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NOTE: YOU WILL NEED WORD WRAP TO VIEW THIS DOCUMENT. IF YOU HAVEN'T, SAVE IT
ONTO YOUR HARD DRIVE AND OPEN IT UP IN WORD OR SOMETHING.

Version 2.4 24/03/2004
Size: 121,666 bytes (apparently)


FAQ By Sebastian Haque
Send to: seb_da_web(at)hotmail(dot)com

Authors Note: This FAQ may spoil some surprises in the game. If you read this
faq, then start yelling at me about how I spoiled the Bentusi speech in
Mission 15, through email, this is what you'll get:

Dear
Didn't you read the note at the start of my FAQ? Don't pester me or I'll
take legal action.
Goodbye
Seb Haque

If you don't want anything spoilt, do not read this faq.

Damn scripted viruses! I receive about 20 a week and my automated response was changed
for a few days to something I will not repeat here. If you want to email me, just put in
the '@' and '.' yourself you lazy bugger. NOTE I CHECK MY EMAIL ADDRESS RARELY.
IT MAY BE
A WEEK OR MORE BEFORE I REPLY.
This is my first FAQ, be gentle. I've tried to explain everything here,
but if you feel I need more in it,
feel free to email me (as long as its not flame, viruses, hate mail, Spam,
etc.).

EMAILING ME

You can email me about
-Spelling Mistakes
-Other Tips
-Praise!
-Personal Help (if the FAQ don't have it)
-Modding advice (hey, I'm no pro)
-Personal FAQ (Homeworld 1, only by request)

You cannot email me about
-Flame, hate mail etc.
-Stuff already in this FAQ
-General Spam
-Small contributions that will NOT help anyone and are a waste of time (i.e. you can use time
compression)
-Chain Mail
-ASCII (please ask Osrevad)

FAQ (c) Copyright 2003 Seb Haque. This faq can be saved onto your hard drive, uploaded onto your
site, printed off for PERSONAL use, whatever, only if you promise never, EVER to claim it as your
own work. Also, please place a link to www.quakeimpact.freeservers.com in return. Thanks.

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If you're looking for a particular point in the FAQ, just hit Ctrl+F on your computer and type
the
number next to the title. If you miss the introduction, you'll probably find yourself on
HISTORY.
This is unintentional, and in that case just flick the switch from Down to UP (if you don't
know
what I'm talking about then don't worry.)

Contents:
XXI: Introduction
XXII: History
XXIII: New Features
XXIV: Overview
XXV: Tactics
XXVI: Formations
XXVII: Technology
XXIIX: Ship Ranks
XXIX: Ships
XXX: Mission Walkthrough
XXXI: Battle Tips
XXXII: Easter Eggs
XXXIII: Contributors
XXXIV: Other FAQ's by me, Seb Haque
XXXV: End Credits

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XXI: Introduction
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Homeworld Cataclysm is probably my favourite PC game. It is fun and many
different approaches can be tried.
I sometimes play it with mods, but it's not as fun as just playing it
normally.

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XXII: History/Logs
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24/03/04
Long time since updates. I added some ASCII (thanks Osrevad!) and spellchecked it.

26/12/03
Almost finished the major updates, (they're not on here), but just blanked the
swear words (I thought there were too many). The worst you'll find here is probably
'stupid'.
Also adjusted some of the spelling mistakes.

23/12/03
Started major updates, just had a quick look through the FAQ. Remember, you NEED word wrap to view
this file.

17/12/03
More changes added, a whole 10 proper updates now! A new section added 'Battle Tips.'
Some
redesigning planned soon, keep your eyes peeled!

28/11/03
Finished the Tech trees and Ship trees. Changed the things at the top and put some more stuff in
it.

5/11/03
Guy Fawkes night! Anyway, quickly tweaked the new settings and Easter eggs before fireworks! HW:C
has started working again (no luck with hw2, must be my stupid machine)

18/10/03
As from now, my haque001l@suttonlea.org is OUT. Any emails sent to that address will not be read.
Got HW2 but my computer keeps chucking it out so I can't play it...

11/10/03
Oh, this has got to be the biggest update ever... Just changed the Copyright Notice AGAIN.
That's
it.

8/10/03
Received an email from www.cheats.de, asking if they could put up my faq. Changed the copyright
notice to allow them to use it, and sent updates around. That's it. How lazy.

4/10/03
I actually saw my FAQ on Gamefaqs.com, and I decided that I NEED TO EDIT IT! For those of
you without Word Wrap capability, I decided to make it slightly easier for you to read this.

1/10/03
Get used to this, sometimes I update, sometimes I don't. Haven't been bothered to
do much except add some more to the contributors section.

30/9/03
Received an email from someone called Jeremy about a problem on mission 6. I think
I'll put it in to the faq to save some disk space (you can still mail me about it
though). Added the overview section and put the contributors thingy in.

12/9/03
Got rid of one of my email addresses (guess what happened to it) and got HW back up
again. Only problem is, that I'm only on mission 3 since I played it for 10 minutes before
Karate.

11/9/03
September 11... I just wish I could take Bin Laden and rip him a new... Oh hiya!
Changed one of my emails (virus) and just put in some stuff, spelling mistaxe,
and added some more to the authors note. My HW:C is playing up so I can't complete
the research list. I know I could just rip off someone else's stuff but I'm not like
that.

1/8/03
Pinch, Punch, first day of the month! Finished the last mission (sorry guys) and
added the 'new features' section.

31/7/03
Haven't tweaked the faq in a while, just thought I'd add a couple of things

16/6/03
Off school sick today, did some more spelling errors and changed my font size
(I don't think all people have Lego-style font :-p).

13/6/03
Tweaked it a bit, done some spelling errors and started mission 16 and 17.

4/6/03 Done everything except mission 16 and 17. I'll probably take a
break and do it l8a.

3/6/2003
Whoah, I'm quick. I've done up to mission 10 and started the Easter
Eggs.

1/6/2003
Added More, to the faq. About 1/3rd complete. Estimated time of
completion: 19/6/03 (my birthday!).

30/5/2003
Felt bored, so decided to actually start typing up the FAQ. Deemed useless(by me) and
barely complete.

15/5/03
Basic design plans written on paper for FAQ: It was started.

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XXIII: New Features
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- Time Compression
- Ships (duh)
- Moveable mothership
- Time setting
- Controls (addition of shift +)
- Message Screen
- Detailed Ship Information
- Unique Voices for every ship
- New way of researching and harvesting
- More intelligent and active AI

I'm sure there are more that I've missed out, email me if you know any.

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XXIV: Overview
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Homeworld Cataclysm has a redesigned well... just about everything. It has quite a
lot of new things, like the addition of shift and alt etc. Also, there is a totally
new way of finding land. Before, the entire map was visible, but now, you have to
explore to find more things (this creates a more realistic environment - in 3058 AD
in space the enemy probably won't email you with their co-ordinates of their main base -
you have to find it). If you have, say 300Ru's worth of rocks on the map, and you have
only found 200, the other 100 will not be salvaged until you find them. This means lazy
buggers (like my former self) can't just set resourcers to harvest while they go play the
PS2 or something. HW:C has many new and improved aspects (such as the mothership) but also
some things are downgraded (like the Bentusi Carriers: before they could fly at the speed
of light but now they are as slow as hell). Since this game is rather old (older than my
GeForce), the graphics and engine aren't as up to date, but now that I will be getting
HW2 soon, I expect some bare good improvements. (I'm a grunger/skater so excuse my stupid
language).

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XXV: Tactics