Star League Exploration Command
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- This article is about the Star League-era organization. For other uses, see Explorer Corps.
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Overview
Founded by Star League Defense Force Commanding General Nicholas Kinnol sometime before 2646,[1] and at one time headed by Admiral (and future Khan of Clan Snow Raven) Stephen McKenna,[2] the Star League Exploration Command was tasked with a similar mandate as that of the later ComStar organization.
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][3]
The SLDF's Fourteenth Fleet worked in conjunction with the Explorer Command during peacetime.[4]
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.[5]
References
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedH:LoTI33 - ↑ 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"