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The Azure Nebula was a type 11 nebula, the home of the Iccobar and location of the Holocovia system. It was found on the border between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. (Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Unity)

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In 2268, the USS Tamerlane lost their Shuttlecraft Montgomery in the nebula while attempting to rescue an alien spacecraft. (Tamerlane: "The Lark and the Nightingale").

In the same year, Ki'TaQ thwarted a Romulan raid in his house's antiquated Mup'beH-class Bird-of-Prey. Gaining the attention of the Klingon High Command. (Star Trek Online foundry mission: "The Battle of Klach D'kel Brakt")

The USS Excelsior entered the nebula in 2293 during Captain Hikaru Sulu's ill-fated rescue of James T. Kirk. There he encountered a Klingon battle cruiser commanded by Captain Kang, who attempted to escort Sulu out of the nebula, but was disabled when the Excelsior ignited the nebula's sirillium gas. (VOY: "Flashback")

During 2384 and 2385, a Borg cube hid in the nebula to avoid detection by Starfleet after the Borg elimination incident. During this time, a Rakelli freighter was assimilated by the cube. In November 2385, the defeated Borg armada from the Battle of Gateway hid in the nebula but were found by Alliance forces and escaped through a transwarp aperture to Unimatrix One. It was at this time an away team from the USS Sovereign stumbled upon the Holocovia system, and explored its fourth planet. (Star Trek: Unity)

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