New Helghan

New Helghan is the government of the surviving Helghasts on the eastern half of Vekta after the collapse of the Helghan Empire in 2360. Around 2381 a terrorist organization called The Black Hand began to emerge and led by Vladko Tyran, the Black Hand sought war between the Helghasts and the Vektans. It serves as a setting for Killzone: Shadowfall and is led by the daughter of Scolar Visari, Chancellor Hera Visari as of 2390.

History
In the year 2360 after over 3 years of conflict during the Second Extrasolar War, the Helghan Empire collapsed and the planet Helghan was destroyed by the terricide, over 1 billion lives were lost and the Helghasts were left abandoned with little to no leadership and the survivors locked in a civil war. Eventually after days worth of negotiations, an uneasy truce was reached and a settlement was reached. The survivors acting out of desperation were given the eastern half of Vekta as their home. All Vektans living on the eastern half of the planet were immediatly forced out of their homes and some even shot on sight as the remnants of the Helghast Army began to force civilains out. Lucas Kellen (the game's protagonist) lived in eastern Vekta and witnessed the death of his father showing that the Helghasts are still the merceless fascist race that they are. Years after the colinization a massive wall was built that divided the planet and a series of Neo-Helghast movements (based on real life neo-fascist movements) began to emerge and soon this led to the formation of the Black Hand. At first the Black Hand was a violent and radical political party but soon in 2381 Tyran took over and led the Black Hand to become a terrorist organization and had attacked New Helghast security officiers and Vektans alike.

Black Hand Insurgency
By 2390 (Shadowfall's main setting) both Vekta and New Helghan are locked in a massive Cold War as the peace between the Helghasts and Vektans has begun to fade. Tyran uses the tensions to his advantages and leads the Black Hand to launch an insurgency against the Vektan government. Around that same time in Vekta city, the Headquarters for the Vektan Security Agency (VSA) was attacked and Black Hand Operatives began to ambush and attack the scared and confused Vektan civilains and the bogged down Shadow Marshels. Lucas began to fight back and soon the VSA Shadow marshles began to push them back however resistance was high and the VSA HQ had the majority of the interior destroyed. Following the successful raid on the VSA HQ, the New Helghast government immediatly condemned the attack by the Black Hand due to both past and current events with escalating tensions between New Helghan and the Black Hand.