NCR-Khan War

The NCR-Great Khan War is an ongoing conflict between the New California Republic Army and the Great Khans. The roots of the conflict date back to when the NCR was nothing more than the settlement of Shady Sands and the Khans weren't yet called the Great Khans. Full scale conflict, however, would start when the NCR would attempt to annex tribals, including the Great Khans which would have the war culminate in the Bitter Springs massacre.

Origins
When the residents of Vault 15 left the vault, four distinct groups were created, including the Khans and the settlers of Shady Sands. The Death Hand, founder of the Khans, began raiding the small settlement. The raids never caused a great problem until Garl Death-Hand, The Death Hand's son, kidnapped Tandi, the daughter of Aradesh, who became the first president of the NCR. Aradesh then tasked the Vault Dweller to retrieve his daughter from the Khan's. The resulting battle caused the deaths of all the Khans except one, named Darion. Darion became paranoid and obsessed with revenge against the Vault Dweller and Tandi, who then became second president of the NCR. He founded the New Khans with the sole purpose of taking revenge on the NCR. Then, in an ironic twist of fate, Darion, now an old man, was killed in 2241 by the Chosen One, the grandchild of the Vault Dweller who had killed his companions 80 years earlier.

Rising Conflict
Then, the remnants New Khans were re-made as the Great Khans by Papa Khan. He lead the Great Khans out of California and into the Mojave Wasteland. There they became powerful, and were known as the "Flails of God." They were powerful until the Three Families and Robert House drove them out of outer Vegas. Then, as supplies and fresh water began to dwindle, overcrowding was becoming more and more apparent. The New California Republic sent its elite Rangers and scouts into the Mojave Wasteland in search of fertile lands and resources to help expand their borders for their ever growing population.

Push to the Mojave
After entering the Mojave as well, NCR president Wendell Peterson would want to gain more land in the Mojave as to gain a foothold over other factions, most prominently the Brotherhood of Steel. In order to fulfill this task, Aaron Kimball would begin a campaign to secure the Mojave and annex the local tribals, of which the Great Khans were the most prominent. Kimball's campaign would be an utter failure, in a sense (though it would grant him the spot of president) and the Great Khans would begin to attack the NCR settlements. In retaliation the NCR would begin to attack the Great Khans. The Great Khans would continue to attack the NCR, despite the fact that they were weakened by Robert House and the NCR's firepower. The Great Khans would also have the Fiends temporarily enroll themselves in the battle after they began supplying Chems to the fellow raiders.

Call of Duty
The NCR would begin to ignore the Great Khans, but their ignorance would only last so long and the NCR would have a call of duty and decide to get rid of the Great Khans once and for all. The NCR would have believed themselves to have found the main headquarters of the Great Khans to a location known as Bitter Springs. The NCR would not realize that Papa Khan had led the Khan fighting force out of Bitter Springs and would end up attacking the innocent young, women and elderly members of the Khans in 2278. The NCR would send the the 1st Recon unit under command of Major Gilles to attack any Great Khans they saw. The 1st Recon would be commanded to fire until they would run out ammo. The 1st Recon would have the most of their attack at Coyote Tail ridge and would attack many Great Khans would attempt to flee the battle.

Aftermath
The rest of the Great Khans would be immensely saddened and their leader, Papa Khan, would move them into Red Rock Canyon where they would have a strategical advantage over the NCR. The NCR would end up creating Ranger Station Foxtrot to keep an eye on the Great Khans and occasionally send a scout, but would never end up attacking the raiders.

The Great Khans, however, would continue to be hostile to the NCR, despite a stalemate and ceasefire having been reached between the two. The Great Khans have strengthened their relations with the Fiends who in return attack NCR patrols and are a large nuisance to the NCR.

Battles
Despite the long lasting enmity between the forces of the NCR and the Great Khans, only one full scale battle has ever emerged. This is due to the likes of the Vault Dweller and the Chosen One fighting for the NCR. Another possible reason is the raider like culture of the Khans allowing only skirmishes to happen.


 * Bitter Springs Massacre