Nox-class destroyer

Following the devastation of the Belt War and the chaos of the Khan Interregnum, the newly formed Khans United Navy had only two destroyers, *Novik* and *Bootyslayer*. When the navy began rebuilding it's destroyer force, it was decided to put their efforts into a consistent, dependable destroyer class; one easy to mass produce and hard to kill.

The Nox class was the result.

Design to pack as much survivability into a light space frame as possible, the Nox quickly developed a reputation among Khan pilots for toughness. It's been said that the floor of the Nox class's bridge was more likely to be shot out than the roof; it was easier to tear your way through the entire ship than breach it's bridge armor.

## Operational history

The two prototype *Nox-R* hulls were laid down with resources left over from the Jump Gate's construction, and built along the same period of time. Due to the Gate taking priority and the designers being extremely detail oriented, the two prototypes were finished shortly before the Gate activation. They were assigned to join the *Eternity's* escort fleet, where both ships fought valiantly but were ultimately lost. However, the engagement proved a crucial test of the design, and later generations of Noxes would go on to see service in the Khans United Navy.

## Ships of the line

*Nox-R type*: The prototype line of *Nox*-class destroyers, the *Nox-R* variant was attached to the *EFN Eternity's Advent* as a destroyer escort, under the reasoning that any fights worthy of the *Eternity* would provide excellent stress-testing to the new destroyer prototypes.

* *Sand Shark*: One of the two prototype hulls created for the Nox class, the *Sand Shark* was detached to escort the *Eternity* during her reconnaissance mission to Earth following the activation of the Khan Jump Gate. Escorting the *Eternity*, along with the Khan warships *Longbow* and *Tiniest Snek*, *Sand Shark* and her sister ship made contact with two *Dawn*-class heavy cruisers of the Earth Defense Force navy. In the ensuing battle, *Sand Shark* helped destroy the cruiser *Sabre of Pluto*, but not before being crippled by a lance shot. Her crew was evacuated, and the ship was partially stripped and scuttled.
* *Temujin*: The other of the Nox-R prototype hulls, the *Temujin* was unnamed when she was deployed by the Khans United Navy to join the *Eternity's* recon mission. Then Recruit Decanus Lillith Labrys, her temporary commanding officer, hastily christened her after the final battle of the Belt War. During the Battle of the Gate, *Temujin* engaged the cruiser *Spear of Artemis* before joining the rest of the Khan forces in the destruction of the *Sabre of Pluto*. During this battle, she took heavy damage to her weaponry, but continued fighting even after the wounding of her commander. After stripping some parts from the wreck of her sister ship *Sand Shark*, and transferring the wounded to *Longbow*, she joined the occupation of Victoria Shipyards and the subsequent breakout action under the command of RD Labrys' daughter. During the breakout action, *Temujin's* remaining crew refused to move the ship from it's course shielding the Bee, causing the ship's reactor to take critical damage under the strain. The crew ship rammed the *Dawn*-class cruiser *Greatsword of Apollo* and lost propulsion and communication, and was presumed lost with all hands.*Nox-2* Type: Following the loss of *Temujin* and *Sand Shark* at the Battle of Victoria Shipyard, the Khans United produced a wave of three updated *Nox-2* type destroyers. Updated to have greater protection that the *Nox-R* ships and incorporating the lessons the survivors brought back from Sol, the ships survived their trial runs and were deployed into fleet service.
* *Goblin*: The *K.U.N. Goblin* was a *Nox-*class destroyer deployed into Pravda Squadron by the Khans United Navy. At the outbreak of the Supremacy War between the PMA and the CPR, Pravda squadron was deployed to sector 3A to protect the Rider shipyard in that tile. However, the squadron experienced a mixture of mechanical failures and tactical missteps caused the destruction of Pravda Squadron's flagship, the venerable MCA heavy cruiser *Toe Sucker*, followed by the loss of the older MCA destroyer *Bootyslayer*. The Pravda clan light cruiser *Harsh Seas* held on longer, managing to destroy a CPR destroyer before she herself was destroyed, leaving the *Goblin* to defend the tile. *Goblin* then held a reargaurd action until the Rider personnel could scuttle the shipyard, and was ordered to retreat once the Rider FOB was destroyed. Following her retreat, she was awarded a gold tooth and a hull scar for her actions, and was later sent back to 3A with a reformed Pravda Squadron to defend the rebuilding efforts in the tile. There she fought alongside the Pravda clan heavy cruiser *Borealis* and the Rider DDK *Lancer* against a larger force of CPR destroyers, helping to kill three of them before the forth fled from under the *Goblin's* guns, avenging her fallen comrades and earning her second gold tooth. The *Goblin's* livery is marked by three green stripes, one towards the aft and two along the midship, along with her battle scars and teeth. In the last conflict of the supremacy war, the goblin died in combat trying to spare the lives of allied fighter crew. This was in vain as the goblin was caught in a JDI field from the CLW Rook. With all the formation closing in on it, the Goblin fought for her life but ultimately she was no match for 4 warships much bigger than her own. The fighter crew never was rescued.
* *Mako*: Compared to the other Noxes of the line, Mako led mostly uneventful lives. Mako avoided conflict during the supremacy war by serving mostly backline roles while at the same time avoiding being mothballed and put in reserves. The Mako is one of two Nox class destroyers that survived the supremacy war, and is one of the oldest KU made ships still alive.
* *Tiger*: Compared to the other Noxes of the line, Tiger led mostly uneventful lives. Tiger avoided conflict during the supremacy war by serving mostly backline roles while at the same time avoiding being mothballed and put in reserves. The Tiger is one of two Nox class destroyers that survived the supremacy war, and is one of the oldest KU made ships still alive.

These ships weren't done fighting, under the navy modernization project at the end of the supremacy war. They received major and well needed upgrades to the structure, weapons layout, internals, and pressurization systems (which had been a bit on the fritz for this generation of noxes). These upgrades include mounting of two large fixed cannons of [redacted] size, a more durable pressurization system, and extra reinforcements on structural weakpoints. After their refits and upgrades, they were redeployed to backline support roles acting as some of the last lines of defense.

Nox-3 Type: After the losses of the goblin and tons of simulations, a planned refit and new construction type of Noxs was made. These had various changes including greater traversal angles on the 300 strike turret, upgraded avionics and camera systems. Various Structural changes across many different sections of the ship. These models never even saw a proper prototype fielded in the navy because of the delays related to the supremacy war, when the Nox line got the budget for its retrofits and new line ships the next and better version was already released.

Nox-Nyx Type: During the KUN modernization project the Nox line was looked at to fill the gap of destroyers the supremacy war had killed. Taking the lessons from the supremacy war this Nox type was made around two twin lances of [Redacted] caliber. These ships contained massive structural refits and armor changes; higher grade thrusters, better rotation speed, bigger weapons. While the exact changes remain redacted, these ships were a sizeable improvements over their earlier counterparts. An unknown number of these ships have been made.

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Nox-4 type: Not much about this variant is known, other than its the KUN latest improvements to the Nox class. There are [Redacted] ships of this class.

## List of appearances

SE Outlands: The Birthplace of Humanity | S03 Ep01