Shout out to Scrabble for taking over our faction and being a khan Thanks bro.....
Couldn't have done it without him.
Nope, it wasn't me. I have been asking people how the "Claim Leadership" mechanic works because I believe it's how this happened. It's hard to get clear info, so I might start a faction of my own, add a new member, have him Claim Leadership and see how it works for myself. It's not documented on the wiki, so it was exploited by khans. They could not beat us in combat, so I guess this is how they win? Pathetic. None of AV's members are defeated though.
In the meantime, we need to know from Dr Mercy: with whom all did you share the leader password? If it was only me, then I am guessing this happened when someone became Trusted, then claimed leadership, then got it when leader character did not defeat the attempt.
So I guess this means a leader character needs to check the News in the terminal each day to see if anyone is trying to take over.