Camlann (FWL)

This article is about the Free Worlds League planetary system. For the Draconis Combine system, see Camlann (DC).

Camlann
← 3135 3151
Camlann nearby systems (Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates	−153.871 : −233.875
Spectral class	M0III
Recharge time	201 hours
Recharge station(s)	Nadir

The Camlann system was home to at least one habitable world, Camlann I, and as of 3151 was located in the Regulan Fiefs province of the Free Worlds League.

System Description

The Camlann system is located near the Nullarbor and Pec systems and consists of a class M0III primary orbited by at least one planet. During the thirty-first century a recharge station was in place at the system nadir jump point.

System History

The Camlann system was colonized by the Principality of Regulus during the first half of the twenty-seventh century.

Political Affiliation

• 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
• 3101 - Regulan Fiefs
• 3135 - Regulan Fiefs
• 3145 - Regulan Fiefs
• 3148 - Free Worlds League (from July)
• 3151 - Free Worlds League

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Camlann I

Camlann
Astrophysical
Also known as	Camlann I
System position	First
Jump Point distance	3.14 days
Moons	None
Geophysical
Surface gravity	0.81
Atmospheric pressure	High (Breathable)
Equatorial temperature	38°C (Arid)
Surface water	60%
Highest native life	Reptile
Landmasses	5 (Cameliard, Badon, Sauvage, Dolorous Garde, Joyous Garde)
History and Culture
Population	3,428,000,000 (3025), 3,428,000,000 (3067)
Government and Infrastructure
Noble Ruler	Duke of Camlann
HPG Class	A
HPG Representative	Precentor Nging Sho Tang (3025)

Camlann I, more commonly known simply as Camlann, is the first planet in the Camlann system.

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 iceship.

Like many worlds colonized 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 colonized 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 occurred four centuries before, those colonies often rose up violently in an attempt to separate 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 occurred on other worlds 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, declaring 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.

Another result of the victory in the Camlann vs. Free Worlds case was the people of the planet adopting an us-against-them mentality. An example of this was the protestation against building a Star League Defense Force base on world due to concerns that to do so violated the sovereignty of Camlann. In the final years of the Star League, the resident garrison force, the 190th Jump Infantry Division, were called on at least once a year to stop riots from the restless population. This reinforced the hated of the SLDF by the people of Camlann.

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 routes—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 Korcinski, 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.

Dark Age

Following the Free Worlds League's dissolution in 3079, Camlann became an independent world. This state of affairs ended in 3101 when, following Camlann's refusal to join the Regulan Fiefs, the Nineteenth Regulan Hussars occupied the planet. Camlann remained under Regulan occupation for over four decades, with the Nineteenth keeping the citizenry subdued and hunting down pro-independence resistance fighters, until Regulus itself was defeated and forced to rejoin the Free Worlds League in 3148.

Military Deployment

2764

• 190th Jump Infantry Division

2765

• Eighth Marik Militia

3145

• Nineteenth Regulan Hussars

Local Flora and Fauna

• Mordred Lizard
• Chalice Hunter

Nearby Systems

Closest 36 systems (33 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	Wallis	60.3	Maritgues	61.5	Hellos Minor	61.6

Bibliography

• Era Report: 2750
• Era Report: 3052
• Era Report: 3062
• Era Report: 3145
• Field Manual: 3085
• Field Manual: 3145
• Field Manual: SLDF
• 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
• Shattered Fortress