Camlann (FWL)

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This article is about the anti-spinward planet. For the coreward planet, see Camlann.

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Camlann
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240px Camlann nearby systems (Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates	-153.87:-233.88
Spectral class	M0III
Recharge time	201 hours
Recharge station(s)	Nadir

Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

Owner History

• 2271 - No record
• 2571 - No record
• 2596 - No record
• 2683 - Free Worlds League
• 2750 - Free Worlds League
• 2765 - Free Worlds League
• 2822 - Free Worlds League
• 2864 - Free Worlds League
• 3025 - Free Worlds League
• 3030 - Free Worlds League
• 3040 - Free Worlds League
• 3050 - Free Worlds League
• 3052 - Free Worlds League
• 3057 - Free Worlds League
• 3058 - Free Worlds League
• 3063 - Free Worlds League
• 3067 - Free Worlds League
• 3075 - Free Worlds League
• 3079 - Free Worlds League
• 3081 - Independent world
• 3085 - Independent world
• 3130 - Regulan Fiefs
• 3135 - Regulan Fiefs
• 3145 - Regulan Fiefs

Planetary History

Early History

Originally a very arid world, Camlann has five continents, no moons and a 36-hour day. Camlann was one of many worlds to be colonized after the widespread adoption of the Laranth water-purification process in the 2630s, technology that made the terraforming of planetary ecologies easier by reducing or removing the requirement for the importing of massive quantities of pure water by ice ship.

Like many worlds colonised in this era, Camlann was settled by a commercial venture with little or no backing from the parent government within which that venture operated; in the case of Camlann, that parent government was the Principality of Regulus. Many of these newly-colonised worlds became increasingly resentful of their relationship with the parent government once the colony had become settled and profitable, and in movements echoing the drive for independence from the Terran Alliance that had occured four centuries before, those colonies often rose up violently in an attempt to seperate themselves from their parent government and become independent. Camlann was an important exception to that trend, however.

Camlann sought to gain its independence from Regulus via the legal courts; in a case that was brought in 2683, less than fifty years after Camlann had first been settled, Camlann successfully argued in Camlann vs Free Worlds, H. G. Duke of Regulus et al. that it should be an independent and voting member of the Free Worlds League parliament, based upon its self-sufficiency. The nature of the case and the precedents used by Camlann set it apart from the violent wave of uprisings that had occured on otherworlds in the 2660s and 2670s, and the resulting decision was seen as a pragmatic solution in line with the spirit in which the League founded. Justice Nkwameh Mbili ruled accordingly, legislating that having demonstrated its planetary adulthood, Camlann had to be allowed to pursue its own goals. The Camlann vs. Free Worlds case was used as a precedent by numerous other worlds in a wave of cases that saw more than three dozen new provinces formed by the early 2730s, with each petitioning for the same status as Camlann once they had demonstrated their individual viability as independent states. After the ruling from Justice Mbili there was a flurry of investment in Camlann alongside considerable interstellar interest in the world.

Succession Wars

Having gained its independence, Camlann developed a healthy economy - in part due to its location within the League, away from any major invasion roues - but otherwise did little to distinguish itself. One continent in the western hemisphere remained free of terraforming intentionally, and was designated a wildlife preserve, where native reptile life - including species as large as the dinosaurs of ancient Terra - roamed freely during the eighteen-hour nights. The settled regions of Camlann developed standard industries in areas such as farming, food processing and manufacturing, although the planet largely became known for its exports of high-tech communication devices, some of which were sufficiently sophisticated to be purchased by ComStar. The economy of Camlann did suffer with the fall of the Star League, with local industry dropping to a subsistence level with relatively limited exports, although the economy did recover to its Star League-era levels in the mid-thirty-first century.

In 3025 the MP for Camlann in the Free Worlds League Parliament was Dame Adrienne Gaynor, described as a mild-mannered bureaucrat with few political enemies within Parliament. Gaynor was also serving as Minister of Intelligence - a portfolio that included monitoring the activities of SAFE, the League's civilian intelligence service, although the sitting Captain-General could easily circumvent Gaynor's oversight by designating SAFE activities as vital to the security of the Free Worlds. Camlann was also notable for being governed by an oligarchy at the time, a system of government it shared with various other worlds including such provincial capitals as Andurien, Gibson and Orloff.

FedCom Civil War Era

In the sixty years prior to the Jihad Camlann's economy recovered, although the major export from the planet remained communications gear and associated components. The Word of Blake replaced ComStar as the largest single customer for comms equipment manufactured on Camlann, and in the 3060s the Blakists exerted pressure on the federal government to allow them control over the communications industry on Camlann to "ensure its purity", but this pressure was resisted by both the local authorities and the federal government on Atreus.

In 3067 the hereditary ruler of Camlann was Duke Mikhail Korcinksi, who inherited the title of Duke at the age of six, but his castellan, Frederica Nix, was actually ruling as regent. Four of the five continents were host to a substantial human population - the four continents being Badon, Cameliard, Dolorous Garde and Sauvage - while the island-continent Joyous Garde remained an un-terraformed wildlife preserve on which the larger native life forms like the Mordred lizard continued to roam freely. Badon and Sauvage were still largely agricultural in nature, producing cereals and fruit in large quantities, while Cameliard and Dolorous Garde were home to the greater part of the industry found on the planet. Outside of Joyous Garde the native reptiles and other native fauna had been pushed back from human habitats, with the exception of a creature known as the chalice hunter, a rat-like critter that continued to present a problem in many regions and ensured the continued survival of numerous pest-control companies. Larger lizards could still be found outside of Joyous Garde, but they were rare and those interested in them had to travel long distances to see them.

Planetary Garrison

2765

• Eighth Marik Militia

3145

• Nineteenth Regulan Hussars

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years) Closest systems first:
Pec	9.5	Nullarbor	17.1	Zara	19.3	Olafsvik	23.3
Keeling	25.8	Diass	29.0	Cirebon	30.1	Chilung	33.0
Heart Fjord	35.7	Vikindu	35.8	Cameron	37.3	Cree	38.1
Dalton	38.3	Fieferana	39.8	Alta	40.6	Ngake	40.6
Barlaston	44.6	Marathon	45.0	Atsugi	47.7	Faleolo	48.0
Jouques	48.6	Kearny	48.7	Vosloorus	49.7	Mauripur	49.8
Muscida	53.5	Regulus	53.9	Dayr Khuna	54.8	Hindmarsh	56.2
Tintavel	56.4	Al Jubaylah	56.5	Ellsworth	56.9	Yanchep	57.2
Shenwan	58.9

Bibliography

• Era Report: 2750
• Era Report: 3052
• Era Report: 3062
• Era Report: 3145
• Field Manual: 3085
• Field Manual: 3145
• Field Report: FWLM
• Field Report 2765: FWLM
• Handbook: House Marik
• Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
• Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
• Historical: Reunification War
• Historical: War of 3039
• House Marik (The Free Worlds League)
• Jihad: Final Reckoning
• Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
• Map of the Inner Sphere 3130