Pride of Hiigara
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 Pride of Hiigara
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The Pride of Hiigara, described here, was built as an emergency resort to carry the battle to the Vaygr, not as a colony ship essentially designed with a civilian purpose in mind. Unfortunately, like the original Mothership, its purpose and plan was cut short by a surprise attack. An early attack on it is not the only similarity between it and its predecessor however, and there is a very obvious resemblence between the two due to both having a similar crescent shaped frame.
In terms of similarity the Pride of Hiigara once again served as a mobile ship factory and home for a crew of several thousand. Once again it served as the flagship of the Kushan fleet, now called the Hiigarans. Not only that but the flagship even had the same commanding officer, Karan Sjet, who once again by a remarkable turn of events, returned to the post of Fleet Command. Furthermore, Fleet Intelligence again made their HQ on the Mothership and the original's hyperspace core, now known definitatively to be the Second Core.
In terms of differences there are many. As noted earlier the Pride of Hiigara was designed essentially as a warship, not as a civilian colony ship. For this reason the design was more refurbished, more defensible, and stronger under fire. Fewer weak spots were designed and the beautiful command deck of the Mothership was built into the hull rather than a gap built into it. Also, the Pride of Hiigara was much smaller, about half the size of the original.
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[edit] Purpose and Mission
The purpose of the Pride of Hiigara is fairly unclear (mainly because of the lack of a backstory for Homeworld 2) although it seems that it was designed to carry the battle to the heart of Makaan's vast dominion and hence draw the battle away from Hiigaran space. If that was the case then it was poorly carried out as the Mothership's construction was somehow discovered and it was intercepted by a Vaygr task force at Tanis Shipyards. In fact, Hiigara itself was blockaded only shortly after the Pride of Hiigara was launched.
Even so, the Mothership was able to carry the battle eventually to Vaygr space and lead the new Mothership Fleet to victory against Makaan.
[edit] Construction
Whereas the original Kushan Mothership took six decades to construct, it is believed that Pride of Hiigara was designed and completed in the span of a mere months.
The Pride of Hiigara was constructed with total secrecy, or so it was thought at first. It was not a publicly known project and was constructed within the Great Wastelands, a vast region of the galaxy filled with asteroid fields, derelicts, and nebulas, most notably the Great Nebula. The region, Tanis, was filled with ancient derelicts and megaliths and not well-known, a perfect place to build a secret ship. One of the megaliths was used to build a new scaffold much like the one used to build the original Mothership, though nearly twice as large.
The construction of the Pride of Hiigara was only just complete when a Vaygr task force interrupted the construction.
[edit] Fate of the Pride of Hiigara
The Pride of Hiigara, though a symbol of the Hiigaran people and well-scarred with memories of its battles with the Vaygr, was later abandoned at Balcora in exchange for Sajuuk, a massive battlecruiser of unrivalled power which was then used to save Hiigara from destruction.
The Pride of Hiigara was left unpowered and empty at the Balcora site, and its fate is unknown, though it is likely still there.
