One last summer themed artwork to close this season. Flame (My friends OC) and Somtaaw enjoying a warm and sunny day at the beach.
September 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
One last summer themed artwork to close this season. Flame (My friends OC) and Somtaaw enjoying a warm and sunny day at the beach.
I've got a stealth suit team on the docket next and I'm absolutely debating whether to do the same scheme or do my Somtaaw deep red + teal scheme.
September 17, 2026 at 11:44 AM
I've got a stealth suit team on the docket next and I'm absolutely debating whether to do the same scheme or do my Somtaaw deep red + teal scheme.
Oooo that could be cool!
The current paint schemes I had in mind were:
- Aliens Loader Yellow & Black (fork lift certified & fits the theme of my Pathfinders)
- Taiidani Yellow & Red (still fits their theme)
- My "Homeworld Cataclysm" Somtaaw (Somt'au?) Maroon & Teal
The current paint schemes I had in mind were:
- Aliens Loader Yellow & Black (fork lift certified & fits the theme of my Pathfinders)
- Taiidani Yellow & Red (still fits their theme)
- My "Homeworld Cataclysm" Somtaaw (Somt'au?) Maroon & Teal
September 3, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Oooo that could be cool!
The current paint schemes I had in mind were:
- Aliens Loader Yellow & Black (fork lift certified & fits the theme of my Pathfinders)
- Taiidani Yellow & Red (still fits their theme)
- My "Homeworld Cataclysm" Somtaaw (Somt'au?) Maroon & Teal
The current paint schemes I had in mind were:
- Aliens Loader Yellow & Black (fork lift certified & fits the theme of my Pathfinders)
- Taiidani Yellow & Red (still fits their theme)
- My "Homeworld Cataclysm" Somtaaw (Somt'au?) Maroon & Teal
Looks like the Somtaaw Acolyte from Homeworld: Cataclysm
September 3, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Looks like the Somtaaw Acolyte from Homeworld: Cataclysm
Ok I see you but give me and like 24 of my besties a wing of these with the missile upgrade and nothing’s stopping us on the way out of there
August 30, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Ok I see you but give me and like 24 of my besties a wing of these with the missile upgrade and nothing’s stopping us on the way out of there
Thank you, Sam!
She sure is long, the long arm of Somtaaw JUSTICE!
She sure is long, the long arm of Somtaaw JUSTICE!
August 24, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Thank you, Sam!
She sure is long, the long arm of Somtaaw JUSTICE!
She sure is long, the long arm of Somtaaw JUSTICE!
Make the Somtaaw into a weird cult that you fight in two missions because they have a (to you) completely inscrutable zealotry and believe you're "unclean."*
I would be so angry but it's the move to make 1000 years or so up timeline.
I would be so angry but it's the move to make 1000 years or so up timeline.
July 16, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Make the Somtaaw into a weird cult that you fight in two missions because they have a (to you) completely inscrutable zealotry and believe you're "unclean."*
I would be so angry but it's the move to make 1000 years or so up timeline.
I would be so angry but it's the move to make 1000 years or so up timeline.
Step 3: Somtaaw worker pod captures Turanic ion frigate 😉
July 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Step 3: Somtaaw worker pod captures Turanic ion frigate 😉
the thing I don't get about homeworld 3 is its really easy to tell a homeworld story step one: Somtaaw girl step two: she kisses her Turanic girlfriend
July 12, 2026 at 11:17 PM
the thing I don't get about homeworld 3 is its really easy to tell a homeworld story step one: Somtaaw girl step two: she kisses her Turanic girlfriend
I really liked the GTA VI trend and had to take part myself. Somtaaw felt like natural fit for it :3
July 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I really liked the GTA VI trend and had to take part myself. Somtaaw felt like natural fit for it :3
We also already know that The Gold List for the mothership was political AF so you end up with a low Gaalsien count (and it's probably mostly "my grandmother was Gaalsien but my name tag says Somtaaw").
This all leads to the Gaalsien reevaluation after landfall.
This all leads to the Gaalsien reevaluation after landfall.
May 29, 2026 at 4:37 AM
We also already know that The Gold List for the mothership was political AF so you end up with a low Gaalsien count (and it's probably mostly "my grandmother was Gaalsien but my name tag says Somtaaw").
This all leads to the Gaalsien reevaluation after landfall.
This all leads to the Gaalsien reevaluation after landfall.
❝ though the events of Cataclysm are of dubious canonicity, Kiith Somtaaw are mentioned as being opposed to investigating ancient ruins & ships, likely a reference to their accidental, catastrophic awakening of the Beast ❞
May 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
❝ though the events of Cataclysm are of dubious canonicity, Kiith Somtaaw are mentioned as being opposed to investigating ancient ruins & ships, likely a reference to their accidental, catastrophic awakening of the Beast ❞
Kiith Somtaaw, the protagonists of homeworld catacylsm, were once a relatively small and modest kith that tended to a string of temples along the northern mountains of Kharak - they were monks, ascetics, and tenders of pilgrims and travelers.
they only became miners out of desperation.
they only became miners out of desperation.
April 4, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Kiith Somtaaw, the protagonists of homeworld catacylsm, were once a relatively small and modest kith that tended to a string of temples along the northern mountains of Kharak - they were monks, ascetics, and tenders of pilgrims and travelers.
they only became miners out of desperation.
they only became miners out of desperation.
“200,000 people secured”
God, that MUSIC
If I hadn’t played Cataclysm last year I would be reinstalling
“This is the kiith Somtaaw warship Kuun-Lan”
CHILLS
God, that MUSIC
If I hadn’t played Cataclysm last year I would be reinstalling
“This is the kiith Somtaaw warship Kuun-Lan”
CHILLS
March 21, 2026 at 9:53 PM
“200,000 people secured”
God, that MUSIC
If I hadn’t played Cataclysm last year I would be reinstalling
“This is the kiith Somtaaw warship Kuun-Lan”
CHILLS
God, that MUSIC
If I hadn’t played Cataclysm last year I would be reinstalling
“This is the kiith Somtaaw warship Kuun-Lan”
CHILLS
DON'T: "I just go out of surgery!"
DO: "This is Kiith Somtaaw Warship Kuun-Lan"
DO: "This is Kiith Somtaaw Warship Kuun-Lan"
February 26, 2026 at 9:27 PM
DON'T: "I just go out of surgery!"
DO: "This is Kiith Somtaaw Warship Kuun-Lan"
DO: "This is Kiith Somtaaw Warship Kuun-Lan"
So my conclusion is: I don't thiiiiink the Somtaaw are Jewish (yet).
Post landfall is any one's guess. They might reinvent rabbinic Judaism from first principles w/o the Shimmering Path.
That's kinda the fun thing about the Kiith. There's so much room to sketch in and add to them.
Post landfall is any one's guess. They might reinvent rabbinic Judaism from first principles w/o the Shimmering Path.
That's kinda the fun thing about the Kiith. There's so much room to sketch in and add to them.
February 25, 2026 at 5:38 PM
So my conclusion is: I don't thiiiiink the Somtaaw are Jewish (yet).
Post landfall is any one's guess. They might reinvent rabbinic Judaism from first principles w/o the Shimmering Path.
That's kinda the fun thing about the Kiith. There's so much room to sketch in and add to them.
Post landfall is any one's guess. They might reinvent rabbinic Judaism from first principles w/o the Shimmering Path.
That's kinda the fun thing about the Kiith. There's so much room to sketch in and add to them.
The Somtaaw of post-landfall honestly feel more familiar in their situation than through their (working class, made somewhat insular by dint of political status) than through their "by the manual" portrayal.
February 25, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The Somtaaw of post-landfall honestly feel more familiar in their situation than through their (working class, made somewhat insular by dint of political status) than through their "by the manual" portrayal.
You could take the line about how Kora Somtaaw was a descendant if the temple women of Talla in a Cohen-esque direction if you really wanted.
But their monasticism also isn't suuuuuper post-second temple Jewish.
But their monasticism also isn't suuuuuper post-second temple Jewish.
February 25, 2026 at 5:29 PM
You could take the line about how Kora Somtaaw was a descendant if the temple women of Talla in a Cohen-esque direction if you really wanted.
But their monasticism also isn't suuuuuper post-second temple Jewish.
But their monasticism also isn't suuuuuper post-second temple Jewish.
It's also clear they take a very different approach to spirituality than Sidiim & Gaalsien but we don't know the exactitudes. Though I might imagine the Somtaaw aren't out there trying to convert people.
February 25, 2026 at 5:29 PM
It's also clear they take a very different approach to spirituality than Sidiim & Gaalsien but we don't know the exactitudes. Though I might imagine the Somtaaw aren't out there trying to convert people.
But the Somtaaw are also deeply enmeshed in all of Kharak's spirituality (or such is the status they lay claim to).
What with the arguments around the Star Metal scrolls.
What with the arguments around the Star Metal scrolls.
February 25, 2026 at 5:29 PM
But the Somtaaw are also deeply enmeshed in all of Kharak's spirituality (or such is the status they lay claim to).
What with the arguments around the Star Metal scrolls.
What with the arguments around the Star Metal scrolls.
Homeworld and Cataclysm were unbelievable games.
The end of Cataclysm where the final mission starts as the “Somtaaw warship Kuun-lan” and the final cutscene talks about “Somtaaw’s children being known as beast-slayers” really drives home the cinematic masterpiece of that series.
The end of Cataclysm where the final mission starts as the “Somtaaw warship Kuun-lan” and the final cutscene talks about “Somtaaw’s children being known as beast-slayers” really drives home the cinematic masterpiece of that series.
February 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Homeworld and Cataclysm were unbelievable games.
The end of Cataclysm where the final mission starts as the “Somtaaw warship Kuun-lan” and the final cutscene talks about “Somtaaw’s children being known as beast-slayers” really drives home the cinematic masterpiece of that series.
The end of Cataclysm where the final mission starts as the “Somtaaw warship Kuun-lan” and the final cutscene talks about “Somtaaw’s children being known as beast-slayers” really drives home the cinematic masterpiece of that series.
QTP with your favourite Main Protagonist in a video game that's not Mario or Sonic
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
QTP with your favourite Main Protagonist in a video game that's not Mario or Sonic
While generally a fan of the Homeworld franchise, Cataclysm stole the show for me. There is a human quality to the characters sorely lacking in the preceding and succeeding games, and kiith Somtaaw's desperate battle against the Beast is the stuff of legend.
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
While generally a fan of the Homeworld franchise, Cataclysm stole the show for me. There is a human quality to the characters sorely lacking in the preceding and succeeding games, and kiith Somtaaw's desperate battle against the Beast is the stuff of legend.
*sigh* I'll give Kiith Somtaaw a call... It happened again...
January 26, 2026 at 5:17 PM
*sigh* I'll give Kiith Somtaaw a call... It happened again...
The project is based on my response to Homeworld Cataclysm. I wish among other things it would have dropped the squick parts of the beast and made the Somtaaw as the weakest faction of the game to force that underdog struggle upon you. H//S is manifestation of those wishes.
December 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The project is based on my response to Homeworld Cataclysm. I wish among other things it would have dropped the squick parts of the beast and made the Somtaaw as the weakest faction of the game to force that underdog struggle upon you. H//S is manifestation of those wishes.