Khan's Enclave

The Khan's Enclave was the first united government of the Khan people of the Belt. Formed by the mythical and heroic **Khan** after his defeat of the last of the five major Khan clans.

## History

The Khan people were exiled shortly after the destruction of the jump gate to Earth. Allegedly the exiles were criminals, malcontents, and rebels. The 1st Fleet sent these people on one-way trips out of the inner system.

### The Belt War

#### Surprise Attack

At the end of the Riders/CDF conflict, the Khan's Enclave attacked the peace negotiations. The Enclave believed that the Riders and CDF were the 1st Fleet. After decades of preparation, the KE was set to confront their mortal enemy, and sprang out with a vengeance, catching the EFN, Riders, and CDF unaware.

#### Sweeping the System

Shortly after the victory at the peace conference, the KE set about pressing into Rider space. Many victories later, the KE found itself on the doorstep of the home region of the CDF, and its capital station, Malta.

#### The Fall of Malta and Ruin of the CDF

After pushing CDF Forces back to their home tile, the Khans immediately began a full frontal assault, blazing a trail from 1-A to 1C with the majority of their forces. Their greatest fear was that the CDF would be able to hold the KE off in a grinding siege, which could allow them to summon reinforcements from all over the Outer Reach. To this end, the majority of their forces were brought to bear on 1-C, which included two top-secret Battleships, constructed and hidden well in preparation for this very attack.

The attack was short and brutal. Khan losses were negligible, while Malta, the CDF Capital, was reduced to ruins. The CDF as a faction ceased existing that day. However, before it fell completely, Admiral Mallard sent out a distress signal to all of the Outer Reach and the Belt. It was not only a warning that Malta had fallen, but was also a set of instructions that all CDF officers were to either hide and regroup, or join forces with their onetime enemies, the Riders.

The CDF had fallen, and that set into motion events that would plunge the system into a series of brushfire conflicts after the war- but though the KE celebrated the fall of their greatest foe, they had unknowingly planted the seeds of their own defeat.

#### Stalling

While an effective tactic, sending all available forces so far away from core KE territories proved disastrous in the long run. After the Fall of Malta, supplies and personal had to be shuttled across many sectors of space, showing that the KE's supply line was stretched to the breaking point. They tried to use their reputation to bully the Riders to stay out of their way, but the Riders had seen what had happened to the CDF. Bringing the old CDF forces on board, Rider Admiralty began an intensive training program, retraining how the Riders operated from the ground up, including ex-CDF Forces.

Meanwhile, the EFN Eternity's Advent, plus several Rider and CDF soldiers, were striking at the delicate underbelly of the Khan War machine. Working slowly and subtly, their forces engaged FOBs, fortresses, and fleets that were wholly unprepared for an enemy to strike. While this wouldn't be as much of a problem normally, home defense forces were stripped to skeleton crews as part of the attack on Malta... which put the majority of Khan Forces as far away from the Eternity as is considered physically possible while still remaining within the system.

For two months, each of the major factions made no offensive or defensive moves, as if the system was holding its breath.

#### On the Back Foot

The Khans finally broke the stalemate, beginning a mass withdrawal of their forces from the Outer Reach and back into Belt Space. It was at this time that the Riders also launched an attack, aiming to retake Winchester Shipyard from the Khans. Whereas before, Khan naval superiority was never in doubt, the two months of training time resulted in the Khans getting pushed back and the Riders reclaiming their shipyard. Further Rider attacks harried the retreating Khans, pushing them out of recently captured territory faster and faster.

Back on the home front, thanks to the Eternity Transmission and a growing separatist movement back home, Civil War had broken out between the Khans. The War had taken a toll on the civilian populations, and feeling like they had no say in the matter, went into full revolt. The Eternity was single-handedly wiping out whole Khan response groups, including taking out their only shipyard left. Despite the fleets making their best speed, none of the heavier, "Capable of countering an EFN 6th generation Battleship" vessels would be able to reach Eternity until well after the damage had been done. While the Tiniest Snek, a Megaladon-class Battleship, was able to attack the Eternity, it was unable to bring the ship to an end. As for her sister, the Borodino-class Battleship PIoneer's Folly, she was needed to hold back the rapidly advancing Rider Squadrons. Despite the Khans' best efforts, the Khans were unable to stop the snowballing losses and were pushed back to their sole remaining tile, 1-Y, with all their remaining forces.

## Military

### JDI

The Jump Drive Inhibitor is a piece of technology nearly unique to the Khans. First deployed in the opening stages of the Belt War, the device, about the same height as a man, is capable of affecting local space-time in a radius of several kilometers that prevents the usage of FTL. This can be used to drag ships or fleets out of hyperspace for Khans to raid, or it can be used to prevent the use of tactical short-range jumps or retreats, as seen several times over the course of the Belt War.

Early on in the Belt War (after the assault on the peace conference but before the first assault on Winchester Station), Rider and EFN assets under the command of Captain Rhodor and Captain Brock managed to capture a JDI prototype, where upon they shared intel about it with COA leadership. However, due to the chaos of the war and long development time as well as the fall of the CDF, JDI technology remained primarily the purview of KE forces. After the Eternity began deep attacks in Khan Space, she captured a JDI of her own and began to use that to great effect against Khan forces.

After the Belt War, schematics and technology to make JDI platforms were spread among the Outer Reach. In one notable instance, the tech was utilized on a PKM FOB to disrupt a REM attack.

## List of places raided by the Khans Enclave

* CDF/Rider peace conference
* Winchester
* Malta
* Admiral Mallard's sanity
* Winchester
* Captain Brocks quarters
* *Eternity's Advent* bridge
* CDF personnel's dreams and nightmares

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