NOVA REASEARCH STATION GREAT WASTELANDS
KETU SUPERNOVA KADESHI ACTIVE ZONE

PORT OF NALTHOR

HIIGARAN EMPIRE
TANIS

CAANAN
CLAN ASAI

LAGASH
GREAT WASTELANDS
SHINING HINTERLANDS

JERICHO

TANDALL GATE
SOBANII SPACE
CLAN MARATHA TARSUS

KHARAK

HIIGARA

IDAE
DIAMOND SHOALS
GARDEN OF KADESH

PAKTU ENCLAVES

AGARTHA BRIDGE OF SIGHS

HIIGARAN DEFENSE ZONE

FLEET 15 HQ
UR

SEA OF LOST SOULS

GILGAL REFRAIN

TENHAUSER GATE

GALACTIC CORE
TRANSMITTER LOCATION

AHVAH

EYE OF SAJUUK

KAROS GRAVEYARD KAROS GRAVYEARD

LAISHARI CLAN SPACE

FORMER REPUBLICAN TAIIDAN SPACE

FORMER UKAHBEH FREELANDS

RAIDERS RETREAT

NIRVANA MANASSEH
SYEOTH

TAIIDAN (OCCUPIED)

TORRI GATE

AYISHA

FOUNDRY SHIP REMAINS

GEHENNA

BALCORA GATE
TONARIS (OCCUPIED)

VAYGR REACHES
ARMADA DE MAKAAN
AGRABAH FORMER ALCOGARAN SPACE AKHABAHRA

KESHIMA GATE

TOBARI SPACE (FORMER)

UNIFIED CLANS OF VAYGR

CANISTA

VALHALLA

EYE OF AARRAN

NANJIM STAR CLUSTER

VALHALLA
MASADA
STONEHENGE GRAVE OF BENTUS

SUSPECTED VAYGR ORIGINS

HETHLIM ICE FIELDS

TURANIC KINGDOMS
VAYGR CLAN KUNUTU VAYGR CLAN KAJIMA VAYGR CLAN OSORO (THREE CLANS ALLIANCE)

TRIBE OF SUUR

ABBASSID

THADDIS-SABAH

KAOLO GATE

STONE SHIP
MARATHON

AMON GATE

OSYRIAN ALLIANCE
VIGOTH

ELISHAS PERALS

CONTESTED SPACE

NACHIM GATE

NORTH

EASTERN GALAXY WEST

AARRAN

GALACTIC CENTER

EAST

WESTERN GALAXY

CENTRAL GALAXY

NNTAO GATE
PROTECTORATE OF KADESH EDOM IYSSADAE CONCORDAT REPUBLICAN TAIIDAN GILEAD MANASSEH NIRVANA
SOUTH

PROGENITOR

HIIGARAN EMPIRE

OSYRIAN ALLIANCE

AREAS OF ANOMALOUS ACTIVITY

CAANAN IMPERIAL TAIIDAN TURANIC KINGDOMS TAANACH

HANOCH

FRERRN AGGREATE

ASSHUR

AMALEKITE LANDS

FARSAYN
FEDERAL REPUBLIC

KAERAH
ALLIED PLANETS

KARADEN BANDR
CLANS

INTERPLANETARY ALLIANCE

UDIAH KYR

THE GALACTIC COMPASS The Galactic Compass was first recorded in the ancient Bentusan Trade maps that the Bentusi imparted to whomever they visited in an attempt to propagate knowledge of the universe. On these Bentusan Maps of the first time, all were charted with the Bentusi capitals aligned in the North position over the Galactic core. Sometime around 2100 GSY, the Bentusi revised their map with new data from surveying the universe- aligning West and East with the magnetic configuration of the Galactic core. This style of galactic arrangement has since remained standard, and the universe is divided into West, Core, and East fringes under the Bentusan North system.

UNITED KINGDOMS

COLLECTED TRIBES

ISSACHAR
ASSOCIATED SAFIHS

ELASI IOSH

HAVILAH VAYGR

IDAE VALHALLA

LAGASH BENTUSI T-MAT

TOBARI

YNIR

MAP CONCEPTED BY MICHAEL R. PTAK (NORSEHOUND@COMCAST.NET) BASED ON THE HOMEWORLD UNIVERSE CREATED BY RELIC ENTERTAINMENT

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