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The '''Taiidan''' are the antagonist faction in the original [[Homeworld]] game and are the opponents to the [[The_Kushan|Kushan]] exiles, returning from their banishment. At its peak, the '''Taiidan Empire''' controlled 150 star systems.

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==Prehistory==

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Riesstiu was uncompromising as to his demands: all Hiigarans were to become slaves, the planet Hiigara itself was to become the site for the new Taiidan Imperial Palace, and the former worlds belonging to the Hiigaran Empire would now be part of the Taiidan Empire. A few Hiigarans were allowed to be exiled to the desert planet Kharak, where they would be forbidden to develop hyperspace technology again.

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[[Homeworld]] Era==

Over three thousand years, the '''Taiidan''' became very corrupt, suffering from internal decay, and their Emperor, Riesstiu IV, at the time of the events of Homeworld, had been alive for four centuries. The Taiidan House of Lords, a parlimentary body roughly equivalent to the old Hiigaran Diamid, served only to approve the Emperor's mandates. Shortly before the events of Homeworld, the Bentusi cut off contact with the '''Taiidan Empire'''.

At this time, the Emperor commanded a significant starfleet as well as the services of the pirate Turanic Raiders. After discovering the Kushan [[Mothership]] conducting its hyperspace test, a fleet was deployed to [[Kharak]] and destroyed the planet.

This act of genocide inflamed an existing rebellion that had been recently crippled by a high-level traitor; civilians were also disgusted by the genocide and suffered from Imperial reprisals against perceived dissidents. One of the key figures, Captain Elson of the destroyer ''Kapella'' joined forces with the Kushan and helped them reach their home. After the final battle in orbit of Hiigara the Empire collapsed and was replaced by the '''Taiidan''' Republic''', although there were many splinter factions claiming Imperial legitimacy. The Emperor himself commanded his forces over the world of Hiigara, and was destroyed along with his flagship.

During the campaign, the Taiidan showed increasingly erratic behavior, including attacking a Bentusi vessel and attempting to crash an asteroid into the Kushan mothership. The Emperor unsuccessfully attempted to keep the Kushan exiles from reaching Hiigara by constructing a massive Hyperspace Inhibitor and guarding it with hundreds of frigates.

There are rumors that the Taiidan was the race intended to be played through the single-player campaign.

==[[Homeworld 2]] Era==

After the Hiigarans re-established their Empire, the remnants of the '''Taiidan Empire''' and the '''Taiidan Republic''' were assimilated into the forces of the [[Vagyr]] warlord Makaan.

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