Oberon Confederation
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The Oberon Confederation was a Periphery state located on the coreward rim of the Lyran Commonwealth, between the Greater Valkyrate and the Elysian Fields. The worlds that Oberon Confederation contained were as follows: The Rock, Ferris, Drask's Den, Paulus Prime, Crellacor, Gustrell, Sigurd, Placida, Blackstone, and the capital world Oberon VI that even held a class B ComStar station with a functional Hyperpulse Generator.
Originally an outright Bandit Kingdom, it rose to become a minor periphery power by the year 3025, leading a coalition of 12 other bandit kingdoms under the leadership of Hendrik Grimm III whose family had been ruling Oberon IV since around the year 2850. Possessing several water-rich planets, the Oberon Confederation was not actually dependant on raiding its neighbours and Hendrik III chose to hire out his troops to the highest bidder instead. This gave the Oberon Confederation a veil of legitimacy, although it would seem that behind the scenes the piracy continued unabated.
Mercenary forces from the Oberon Confederation were involved in the action that led to the destruction of the mercenary unit Carlyle's Commandos which in turn sparked the creation of the famous Gray Death Legion.
Phelan Kell was captured by Clan Wolf forces while leading Kell Hound troops during a punitive raid against the pirates on The Rock in 3049. The Kell Hounds aborted their mission and fled from the unknown enemy, providing their employers, House Steiner, with first-hand information about the invaders where previously only sketchy rumours had been known (and dismissed as periphery gossip).
All contact with the Oberon Confederation was lost when it was overrun by the invading Clan forces with blinding speed. A small group of mercenaries and Oberon bandits managed to escape from Clan captivity during the first wave of attack in the Leopard-class dropship "FireStalion" [sic] and flee to the Free Rasalhague Republic, where the unlucky bandit crew was summarily executed for piracy.
Given the Clan attitude towards pirates, it seems likely that they did not occupy the Oberon Confederation but conquered it, ending its existence as a political (or mercenary, or pirate) entity for good. Its actual fate and that of Hendrik Grimm III is unknown, however.