Tekunin



 Tekunin  Sektor's ending in MK:TE

In the Mortal Kombat series, the Tekunin is a clan of cybernetic ninja started by Sektor.

About the Tekunin
In Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition, which revolves around the same story as Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Sektor's ending depicted him founding a new ninja clan of cyber-ninja (the Tekunin) in Japan after Sub-Zero ousted him from the reformed Lin Kuei. Eventually, the Tekunin gained enough power to conquer Japan. Whether this ending becomes canon remains to be seen in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon.

Trivia

 * The group's meaning could mean "iron ninja" because "tekko" means "iron" and "nin" refers to ninja. Tekunin could also be the melding of tek, slang for tech, and nin, being short for ninja. Either could fit.
 * Most likely Tekunin means "tech people" Teku is probably Japanese for tech and in japanese nin is used as an ending to refer to people. I doesn't refer to ninja.
 * The rivalry between the Tekunin and the Lin Kuei is reminiscent of the rivalry between the old Lin Kuei and the Shirai Ryu, which had also been founded by a breakaway Lin Kuei member and was also based in Japan.
 * The goals of Noob Saibot, also a former Lin Kuei member, and Sektor are similar: both want to create an army of cybernetic warriors to conquer the world.
 * The Tekunin will evidently return in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, as one of the new fighting arenas has been named the Tekunin Warship. This appears to be a remake of Mortal Kombat 4's Prison Stage.