The Va'haken Nebula is a stellar 'cloud' found to the far east of the Kingdom of Neshaten, although a small portion of it clips into the Kingdom's recognized borders. The Va'haken was named after the young Laibe explorer named Huyu'she Va'haken, who wandered into the Nebula by accident while searching for planets that could sustain life, although the Laibe was never able to find his way out, his ship was eventually discovered by a separate exploratory squad along with the Laibe's expired body, thus the Nebula was named after him in honor of his sacrifice.

The Va'haken Nebula is currently at the borders of the Kingdom of Neshaten and is considered a dangerous nebula to travel through without any experience guidance. The nebula was discovered in ER 709-V and it was further explored in EE 722 due that the dangers of the nebula were difficult to navigate through. In EE 001 (YE 34) the star system No'menshan was found that would, later on, become an important industrial system for the kingdom.

The Va'haken Nebula is comprised of various gases.

Comprised of various gases, the Va'haken Nebula is considered a dangerous place for ships to travel, this is largely due to the stellar storms that have been observed occurring through the cloud; including strong electromagnetic storms that have been known to screw with ships shields and sensors. There is a narrow corridor that was discovered to exist within the Nebula that seems to be devoid of these storms, however, it is so narrow that a fleet of ships can only pass through it in a single file formation.

The Nebula is quite dense, requiring navigation to be done utilizing either probes or forward operating scouts. The Kingdom has set up a large number of such probes to make it easy for their ships to navigate through areas already explored, while areas that in the process of being explored must be marked with a probe.

This Nebula cancels out all forms of FTL based systems. Its storms can render shielding and sensors practically useless.

Named after the explorer who discovered this narrow passage, the Ni'hen Corridor is the only area of the Nebula where FTL can be used, but that requires a very skilled pilot to do so due in large part to tight corners. The corridor is recognizable as its the primary location for Neshaten probes, no one within the Kingdom knows how long the corridor is, as it is still being explored. There is a small outpost that lays just before the corridor, used as a resupply point for ships venturing in and out but also as a kind of weather station to inform ships of anomalies.

Currently, the SNV-Ni'hen She'ha is assigned to explore this passage.

The nebula has residents at No'menshan.

These Characters are present in the nebula:¹⁾

Roleplay Opportunities.

• Run a dangerous exploration plot.
• Find hidden treasures and relics.
• Get lost in the dangerous nebula and maybe never return.

Rumors about this nebula.

• Records from the starship that got found state that there are more star systems in the nebula.
• Yamatai ships have been seen near the Nebula.

Original was written by Kalshion 2013/11/26 16:27. Updated by Kyle and Rawolfe

• Artbreeder art is by Rawolfe.

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