Nebula Kingdoms
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- "Nephelos" redirects here. For the instrument to measure turbidity, see Nephelometer.
The Nebula Kingdoms are a set of planets in Isaac Asimov's Empire Series. They are within or nearby the Horsehead Nebula; hence their name.
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[edit] Lingane
Lingane is one of the only Nebular Kingdoms that remained independent of Tyrann; having avaoided being conquered, it was instead labeled an "associated state." Fifty years after this, however, Tyrann captured the kingdom after the Autarch of Lingane, Sander Jonti, was exposed as being involved in an underground movement to destroy the overlordship of Tyrann and was killed by his own followers.
[edit] Nephelos
Nephelos is named from the Greek word nephos, meaning "cloud". It was the home planet of Biron Farill, and one of the 'Nebular Kingdoms' near the Horsehead Nebula. It was conquered by Tyrann about fifty years before said novel begins.
[edit] Rhodia
Rhodia is 10.7 parsecs (35 light years) from Lingane. Until it was conquered by Tyrann, it was ruled by a hereditary monarch known as the 'Director.' The Director was chosen from the Hinriad family (adoption into the Hinriad clan was encouraged), by election. When they invaded, Tyrann took control of these elections. Biron Farrill took on supplies in the Rhodian city of Southwark before fleeing aboard the Tyranni ship Remorseless. He later found that Rhodia is the fabled and hidden home of the anti-Tyranni rebellion.
In David Brin's Foundation's Triumph, an authorised expansion of Asimov's work, it is stated that Rhodia and her attendant worlds have an unusual degree of self-rule under the Galactic Empire.
[edit] Tyrann
Tyrann is about 150 parsecs from Earth. Due to global 'water dearth', the planet was mostly desert.
The ruler of Tyrann was called the 'Khan'. Tyrann was able to conquer the fifty Kingdoms near the Horsehead Nebula in a decade. Following this victory, Tyrann suppressed science and space navigation training in the Kingdoms, to help maintain control over its subject worlds. Eventually, a rebellion led and sponsored by Rhodia and the end of the book is claimed to be potentially hugely successful in overthrowing the Tyranni hegemony.
[edit] References
The Stars, Like Dust (1951), by Isaac Asimov
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