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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==

(contracted; show full)esstiu 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.

==[[Homeworld]] Era==

Over three thousand years, the '''Taiidan''' became 
verincreasingly corrupt, suffering from internal decay, and theirpolitical stagnation. Led by the Mad  Emperor, Riesstiu IV, at the time of the events of Homeworld, had been alive for four centuthe Taiidan Empire held 150 star systems in its grasp and fielded at least 137 [[Taiidan Carrier|"Saarkin Cho"]] heavy carriers. The Taiidan HouseAssembly of Lords, a parlimentary body roughly equivalent to the old Hiigaran Daiamid, by now 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 using the forbidden Atmosphere Deprivation Device.

This act of genocide triggered the rebellion amongst the Imperial high elite; 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 Hiigarafter barely escaping a trap laid by by the Taiidan thanks to a high-level Rebel defector.  He provided reinforcements during the final battle above Hiigara and destroyed the Imperial Gene Bank.  Without the all-pervasive presence of the Emperor, 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. TOne of the Emperor unsuccessfully's many failed attempteds to keestop the Kushan eExiles from reaching Hiigara by constructing a massive Hyperspace Inhibitor and guarding it with hundreds of frigateswas the use of multiple Hyperspace Inhibitors around Hiigara.  Thanks to information provided by Captain Elson, the Kushan were able to locate and destroy the least heavily guarded Inhibitor and proceed to Hiigara.

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'''  were assimilated into the forces of the [[Vagyr]] warlord Makaan. The '''Taiidan Republic''' are not mentioned, but Taiidani elements in ship design are in the new Hiigaran ships, making it likely that they existed within the Hiigaran Empire

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