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{{Player Alliance
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|alliancename=Ushra'Khan
|ticker=UNITY
|alliancetype=Roleplay
|founded=November 25th, 2004
|status=Active
|allianceleader=[[Kerth Gersen (Character)|Kerth Gersen]]
|diplomats= Seliah, Dante Karaal, Karn Mithralia, Zoolkhan, Kerth Gersen
|publicchannel=Ushra'Khan Voices
|website=http://www.ushrakhan.com
|webnicename=www.ushrakhan.com
|executor=[[Neh'bu Kau Beh'Hude (Player corporation)|Neh'bu Kau Beh'Hude]]
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== Summary ==


The Ushra'Khan is a role-play alliance operating predominantly in null-sec against the supporters of the [[Amarr|Amarr]] Empire.  We are [[New_Eden|New Eden]]'s oldest 'Freedom [[Fighter|Fighter]]' alliance and pursue a role-play based agenda that [[Guides|guides]] our politics and activities. 


== Origins ==

The Freedom movement of the [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] began in the earliest days of the Capsuleers.  As such, the Ushra'Khan is able to trace its origins back to before the advent of formally [[CONCORD|CONCORD]]-recognised [[Capsuleer|Capsuleer]] Alliances.

The [[History|history]] between the [[Amarr|Amarr]] is both long and bloody.  Although the Great Rebellion saw many [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] win back their freedom from Amarrian shackles, fully one third of their kin remained bonded in [[Slavery|Slavery]].  As the years passed discontentment with this situation amongst free [[Matari|Matari]] began to grow.  As the first freelance [[Pod|Pod]] Pilots made their way out into space, some began to realise their obligation.  To set their kin free.

Corporations were soon founded by this new breed of Freedom [[Fighter|Fighter]].  Names such as Oracle and the People's Front of [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] established themselves and began to strike at the slaver where ever they could.  They were answered by Amarrian paramilitary Corporations, such as [[1st_Praetorian_Guard|1st Praetorian Guard]] & [[PIE Inc. (Player corporation)|PIE]] Inc., ideological opposites each continuing the generations old conflict into a new age.  


== '''Uniting The Tribes''' ==

The [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] are a diverse people and divide by nature along Tribal & Clan lines.  It is little surprise to find that many diverse groups of pilots had sprung up individually to both protect and win back the freedoms of their people.  The Amarrian Capsuleers on the other hand had largely concentrated into a few larger entities.  

After months of fighting it was agreed amongst several of the leading [[Matari|Matari]] groups to create a united front.  To bring the tribes together in common purpose and focus.  An informal alliance, pre-dating [[CONCORD|CONCORD]]'s recognition of the emerging larger political structures, was formed and became known as 'The Friends of Matar'.

Friends of Matar [FOM] would base their attacks from Molden Heath with the largest members being Freelance Unincorporated, SMaK Enterprises, Northern [[Intelligence|Intelligence]] and The Paratwa Ra, with Oracle having relocated to the [[Curse|Curse]] & Great Wildlands regions. 

In time [[CONCORD|CONCORD]] finally bowed to building political pressures and began to formally recognise [[Capsuleer|Capsuleer]] Alliances as political entities.  It was not long until [[New_Eden|New Eden]]'s third ever registered [[Capsuleer|Capsuleer]] Alliance was formally recognised by the [[CONCORD|CONCORD]] Assembly.  On 25th November 106EST (2004), the Ushra'Khan was born.  


== Molden Heath ==

Living in Molden Heath, then a notorious border region of the [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] [[Republic|Republic]], the Ushra'Khan began to develop both its military capabilities and political position in [[New_Eden|New Eden]].  At this time the Ushra'Khan was both a shield and sword for the [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] people.

Much of Molden Heath was an undeveloped [[Pirate|pirate]] haven.  A significant number of local Capsuleers saw fit to make their trade by pirating these space lanes and picking off the isolated non-combatants of the area.  The Ushra'Khan was heavily involved in setting up a local defence group and working to secure the area from both [[Pirates|Pirates]] and Slavers crossing the border through the now closed Throne Worlds-Yulai-Molden Heath trade route.

Meanwhile, opportunities were sought out to take the fight back to the [[Amarr|Amarr]] and to bring home lost kin when and where ever possible.  The alliance expanded and became well known across [[New_Eden|New Eden]] for its determined focus upon an issue, while most strongly identified with amongst [[Matari|Matari]], that all could identify with.  Peoples of all nations were drawn to the iconic bloody fist and pledged their support to its cause.  Molden Heath became safer and [[Amarr|Amarr]] came to know the sight of freedom fighters raiding its territories.	


== The Vitoc Cure ==

On 3rd March 107 the world changed.  A Zainou Biotech Pharmacologist named Ullia Hnolku and his wife, Eckarine Mitumi-Hnolku, fled the [[Caldari|Caldari]] State with a prototype form of a drug known as “[[Insorum|Insorum]]”.   This substance quickly became known as the “Vitoc Cure”, promising to be a true antidote and counter to the Amarrian slave population control system 'The Vitoc Method'.

With [[Insorum|Insorum]] the [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] had a real opportunity to break one of [[Amarr|Amarr]]'s most powerful tools of oppression.  Ullia Hnolku's plight instantly became the number one priority for the Ushra'Khan and all freedom fighters.

On 25th May 107, Eckarine Mitumi-Hnolku was captured by the [[Blood_Raiders|Blood Raiders]] while carrying a sample of the [[Insorum|Insorum]].  While many Ushra'Khan warriors swore find and rescue her, no trace of Eckarine's whereabouts was ever found.

Less than a week later, Ullia Hnolku was murdered at the hands of the [[Caldari|Caldari]] [[Capsuleer|Capsuleer]] militia known as the [[Caldari|Caldari]] Independent Naval Reserve.  He was slain when he broke formation while being escorted by an Ushra'Khan [[Fleet|fleet]], which had already defeated a [[Blood_Raider|Blood Raider]] strike force pursuing him.  The doctor's fatal piloting error was due to suffering from a knife wound incurred during his flight.  However, both his body and a single sample of the [[Insorum|Insorum]] was recovered from the wreckage.

On June 9th 107 the [[Blood_Raiders|Blood Raiders]] unleashed an aerosol form of the [[Insorum|Insorum]] into the atmosphere of an Amarrian world, Mabnen I.  This became the first and last known deployment of [[Insorum|Insorum]] until the Elder War of 110, some three years later.  The attack sparked a massive and violent planetary uprising of the slave population.  This was doomed to failure as the [[Blood_Raiders|Blood Raiders]] did not support the slaves, leaving them to be put down by a brutal retaliation of Imperial forces.  Following the attack the Ushra'Khan along with other [[Matari|Matari]] organisations put together a relief convoy taking supplies to the rebels, offering aid as they were able.


== Tensions with the [[Republic|Republic]] ==

Following the acquisition of the [[Insorum|Insorum]] prototype and the death of its inventor, the Ushra'Khan made it their [[Mission|mission]] to complete Hnolku's work and bring an end to the Vitoc Method.  The prototype was promptly offered to the [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] [[Republic|Republic]] for further development.  The [[Republic|Republic]] chose to turn a blind eye for fear of provoking open war with the [[Amarr|Amarr]] Empire.

There was by this time a clear political divide emerging between both the [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] people and their Capsuleers.  Some argued caution that the continued safety of the [[Republic|Republic]] came first.  Others, championed by the prominent Ushra'Khan, argued that the fight must be taken to the [[Amarr|Amarr]] directly, lest many more generations of [[Matari|Matari]] be lost to continued [[Slavery|slavery]].

On 5th July 107, Emperor Doriam II was assassinated.  This led to a shut down and diversion of several key jump routes, cutting off the Yulai corridor linking Molden Heath to [[Amarr|Amarr]].  In response the Ushra'Khan relocated to the [[Pirate|pirate]]-nest system of [[Amamake|Amamake]] in order to be closer to enemy territory.  This also marked the first big step taken on the path towards leaving [[Republic|Republic]] space.  Tensions between the 'increasingly radical' Ushra'Khan and the conservative pro-Midular camp were continuing to build (Sebiestor Tribal Chief [[Karin_Midular|Karin Midular]] was then the Prime Minister of the [[Republic|Republic]]).

The Ushra'Khan's presence soon had a strong stabilising effect on the surrounding systems making [[Amamake|Amamake]] a relatively safe transit point.  The local [[Pirates|pirates]] were largely suppressed and displaced, a favourable side effect for all [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] of the alliance's new forward base.


== Beyond The [[Republic|Republic]] ==

While the situation on the home front had been developing, and the Freedom [[Fighter|Fighter]]-[[Republic|Republic]] tensions growing, the Amarrian loyalist alliance the [[CVA|CVA]] had begun their venture to reclaim the [[Providence|Providence]] region for the Empire.  Operation Deliverance.

It was decided that it was time for the Ushra'Khan to move beyond the [[Republic|Republic]] and oppose this attempt to expand Imperial borders directly.  Moving into northern [[Providence|Providence]] the alliance became fully based in null-sec space for the first time in its [[History|history]].  Operating from [[Starbase|starbases]] and [[Thukker_Tribe|Thukker Tribe]] stations in low-sec Mandate space, the Ushra'Khan largely parted company with Midular's [[Republic|Republic]].


== Unity [[Station|Station]] ==

The crowning achievement and statement of intent of this time came with the construction of Unity [[Station|Station]].  When the Ushra'Khan first arrived in [[Providence|Providence]], there were no stations or [[Outposts|outposts]].  The region was entirely undeveloped.  The first [[Station|station]] to be completed was the [[CVA|CVA]]'s Inflatable House, marking a historic moment in their pursuit of Operation Deliverance.  In challenge and defiance, the Ushra'Khan answered with Unity [[Station|Station]]. 

The [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] [[Outpost|Outpost]]  was raised in 9UY4-H as the centre point of [[Matari|Matari]] defiance and resistance to Amarrian expansion.  Positioned on a space lane crossroads, the [[Station|station]] was to hold a commanding place in northern [[Providence|Providence]]. 


== The '[[Pirate|Pirate]] Invasion' of 9UY4-H ==

Being still a relatively small alliance, perhaps one of the smallest to hold a [[Station|station]] at this time, Unity [[Station|Station]] was always likely to be a tempting target for an opportunistic foe.  Given the crack down on piracy that the Ushra'Khan had been pursuing within its space it should not be all that surprising that in time there came a backlash.

The [[Pirate|pirate]]-mercenary corporation, The Establishment, assembled a [[Coalition|coalition]] of other [[Pirate|pirate]] units to mount a full scale assault on Ushra'Khan [[Sovereignty|sovereignty]].  The size and [[Resources|resources]] of this broad [[Coalition|coalition]] was surprising, as was the tenacity of many of its members.  There have been few, if any, [[Capsuleer|Capsuleer]] [[Pirate|pirate]] collaborations quite like it.  

Soon after the fight began, the neighbouring [[ISS|Interstellar Starbase Syndicate]] joined the defence and together the defenders were able to fight the attackers to a stalemate.  The forces fielded on both sides were substantial and a high number of [[Capital_ship|capital ships]] saw action with the [[Pirate|pirate]] forces fielding notable numbers of Carriers led by Hera, the Establishment's [[Nyx|Nyx]] [[Mothership|mothership]].

The fighting went on for weeks with neither side able to break the other.  While the [[Pirate|pirate]] forces were diverse and in many cases had not characteristically operated in such a sustained style of combat before, while one corporation might leave the fight others would join it.  The hard fighting core remained.  As did the defenders.

In the end the siege was broken by the enlistment of the [[Mercenary_coalition_(player_alliance)|Mercenary Coalition]].  These highly regarded mercenaries brought sufficient capital strength to the field to finally break the balance and strike hard at the besieging control towers.  It took one decisive battle to finally decide the course of the war and end the attempted invasion.  


== The [[Defiants|Defiants]] ==

On 1st July 108, a war [[HERO|hero]] of the [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] people joined the cause of Freedom.  Captain Karishal Muritor of the [[Republic|Republic]] [[Fleet|Fleet]] went rogue, taking with him a [[Hel|Hel]] [[Mothership|Mothership]], the Alfhild, and its supporting [[Carrier|carrier]] group.  Together with his loyal comrades he formed the guerilla [[Fighter|fighter]] group known as 'The [[Defiants|Defiants]]'.

To the Ushra'Khan, these men and women were kindred spirits.  To support the [[Defiants|Defiants]] operations was both an honour and a strategic priority for the alliance and on several occasions their pilots flew side by side.  It was during this period that the Ushra'Khan supported the assault upon, and destruction of, the Imperial Navy's Sosala Battle [[Station|station]]. 


== The Muritor Assassination ==

The triumph and successes of recent months were cruelly turned to despair on 1st February 109.  At the order of Prime Minister Midular's war cabinet, Karishal Muritor was lured under a flag of truce to a meeting in Auga.  There he was shot down by the [[Republic|Republic]] [[Fleet|Fleet]] before the disbelieving eyes of an Ushra'Khan escort.

The murder sent shock waves rippling throughout [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] society and drove an even greater wedge between the Ushra'Khan and the [[Republic|Republic]].  A symbolic bounty of a single [[ISK|ISK]] was placed upon Midular's head by the then-alliance executor, Maggot, to show her sum worth to the [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] people.

The remaining [[Defiants|Defiants]] departed soon after to the Great Wildlands in search of something they hoped might change the course of the war forever.  The Ushra'Khan, having saved Muritor's body, returned to [[Providence|Providence]] to lay the fallen [[HERO|hero]] to rest in exile.  Having just acquired the [[Station|station]] [[ISS|ISS]] Fabrica, the [[Station|station]] was rechristened and dedicated to the Memory of Karishal Muritor.  He was laid to rest within the halls of Karishal's Defiance until such time as he could be returned home to his birthplace within the [[Republic|Republic]].


== The Balance Tilts ==

The balance of power in [[Providence|Providence]] was set to change.  It was not long after Karishal's high profile Memorial Ceremony that the slavers came to QR-K85 and laid siege to Karishal's Defiance.  The onslaught took the defenders by surprise as until now there had been little direct [[Sovereignty|Sovereignty]] challenge between the Ushra'Khan and the [[CVA|CVA]].  Sadly the [[Matari|Matari]] were caught off guard.

It took one week for the defences to be overwhelmed and the Ushra'Khan were forced to fall back.  The size of the attacking force was alarming with several previously unheard of entities joining the opening attack.  Despite some hurried support from the [[Star Fraction|Star Fraction]] and [[Matari|Matari]] Capsuleers, insufficient support could be found quickly enough.  It was a brutal defeat and one that prompted an total reappraisal of the strategic situation.

It had become painfully obvious that some of the alliances largest allied neighbours were not prepared to offer support against the [[CVA|CVA]], instead opting to remain neutral.  Meanwhile, the [[CVA|CVA]] had successfully enlisted the support of southern [[Providence|Providence]] neighbours who had felt the sting of Ushra'Khan raiders harassing slaver-held space.

The alliance was compelled to re-evaluate its commitments and offers of support.  Local entities Betrayal Under Mayhem and Einherjar Rising had both repeatedly offered support but had been declined due to their poor relationship to neighbouring alliance [[Sylph|Sylph]].  The Ushra'Khan re-prioritised their efforts on battling the slaver and reduced their commitment to local security that did not impact on their [[Mission|mission]].  The offers of support were accepted and attempts were made to settle tensions with the other neighbours.  The wishes of those that had chosen to stay out of the war with [[CVA|CVA]] were respected, but it was no longer the Ushra'Khan's policy to fight their enemies for them, especially when those enemies were offering to support the cause.


== The Fall of Unity [[Station|Station]] ==

Events moved quickly.  Several former friends were moving off the fence and siding with the [[CVA|CVA]].  The new support had refocusing of efforts had swiftly made a difference to the tactical situation.  It was not long before the [[CVA|CVA]] began their assault on 'terrorist central' itself.  The second battle for Unity [[Station|Station]] was on.

The defences of 9UY4-H were stronger than those of QR-K85.  And the defenders had prepared themselves knowing that the attack would come.  Shortly after the siege began events took an unexpected turn.  Even with the support of new allies, the defenders were still out gunned by the [[Coalition|coalition]] brought against them.  It would be hard fought but the odds were still poor.  It was not long before [[Sylph|Sylph]] launched an attack on an Ushra'Khan [[Mining|mining]] base a few jumps away, bringing themselves firmly into the war.

The true surprise came when news of the invasion spread.  And help came from unexpected quarters.  The Imperialists are not without their enemies.  Support came unasked for from groups such as 0utbreak, Ev0ke and The Establishment.  These unexpected developments turned a grim fight against the odds into a chance of victory.  Such was the unpredictable nature of the conflict that at the peak of the  defenders successes, a strike was successfully mounted against a [[CVA|CVA]] capital shipyard.

The fighting dragged on for months but in the end it was the superior economic strength of the [[CVA|CVA]] that decided the outcome.  More and more [[Starbase|starbases]] were successfully established in 9UY-H and control of Unity [[Station|Station]] was finally lost.


== The Present ==

Following the fall of Ushra'Khan holdings the alliance moved back to its roots of guerilla fighting.  Basing again out of [[Low_sec|low sec]] Thukker stations warriors continued to harry Slaver space and that of their Holder Alliances.  In time the alliance relocated to [[Curse|Curse]] to rebuild numbers and strength but has continued to launch raids into [[Providence|Providence]].

The Elder War of June 10th 110, and ascension of Sanmatar Maleatu Shakor at a stroke reversed much of the [[Damage|damage]] done to relations with the [[Minmatar|Minmatar]] [[Republic|Republic]] under Midular.  But old wounds heal slowly.  And betrayal is hard to forgive.  At present the Ushra'Khan remains focused upon its pursuit of the Slaver beyond [[CONCORD|CONCORD]]'s mandate.  A few of its warriors can be found working within the [[Tribal_Liberation_Force|Tribal Liberation Force]], primarily under the banner of the Kinda'Shujaa, but for now the time has not yet come for the Ushra'Khan to return home.
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