The story for Homeworld is one of the year's best for 1999. It is both very deep and captivating and comes off with a strong Arthur C. Clarke feel. The scene is set on the home planet and war-torn world of Kharak.
Conditions are hostile and the world is little more than a revolving desert.
Society is split up into various clans that all war with each other over resources for survival. The belief systems are violently debated over a question of origins. Conditions carried on for generations, with war, struggle for resources, survival, and questions of origins unanswered. Until one fateful day, a massive satellite was launched into orbit with the purpose of seeking out resources amongst the asteroids and various debris belts. However, a malfunction in the maneuvering jets caused the satellite to point back at the planet and penetrate deep into the barren desert.