Dark Nebula

This article is about the area of space. For the DropShip, see Dark Nebula (Individual Union-C-class DropShip).
Dark Nebula
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-137.433 : 418.340[e]
Star namesMultiple; see text
Recharge station(s)None[1]

Overview[edit]

The Dark Nebula is not a system, but an area of space—a vast cloud of ionized gas near the Periphery border of the Trellshire Province of Lyran Commonwealth's Tamar Pact (later Clan Jade Falcon occupation zone), roughly between the systems of Somerset, Apollo, and Wotan. The coordinates given designate the nebula's approximate center point.

The nebula interferes with sensors and communications and gives off intense radiation. There are several white and red dwarf stars in the nebula, as well as seventeen known pulsars.

A Star League naval base, Camelot Command, was hidden in a hollowed-out asteroid around one of the red dwarf stars (a K8V class star with a recharge time of 199 hours[1]). After the facility's rediscovery in 3050, "Dark Nebula" was often used to refer to Camelot Command or the specific star within the nebula that the facility orbits, though this is technically incorrect.

Another component of the Dark Nebula is the Erit Cluster, which contains the systems of Erit, Nakfa IV, Sebderat, and the Erit Cluster's capital, Drovahchein II.

Political Affiliation[edit]

Dark Nebula[edit]

Dark Nebula aka Camelot Command
Astrophysical
System position15[1]
Jump Point distance19.35 days[1]
MoonsNone[1]
Geophysical
Surface gravity0.01[1]
Atmospheric pressureVacuum[1]
Equatorial temperatureN/A[1]
Surface water0%[1]
Highest native lifeNone[1]
LandmassesN/A[1]
History and Culture
Population5,000 (3079)[1]
Government and Infrastructure
HPG ClassNone[1]
see Camelot Command

History[edit]

Rim Worlds Republic[edit]

Hector Rowe and his Theban Legion passed through the Dark Nebula shortly before settling on Apollo and forming the Rim Worlds Republic on 8 September 2250.[5][6]

Star League[edit]

The Twelfth Fleet of the Star League Defense Force operated out of a secret base, most likely Camelot Command, within the Dark Nebula during the final years of the Star League. The SLDF abandoned the Dark Nebula when First Lord Richard Cameron ordered all forces out of the Rim Worlds Republic, but reoccupied any existing facilities during the Rim Worlds Campaign of the Amaris Civil War. Any surviving facilities were abandoned again by the SLDF during Operation Exodus.[7]

Succession Wars[edit]

There were persistent rumors that the Nebula is the location of automated Star League shipyards that continued to manufacture fleets of WarShips after Kerensky's Exodus. Legends further tell that one base in the Nebula was a repository for all the useless gold and jewelry that the SLDF soldiers left behind. Countless adventurers have braved the treacherous depths of the Nebula in search of the legendary treasure, never to return. The legendary base, Camelot Command, was rediscovered by the First Somerset Strikers by pure chance in 3050 when they followed an old beacon and encountered a defensive cordon of Mark 39 automated drone fighters. Camelot Command turned out to be an ancient naval supply base and repair yard which had been abandoned by the SLDF centuries earlier on the eve of the Exodus. Largely empty, it held nowhere near the treasures and lostech marvels the stories suggested. The discovery was initially kept secret in line with the clandestine nature of the Strikers' mission, but it was discovered again roughly a year later by Snord's Irregulars and subsequently used by the Federated Commonwealth as a forward supply base behind the Clan lines for some time until it was given up again.

Jihad[edit]

By 3071, the installation within the Dark Nebula had been acquired by Clan Jade Falcon, but between the 7th and 28th of June that year, invading forces from Clan Ice Hellion captured the facility.[3][8] In March 3072, Clan Hell's Horses dispatched troops to assault the Hellion positions within the Dark Nebula.[9][10]

The Dark Nebula facility was captured by the Hell's Horses. By the end of the Jihad the system's underground waystation and repair lines were barely functional.[1]

Garrison[edit]

3079[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Objectives: Clans, p. 10: "Dark Nebula"
  2. Historical: Reunification War, p. 158
  3. 3.0 3.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 16
  4. Tamar Rising, p. 72
  5. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 14
  6. The Periphery, p. 16
  7. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 156: "Homeport"
  8. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 49: "The Jihad In Review"
  9. Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 21: "Timeline of the Jihad"
  10. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 50: "The Jihad In Review"
  11. Field Report: Clans, p. 13

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