The Lektons after the Civil war and the Lekton War of Conquest

The Lektons after the Civil War:

The Lektons were humiliated after the Civil War and were isolated on a random asteroid in the Kuiper Belt. Stratus did become more prosperous in the Lekton times and the population grew. However, as Zic Lekton got older, he much rather spend a lot of time with his many concubines. His daughter, Lem, also the heir to the throne of Stratus, hated him for his lifestyle and how he was so relaxed about losing the Civil War. When Zic died in 3301, Lem was crowned queen, she wanted to grow the influence of her crown and build an industry. She made ships to make colonies on other asteroids. The FSS was oblivious to this as they didn’t think a small asteroid would be a problem. Soon enough there were cities being built and Lem also encouraged people to make a lot of children and the government would help raise the children in exchange for military service for 3 years. Speaking of that, Lem worked to strengthen the military and used the materials from various asteroids to advance infrastructure. The FSS took notice a bit late and tried to negotiate. Lem acted innocent and proposed to trade with the federation. The FSS reluctantly agreed. Lem dies in  3401, but she sets down the path for the Lektons to return to the spotlight. In the span of 2 and a half centuries the Lektons had been steadily consolidating their power in the Kuiper Belt.

In 3685, Lea Lekton, the new queen of Stratus, requested to annex Triton from the FSS as it wasn’t very populated and it was on the outskirts of the solar system. The Lektons could mine the moon much more then the FSS can. They also threatened that if they do not let them have it, they will cut down a lot on trade or even cut them off completely. Intelligence from the secret IDG on stratus reported there might be plans to commit a terror attack on Mars. This was a huge risk as the IHF could use this as a reason to attack the Lektons or it could convince them to hand the moon over. Luckily for Lea, the IHF agreed and handed them the moon. Triton was made the new capital of  Lekton’s Empire.  Lea Lekton was ambitious and had dreams of ruling the FSS. She organized a huge elite force of soldiers. These were taken from birth and forced to train ruthlessly until 16 years old. They were brainwashed and resistance from trainees were killed off. Imperfections were also unwelcome and these soldiers were killed if they were found with any disabilities. They come to be known as Death Knights as they were raised to die for the Empire. This scared the IDG which kept a close eye on their military and made plans to seize Lekton territory. They also stopped trade as they saw more and more atrocities happening there.

The Lekton War:

In 3746, Lea organized a coup on Titan and killed the Representatives. These rebels fought in the Lekton name and pledge allegiance to the Lekton Crown. The IHF declared a war on the Lektons and the IDG prepared to reclaim the conquered land. However, the sheer selflessness of the brainwashed death knights was terrifying and they did not care for themselves. They were ready to sacrifice themselves to capture an objective. The death knights fought for Lekton all over the outer solar system. They secured Titan right after the coup and set up a defense around the moon. In 3759, Lea Lekton died and passed the throne to her son, Zekra Lekton.

The siege of Ganymede(3758-3760) was bloody as the IDG had managed to blockade the moon for years. There were about 100,000 death knights there. The IDG sent in an invading force many times and non returned. However, they were running out of supplies. When the last invading force landed, they were encountered with less then 40,000 death knights without ammo. They had resorted to melee weapons. The death knights were not going to give up but they stood no match against the well supplied and well armed IDG. The death knights charged them but would get cut down. The invading force was obliged to

slaughter 40,000 death knights. 100% of the defending force of Ganymede were slaughtered. The IDG there suffered extreme PTSD.

The battle of Rhea(3760) was a huge defeat for the IDG as kamikaze ships decimated the defending force of the IDG. Rhea was taken quickly and most of the IDG POWs there were murdered in death camps.

Titan was also put under siege(3765-3767) and it wasn’t as successful as Ganymede. The IDG were winning at first, gaining a few footholds, but by the end the death knight fleet had brought reinforcements to counter the blockade of the moon. The IDG had to retreat.

Thebe was a heavy defeat for the IDG as it was one of the last IDG base moons close to the Lekton’s army.  No prisoners were taken.

This war was extremely costly and people were horrified by the Lektons. The death knights barely took prisoners and fought with vigor. The IDG needed more victories but the solar system wasn’t mobilized for war. The IDG had been interested in warp drive technology since they were tested and they worked but were extremely expensive and weren’t even used for public transport yet. However, in 3822, prices for negative energy got lower and they became more affordable, the IDG started production of Warper Gunships. The Lektons heard of these developments and started production of Warpers of their own but they didn’t have access to negative energy or the technology to harvest it. The Lektons aspired to creating negative matter technology but the sabotaging of some rebels delayed the production by a long time.

In 3831, the IDG used warper gunships to destroy the death knight fleets with extreme speed and mobility. They used hit and run tactics with ships which worked brilliantly and the death knights stood no match. In the matter of months, the entire death knight fleet was in ruins. This allowed the IDG to swarm Lekton held moons and the death knights couldn’t get any reinforcements. One last attempt to take Ganymede back was made but failed miserably since the remaining gunships were older models. Death knights rebelled and mutinied against there Lekton owners as many realized that life in the FSS was better then life in Zekra Lekton’s empire.

Zekra escaped to his palace on Triton in 3832 where a last stand was held. A siege started on Triton that took a year but in the end the IDG outnumbered the loyal death knights 6-1 and destroyed the remaining defenses. When the IDG finally secured Triton Prime(the capital) Zekra had already escaped to stratus.

Zekra Lekton retreated to the Lekton tomb where Zic Lekton lay, in shame. There he slit his throat as he had failed at achieving the Lekton’s dream.

The IDG occupied many of the moons before reinstating them as ORNs. The IDG created a task force to watch over death knights and friends of the Lektons. However, many death knights were done with their past and just wanted to be reunited with long lost family.

The Stratus Cloning incident:

  In 4158, a secret cloning facility was discovered on Stratus. This was immediately seen as violation of interstellar law and peace keepers were sent to investigate. The ones who made it out alive reported old Lekton artifacts and flags and tons of identical soldiers who are trained from birth to retake the IHF. The IDG is called to deal with the situation and they swept the halls and destroying DNA strands and the technology. The clone army was destroyed as it was not ready for battle and was taken by surprise. It was suppose to be secret until it was ready. The leader of the facility, who where all the DNA was linked to, claimed to be a direct descendant of Zekra Lekton, named Moro Lekton. He was apprehended and taken into custody. The Clones that survived escaped to around the solar system to try and find jobs. However, sentiment against these clones was very prominent and they were rarely hired. They were outcasts and targets of crimes. They lived in poverty for most of the rest of their lives.