Formed from the remnants of the original Imperial Klingon Navy, the Klingon Defense Force (KDF) is the standing military contingent of the Free Worlds of Klinzai to the Federation Grand Alliance. All vessels and installations of the KDF are presently manned and operated solely by Klingons, though ongoing discussions between repesentatives of the KDF and Starfleet may result in limited exchanges of personnel in the near future. Indeed, there have been isolated instances of informal officer exchanges on both sides.
The KDF has benefitted from the introduction of numerous Federation-oriented technologies, especially the adaption of transwarp drive principles to older-model Klingon vessels. The result has been a new generation of Klingon-designed and developed craft able to match anything federation designers have to offer. The
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Class battlecruiser is the culmination of these radical revisions. This vessel, both singly and in tradional Klingon squadrons of three, has repeatedly gone up against renegade Klingon forces.
Though most KDF tatics and strategy is based on centuries-old Klingon doctrines, cultural exchanges are bringing about a slow but steady intergration of Klingon battle tactics with those of Starfleet command. By creating a Defense Force Strategic Planning Staff made up of eight Thought Admirals the Klingons have gone a long way toward centralizing the previous chaotic administrative and combat functions of the Free Worlds. The KDF is becoming a vital and welcome addition to Starfleet and the Grand Alliance.
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