Homeworld: Cataclysm - Shaming the Unbound

[@Oliver_JW]

The line "At least the Beast doesn't pretend to be righteous!" is fantastically delivered. The anger, desperation and disgust in his voice is perfect. I hope the voice actor is enjoying a great career, he certainly has the talent.

[@siralcatraz9049]

That is Scott Swanson, as I have recently found out.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Surprisingly, I thought the VA was Mark Hamill. He sure sounded like him.

[@vantuz8264]

"I'm sure they'll forget to thank us later" - Somtaaw fleet commander in the second cutscene. Years later the events of the Homeworld: Cataclysm are declared non-canon and even the name erased. He's got that right way too much.

[@Alknix]

We will remember.

[@MrFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

who said cata isnt canon? :(

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

@@MrFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I think it would've been part of the remaster if it was.

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

@@MrFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Damn shame. Cataclysm was great, canon or not it'll be more easily forgotten by not getting a remaster.

[@MrFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

@@MoreEvilThanYahweh it sucks, but maybe hw 3 will really be cata 2! They never did destroy all the beast...

[@topside1246]

Cataclysm had some of the best voice-acting in the entire series. You can actually hear Somtaaw Fleet Commmand's rage towards the Bentusi as he practically *hisses* at them. He KNOWS that the Bentusi could wipe the floor with the Kuun-Lan and her fleet, but he's not having ANY of it today.

[@MazzaAzi]

Basically: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3qpeppvpK96gLM

[@jakeg3733]

He's fed up with _everyone's_ shit. We all have a breaking point where any notion of politeness and respect goes out the window in favor of just getting the job done. He managed to accomplish what a million armed ships couldn't

[@michaelandreipalon359]

There's also his repeated exasperations when it comes to the Turanic Raiders and especially the Taiidan.

[@roman11777]

Fleet Command had been reasonable and cooperative with everyone the entire game and both he and the Somtaaw just kept getting kicked in the teeth every time regardless. Bro was fed up.

[@maciejukasiewicz7661]

"We see our own madness reflected in yours." That's some top-notch writing here.

[@carlosjr5593]

"At least the Beast doesn't pretend to be righteous!" Oh my!!!! this was the best part! I was just speechless when he said that and I was like this --> O_O

[@Shadowfox24]

One of the best exchanges ever written in gaming.

[@jakeg3733]

@@Shadowfox24 Probably my favorite. The writing in the first two games is so fucking good

[@raiu6438]

"We...Are...Not...Monsters." That still hasn't stop me from crying a little. The sheer emotion in that voice, like what control he had suddenly broke down. That's the "I need a hug, badly" voice.

[@gameplaysolotheblade]

The self realization of not capable in keeping a calm composure for over a millennia while being richly powerful NOW met its match. No wonder Bentusi barely makes its presence felt in the game compare to Homeworld (The Original part).

[@nerag7459]

Awww I know an ancient one that needs a cuddle!

[@Ama-hi5kn]

We accidentally unleashed the terrible things on the galaxy and we had to fix it. In retrospect we had no right to ask the Bentusi to help us fix it for us. But it's sort of like in Stargate SG-1. We needed advanced technology to fight and we had to ask for it. Otherwise we would be up the creek without a paddle so to speak.

[@rajjain6273]

Actually it wat the sound of the first craft and crew that got 'Skraelled' into the meaing stuff.

[@JohnnyJohnJohnson]

@@Ama-hi5kn The Turanic Raiders or the Empire Remnants would have found it themselves and unleashed it with probably even worse results since they wouldn't tell everybody about it. Better the Kuun-Laan found it and only gave it a single lower deck research module to start with, it had a slower start that way.

[@williamwassmann9349]

We need a fan name for the Captain of The Kuun-Laan. Seriously this guy is like PEAK protagonist material. A simple mining Captain with superiors who don’t appreciate him. At the will of his superiors he takes aboard a disease and it nearly threatens the whole galaxy. He and his fleet literally risk everything to save the galaxy and transform from a simple mining Kiith to a full on warship fleet. Give this Captain and his Tactical Officer a name. Also Recon 214. No I did not forget about Recon 214 OH AND DID I FORGET TO MENTION HE PLAYS CHICKEN WITH OMNISCIENT SPACE GODS AND WINS

[@whowantsabighug]

The Foreman. He's not a "captain", too proud of his miners heritage.

[@williamwassmann9349]

@@whowantsabighug Fuck me you're right. That's it - The Foreman. Perfect

[@MrKrashmoney]

“Stop MURDERING us and help us kill the beast!!!” Instant chills. It’s then you know that victory by combat isn’t how this is gonna play out. Which is good cause we were set to be annihilated.

[@Neves7561]

This entire mission has more quality writing and voice acting than the entirety of Homeworld 3

[@Gantradies]

what really got me, was how perfectly that MOMENT summed up the Kun-Lann Crew's characterisation, and character arc. They'd been on the run for weeks. maybe even MONTHS, desperately trying to survive against the Cosmic Horror they, a crew of hapless Miners,too poor to pay the licencing on the vast majority of first-line Military tech, who threw EVERYTHING they had at purchasing precious time,a mere MONTH, on the Mothership PDA construction suite to Build THREE SMALL SHIPS,one a relatively crude prototype, the other a Tiny Research Vessel, had accidentally awoken. despite everything, they repeatedly risked their Lives in defence of others, Wither Fellow Higarrans, or a Defenceless Convoy of Taiidan republican colony ships, desperately Searching for someone, ANYONE, with the power and technology to fight the Beast on an even playing field. they Finally tracked down the Collected Fleet of the Bentusi, the MIGHTIEST surviving race in the galaxy, who once laid the Higarran's ancestors low when their Fevor and arrogance turned them into ruthless conquerors, with a SINGLE ship effortlessly Tipping the Balance between the two Warring fleets, to find what? Cowards, one and all, Turning tail to FLEE from a malignant cancer set on consuming the galaxy, concerned ONLY for their own survival, not even deigning to ANSWER hails, not even to OFFER the "lesser" races access to their exo-galactic gate, until the Somtaw were FORCED into attacking the Hypergate in order to make them willing to even SPEAK. you're DAMNED RIGHT Fleet Command was right to Call them on this, as he finally SNAPPED after weeks/months of Constant combat, FIGHTING back despite being a Civilian, or at best Rear-echelon material at time of embankment, with Minimal military training and rightfully scared out of his own Equatorial hell-cursed mind! However you look at it, the Bentusi BROKE AND RAN like snivelling cowards almost immediately after first engagement with the enemy, after a SINGLE CASUALTY IN DEEP SPACE COMBAT. not one SHIP, one INDIVIDUAL.How many Somtaw Died fighting the beast Before? their Ancestors would be disgusted.

[@Jack_Has1000]

Very well written :)

[@will7254]

Those all caps words were pretty jarring. You could have made that better without them.

[@CannedLizard]

This is a great perspective, made interesting that you can flip it on it's head and show that it's a great characterization of the Beast. The Beast is such a terrifying entity, such an incapacitating force that the Bentusi are fleeing. The Bentusi! Not to mention the emphasis of the loss of a single Bentusi ship. Those ships carried the memories of thousands of worlds, lost now. Entire worlds.

[@TheLongasen]

The Bentusi ship tags should be called "Little Bitch"

[@thorveim1174]

@@TheLongasen nope... because Beast infection is really a fate worse than death to them. They are still conscious, but prisoners in their own bodies, while they value what they are above all else. It's bad enough that the first Bentusi ship who started to be infected blew itself up as soon as it understood what was happening. They are mostly fine with being killed: being infected is another matter entirely. And the Beast KNOWS it. Even at the climax of the fight, they would rather give their best technology to their allies rather than risk contact with the Beast, in stark contrast with how they act if they face any other enemy, in which case they will fight to the bitter end.

[@historicalsongarchive]

Compared to the other games, I think Cataclysm has so much more personality. Each ship has its own unique dialogue (which I wish HW 1/2 had) and the voice acting is ace.

[@Servellion]

***** Aye. While I love Homeworld and Homeworld 2, the dialogue is so frustratingly bland and emotionless at times. I think Homeworld 2 might be a bit more guilty of this than the original. So many places where actual emotion is called for and they just outright fail to capture the tension. Vaygr attack Hiigeran space? Yawn. Makaan prophesizing dark clouds gathering over Hiigera? Booo-ring!

[@Aurilion44]

@@Servellion Well, to be fair in here, they are pretty much civilians. Look around KZbin, find old and new voice records and you will see interesting thing. Professional military pilots are often times just as emotionless and calms as the voices in HW 1 and 2. I mean I found the recording of a Chinook pilot that got shot in the head (bullet scratched him, but he still got concussion and was bleeding a lot) and his voice didn't change at all. Just the same very calm, slightly cheery voice all throughout the returning to base. It makes you think.

[@jainra]

"Understood, pfff. Hauling rock." That's not all they do, but I'm quite sure those pilots wish it was. "They'll never catch me!" And yet they always do. Thank you for the intel, scout. Never once did you complain. Here homes a mining ship and modest entourage to bring your body back to your family. Also, a storm. You should never have galvanised our relationship with the Bentusi. Should have stayed home and let what is to be, is to be.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

HW1 I can handle. HW2, on the other hand, sure confused me when it came to having different ships with way too similar voices.

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

I feel bad for the captain for enduring all that hell thrown at him, only to see the ones who could help them are abandoning them but I also feel bad for the old dudes considering the Ill fated fate awaits them if they ever so touch the beast. The genuine terror in their voice made me want to protect them even though they are a hella lot stronger

[@alexm2623]

That's Scott Swanson as captain of the Kuun-Lan and Campbell Lane as the Bentusi (RIP). In this little $20 expansion, you can honestly find one of the best stories and best voice acting out there. I remember I got this on a fluke renting it from the library (back when you could DO that!) because they didn't have whatever Star Trek game I wanted and was floored! ALMOST as good as FreeSpace and FreeSpace 2.

[@SkarmoryThePG]

Delicious, delicious trivia.

[@thorveim1174]

It's not an expansion though.. it's a standalone game, ableit made by another studio (hence why it's sadly of questionable canonicity, as homeworld 2 completely ignored all the events of cataclysm/emergence)

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Oh, nice to see the FreeSpace series be mentioned here. Also, Barking Dog Studios, the devs, also made Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon, which is a semi-sequel to an underrated Disney animated film.

[@Brandelwyn]

​@@thorveim1174i think it was mentioned in the mobile version so not all is lost

[@DrownedInExile]

"Unless you people get off your encounter-suited butts and do something, I've got nothing to lose!" - Sheridan, Babylon 5

[@ProfessorYana]

"It's over because WE'VE DECIDED it's over! Now get the HELL out of our galaxy! BOTH OF YOU!"

[@michaelandreipalon359]

"Who are you, and what do you want?" Gods, how I love that enigmatic question.

[@BenjinWS]

*All ships stop firing* ... *Silence* ... ..("Keep it up, you're getting through to them...")

[@gcHK47]

“One ancient monster is as good as another.” If you know the story of Homeworld 2, this line hits even harder. The Bentusi were the ones that helped the nascent Taiidani overthrow the Hiigaran Empire; it was they who helped send the Hiigarans to Kharak, and rumor has it that the Taiidan super-weapon that set Kharak’s atmosphere ablaze was derived from Bentusi technology. They are monsters; not peaceful Bedouins.

[@56bturn]

The Hiigarans were kinda... well, the Bentusi helped the Taiidan because they weren't exactly malevolent shitheads back then, whereas the Hiigarans were conquering planets left and right.

[@kettch777]

To me, this game captured the mood and ambience of Homeworld better than any game since, including Homeworld 2. The desperate fight against Taidaani remnants and the Beast, the horror of watching others fall to it and being helpless to stop it...it was as moving as the Burning of Kharak and the plight of the Exiles. Watching the Kuun-Lan, a MINING ship, for crying out loud, forced to become a naval flagship and pushed into a fight it was ill-prepared for....Just an incredible story.

[@SkarmoryThePG]

If memory serves, it's even acknowledged in the game - at some point the greeting changes from "This is the Kiith Somtaaw mining vessel Kuun-Lan" to "This is the Kiith Somtaaw warship Kuun-Lan"

[@Gantradies]

“The miners have become warriors?”

[@fxsantazo]

@@SkarmoryThePG dude. that scene. THAT SCENE when they had the cojones to actually name them selves a war ship. dude. that scene floored me. they came far indeed.

[@kettch777]

@@fxsantazo I also think this game explains why the ship you encounter in Homeworld 2 is "the last of the Bentusi."

[@fxsantazo]

@@kettch777 the Kuun Lan commander scared the Bentusi so hard, they left a token Bentusi vessel years after the Beast War, just in case the commander flares up again.

[@Somtaaw_Kiithid]

"We're not here to harm you.." "Ready guns!"

[@Thagyr]

Cataclysm may have fell by the wayside in the storyline of Homeworld, but honestly it was a heroic journey with characters that only appeared as radio chatter. Starting as a humble mining Kith to staring down some of the most powerful ships in the galaxy in a desperate, suicidal gambit. The voice actors sold this, and I always come back to this moment in particular from time to time.

[@vonboomslang6060]

My favorite small detail in Cataclysm is how at the start, the introduction is "This is the Kith Somtaaw mining vessel Kuun-Lan" - but at the very end, when they return, it is "This is the Kith Somtaaw warship Kuun-Lan". And compared to the Mothership, the title is well-earned.

[@0Midas0647]

This is still some of the best dialog in any game. I had the tremendous honor of being one of Scott Swanson's students several years back. Brilliant man, brilliant voice actor.

[@edinthecouv]

This game now available from GOG Games...now called Homeworld: Emergence

[@SkarmoryThePG]

You, sir, have bourhgt me great joy.

[@raduque]

Yes!

[@jainra]

Replayed that moment many times. Just for that heart-wrenching exchange.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Thank the stars for GOG... shame Blizzard still keeps the "Cataclysm" title for foolish reasons.

[@nervaaugustus7089]

"We fear... for the first time in countless orbits, we fear..." "Join the Kiith!" God I love those lines. The stones of this Somtaaw; staring death in the face, he confronts it with its own hypocrisy and wins. The fear the Bentusi are experiencing? That's what the rest of the Galaxy experiences any time they contemplate their own mortality. That's an immortal discovering what it's like to stare death in the eye, and a mortal showing them what it's like to do so, *and not blink.*

[@56bturn]

Well, as he said, 'doesn't matter how we die, one ancient monster is as good as another'. Arguably dying to the Bentusi would've been a better fate than dying to the Beast.

[@schachsommer12]

@@56bturn The Bentusi should listen, because they could learn something.^^

[@Stedman75]

The ironic thing that I finally realised about this scene is, that is how the Naggarok encountered The Beast to begin with. Those Bentusi that actually got into the gate thinking it was their salvation, might have just doomed themselves to the very fate they were trying to escape.

[@danilshcherbakov940]

Good point

[@michaelandreipalon359]

I shudder to think that the Beast we fought in this game is just a tiny sliver of the real deal...

[@evinbraley]

Yeah, their escape plan might of gave them the same fate as the Naggarok. As well as dooming whatever galaxy they were trying to reach. And reducing their numbers in the home galaxy to just the Harbourship by HW2. Big oof on their part.

[@Zakuzelo]

I doubt that. The Naggarok picked up the Beast via some experimental new kind of hyperdrive millions of years ago. There's no reason to think the tech the Bentusi are using here is the same.

[@SamusV4]

I lost a FOUR STAR SHIP in this mission. The most experienced crew and pilots in my fleet to the damn cowardice of the Bentusi. I was so fucking pissed at them, moreso when they showed their biase towards S'jet for being unbound. That just made me so much angrier.

[@SkarmoryThePG]

As far as they're concerned, S'jet is the only real person in the entire Hiigaran empire. .... that said, I am impressed by your achievement of losing a ship which you only unlock after this mission.

[@SamusV4]

@@SkarmoryThePG It HAS been a long time, to be fair, so I could not remember correctly whether it was a Dreadnought or not, but it was definitely a four star ship. So it might've been a destroyer. Please excuse the memory fog of this old man.

[@Sky_Nett]

I also love that Bentusi using rare words: translocation, slipgate, diseased Galaxy, the Devourer...one who wrote this is genius!

[@wolfensniper4012]

“Keep it up....” Funny enough that the VA of that whispering fleet intelligence is actually the same of Karan S'jet.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

I know, right?! Can't believe that matronly voice actually came from the same person who did Karan.

[@ammo193]

But she wasn't for HW 2 right?

[@Fr0st1989]

@@ammo193 No, they got someone else for HW2 but they got the original VA to return for HW2 remaster

[@Nokard]

So it is said that the Kuun Lann moves so slowly because not only the weight of the ship, but it must also carry the massive balls of "The Foreman". Jokes aside, this is beautiful acting.

[@Atriedis]

definitely the most powerful scene in cataclysm but I do have to say it's right up their with the return to kharak scene in Homeworld 1. Which is one of the best in video game history, in my opinion.

[@WaywardRobot]

The Kiith Somataaw go through hell in Cataclysm, the Commander's anger is believable, and the Bentusi's fear is palpable.

[@silent0089]

Karan S'jet: Being helped by the Bentusi Kuun-Lan Captain: Talk down the Bentusi to help them

[@ProfessorYana]

I swear, it feels like Scott Swanson took some lessons from Bruce Boxleitner in this scene; it has a very similar feel to John Sheridan's speech in the Babylon 5 episode "Into the Fire". Both of them equally pissed, both of them staring down ancient aliens with immensely powerful ships, both of them willing to lay their lives on the line in the hopes of knocking a little sense into their opponents.

[@SuperODST1]

That's what I thought too! He even sounds a bit like him!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

I really need to rewatch Babylon 5. He sounds more like Mark Hamill to me in this game, though.

[@northerntoe]

There is no way that’s coincidental. You can almost feel the same electrical discharge of the scene

[@aidar_gilvanov]

This situation reminds me a song. "One lion's roar" by Rome. "Oh, you go out there And bow to none And cause a stir As if it were the last one Curse them into hiding These thieves won't believe The way we're riding So go and kneel and wait And join the herd You know a million sheep Will be dispersed By one lion's roar By one lion's roar" And Kuun-Lan's captain is the Lion.

[@infringementMAN]

Quite ironic. They run in order to not be bound but in doing so, they are binding themselves to fear.

[@vp21ct]

This is right up there with "GET THE HELL OUT OF OUR GALAXY!"

[@shade8816]

That scream at 3:38 ... Surviving the destruction of Karak, made it all the way through the Homeworld campaign, only to be killed by the very people who helped them... if HW1 actually had screams / cries of terror when ships exploded, I'd feel a lot worse about losing so many frigates and corvettes. Still can't bring myself to try the HW2 campaign due to the meh campaign I keep hearing about...

[@michaelandreipalon359]

One can be slightly better off if they slept through the journey to Hiigara. Extra emphasis on slightly. Still, hope you endured the slog... anyways, what about Deserts of Kharak?

[@silent0089]

The only Homeworld game with dialogue that give its raw emotion into it

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Well, there's also Deserts of Kharak, what with the endgame.

[@Fedithan]

Goosebumps. Every time. The emotion in that delivery.

[@SkarmoryThePG]

@Thesixthgoon Agreed. I find the Bentusi later reply to sum what's in that line perfectly. "We see our own madness reflected in yours." The voice of a man who has no hope, no future, and NOTHING to lose.

[@futurechannel48]

8:30 Top 10 Savage Moments in Anime

[@hind6799]

Just came here for reality check that good writing in videogames existed once. Don´t buy Homeworld 3

[@Neakal]

It's such a shame Cataclysm wasn't in the remastered version. I really hope they can find or remake the source code and release Cata as a DLC. I would love to see this mission with better graphics. And the Kuun-Lan is just such a cool ship

[@LordDarthHarry]

Its definatly gonan be worth the price of a big DLC. Apart from the obvius benefit of a refurbished campaign and graphics youd get the sometaw and Beast for multiplayer allong with the 4 other factions. Woudl also be great "practice" for gearbox with the genre since theyd have to do some substantial work on the Beast to make it multiplayer compatible by expandign their possible ship roster to well.... almost everythign the other factions have.

[@PetersaberHD]

Kuun-Lan is one of the best space RTS ships I've seen. Not only due to it's rough, but grounded design, but also the story - from a hastily assembled humble mining ship to "Kiith Somtaaw Warship Kuun-Lan", as proudly announced in mission 17!

[@graysonlawyer7403]

Not sure if you knew this or have find out by now but just in case it’s called HomeWorld emergence

[@Neakal]

@@graysonlawyer7403 I've read about it recently, yes. Will check it out ^^

[@graysonlawyer7403]

Neakal good to know you heard bring honor to sajuuk

[@lulubeloo]

8:35 *goosebumps*

[@Auriel1]

The dramatic playthrough is a LOT better than ones that just play to get the highest score/ least ships destroyed. Your video really amped up the tension. great job!

[@bukiman4311]

defeated the unbound by yelling

[@michaelandreipalon359]

So, Planescape: Torment, but less somber?

[@G36Ghost]

Boss level : Sometaaw Fleet Command.

[@DnosSFS]

Damn I love this mission, great voice actor with an amazing script still remember it word for word and I haven't played this in so many years. This game is better than HW1 and 2 IMO Now I need to find the a video of the speech he does to the beast, another good one I have fond memories of just not sure where to start looking. so wish this was in HW:remastered

[@SkarmoryThePG]

Sadly, I think they lost the source code, so it's unlikely.

[@DnosSFS]

Yeah I've heard about that. Maybe one day they will find it. Don't understand how they could loose it

[@wiresvn]

DnosSFS They said to decode the source code it would take around 10 years....that 1/6th the amount of time it took the Hiigarans to create the mothership. They said it would be faster to remake the game with the original creators.

[@historicalsongarchive]

wiresvn If they remake it from scratch I hope that they keep the voice acting as good as it is in the classic!

[@flamingkitsune2792]

now this is what dlc should be!

[@Dysturbed-00]

This game was Homeworld perfected. What an incredible follow up to such a magnificent story in HW1

[@SpazzyMcGee1337]

@SkarmoryThePG Humanize it? Perhaps we have different definitions of the word because Homeworld has always seem very "human" to me. The single scene that made the series by emotionally drawing players into the plot was the first moments of Return to Kharak. It was the subtle tremors in the voice actor's dialogue that conveyed the "human" side of Homeworld and which made the series the monument it is today. That said, a 2001: Space Odyssey approach may be the best approach, more space less talk.

[@elvastan]

It has been confirmed that the studio behind Homeworld 3 considers cataclysm fully canon. To make things better, the lead writer of Homeworld 3 is the one who wrote cataclysm. We just might see the Somtaaw and Kuun-Lan in Homeworld 3!

[@vonboomslang6060]

That actually makes me very happy - I very much don't care for the plot of 2, pushing Karan Sjet into mary sue levels of importance and retconning in a "we were the chosen ones all along uwu" backstory the game badly didn't need.

[@raden1287]

Reading this after the abomination that is homeworld 3 story I genuinely cannot desribed how painful this comment become

[@elvastan]

@@raden1287 Yeah. Homeworld 3 might have the worst sci-fi story ever told. It's an abomination. I feel so bad for the original Homeworld writer, who only ended up writing the manual.

[@KingThrillgore]

We see the Somtaaw and Beastslayers in HW3. That's right, they were dragged into that trainwreck too.

[@SkarmoryThePG]

Yeah, Return to Kharak is just... the voice. The silence. The music. Dear god, the Music...

[@Gantradies]

as a kid? it actually made me cry. first time a game- any media gutted me like that...

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Woe to those who didn't save all six cryo trays...

[@SpazzyMcGee1337]

This is one of the best scenes in video games in history.

[@Thecorrectone-dq3sd]

Watching this now after finishing homeworld 3.....i miss good writing.

[@TheSwordinator]

Hey SkarmoryThePG! If you want to beat this mission "without losing a single non-fighter/corvette class ship" then when the three new Bentusi stations port in, send a carrier to the two (or three) that are close together to absorb fire and send the Command Ship to the other and have it absorb some more fire, as it can take much more. When the carrier dies, the talking will start. You can re-build the carrier and not lose a single unit you can't re-build!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Or just make the Kuun-Lan fight the Exchanges alone. Can't just lose a valuable Carrier that I named, you know.

[@shadekerensky3691]

God imagine a Homeworld tv series where season one is the story of Deserts of Kharak, season two is Homeworld, season three is Cataclysm, and season four is Homeworld 2. It'd be so fucking lit!

[@primalDust]

Thanks for posting this. This has some of the best dialogue in all of Homeworld.

[@SpyFromMarsZeus]

I like how the radio is still talking when the main story conversations are going on :D

[@lawbinson]

I love this game so much. First, it was a game I watched my much older cousin play when he visited for Christmas and seeing how riveted I was just watching him play, he got me a copy to play myself. What a gift that was.

[@alduintheanti-dragonborn]

It makes the Bentusi look worse when they tried to exterminate the Somtaw fleet after they only got in their way. They only brought 3 extra trade stations right after their gate was destroyed.

[@DiegoAlanTorres96]

Played this mission for the first time hours ago, definitely a high point in the series and gaming itself.

[@ThatZenoGuy]

I have found you again!

[@DiegoAlanTorres96]

I am everywhere

[@ThatZenoGuy]

DiegoAlanTorres69 You really are! I see you all over the place! XD

[@ThatZenoGuy]

YOU!

[@WhateverMcCoy]

I wanted to say that I prefer the german dub at first, but then Fleet Command delivered its "You're killing us! ..." speech. Sent shivers down my spine. Still, for the rest of the game, the german voices sound perfectly out of place, just like the whole concept of a miner race going all Qwaar-Jet on the effin' Empire and Beast. Also, +1 for Adam West.

[@iamthelaw69]

According to this, there should still be Bentusi somewhere in another galaxy...

[@oldrelics8856]

Hopefully in HM3 we will find these bentusi tradeships

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Maybe they're involved with "the Anomaly" in that game.

[@futurechannel48]

The single most epic roast in the multiverse

[@repulic5]

Holy shit..best Voice acting i have ever heard ..i mean wow i actually felt like i was there..i almost cried xD but shit man this game has some good dramatic voice acting at some of points. Just wow

[@Uthic]

Wow, I agree with Thesixthgoon that line had an impressive amount of emotion, can't think of any VA with that much rage expressed in it.

[@tojiroh]

This brings back sweet memories...

[@grandgao3984]

Impressive playthrough with a minimal fleet! I should one day upload my own video, it's actually *possible* to kill all but 2-3 invulnerable Bentusi stations with a legit fleet, without even losing a *single* major ship to trigger the dialogue. One of the ultimate campaign achievements in the HWC as I consider. THAT is what I call "shaming the unbound" xD

[@SkarmoryThePG]

Hah, thank you. This was mostly showing the mission off - in my actual playthrough, the only ship I lost was a captured frigate or destroyer, I forget which.

[@grandgao3984]

​@@SkarmoryThePG xD yeah I think the combat *ends* once one or two of your capital ships go down to Bentusi fire (and the shaming begins), which why it's so hard to overpower the Bentusi fleet

[@hel257]

they are one, they are always, they are forever, they are not bound to their bodies, they are unbound

[@elvastan]

Hot take: The Kun-Lann looks way cooler than the mothership

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Understandable. Would even say that the Carriers from Deserts of Kharak also look more cleaner and precise.

[@smd242]

I loved this game. This mission is so epic. Thanks for the upload.

[@SkarmoryThePG]

Kadeshi have extremely limited numbers and tactics. They couldn't even take down the fledgeling Mothership's fleet. The Beast would devour their Garden and their technology.

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

The Bentusi was apparently in decline according to lore at the time.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Something I cannot understand a bit, considering their OPness.

[@avatarwarmech]

​@@michaelandreipalon359I can give you the answer to that when you look at Homeworld 2 and you saw how Karen was bound to the ship itself that's what they're like they're kind of merge with the ship just like how Karen was merged with the ship's fleet control system until she got off of it at the end of Homeworld 2 and became unbound they're bound to the ship itself

[@SkarmoryThePG]

@Swordinator99 I know, actually. On my actual playthrough, I managed to lose pretty much nothing, by sending my carriers as far away (a station chased them), while sending my captured destroyers (which I didn't want any more as I had Destroyers/Dreadnaughts of my own) off to die. No losses.

[@Frenki94]

Those Super Acolytes cut through everything like knife through butter.

[@Mobius_118]

"Hey. Hey Bentusi look at me." *"Bitch."* - Somtaaw's ballsiest Captain

[@RS250Squid]

I can hear more than a little of John Sheridan in the captain's speech, I swear they sound so similar! Am I just imagining this? Scott Swanson and Bruce Boxleitner are both from Illinois, after all!

[@EVAUnit4A]

I played this game three times, and every time I got to this mission, my fleet would get wiped out and the Kun-Laan severely damaged. I never could figure out what the trigger was to get the Bentusi to stop attacking me after I destroyed the gate... -_-;

[@devinhallsworth5531]

This is where the homeworld series peaked, right here. Everything thats come after pales in comparison.

[@Nukesnipe]

You could argue that it was only a tiny portion of the Kadeshi fleet, as you only see a relatively small amount.

[@jainra]

Gods damnit, this game. This game...this is not really a game, is it? It's a message.

[@RaZorwireSC2]

So epic. Cataclysm did a few things wrong, but there's a lot I am willing to forget when the story is this awesome. Thanks for uploading.

[@SkarmoryThePG]

@Lonewanderer6666 Very doable. It's impossible to complete the mission without ANY losses, because as far as I know, the actual shaming only happens after you lose a capship past a certain point. Lucky me, I had those salvaged destroyers I wanted to get rid of anyway.

[@deathrooster14]

The captain reminds me of John Sheridan from Babylon 5.

[@SkarmoryThePG]

...yeah, yeah I can see it.

[@SkarmoryThePG]

@Petersaberros Yes. I'm especially fond of the stunned whisper at "They stopped firing..."

[@SkarmoryThePG]

Unfortunately, no. You fight the entirety of the Kadeshi, and they fight to the last man with fanatical zeal.

[@aidanmeacham1999]

Pain

[@EVAUnit4A]

@SkarmoryThePG Thanks, I'll try that next time. So, just make sure a frigate is attacked first before any other ship, and they'll stop there? BTW, I LOVE Swarm Frigates, because those drones are so versatile if you can keep them from docking after destroying a ship. Death by a thousand cuts, bitches! I also liked ACVs and Destroyers. I wish repair beams weren't so slow though! Many tactics I used from HW1 just didn't work here.

[@spectre9065]

Or if your fleet is powerful enough you can defeat all the Bentusi ships that jump in. Difficult yes, but possible.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

"Ready, guns!"

[@EVAUnit4A]

@@michaelandreipalon359 "Ah, roger, Command. C-can you speak up?"

[@flamingkitsune2792]

7:04 is where they get rekt.

[@Porty1119]

That was awesome.

[@zuluactual839]

Are we witnessing a part of the Eye Of Aran?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

I don't think so...

[@SkarmoryThePG]

Because they are dead. All dead. Explicitly all dead. They threw their entire fleet at the Mothership and her escorts, they asked for no mercy and accepted none, and they fought to the last.

[@northerntoe]

I don’t know if this is on purpose, but this gives me really strong Babylon 5 vibes in all the best way Even the captain sounds like he’s giving the “ get the hell out of my galaxy” speech

[@SkarmoryThePG]

@jaspertheking4life Entirely understandable. On the upside, I absolutely love the Beast's voice. "Give data or we take data from your parts!"

[@michaelandreipalon359]

They sure talk a bit like the rachni from Mass Effect.

[@SlahyX]

Verbaly bitch slapping the Bentusi like a boss.

[@Arenumberg]

WE WILL NOT BE BOUND

[@SkarmoryThePG]

@Auriel1 Heh, thank you. I'll admit, I should have done a better job (less omniscience, more desperation, less accidents) but I'm glad to hear it worked.

[@TheTrueAdept]

Actually the guy who does the voice for the narrator and the Bentusi had a gig in Battlestar Galactica Razor as the First Hybrid.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

He's also Rampage from Beast Wars: Transformers.

[@SkarmoryThePG]

@Punktperson Of course. Cataclysm... just might be my favorite Homeworld installment, actually.

[@Atriedis]

that would be a kind of interesting approach to a movie. showing just the expanse of space and structures built in it kind of like homeworld was played. but i don't think that would translate too well. a space odyssey tried to do that. but to me the best scenes were the ones where you could see the actors and heard their dialog.

[@SkarmoryThePG]

@JinRenegade The timing of that one could have been better, but it's brilliant. The hushed tone of the voice there.

[@skamiroth6063]

Nice attempt, despite this video being... 11 years old, DAMNIT!! However, back in there, I remember being able to take down TWO trading ships before the "you are killing us" speech. Even more, when a friend (back in 2004? or so, when I had friends) told me "I just took one ship by one and feed them to the Bentusi until I got the speech" I REALLY should do a full replay (in 2020!!) about this whole thing and take two, even THREE trading ships!!

[@SkarmoryThePG]

Efficiency wasn't my concern in this playthrough. In the actual one, through judicious running away I have lost exactly one ship, and that only because it was a trigger for the plot.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

So, how went the replay?

[@SkarmoryThePG]

@EVAUnit4A No. My tactic was, first, dock all fighters and corvettes, except for Workers. Once you blow the Gate, set all capital ships to scatter and get the hell out of Dodge. A Bentusi Trade Station is as slow as your slowest ship, the Carrier. After a bit of time has passed, order an expendable ship to turn back and fight. Once that dies, the shaming should trigger. And I am a great fan of Swarm Frigates too. Infinite range, good anti-everything. I kept four until the very, very end.