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The '''Taiidan''' are the antagonist faction in the original [[Homeworld]] game and are the opponents to the [[The_Kushan (Homeworld)|Kushan]] exiles, returning from their banishment.  In the game Homeworld, the Taiidan could be played in the single player mode.
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==Prehistory==

The '''Taiidan Empire''' was founded more than three thousand years prior to the events in the game Homeworld, after a large galactic conflict caused hundreds of smaller governments, who had achieved interstellar travel through contact with the [[Bentusi]], to consolidate into several large empires. Although they were historically a founding member of the Galactic Council, the Taiidan were locked in a border conflict with the rival Hiigaran Empire. The conflict was eventually brought before the Galactic Council, and decided in favor of the Taiidan Empire. 

Fearing that the Taiidan would eventually come to dominate the Hiigaran Empire, and dissatisfied with the decision made by the Council, the Hiigaran Empire launched a military strike against the Taiidan homeworld. After primary military and governmental facilities had been devastated by orbital strikes, the Hiigaran fleet returned to Hiigaran space.

The Council condemned the attack and ordered the Hiigaran Empire to turn over the [[Hyperspace_core|hyperspace core]] they had utilized to carry out the attack. The Hiigarans refused to comply with the order, and attempted to disable the Bentusi Harbor Ship that had arrived to take custody of the core. The Bentusi quickly defeated the Hiigaran fleet.

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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 [[Vaygr]] warlord Makaan. Influences of the Taiidani can be seen in some of the 
[[Vaygr]] ship designs, such as the Assault Frigate. The '''Taiidan Republic''' is not mentioned, but Taiidani elements in ship design are also seen in the new Hiigaran ships, making it likely that they still exist within the Hiigaran Empire, or were at least absorbed into it.

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