Albion

Albion, Also know as Alpha Vulcanus III was a Human colony world in the Alpha Vulcanus system, located in the outer colonies and is the third planet in the system.
At a distance of roughly eleven light-years from the Cygnus system and sixty-five light-years from the Sol System, and is the third planet in the system and the only habitable one. Albion has one natural satellite, the moon Brag.
== History ==
=== Forerunner ===
The forerunners maintained a presence on Albion in the form of Covert Support Base 5826 of the Jat-Krula protected boundary. However, towards the end of the Forerunner-flood war, the facility evacuated and abandoned, eventually being lost under Albion's rising oceans, under a deep layer of sediment in what would become the bay of New Dover, the future colonies capital.
=== Human Colony ===
The colony of Albion was founded in 2358 by the colony ship Mayflower. The majority of the population of the planet was of British descent, with most of the planets' locations named after British cities or mythology native to the British Isles.
Compared to other distant human colonies, Albion was a rather peaceful and stable colony, the closest the planet came to having an Insurrection was a protest group that peacefully campaigned for increased autonomy from the UEG, akin to the peaceful Anti-War protests of the 20th and 21st Century. This garnered it some good favour inside of ONI as it was seen as a manageable issue and was, therefore, left alone from ONI operations and interference.
Albion was primarily seen as a resort world due to its temperate climate, its lack of harmful native species and soft sandy beaches, although not as popular or luxurious as Arcadia, it was still seen as a popular vacation spot amongst the human colonies. 
=== Human-Covenant War ===
In 2530 the planet was found by the Covenant Fleet of Righteous Vindication, leading to the First Battle of Albion, a two-week campaign which culminated in the destruction of the colony with heavy loss of life, both militarily and civilian, of a population of around 6.5 Million, less than five percent of the population was able to evacuate, despite the presence of the Spartan II's of Blue Team and Green Team.
Unbeknownst to the UNSC a small group of humans was able to escape the Covenant glassing by sheltering in hither-to unknown cave system that had been covered by the planets oceans that had emerged when the planets oceans had been evaporated by the heat from the Glassing beams. This small group, numbering just over a thousand survivors were able to survive for the first few months on supplies that they had managed to take with them, or that were salvaged in the aftermath of the planets fall. This state of affairs changed when a group of explorers, searching for a long-term underground source of food, discovered a part of Covert Support Base 1826, which they were able to partially activate. With their future secured the survivors moved into the Forerunner facility, which they renamed 'Camelot' after the castle from Arthurian legend, likewise dubbing themselves 'Arthurian's' in an effort to distance themselves from the ruined colony above.
== Notable Persons ==
* Ayrton-A384
* Beth-A173
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