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Bentusi Tradeship
Classification and cost

Category

Mothership Class

Class

Mothership

Cost

3200 RUs

Technical specification

Length

1,209.6 meters

Max. acceleration

1000 m/s2

Max. speed

10,000 m/s

Hyperdrive rating

Short jump

Armament

Other systems

  • Hangar bay
Usage

Role

  • Transport
  • Fleet command

Era(s)

Affiliation

The Bentusi Tradeship or Bentusi Exchange was the most common type of Bentusi starship, used for trade and in some situations, defence.

"The resources you collect are value to the Bentusi Exchange."
— Bentusi

The primary role of the Bentusi Tradeship was to gain resources which were used by the BentusiSSource: Homeworld
mission 4
. Each ship had at least one Exchange Unit, which allowed the player to trade with the Bentusi starship. Resources could be transferred from any ship to a Bentusi Tradeship, and technologies could be transported back from the Tradeship to the other ship.

Tradeships were also used to defend the Bentusi - whether it was the Tradeship itself or another Bentusi ship. Each tradeship was armed with three powerful, long range ion cannons, with whiteSSource: Homeworld
mission 11
or yellowSSource: Homeworld: Cataclysm
mission 5
beams. These guns were used for defense against both strike craft and capital ships. Additionally some of the Tradeships were supplied Super Acolytes. The first known use of a Tradeship for defence of another Bentusi ship was in the Exile Era, during the Battle of Hiigara when the Tradeships were wrenched by Harbor Ship from a nebula near HiigaraSSource: History of Hiigara: Prelude to the End Times
page 14
. In the Cataclysm Era Tradeships used their onboard Super Acolytes to neutralize the Kuun-Lan fleetSSource: Homeworld: Cataclysm
mission 14
.

Tradeship using it's 3 Ion Cannons
Tradeship using it's 3 Ion Cannons

It was very uncommon to see multiple trade ships at any one time, as they were autonomous units trading mostly on the Outer Rim Trade Routes. However, they were seen also in the Inner Rim, over HiigaraSSource: Homeworld
mission 16
and in the Great WastelandsSSource: Homeworld
mission 4
and various other locations around the galaxy. During the Homeworld 2 EraSSource: Homeworld 2
mission 3
, Karan S'jet stated that the Great Harbour Ship of Bentus was the "last of the Bentusi".

[edit] Behind the scenes

Early concept of Bentusi Tradeship
Early concept of Bentusi Tradeship
  • In early concept art of the Bentusi Exchange ship, the vessel seems to have an external dockyard and an extra docking arm.
  • The Tradeship is the first Bentusi ship which the player encounters in the Homeworld series, and the only Bentusi capital ship seen until the introduction of Bentus.

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