During this time the Vaygr further strengthen themselves by allying with the Hiigaran's old enemies, the Taiidani, and despite the clandestine construction of the Mothership, it is ultimately discovered by the Vaygr, whose arrival at the Tanis Shipyards barely gives the Hiigarans time to escape. Sensing that war with the Vaygr is on the horizon, the Hiigarans secretly commission a new Mothership, the Pride of Hiigara, and Fleet Command responsibilities are taken over by the hero of the Homeworld War, Karan S'jet. The Pride of Hiigara, a second iteration of the famous Hiigaran Mothership, is commissioned in secret at the Tanis Shipyards. He is aided by his own Core, which allows him to divine the location of the others. Believing himself to be the Sajuuk-Khar (literally, the Chosen of He Whose Hand Shapes What Is), a messianic figure foretold to combine the three Hyperspace Cores and unite the galaxy, Makaan sets out to obtain the other two Cores. More recently, the third and final Hyperspace Core was discovered by the Vaygr, a nomadic race from the Eastern Galactic Fringe, and it is used by their warlord Makaan to quickly take control of a large swath of the galaxy. The first was found by the Bentusi, and with them both they and the Hiigarans possess the ability to Far Jump, that is, to cross great distances of space almost instantaneously. It is established early on that the Hyperspace Core found in the deserts of Kharak long ago and used by the Kushan to build the original Mothership is one of only three such devices known to exist. Set 115 years after the events of the first game and 100 years after the events of Cataclysm, Homeworld 2 revisits the fate of the Hiigarans as a new power arises to threaten them. The game's graphical presentation is heavily upgraded over previous installments, and numerous adjustments and additions to Homeworld's gameplay and interface have been made as well. It also introduces a completely new faction, the Vaygr, who act as antagonists during the game's single-player campaign. Homeworld 2 sees the return of the Hiigaran faction as a playable race, called Kushan in the original game, after being absent from Barking Dog Studios' stand-alone expansion, Cataclysm. Like the previous games in the franchise, it is a PC real-time strategy game set in space, with an emphasis on full freedom of ship movement.

Developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sierra Entertainment in 2003, Homeworld 2 is the second follow-up to 1999's Homeworld and the first to be headed by Relic itself, the creator of the series.

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