GREAT KHANS FOREVER

After the many battles that had shaken the Khans had finally led to their seemingly ultimate defeat, the survivors refused to give up their pride and heritage. From this point, the Khans dispersed into the world to begin again. While it is not known what happened to the other groups, the group that settled in the Mojave quickly became one of it's major players. Creating multiple settlements, the Khans soon began raiding the other tribals of the surrounding area, as well as the few settlers that began to came from the New California Republic, who were considered both intruders and easy targets. However, it was not long before Mr. House, the ruler of New Vegas, finally recovered his systems from the nuclear bombs that he could not shoot down. House quickly tried to resolve the conflicts by offering the tribes their own Casino to operate under him, but the Great Khans already owned a large amount of land, and refused to give up their heritage and follow House's orders.

Knowing the Great Khans were his greatest threat, not only because of their violence, but also because their hostility towards the NCR would hurt his plans for Hoover Dam, which the Khans might outright take. Mr. House gave the tribes that surrendered to him, the Chairmen, the White Glove Society, and the Omertas, large supplies of guns and ammunition, as well as what little securitron assistance he could offer at that time. These tribes, aided by House, drove the Khans out of the northern Mojave, pushing them out of the area around New Vegas and ending their time of power. It wasn't long after these wars that the NCR arrived from the south. They had come on a mission to annex New Vegas from whatever tribals were holding it, and to secure Hoover Dam as a power source, all under the initial guise of hunting down the Great Khans in retaliation for attacking their settlers. The Great Khans were now in no shape to fight, but the NCR killed them on sight out of revenge, leading to the first real spark of the resentment to the NCR held by the Great Khans. The Great Khans resumed their raiding of NCR caravans and settlers, as well as attacking the soldiers, who were poorly armed and demoralized. Initially, the Great Khans believed House would attack as well, and so took a very hard-line stance with the NCR in belief that they would be expelled from the Mojave very soon. However House had been waiting for a strong, negotiable faction like the NCR. After the NCR secured Hoover Dam and Helios One from the Brotherhood of Steel, House freely gave them the territory, as long as the strip was given 5% of energy output. This turn of events meant certain death for the Great Khans, who now had to fight alone against the full force of the NCR.

It wasn't long before the NCR had burnt down their settlements, killed most of their people, and forced them into hiding in the valley-settlement of Bitter Springs. In an infamous operation, the NCR sent the First Recon on Coyote Tail Ridge, near the mouth of the gorge that held Bitter Springs within, and ordered them to fire on anyone trying to escape, as the large main force charged in from multiple points. While the NCR initially thought this was a military base, they were dead wrong. Bitter Springs was a settlent filled with the sick, old, children, and others who were unable to fight, while the actual soldiers were in war parties elsewhere. Due to this misinformation, the snipers and soldiers assaulted the settlement, slaughtering most all of the residents. Because of the low amount of actual soldiers protecting Bitter Springs, the NCR quickly defeated the Great Khans. With no home, and with the NCR on their tail, the Great Khans took their few survivors back and created a camp at Red Rock Canyon.