29 August 2000:
It's official; Homeworld: Cataclysm has gone
Gold. For those who don't know, that means that the master
"gold" CD of the completed game has been delivered
to the manufacturer for duplication. So, the game should be in
stores within about a week. This also means that the useful
life of this page is almost at an end. It's been a lot of fun;
I hope this page has been of use to you, and I hope you all
enjoy the game. See you at Homeworld
Shipyards on September 1st!
16 August 2000:
I have brought the various Somtaaw ships up to date with the
latest data from the new
official site. The stats on the various Turanic and
Taiidan subverted ships can wait until the new Shipyards
site is ready.
08 August 2000:
New data on the Archangel-class Dreadnought,
and a new Unidentified
ship (courtesy of the Official site); thanks to Spirit
Raven for the info. Also, I've begun work on the site that
will eventually replace this one after HW:C is released, Homeworld
Shipyards. Take a sneak peek at the prototype and let me
know what you think.
02 August 2000:
New data from the official site for the Ore
Processor.
26
July 2000: New data from the official site for
the Hive Frigate and MCV.
23
July 2000: Barking Dog has released four
interesting new screenshots: ACV
Infection, Beast
Carrier, Destroyer
Attack and Hive Flight.
The Support Module page has also
been updated, and I've added an entry for the Beast
Support Module.. (Thanks to Wsdragoon
and Manticore for the
heads-up.)
22
July 2000: Marcus Skyler, who is the writer
for Cataclysm, has been dropping info here and there
in various posts on the Sierra boards. I have added pertinent bits of
new info to the various ship pages, including Somtaaw,
Beast MS, Beast Fleet,
Acolyte, Sentinel,
Siege Cannon, Mimic,
Carrier, Infection
Beam, and Leech.
14
July 2000: New data from the official
site has been added for the Mimic, Sentinel
and MBF. The new pics suggest that the ion beam
color has been changed to blue for the Somtaaw.
13
July 2000: Hot off the Insidious Spy Network™
wire is this pic showing that the
Destroyer has a twin missile launcher, as well as this
nice pic of the Dreadnought Repulse beam
in action. Thanks go out to the agent who sent these in (you know who you
are). Chris Stewart has also more or less confirmed
that the new Destroyer is a regular Somtaaw ship; the cookie goes to Manticore
for the heads-up.
7
July 2000: Gamespot has posted new screenshots
featuring a mysterious Destroyer-class
vessel (thanks to Jon Sleeper and the rest of the ISN™ for the
heads-up). Also new quotes on the Acolyte, Hive
Frigate and MBF.
26
June 2000: New screenshots showing Acolytes
firing missiles(!), the Processor possibly
processing a crystal, and the never-before seen underbelly of the Dreadnought.
22
June 2000: I've added an overview page for the Somtaaw Fleet,
plus small updates to Siege
Cannon, Sentinel,
and Command Ship.
12
June 2000: As promised, RealFrenchGuy
has delivered the Beast versions of the Build Manager shots; see them here
and here. Also check out this
nifty shot of a Beast carrier
being externally built. Be sure to check out RFG's Esprit
Cataclysm site for more cool beta shots. As always, should you or
any of your ISN™ force be killed or captured, the Secretary will
disavow any knowledge of this operation. This message will
self-destruct in 10 seconds.
11
June 2000: The Insidious Spy Network™ comes
through again! RealFrenchGuy
has provided screenshots of the Build Manager, showing the full list of
available Somtaaw ships in the beta. You can see shot one here
and shot two here. There are no
new surprises, but we can see the preliminary costs for each vessel
and module. I have update each of the ships with the new cost stats,
and added a few new quotes from Castewar.
5
June 2000: Now this is more like it! The
French Resistance over at Ouare Games
have come across with Statistics Screen captures of nearly all the
basic Somtaaw ships. Check out new pics and stats for the Dreadnought,
Carrier, Processor,
Tug, MBF, Hive
Frigate, Sentinel, Recon,
ACV, and MCV.
Also check out some new Beast Fleet
screenshots (including another from insidious agent {O*InterceptRKC).
WARNING: Note that ships in HW:C are upgradeable,
so the stats shown are for ships at various differing levels of
upgrade, and may be somewhat misleading.
4
June 2000: New cruise
missile screenshot from one of my secret operatives, {O*InterceptRKC.
Also new pics for the Clee-San, Beast
Mothership, Beast Fleet, Siege
Cannon, and Sentinel.
1
June 2000: New data from Castewar for Sentinel,
Beast Fleet, Infection
Beam, and Cruise Missile; and a new
screenshot for the Heavy Tug. And check out this cute little HW:C
Toon.
28
May 2000: New screenshots for the Sentinel,
MBF, Carrier and Processor.
Thanks to Jake Hopkins for the
info.
9
May 2000: Behold the Bentusi
Fighter! TRADE OR DIE!!
6
May 2000: Sierra has revamped the Official
HW:C Site, and I encourage you to check it out. In particular, there
is a lot of background story on the Somtaaw, Taiidan, and the events
since the original game, as well as a screenshot of the week. So, here we have updates (mostly new info, a
few shots) to Unidentified Ships, Clee-San, Kuun-lan, Research
Module, Processor, Heavy
Tug (formerly Ramming Frigate), Worker, Acolyte,
Recon, Sentinel,
and Leech. New info from the official site has
been listed in green text.
30
April 2000: In response to a request, I put up a
list of ships in the Beast Fleet.
25
April 2000: New Unidentified
Ships info, and one cool new Dreadnought
screenshot.
24
April 2000: Some feedback on Unidentified
Ships, and various new screenshots (Recon,
Ramming Frigate, Hangar,
Siege Cannon, Mimic,
Dreadnought, Carrier),
but nothing new or exciting.
23
April 2000: Updates on Easter? Yeah, I was
surprised too. Good new screenshots for the Sentinel,
Recon and MCV from the GA
Strategy interview. Happy E-day to all you Christian types.
19
April 2000: Additional shots and info from the
recent Gamespot preview; new Unidentified Ships
entry.
10
April 2000: New info from Chris Stewart on Unidentified
Ships, Leeches and the Hangar
Module.
05
April 2000: New info and screenshots for the Hive
Frigate, Processor, Carrier,
MBF and Siege
Cannon. Anolis gets the cookie for this one.
04
April 2000: It never rains, but it pours. A few new screenshots for the Leech,
Sentinel, Command
Ship, Swarmer
and Hive
Frigate (thanks to Eiden, Neon Devil, Jean-Luc Picard and Mephisto for the collective heads-up). If you're bored by the recent lull in HW:C news, head on
over to the Relic
Message Boards for some lively conversation.
29 March 2000: Important new images and data on the Beast Mothership and its Infection Beam.
Also new pics for the Dreadnought, Mimic,
Processor, Leech, Ramming
Frigate and Multi-Beam Frigate.
28 March 2000: New screenshots for the Recon Vessel, and new info on the Hangar
Module, Large Module, and Unidentified
Ships.
24 March 2000: New screenshots for the Hive Frigate, Recon Vessel, Acolyte and Command Ship.
23 March 2000: Mimic identification
verified.
22 March 2000: Information gleaned from
Castewar's recent #homeworld chat has been spread around the site, and in particular has
helped identify the Ore Canister.
20 March 2000: New Unidentified
Ships comments from our ever-lovin' viewers.
18 March 2000: Big update; many new pics and
data throughout the site. One new ship, the Processor, and
several new Unidentified ships.
17 March 2000: Added several new Worker pics from today's GameSpot headline article.
16 March 2000: I added a Links Reference page so you can refer to the original articles,
and an Unidentified Ships page. I also added various info text
gleaned from the IGN PC preview.
14 March 2000: Here's a brief update, with
scanned shots from the April CGW article, and some updated info gleaned from the Sierra
Studios message boards. Check out the MBF, Dreadnought, Acolyte, ACV, Worker, Hive Frigate
and Sentinel for the updates.
13 March 2000: We're baaack! There's
finally enough information on the new ships of Homeworld: Cataclysm to be able to throw
together a preliminary ship identification page, and I've done so. Forgive the
somewhat spartan nature of the page... it's not meant to be fancy. Feel free to look
around and notify me of anything I've missed or messed up; I can be reached at: arioch@well-of-souls.com.
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