Patriots for the Re-Expansion of the Great Hegemony of Khar'Shan

The Patriots for the Re-Expansion of the Great Hegemony of Khar'Shan, more commonly known by batarians as Dwek-Flar esk Barr'Lenk dwar Hokegorok Dorolg Zhi-Dwat esk Khar'Shan, and colloquially referred to by other races as the Batarian Patriots or the Patriots of Khar'Shan, was a militant political faction within the Batarian Hegemony which promoted the buildup of batarian military power in preparation to go to war wih humanity in order to reclaim territory from the Systems Alliance. They also encouraged the use of brutal and relentless terrorist attacks on human colonies to incite anxiety and unrest amongst human colonists.

The Batarian Patriots made up a large portion of the Hegemony's Commitee for Off-World Matters of Interest, which dealt with the Hegemony's almost nonexistent political relations with other races and also oversaw military deployments outside of Khar'Shan. While the commitee frequently favored the agenda of the Batarian Patriots, when it did not the group often hired mercenaries to achieve their goals for them instead.

Not only was the organization known for violence against humans, but also against anyone who supported humanity's aggressive expansion in supposed batarian space, especially fellow batarians. The Patriots of Khar'Shan regarded batarians who supported or defended the humans as traitors, and these individuals were often lynched by the group and its supporters. Little was done to prevent this from happening or to punish those who carried out the violent acts, as those who tried to do so became targets for the organization's aggression themselves.

The Batarian Patriots possessed a number of outposts located on barren planets and moons in the Skyllian Verge, Attican Traverse, and the Terminus Systems. Officially, the Batarian Hegemony claimed that these were legitimate "embassy establishments" administrated by party members of the Batarian Patriots, but they were in fact used as bases of operation for the Patriots' more illicit activities, and were not sanctioned by the Citadel Government. The "party members" in charge of these outposts were often batarian pirates, slavers, or rogue Special Intervention Unit operatives, and the establishments were often guarded by mercenaries, pirates, SIU contingents, or members of criminal organizations such as the Blue Suns, Eclipse, and the Blood Pack.