{"id":240700,"date":"2026-07-12T11:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/as-grand-as-dune-yet-few-have-seen-it"},"modified":"2026-07-12T11:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:06:11","slug":"as-grand-as-dune-yet-few-have-seen-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/as-grand-as-dune-yet-few-have-seen-it","title":{"rendered":"As Grand As Dune\u2026 Yet Few Have Seen It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UywMZ0eHXuE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Often compared to Frank Herbert\u2019s Dune, this story follows advanced civilizations and their fates across a dark galaxy as they begin to discover the remnants of a far superior progenitor civilization, one that disappeared long before the galactic dating system even began.<\/p>\n<p>This is a full version of Homeworld 1 lore series all put together into one long form video. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/> 00:00 Progenitor Civilization &amp; The Exiles.<br \/> 05:56 Alien Super-Technology.<br \/> 09:06 The Great Nebula.<br \/> 17:49 The Galactic Core.<br \/> 20:19 Alien Mega-Structures.<br \/> 22:49 The Homeworld.<\/p>\n<p>Characters and terminology mentioned in the video:<br \/> Kharak: The desert planet where Kushan have been exiled 4,000 years ago.<br \/> Bentusi: The oldest known alien civilization, and the only one to officially posses hyperspace far-jump technology. Unlike short-jump, it allows near-instantaneous travel to virtually any location in the galaxy.<br \/> Taiidan: A powerful empire controlling much of the inner galaxy, including Hiigara.<br \/> Kushan: A humanoid civilization exiled from Hiigara 4,000 years ago by the Taiidan. They settled on a desert planet called Kharak. After integrating forbidden hyperspace far-jump core into their Mothership, Kharak was destroyed by the Taiidan.<br \/> Kadeshi: The same species as the Kushan. During exile, they settled inside the Great Nebula, which they now call the Garden of Kadesh.<br \/> Karan S\u2019jet: The living mind of the Kushan Mothership. Something like a navigator from Dune.<br \/> Turanic Raiders: Hostile alien civilization loyal to the Taiidan.<br \/> Hyperspace Inhibitors: Technology that shuts down hyperspace engines of any passing ship in a very large radius.<br \/> Hiigara: Ancient home of the Kushan, before their exile.<br \/> Captain Elson: The leader of Taiidan Rebelion.<\/p>\n<p>You can get the remastered game at: <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/\">https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/<\/a><br \/> Good Site for Homeworld lore: <a href=\"https:\/\/homeworld.fandom.com\">https:\/\/homeworld.fandom.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Footage:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/as-grand-as-dune-yet-few-have-seen-it\">Continue reading \u201cAs Grand As Dune\u2026 Yet Few Have Seen It\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often compared to Frank Herbert\u2019s Dune, this story follows advanced civilizations and their fates across a dark galaxy as they begin to discover the remnants of a far superior progenitor civilization, one that disappeared long before the galactic dating system even began. This is a full version of Homeworld 1 lore series all put together [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1527,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alien-life","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}