Skate Khanate (Clan Sea Fox)

Skate Khanate
Affiliation	Clan Sea Fox
Parent Command	Clan Sea Fox touman

History

The Dark Age

Centered around the Potemkin-class ArcShip Atlantean, the Skate Khanate operated in a territorial region that encompassed the Capellan Confederation and elements of the former Free Worlds League and the Capellan March region of the Federated Suns. The Confederation swiftly proved itself to be a prickly and difficult customer, and as the thirty-second century descended into open warfare the Confederation became increasingly difficult to deal with following the resurgence of Capellan nationalism within the Confederation.

OvKhan Jesup Hammod met with Anastasia Kerensky when she was the leader of the Steel Wolves to trade the Mad Cat II from Kal Radick.

By 3145 the Skate Khanate found itself dealing with difficult trade issues in the former Free Worlds League region as well as in the Confederation. The union of the former Marik-Stewart Commonwealth and the Oriente Protectorate caused the Skate Khanate territory to overlap with that of the Spina Khanate, and Spina Khanate's increasing commercial activity within the reborn Free Worlds League made it likely that saKhan Arkady Sennet would need to renegotiate territories and compensation with his Spina Khante counterpart, saKhan Petr Kalasa.

Within Confederation space the Skate Khanate faced the prospect of the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces attempting to "requisition" the property of the various non-Capellan traders operating within the borders of the Confederation. While the CCAF hadn't mustered the audacity to attempt to do this to a Clan Sea Fox vessel up to this point, a number of associated traders had seen their JumpShips and cargo seized. Sennet responded to each seizure by increasing sales of military hardware to the Capellan March every time a vessel was seized.

Resurgence Era Update

The Skate khanate was last seen entering Federated Suns space and it was there they reappeared in 3152 alongside the Clan Sea Fox ilKhanate fleet. Together they attempted to massacre the newly formed Stormhawk Galaxy composed of survivors from the decimation of the Raven Alliance by the Word of Blake.

Only due to Galaxy Commander Grady Magnus and those under his command was the bulk of the Stormhawk Galaxy able to escape under the leadership of Dominic McKenna. In a last ditch effort Magnus led an assault against the Atlantean with the Kerensky's Hope and Storm Crow backed by numerous dropships and fighters. Heavily outnumbered he focused all of his firepower on the Arcship to ensure that McKenna would have enough time to activate the last jumps the lithium fusion powered jump drives had the power to perform and escape. With the destruction of the Arcship the Skate Khanate has merged with the ilKhanate.

Officers

Rank	Name	Command
Commanding Officers of the Skate Khanate
saKhan	Arkady Sennet	3145 - 3152

Notes

• Star Colonel Friederike Coston served as saKhan Arkady Sennet military aide.
• OvKhan Jesup Hammod.

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

3145

• Skate ArcShip
• Alpha Aimag
• Beta Aimag
• Delta Aimag
• Gamma Aimag
• Epsilon Aimag

- In 3145, the Spina Khanate was based around the ArcShip Atlantean, with the various Aimags operating from a number of other ships. Alpha, Delta, and Epsilon Aimags were all operating from Merchant Carrack-class transports—the Thalassa, Pelagic, and Oceanus, respectively—while Beta Aimag was based around the Potemkin-class cruiser Abyssal and Gamma Aimag was based around the Carrack-class transport Tethys.

Known DropShips

• Far Horizons
• Anemone

Colors and Unit Insignia

The Skate Khanate paints its equipment dark blue with silver highlights.

Bibliography

• Field Manual: 3145
• MechWarrior: Dark Age - Sneak Peeks