Large Magellanic Cloud

The Large Magellanic Cloud was a dwarf galaxy which orbited the Milky Way. It was discovered millennia ago by many Milky Way species and remained undiscovered by the Federation until 2439, when the Federation sent the USS Rimor and half a dozen other starships into it to explore it and make first contact with Magellanic species, which occured many times throughout the duration of the mission.

The Large Magellanic Cloud had a twin, the Small Magellanic Cloud, which was a few thousand light-years away from it but was farther from the Milky Way. Both clouds were connected by a bridge of hydrogen gas known as the Megellanic Bridge, which was used since 2438 by the Galactonians to collect hydrogen for power.

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