The Ayumi Nebula forms the galactic southern border of the Motoyoshi Colonial Sector.

The Ayumi Nebula is in space that is considered the territory of the Yamatai Star Empire. It forms the border with the unclaimed territory to the galactic south and east.

The Ayumi Nebula was first discovered by the YSS Yugumo, of the Fifth Expeditionary Fleet in YE 29. The nebula is one of the largest in the Kikyo Sector, it stretches across more than fifty lightyears from HX-17 past the Tange System. The nebula is a region of intense electromagnetic and scalar interference generated by a stellar nursery located in the dense region to the galactic south of the Asura System.

The nebula is a navigational and operational nightmare for ships, there are intense gravitational eddies and unstable patches. It is further complicated by pockets of concentrated hydrogen and other gases. The nebula gases are primarily helium, hydrogen that forms clumps with dust and debris; the density increases the closer to the stellar nursery. A natural passage, Misato's passage stretches from the Tange System to the Miyamae System.

During the Second Mishhuvurthyar War from YE 31 to YE 34, NMX forces often used the nebula to screen their presence from the United Outer Colonies Peacekeeping Forces and Star Army of Yamatai forces that patrolled the region.

When the Tange System was liberated at the end of YE 42, remnants of the Kuvexian Military fled into the nebula when the First Expeditionary Fleet cleared the system.¹⁾

In YE 43, the ISS Asagiri destroyed a pirate ship, the freighter “Wampoo”, in Misato's passage.²⁾

The Ayumi nebula is a massive cloud of interstellar gases and dust.

The only way to travel to the Ayumi Nebula is by starship or other craft.

The Bothuturtha Pirates have been spotted operating in the fringes of the Ayumi Nebula since early YE 43.

The Characters that are located here:³⁾

• A game of 'cat and mouse' with Bothuturtha Pirates.
• Find a abandoned ship in the nebula.
• Study the stellar nursery.
• Discover a secret base, or space-born lifeform.

• The Bothuturtha Pirates have a colony on a planet hidden in the nebula.
• There are abandoned NMX ships in the nebula left over from the Second Mishhuvurthyar War.
• The Tange Clan, connected to Motoyoshi Kiyoko have hidden ships and facilities in the nebula near the Tange System.
• Kuvexian Military remnants are hiding in the nebula.

Andrew created this article on 2021/02/03 09:25.

• Artbreeder art made by Charaa.
• Sector map is from the Kikyo Sector map.

The article was approved by Wes in this thread.