Josef Mannix

Josef Mannix (born 28?? - died 28??) was a Khan of Clan Cloud Cobra during the early Golden Century. He would be remembered for seizing many of the unused genetic legacies of former Clan Mongoose in order to expand his own Clan's eugenics program.

Biography

Little to nothing exists in the way of detail about his life prior to becoming Khan of the Cloud Cobras. His reign would show him to be a good leader with both foresight and initiative.

=Touman Expansion

After facing several catastrophes in their early years, the Cloud Cobras would follow a carefully laid plan for growth. Khan Rafe Kardaan had set the pattern of growth for the Cloud Cobras during his reign, and Aerospace Fighter forces were central to his plans. The Khans that followed his rule would also follow his pattern for military expansion. Perhaps none of them did more to champion that expansion than Khan Josef Mannix.

Hailing from his Clan's small infantry corps, he would recognize opportunity when he saw it. The loathed Clan Mongoose were Absorbed by Clan Smoke Jaguars in 2868. They would absorb all resources and property of the former Clan, as well as its surviving population. But Smoke Jaguar Khan Theodore Osis refused to use any of the captured genetic legacies in his Clan's breeding program. Khan Mannix and the Cloud Cobras had been quietly observing the matter for some time, having become aware of the fighting prowess of the Clan Mongoose aerospace pilots. The Mongooses had cheated the Cloud Cobras out of a great many Aerospace Fighters earlier in the Golden Century, so the Cobras likely watched the Mongoose downfall with great interest.

With the Clan sphere returning to business as usual after the end of the Trial, Khan Mannix would strike swiftly in the years after the Trial. Targeting the cast-off genetic legacies, the Cloud Cobras were able to seize 72 legacies from a total of 11 different Bloodname Houses, all of them pilots. Khan Osis of the Jaguars would be angered at the re-activation of these lines that he had wished to wither and die, but was in no position to defend legacies that he had previously scorned.

It would not be long before there were many sibkos advancing through training, created with this new influx of material. With the influx of material, the Cloud Cobras were able to quickly triple the size of their Touman. In turn, they would be in a better position to expand and grow as the centuries wore on. his genetic legacy would go on to help his Clan sire their lines of the soon-to-be developed Elemental, quite possibly even in his own lifetime.