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| image = [[image:Den Keshik (Clan Wolf) logo.png|150px|Insignia of Den Keshik]]
| Designation = Den Keshik
| Formed = [[3151]]
| Disbanded = 
| Previous Designation = 
| Nickname = 
| Affiliation = [[Clan Wolf]]
| Parent Command = [[Lupus Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Lupus Galaxy]]
| Sub-Command = 
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==History==
After the [[IlClan Trial]], [[Clan Wolf]] became the [[IlClan]], but Khan [[Alaric Ward]]s taking almost all the available warriors to [[Terra]] left the [[Wolf Empire]] totally defenseless. However, it has a remaining high officer: [[Star Colonel]] [[Othar]]. He, acting by his own initiative, took the control of all the Empire's resources and began creating two new [[Galaxy|Galaxies]]: [[Lupus Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Lupus Galaxy]] and [[Rufus Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Rufus Galaxy]].<ref>''Empire Alone'', p. 46</ref> 

Othar began with the Den Keshik. On 18 June [[3151]], he saw Radu, the first new warrior of the IlClan, on [[Gienah]]. He had just completed his [[Trial of Position]], reaching the rank of [[Star Captain]]. After explaining him the victory on Terra, he took Radu to see the Merchant Factor [[Hilde]], and shared his plans to put Radu at the command of the first new Cluster. It had to be the ''Den Keshik'', a command unit, which he planned to make it grow to [[Supernova]] strength, but began as a simple [[Trinary]]. As a elite unit, it fielded the best 'Mechs, battle armor and combat vehicles that could be obtained or manufactured in the Wolf Empire.<ref name=EAp83>''Empire Alone'', p. 83</ref>

Radu and the Keshik hadn't a chance to fight until the [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' [[Zeta Battalion]] reached Gienah, in a deep raid, the 6 June 3152. During the first stages of the [[Battle of Gienah (3152)|Battle of Gienah]], Othar sent the [[91st Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf)|Ninety-first Wolf Guards]], the only other Wolf unit on planet, to meet Zeta on their landing zone, but were defeated, having to retreat to Alliago City, the Empire's capital. By 11 June, Zeta had totally destroyed the Ninety-first.<ref>''Empire Alone'', p. 307</ref>

The same day, the Den Keshik prepared an ambush to the Dragoons, along with the remnants of the 01st, but the fight on the streets separated Radu from Othar's lance, and after losing an arm of his 'Mech in the battle, came to his assistance.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 316</ref> When he arrived, Othar's 'Mech was downed, but [[Ricard (Clan Wolf)|Ricard]] rescued him and, jumping on Radu's 'Mech with his armor, they managed to flee, but the Den Keshik had been de facto destroyed as a unit.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 325</ref>

==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Den Keshik'''
|-
| [[Star Captain]]||[[Radu (Clan Wolf)|Radu]]||[[3151]]
|-
|}

===Other Officers===
* [[Star Colonel]] [[Ricard (Clan Wolf)|Ricard]] commanded the Keshik's armored infantry.<ref name=EAp83/>

==Insignias==
The Den Keshik painted its equipment in standard Wolf gray with crimson highlights.

==Composition History==
===3151===
* Den Keshik (1 Trinaries/Elite)

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Empire Alone]]''
* ''[[Redemption Rites]]

[[Category:Clan Wolf Commands|Lupus Galaxy (Clan Wolf)]]
[[Category:Wolf Empire Commands|Lupus Galaxy (Clan Wolf)]]