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- This article is about the Star League-era organization. For other uses, see Explorer Corps.
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The Star League Exploration Command, which seems to be the same service branch as Exploration and Colonisation Command, SLDF Exploration Command, and SLDF Explorer Corps, was a branch of the Star League Defense Force navy concerned with surveying unknown stars. It was a precursor to ComStar's Explorer Corps.
Overview
The Star League Exploration Command was founded by Star League Defense Force Commanding General Nicholas Kinnol at some unspecified time before his death in 2646 as a sub-command of the SLDF navy charged with surveying star systems.[1][2] In November of 2788 the SLDF reportedly created a Exploration and Colonisation Command; it is unknown if this was a distinct organisation or a reorganisation of the pre-existing Exploration Command.[3] It was at one time headed by Admiral (and future Khan of Clan Snow Raven) Stephen McKenna.[4]
Science/Survey squadrons of JumpShips, DropShips, and occasionally WarShips were charged with expanding human knowledge and discovering new systems, both inside and outside of settled borders. The worlds discovered were both a source of raw materials and led to the founding of hundreds of new colonies. Solitary vessels to over a dozen ships performed science missions for months or years at a time.[1][5]
The SLDF's Fourteenth Fleet worked in conjunction with the Explorer Command during peacetime.[6]
Known Missions
In 2763 during the leadup to the Amaris Coup, an SLDF exploration team stumbled across a covert Rim Worlds hidden facility deep in the Periphery. The SLDF forces were destroyed by the planet's defenders.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Historical: Operation KLONDIKE, p. 102
- ↑ Historical: Operation Klondike, p. 153, "Clan Snow Raven"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 36, "Navy"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 48, "SLDF Fleets: Fourteenth Fleet"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 51, "The Secret Army"