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Vaygr
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Vaygr were tribes of nomadic warriors from the Vaygr Reaches.
[edit] History
In the beginning, Vaygr was a name of tribes believed to come from the long since forgotten world of Vay, traveling throughout the Vaygr Reaches of the Galaxy, conquering worlds that they encountered. Traveling only on sublight drives in fleets called Crusades they manage to conquer and enslave various worlds, eventually becoming a notable strength in the Galaxy. Throughout the history of Vaygr many warlords found various Progenitor relics, commonly proclaiming themselves Sajuuk-KharSSource: Homeworld 2 Manual
page 2,3 , however only one of them, named Makaan manage to find one of most important of them - the Third Hyperspace Core. Since the Makaan found the Third Core many warlords joined forces with him, and Vaygr begun to create overwhelming fleets, and begun to move towards Inner Rim worlds.SSource: History of Hiigara: Prelude to the End Times
page 26 Makaan manage also to convince Taiidan Imperialists to join forces with him, as they still had a strong desire to retake Hiigara. This way Vaygr started Holy Crusade conquering many worlds in path from Vaygr Reaches, through Eastern Fringes, up to Inner Rim worlds. Each planet they manage to capture was left barren when all resources were depleted.SSource: History of Hiigara: Prelude to the End Times
page 27 After few years whole Inner Rim was at war with Vaygr, and soon after they manage to reach Hiigara.
- "Children of Hiigara... you are beaten."
- — Makaan
The Vaygr forces have sieged Hiigara, managing to destroy the Tanis Station, however there was still one primary target that wasn't in their hands - the Second Core was onboard the Pride of Hiigara, the Hiigaran mothership under command of their leader - Karan Sjet, aka Fleet Command.SSource: Homeworld 2
mission 1
[edit] Behind the Scenes
- While in the finished game Makaan appears to be humanoidSSource: Homeworld 2
cutscene after mission 13 , concept art of Homeworld 2 released later hint at another appearance of the race during earlier stages of production. The Vaygr depicted therein are thin-limbed, four-fingered humanoids shown in skintight black suits and face masks.
- There is a certain name and behaviour similarity with the Vargr race of the Traveller universe.
[edit] Vaygr in Fanon
- The idea that the Vaygr are essentially nordic in appearances was popularized by DeepChrome in her Legacies series in which Makaan is specifically noted to have blonde hair, blue eyes, pale skin, and to be tall. There is however no canonical information on Vaygr appearances except a brief shot of Makaan, shaved inside of the Third Core. Like the Kushan therefore the appearance of the Vaygr is partially hypothetical. Some physiological differences between the Kushan include the fairer complexion of Vaygr. Vaygr have been observed to be taller, have fairer skin, and blonde hair with blue eyes.
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