Gum Nebula



The Gum Nebula is a super nova remnant in the Beta Quadrant near Orion's Arm discovered by astronomer Colin Stanley Gum in 1955.

Larger than the entirety of the United Federation of Planets, the Gum Nebula was largely unexplored until 2379, when Starfleet assigned two of their new Luna class vessels, the USS Titan, and the USS Ganymede to blaze trails into the unknown space.

The Titan began her explorations in the coreward half of the nebula, while Ganymede started in the rimward half.

Early in her explorations, the crew of Titan discovered that the Gum Nebula was home to many of the Milky Way Galaxy's cosmozoan species such as the Star-jellies and the Branchers, among others. (Star Trek: Titan novel Orion's Hounds)