Homeworld prequel

[Wirlwind]

here's an idea that i had. why not make a hw prequel where you are the taidan and you are trying to conquer the hiigarans. it would be interesting.

[PhdGarfield]

indeed it would be interesting, especially to play wif the derelicts. boyo boy what fun

[Arconin]

how about a prequel where you play the Bentusi and the finding of the first Core, before they got all uber powerful (assumtion)

[Higaran]

I would hate to be the ships designer at relic for that one. How do you make a new ship that looks like the predacessor to a current ship, and still make it look like its new for the time without makeing actually look like its the third generation of aid ship. Man it would drive me crazy tring to design the first scouts and fighters, and vets and stuff.

[goodboyCerberus]

Star Wars Episode One, anyone? Namely Queen Amidalla's silver ship and those T-shaped yellow fighters, as apposed to industrialized X-Wings of the original episodes. I admit one type of ship is a miniature from the 70's and the other is CGI from near the turn of the millenium, but you get the idea hopefully.

Old ships don't have to look old. I'll offer one reason: The Taiidan we see in HW1 were at the collapse of their empire. The leader of the resistance (Group Captain Elson) says, "The Taiidan empire has become decadent and corrupt over the centuries." So maybe back then both Taiidan and Kushan ship designes were different. Certainly Kushan.

But yeah, being a ship designer would suck.

[Wirlwind]

the bentusi idea sounds kinda interesting...hmmmmm....

[Arconin]

dmille, it seems so far the stories are revolving around the cores, so just round it out with the first one, then you have all three, though I would be all for a totally new story with new characters and races for #4 :D or #3 for that matter if we do find everything out about the 1st core by the end of #2

[Dawn Falcon]

so make a mod of the stories yourselves ;)

[Wirlwind]

hmmm.... good idea falcon, but unfortunately i have no computer skills whatsoever....if someone else would do it though that would be cool

[Arconin]

same here, I dont have any scripting or programming or 3D skills, so a mod is pretty much out of the question for me.

brainstorm and come up with decent ideas and good stories, yeah...implementaiton and realization, no....

[Bigshotj17]

Yes, im not the only person here who goes into threads and has no clue to what some people are talking about.:iws:

[Wirlwind]

any one wanna make a mod for this?

hmmm....this thread will probably be moved to the mod forum

[GuaRRand]

i want a prequel where cheese and noodles get a keyrole in the story!

and maybe shins pants

[silver falcon]

i would make a hw2 mod but im currently making a ww1/3 mod for half life 2... sry guys.
just an idea but what about a mod of the kadishi. You can have them in single player outfitting their prision ship, build shipyards for thoses mushroom ms's, repel taiidani attacks and raid merchant ships....u get the point.

[malignus]

WW1 / 3? :dolt:

Like, it wasn't a full world war, just one-third of one? Or it's about world war 1, which is actually world war 3? Me confused. :wtf:

[silver falcon]

it was orriginally ww1 mod but people on many forms and irc chatlines suggest ww3. so the site is currently devoted to showing the pros and cons of each mod and the viewer has to vote. the one with the most votes is the one we make. (site will be up soon)

[Ammon Ra]

But yeah, being a ship designer would suck.


What's wrong with designing ships??? i'd love to be in that position :D well, that's my opinion ;)

like the idea of the kadeshi. also if you're to make a prequel to HW1, remember that the Taiidani weren't posed to attack the hiigarans (right???) the hiigarans just didn't mind their own business. well, that's what i understood :D

[Wirlwind]

hmmm so the thread did get moved.....anywho, they already have several kadeshi mods out including one with sp missions but none like falcon described that would also be extrmemely cool to have....
now if someone would make some of these....and if i could dlelete hte stupid turanic mod i currently have i'd be happy

[Jackal]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm, this thread goes well with my idea. Check it out here:
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12328

[Kinjiss]

I think something about the formation or the collapse of the Galactic Counsel would be cool. i don't really know anything about them, and why they just stood around with their hands up their a**'s while the Taidanii obliterated th Hiigarans? anyone think thats a good idea?

[Ammon Ra]

they didn's stand their with thear rear up high. It is b/c of the GC that the kushans/hiigarans survived. they pleaded the taiidani not to kill the hiigs, and instead exile them. which is what happened.

[pack_mule]

According to the Bentusi in mission 11, the Taiidan totally obliterated the Kushans, so, if you were to have a Homeworld prequel, everyone would want to be the Taiidans, since they know who would win, but the idea of a Bentusi prequel seems appealling (I've always been interested in them).

[The5thElephant]

I think a mod about the first Taiidan/Kushan war could be done fairly.

[Ammon Ra]

u meqn taiidan hiigaran war (insert question mark)

well... theres something like it lurking around this forum...

[Demonic]

I want to join a mod team so i can learn how to do all the stuff, but more relevantly, i think that the taiidan vs hiigaran/kushan thing wouldnt work but a hiigaran/kushan vs some other totally new race (early version of Vaygr possibly or one race of the GC) could work.

[Tagar]

:lol: now for that you will first have to make new ships for taidan. (especialy if you want That in HW2):nod:

[the_artist]

Originally posted by Kinjiss
I think something about the formation or the collapse of the Galactic Counsel would be cool. i don't really know anything about them, and why they just stood around with their hands up their a**'s while the Taidanii obliterated th Hiigarans? anyone think thats a good idea?
this would work well as a political thriller... it draws parallels with our own UN at times (or more so the League of Nations at the time of Hitler).

Presumably the break up was due to the Vaygr who started conquoring and assimilating the member nations - a mod would need a strong story to work on this setting, but you could play as an entirely new race in the council, simultaneously defending against Vaygr attacks in your own systems whilst attempting to stabalise the Council (possibly be aiding other members in the defence of their lands - maybe even the Higarrans). Ultimately, the Council would crumble (but only in the middle of the game), and your goals would be to defend yourself and those few who're still willing to offer their friendship... Some could remain (Higarrans, Bentusi?), and others could crumble (Taiidani Republic?).

Hehe... I like coming up with or suggesting things like this. Shame I know nothing whatsoever about Mod Making!

[Ammon Ra]

well, if you accept that the taiidani were a succesful vaygr invasion, then that idea can be used for a HW prequel.

taiidani=vaygr descendants thread talks exaactly about a -hw prequel with the assaulting forces being a pre-taidani forcethat has almost become the taidani in HW.