Orbital command view: Kharak globe, satellites, signal strength
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak · Campaign / World Map
Art style Realistic 3D
About this game
Developer: Blackbird Interactive · Publisher: Gearbox Publishing · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: Campaign / World Map
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What to study
The strategic layer above the battlefield: a holographic Kharak ringed by satellite orbit lines, flanked by a SIGNAL STRENGTH meter, a WEATHER PROXIMITY tag, and a CONSOLE 03 - LIVE marker, with a bottom command bar of unit and satellite icons. Where the sensor view abstracts one battle, this view frames the whole planet as the campaign map, and the diegetic console furniture sells it as a live command feed rather than a menu. Frame at about 0:38 in the Primary Anomaly Trailer (Steam).
Patterns
How the screen is arranged.
map-overlay world-map top-bar bottom-dock status-row
Components
Parts on screen.
Screen inventory
- central hologram of the planet Kharak with orbit lines and satellite icons around it
- top-left panel: SIGNAL STRENGTH with a segmented meter and connection status lines
- top-right labels: WEATHER PROXIMITY and CONSOLE 03 - LIVE
- bottom command bar with unit and satellite icons, a close button, and a small output panel at bottom right
- faint GREAT BANDED DESERT region labels on the globe
Top 3 colors
#060532 33%#000005 26%#32337d 18%
Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.
Source and credit
© Blackbird Interactive / Gearbox Publishing, Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak screenshot: Steam trailers (Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak Launch Trailer, Primary Anomaly Trailer), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Gearbox Publishing.
Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page
Source details
Fetched 2026-11-04. verified 2026-11-04: scene-change candidate v2_0011.png at 37.584635s in the Primary Anomaly Trailer, inspected visually at full resolution; globe, orbit lines, SIGNAL STRENGTH panel, WEATHER PROXIMITY and CONSOLE 03 - LIVE labels and bottom bar all settled and legible (small panel text is small but readable at full resolution); no trailer caption in frame
no published Gearbox Publishing or Blackbird Interactive fan-content policy found (checked 2026-11-04 via web search); fair-use study use, takedown honored within 48h
Rights holders: see Copyright & takedown.
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