Guidestone
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The Guidestone is an ancient artifact that was created by members of the long-lost Hiigaran civilization. The artifact revealed to the Kushan kiiths residing on Kharak how they could return to their forgotten and beloved homeworld of Hiigara.
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[edit] Description
The Guidestone is a rock artifact comprised mostly of vacuum-cooled sedimentary rock material later determined to be approximately 3,000 years old (in the Kharakian calendar). The rock material, comprised of layers, also contains high-energy isotopes created only through the bombardment of extremely high-energy photons. Though nearly destroyed by intense heat (destroying the majority of the original artifact), what remained was an ornate depiction of the Homeworld galaxy etched on the flattest face of the stone. Detailed in the depiction of the homeworld galaxy was a line tracing the direct route taken by the exiles from their original home somewhere in the core to their exile on Kharak. The drawing also identified the core location as "Hiigara", a word common in all dialects that means "home." Also included in the surviving fragment were a string of numbers that gave a three-dimensional vector route that identified the path to Hiigara, which enabled the exiles to begin their return venture to their former homeworld.
[edit] History
The artifact was, by some means, extricated from the surface of the Angel Moon and then processed into a complete form, then somehow damaged during the time of the Exiles' long voyage to Kharak. What remained was sealed in a special temple-observatory in the old city of Khar-Toba and the remains of the ancient prison ship. It remained there long after Khar-Toba's citizens had abandoned the city to the sands, and was rediscovered in 9429 GSY (1135 KDS) by lone archaeologist Mevath Sagald. Archaeologist Sagald, in an insightful move, returned the artifact to the central city of Tiir. There, every Kiith leader examined and verified the truth behind the stone, uniting the Kharkaian people for the first time in 250 years.
Fifteen years later it appears as if the Guidestone either accompanied the Exiles on their journey to return home or a replica of the stone was carved to replace the lost original. In either case, the Guidestone was moved and placed at the entry of an important building on Hiigara herself (likely the council chambers for the Hiigaran Daiimid), guarded by a pair of ceremonial guards.
[edit] Behind the Scenes
- In a Sierra Magazine previewing the "coming" homeworld game, the preview text describes the Guidestone as a crystal artifact which "transmitted a radio beacon with coordinates to your home", rather than simply describing the location pictorially as was on the final product.
