Editing Dark Nebula

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==Overview==
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 (system)|Apollo]], and [[Wotan]]. (The coordinates given designate the nebula's center point.)

It 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. After the facility's rediscovery in 3050, "Dark Nebula" was often used to refer to the specific system it is located in for lack of another name although 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 local capital [[Drovahchein]] II.

==Political Affiliation==
* [[2596]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref>
* [[3071]] - [[Clan Ice Hellion]] (from June)<ref name="JHS3076p16">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 16</ref>
* [[3079]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]]
* [[3152]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name=TRp72>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72</ref>

==History==
===Rim Worlds Republic===
[[Hector Rowe]] and his [[Theban Legion]] passed through the Dark Nebula shortly before settling on [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]] and forming the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] on 8 September [[2250]].<ref name=H:MPSp14>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 14</ref><ref name=TPp16>''The Periphery'', p. 16</ref>

===Star League===
The [[12th Fleet (Star League)|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]].<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 156: "Homeport"</ref>

===Succession Wars===
There were persistent rumors that the Nebula is the location of automated [[Star League]] shipyards that continued to manufacture fleets of [[WarShip]]s 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 [[Operation Exodus|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===
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.<ref name="JHS3076p16"/><ref name="J:FRp49">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 49: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> In March [[3072]], [[Clan Hell's Horses]] dispatched troops to assault the Hellion positions within the Dark Nebula.<ref name="JHS3076p21">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 21: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp50">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 50: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>

The Dark Nebula facility was captured by the Hell's Horses. By the end of the [[Jihad]] the waystation and repair lines located here had been either destroyed or moved to other locations in the Horses' occupation zone.<ref>''Objectives: Clans'', p. 10</ref>

==Planetary Info==
:''see [[Camelot Command]]''

==Garrison==
===3079===
* [[49th BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)|Forty-ninth BattleMech (Clan Hell's Horses)]]<ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 13</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
* ''[[Objectives: The Clans]]''
* ''[[Tamar Rising]]''

[[Category: Special Astronomical Features]]
[[Category: Clan Hell's Horses Systems]]
[[Category: Clan Ice Hellion Systems]]
[[Category: Clan Jade Falcon Systems]]
[[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]]