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HD 6F03  Commonality of Kedzudh, The warmongering state.

                        By

                   Roger Myhre
                   Ammerudgrenda 168
                   0960 Oslo 9
                   Norway



Introduction.
Commonality of Kedzudh was first established in 1044 to
an answer to the corsair threat. The main enemy at that time
was Kforuzeng, that had been around for about 3 years.

As Kforuzeng grew, Kedzudh got more followers. In about
1100 Kforuzeng changed tactic. Kforuzeng managed to get a treaty signed
with Kedzudh. Kedzudh needed rest from raidings, and Kforuzeng needed a
safe border to cross when the going got to tough.

Kedzudh needed support to secure its borders. At first it may
seem strange to outsiders that these two groups sign a treaty. The
reason is that Kforuzeng had no raidings into Kedzudh between 1078 and
1100. Most pirates came either from the Imperium or from Tuglikki
sector which Kforuzeng only had limited support from.

After FFW the atmosphere between Kedzudh and Kforuzeng get
sourer, due to the Imperium's attention to vargr corsairs. When
Kforuzeng seemed unable to keep its groups together and unable to
protect Kedzudh from raiders the treaty got nullified.


Recent history. (1110+)
When Kforuzeng started to loose control over its subgroups, and
the treaty with the band got nullified, a lot of worlds to the coreward
left the communality. The reason to this was that they could stand up
against the Kforuzeng now that it was weakened. They was neither
threatened by the pirates from the Imperium.

When the anti-Imperial Oekhsos tirades was released through
entertainment devices, Kedzudh managed to get new members. The tirades
did also help Kforuzeng from being disbanded.

Kedzudh had from the beginning encouraged vargr that lived in the
coreward systems of the Marches to revolt against the Imperium. However
this proved difficult when the Imperium had too strong presence there.

When the rebellion started in 1116, which threw Domain of Deneb
into much confusion, Kedzudh started to lie plans. With the vargr
invading in Corridor and the Aslans entering Spinward Marches in 1117
Kedzudh and Kforuzeng attacked the coreward border of the Spinward
Marches. Kforuzeng and Kedzudh had by this time made a new treaty. The
Glass-Bond as it is refereed to by Imperial vargr experts.

The reason to that Kedzudh relinked with Kforuzeng is that
Kforuzeng got the know-how. Kedzudh did have the vargrpower and funds,
but lacked the skilled leaders. Which are needed to perform a military
action against the Imperium. But not only the combined force of these
two groups did secure the operation.

Already in 1113 Kedzudh had established a undercover network
within the Imperial borders. This is the main reason to that Kedzudh
and Kforuzeng managed to get far as they did when they launched their
attack. The vargr rich worlds coreward in the Marches proved to be
excellent source to find anti-Imperial sentiments. All that was needed
was to get this seed to grow.


Government.
The government of Kedzudh is built up by representatives from the
various governments in the different systems. The different worlds in
Kedzudh conduct their own interior and exterior relations. However the
Kedzudh government tries to coordinate the different systems. This is
done so that all the systems may gain by the work done.


Military.
The worlds had initially their own military forces and
administrated this as they saw fit. However to meet the corsair and the
pirates from the Imperium they built a small space police/navy force.
This force had two fleets of about 10 ships each. The largest ship was
a 8000ton destroyer.

Prior to the invasion of Aramis subsector in the Marches, Kedzudh
built new ships. Some large as 15000ton. The attack on the Imperial
Navy outpost at Triad (Gvurrdon 2436) was fruitful. The coalition
managed to capture several crafts in dock.

This gave a valuable boost to the military strength of the
coalition. However the captured crafts was not used in the initial
attack on the Imperium, when the coalition had to figure out how to
operate them properly. Neither was it time to train crew and move the
crafts into position. The Imperium would soon detect that an entire
squadron was missing. With the help of the underground groups in the
Imperium. The coalition managed to capture many systems before the
Imperium managed to relocate their forces and build up a frontline. At
present the position of the frontline have been stable after the Empire
managed to take back a few systems. See the map in MTJ #1 for current
frontline position.