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[[Image:Beast-slayer-crest.png|thumb|right|The Kiith Somtaaw Beastslayer crest]]

In the ''[[Homeworld]]'' series of [[computer games]], '''Kiith Somtaaw''' is one of many kiithid - or extended family-clans - that belong to the [[Kushan (Homeworld)|Kushan]] race. Originally a major religious kiith, the '''Somtaaw''' later became almost entirely geared towards mining.

(contracted; show full)n star system. In the process, they discovered an artifact. Analysis yielded that the device was built by no known Galactic races and as such probably held great, unknown technology. The ruling Somtaaw council decreed that this would give them great leverage in the new Hiigaran government, and ordered that the [[Ships of Homeworld|Kuun-Lan]] keep this a secret within Somtaaw. The Kuun-Lan then met up with the Clee-San, and they opened up the device for analysis.  However, the artifact contained part of the
 intelligent [[nanotechnology]] organism known as [[the Beast (Homeworld)|the Beast]]. The infection rapidly spread, forcing the ship to jettison its entire lower section.

In ''[[Homeworld: Cataclysm]]'', Kiith Somtaaw played the role of the protagonist fighting the Beast threat.

==Ship overview==
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The Somtaaw are a resourceful people, and to this end their technology is based on designs created using any sources they can find, be it purchased from the [[Bentusi]], adapted from old designs collecting dust in their engineering libraries, reverse-engineered from salvaged derelicts or even all three in conjunction.

To this end they possess technology that even the far-more advanced Kiith do not have, such as automatic self-repair systems, [[Force field (science fiction)|force fields]], the electromagnetic Repulsor defense system, microships and splitter technology for [[Ion Cannon]]s. It should be noted that this is 15 years after the events of the original ''Homeworld'' and 85 years prior to [[Homeworld 2]].

With the exception of the Repair Drones, all light vessels use Bentusi-designed [[fusion rocket]] fighter drives that are so efficient they render traditional Kiith-derived designs badly outdated.

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