Kushan (Homeworld)

The Kushan are a species that feature in Homeworld.

Biography

The Kushan were a people descended from the Hiigarans that originated from the Inner Rim world of Hiigara. Long ago, they once ruled the Hiigaran empire that was divided into a number of extended families that commanded a great deal of territory until a war with the Taiidan. The conflict led to the Hiigaran's defeat and they were exiled from their homeworld and forced to wander to a new world. During the caravan, some of the Kushan hid from the Taiidan within the Great Nebula whilst the majority fled to a desert world known as Kharak. These ships settled the barren world where in time they forgot their origins and developed a new culture and belief system as the survivors became the Kushan. Their origins in space were lost to memory and they had forgotten the age old edict that stated that they were never to develop space travel again as per the terms with the Taiidan empire.

Overview

In appearance, the Kushan and their Hiigaran ancestors bipedal beings that resembled humans.

Dating back from their Hiigaran roots, the Kushan were divided into a number of extended families known as a Kiith. Among the various Kiithid were:

• Kiith S'jet :
• Kiith Soban :
• Kiith Naabal :
• Kiith Manaan :
• Kiith Somtaaw :
• Kiith Hraal/LiirHra :
• Kiith Gaalsien :
• Kiith Siidim :
• Kiith Paktu :
• Kiith Kaalel :
• Kiith Magann :
• Kiith Sagald :
• Kiith Jaraci :
• Kiith Tambuur :

Certain Kiith developed their own companies that produced equipment and technology such as S'jet Aerospace. On Kharak, the Kiith of the north formed an allied government that looked to re-establish their space presence as the planet was dying with these becoming the Coalition of the Northern Kiithid.

From the Gaalsien came a group that were called the Khaaneph (Translation: Godless) that were a group that inhabited the deep deserts. They were said to believe in nothing and were not a Kiith but rather scavengers who took anything from corpses to equipment for raw material.

Vehicles developed by the Kushan on Kharak included:

• NBR-12A Science Team Baserunner :
• STS-32 Foreman-class Salvager :
• Ifriit-class Heavy Carrier :
• SJCC-14 Sakala-class Command Carrier :
• SJF-14 Hammer-class Strike Fighter :
• SJB-18 Anvil-class Tactical Bomber :

Among the spacecraft they developed in time were:

• Explorer-class Deep Space Mining Vessel :
• Kushan Mothership :

Members

• Karan S'jet :
• Iifrit Naabal-sa :
• Majiir Paktu :
• Soban the Red :
• Teigor Somtaaw :
• Arban Hraal :
• Miirpat Gaalsien-sa :

Notes

• The Kushan featured in the setting of Homeworld.

Appearances

• Homeworld:
• Homeworld: Cataclysm:
• Homeworld 2:
• Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak:

External Links

• Homeworld Wiki Entry

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