Pravda Heavy Industries

## Lore

PHI did not start as a group of people united by scarcity and need. But rather as partners is crime. When the one-way ships filled with banished in the belt it was Pravda pirate group they feared most. Pravda was ruthless, the reveled in the joy that is combat. Often Pravda would let the survivors enter their ships before attacking to have combat last that 1 second longer. And their infamy was unmatched. This group was the direct reason there are so few older clans.

Yet these pirates would not stay for long, with the influx of groups calling them self-clans and these clans outright started to double amount of war power they had compared to Pravda. This left only the most war hardened members of Pravda to survive. These members fought hard, fought without giving up, and most importantly adopted a system of honor. Where they judged their opposition on how fair they fought and how much technique they put in their maneuvers. These veterans started to adopt the shark teeth. Symbolizing to other veterans that they fought via the rules and that they demanded respect from an enemy via them showing them there best shot.

These veterans became legends. They spread the idea of an Honorable fight far and wide in the belt. And in no time all ship captains worth their salt would fly with shark teeth in the name of honor. Pravda undid there years of bad reputation, and these veterans started their new identity as Pravda Heavy industry. The started producing ships which only the best captains could fly and master. These ships would under the right hand dominate any battle. And PHI continued growing their reputation as *the* now dubbed clan where your combat prowess would outshine anything. When the khan started uniting all of the clans into khan it where the PHI who defeated him the most, and it where the PHI who broke the khans main fleet. Yet this would not defeat the khan as his might was based in his ability to make people work together and to learn from mistakes. And in the long term, PHI stood alone against the full might of all clans the khan converted

A few years later during the belt war it was PHI who led the charge mostly into the outer reaches. There war prowess was unmatched. so much so that they were allowed to rebuild a lot of their ships into an BL, *the Pioneers folly*. Yet however in the end of this war disaster struck. as PHI's inability to leave a fight because of honor got 90% of its fleet power destroyed, there veterans dead, and their main leadership having suicide charged right next to the grunts they were leading, and Pravda's Shipmaster is to this day listed as Missing in Action.

In the new KU system PHI is struggling. As members are reverting back to a life of piracy and joining newer minor factions seeking glory. It is up to the new PHI to see if they can rebuild what was lost. Or if they degrade further to a memory of the past.

## Ship building

Because of its large catalogue, PHI ships have been of varying quality, though their performance would generally be above average due to their pilots. They were the first ships to don the shark aesthetic, and caused it to spread amongst various KE clans.

Though there have been several one offs, refitted freighters, and other such irregular assets, PHI has had two primary design patterns when creating ships:

### Novgorod Pattern:

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A design pattern developed during the unification of the Khan clans.

Novgorod pattern warships are designed with distinct decks, modular nacelles, and a focus on forward firepower, though more recent vessels have been noted to dabble in other layouts as well. Flagships of this pattern are denoted by having fins attached to their nacelles.

With Pravda personnel incapable of building and repairing ships at the same rate as they were being lost or damaged, it became clear that something had to be changed in order to keep up the fight.

As such, new ship designs were created which would be easy to produce and assemble, and the endeavor proved successful, albeit controversial amongst higher ranking members. The lack of personalisation did not sit well with them, with some captains even preferring to keep flying ships that could barely be considered combat capable.

In the end however, the change in design pattern would not allow Pravda to stay independent from the Khans, though it would allow them to quickly rebuild after the unification.

The pattern would see continued usage during the Belt war and after, although with the modernisation and improvement of designs, some of the ease of production has been lost.

Novgorod pattern ships tend to be named after imperial Russian ships.

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### Regeinland Pattern:

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A design pattern utilized before the unification of the Khan clans.

Regeinland pattern warships appear more so like naval warships than spacefaring ones, having a focus on broadside firepower, but they also tend to employ powerful weaponry in the ships’ bow.

What made these ships special was that they were made to order. While ships of a class would share a base hull, various sections and systems would be made to fit their owner’s tastes, leading to a wide variety in visuals and weaponry.

However, as the unification of the clans continued, it became clear that this manner of shipbuilding was too time consuming, and would prevent the Pravda clan from recuperating their losses effectively.

As a result, the pattern was phased out in favour of the Novgorod pattern of mass producible ships, which eventually led to only one Regeinland pattern vessel being present once the Enclave had been formed proper.

With the end of the belt war, conflicts in the outer reach having come to a relative stop, and the recovery of a former shipmaster, the style has seen a resurgence, though whether these ships will be able to face the coming trials remains to be seen.

Regeinland pattern ships tend to be named after imperial German ships.

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### Colour palettes:

KE Livery:

* Primary: #252433
* Secondary: #595959
* Tertiary: #5F5D66
* Faction: #D49146 (Khans yellow)

KU Livery (Mid S3 onwards):

* Primary: #46464F
* Secondary: #593637
* Tertiary: #1F1F26
* Antenna's: #5B6066
* Faction: #D49855 (De saturated Khans yellow to work better with non-battered armour skins)