1:[2,#B],15:[1,#B],18:[2,#B],25:[2,#B]@1Klaestron IV@2Planet. Although members of the Federation, the Klaestrons are allies of the Cardassians. Homeworld to Ilon Tandro. (“Dax” [DS9]). In 2371, Dr. Julian Bashir visited Klaestron IV to learn a new treatment for burn victims. (“Second Skin” [DS9]).
~1: [2, #b], 16: [1, #i], 53: [25, #i]@1Klingon bloodwine@2Variety of red Klingon wine. Worf had programmed the replicators on board the Enterprise -D to produce a close approximation of this beverage. (“Gambit, Part II” [TNG]). Kozak consumed an enormous amount of bloodwine just prior to the accident that took his life in 2371. (“The House of Quark” [DS9]).Given the ingredients of other Klingon foods, we wonder if this stuff really lives up to its name… (On second thought, we don't want to know.)
~1:[3,#B],97:[11,#I],108:[1,#BI],109:[4,#I]@1Klingon death ritual@2A ceremony practiced by Klingons upon the death of a comrade. The eyes of the fallen warrior are pried open, while other warriors gather around and let loose with a powerful howl that has been described not as a wail of the dead, but as an exaltation of the victorious. Klingon belief holds that the howl is a warning for the dead to beware because a Klingon warrior is about to arrive. (“Heart of Glory” [TNG]). In other cases, a sacred funereal dirge was sung in memory of the deceased. (“Blood Oath” [DS9]).The death howl was seen in “Heart of Glory,” and again upon K'Ehleyr's death in “Reunion” (TNG).
~1: [2, #b], 12: [3, #b], 196: [1, #i], 217: [2, #b], 219: [7, #i], 374: [1, #b], 388: [3, #i], 414: [1, #b], 451: [3, #b], 459: [1, #b], 490: [3, #b], 533: [1, #b], 574: [1, #b], 590: [1, #b]@1Klingon Empire@2The Klingon nation, founded some 1,500 years ago by Kahless the Unforgettable, who first united the Klingon people by killing the tyrant, Molor. (“The Savage Curtain” [TOS], “Rightful Heir” [TNG]).
First contact between the Klingon Empire and the Federation took place in 2218 (“Day of the Dove” [TOS]), a disastrous event that led to nearly a century of hostilities between the two powers. (“First Contact” [TNG]). In 2267 negotiations between the Federation and the Klingon Empire were on the verge of breaking down. The Klingons had issued an ultimatum to the Federation to withdraw from disputed areas claimed by both the Federation and the Klingon Empire or face war. The hostilities came to a head at planet Organia, the only class-M planet in the area. Unknown to either combatant, the Organians were incredibly advanced noncorporeal life-forms who imposed the Organian Peace Treaty on both parties, thus effectively ending armed hostilities. (“Errand of Mercy” [TOS]).
The Klingons entered into a brief alliance with the Romulan Star Empire around 2268, when an agreement between the two powers resulted in the sharing of military technology and spacecraft designs, providing the Romulans with Klingon battle cruisers. (“The Enterprise Incident” [TOS]). By the mid-2280s, Klingons were using ships described as birds-of-prey (traditionally a Romulan term) that were equipped with cloaking devices. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock).
Early talks between the Federation and the Klingon Empire took place at the Korvat colony in 2289. While no major breakthrough resulted, some small progress was made when Federation negotiator Curzon Dax earned the respect of his Klingon colleagues. (“Blood Oath” [DS9]).
A new chapter in relations between the Klingons and the Federation was opened in 2293 when a catastrophic explosion on Praxis caused serious environmental damage to the Homeworld. In the economic disarray that followed, Klingon chancellor Gorkon, leader of the High Council, found that his empire could no longer afford its massive military forces. Gorkon therefore launched a peace initiative, offering to end some 70 years of hostilities with the Federation. Just prior to a major peace conference, Gorkon was murdered by Federation and Klingon interests who sought to maintain the status quo. Gorkon's successor, his daughter, Azetbur, continued her father's work, and successfully concluded the Khitomer accords with the Federation later that year, ending nearly a century of hostilities. (Star Trek VI).
The Klingon High Council was a hotbed of political intrigue that nearly plunged the Empire into civil war in 2367 when council leader K'mpec died of poison. This murder, viewed as a killing without honor under Klingon tradition, triggered a bitter struggle to determine K'mpec's successor. K'mpec had taken the unorthodox precaution of appointing a non-Klingon, Jean-Luc Picard, as his Arbiter of Succession. Under Picard's mediation, political newcomer Gowron emerged as the sole candidate for council leader. (“Reunion” [TNG]). Forces loyal to the powerful Duras family unsuccessfully attempted to block Gowron, plunging the Empire into a brief, but bitter Klingon civil war in early 2368. (“Redemption, Parts I and II” [TNG]). Though their nation was called an empire, it had not been ruled by an emperor for more than three centuries. This situation changed rather dramatically in 2369, when the clerics of Boreth produced a clone of Kahless the Unforgettable. Although their initial claim that the clone was the actual Kahless was quickly disproven, this clone was regarded as the rightful heir to the throne and, with the support of High Council leader Gowron, was installed as the ceremonial Emperor of the Klingon people. (“Rightful Heir” [TNG]). In the anti-time reality created by the Q Continuum, by 2395 the Klingon Empire had gained control of Romulan space. Relations between the Klingons and the Federation were poor, and the Klingons had closed their borders to Federation vessels. (“All Good Things…” [TNG]).
~1:[1,#B],9:[1,#B],123:[1,#BI],156:[1,#BI],197:[1,#BI],211:[19,#I],232:[17,#I],254:[70,#I],329:[5,#I]@1Klingon@2Humanoid warrior race, originally from the planet Qo'noS. A proud, tradition-bound people who value honor, the aggressive Klingon culture has made them a military power to be respected and feared. In Klingon society, the death of a warrior is not mourned, especially a warrior who has died honorably, as in battle or the line of duty. In such cases, the survivors celebrate the freeing of the spirit. (“The Bonding” [TNG]). Klingons believe in an afterlife but there is no burial ceremony. They dispose of the body in the most efficient means possible. (“Emanations” [VGR]). Klingon tradition holds that “the son of a Klingon is a man the day he can first hold a blade.” (“Ethics” [TNG]). Another Klingon ritual is the R'uustai, or bonding ceremony, in which two individuals join families, becoming brothers and sisters. (“The Bonding” [TNG]).
The Klingon body incorporates multiple redundancies for nearly all vital bodily functions. This characteristic, known as brak'lul, gives Klingon warriors enormous resiliency in battle. Despite the considerable sophistication of Klingon technology, significant gaps exist in Klingon medical science, in part due to cultural biases that injured warriors should be left to die or to carry out the Hegh'bat. (“Ethics” [TNG]). Klingons have no tear ducts. Klingon blood is a lavender-colored fluid. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country). Klingons were first seen in “Errand of Mercy” (TOS), and throughout the original Star Trek series. At the time, they appeared as fairly ordinary humans with heavy makeup and mustaches. Beginning with Star Trek: The Motion Picture, improved makeup techniques (and bigger budgets) led to their present elaborate forehead designs. The differences between the two types of Klingons have never been addressed on the show, but one can imagine that the Klingon Empire might be composed of more than one race. The issue was further complicated when three Klingons, Kor, Koloth, and Kang, who had appeared in the original series with the original makeup design, appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine wearing the motion-picture-style Klingon foreheads.
~1:[2,#B],6:[1,#B],17:[1,#B],39:[1,#B],45:[2,#B],62:[4,#B],81:[3,#B],89:[2,#B],99:[1,#B],101:[1,#B],109:[2,#B],116:[2,#B],120:[2,#B],149:[2,#B],157:[3,#B],160:[7,#I]@1Kor, Commander@2(John Colicos). Legendary Klingon. In 2267, Kor was the military governor of the planet Organia during a border dispute with the Federation. Kor ruled Organia with an iron fist, but was unaware that the apparently humanoid Organians were in fact incredibly advanced noncorporeal life-forms who sought only to promote peace between the two antagonists. (“Errand of Mercy” [TOS]). SEE: Ayelborne; Organian Peace Treaty. In 2270, Kor led a decisive Klingon victory over the Romulans in the Battle of Klach D'Kel Brakt. He later became a Klingon Dahar Master. Kor's firstborn son, along with the firstborn of Kang and Koloth, was murdered by a criminal known as the Albino. The three Klingons, along with Curzon Dax, swore a blood oath to avenge the killings. It took some eight decades to do so, but Kor and his fellow warriors carried out their vengeance on the Albino at planet Secarus IV in 2370. (“Blood Oath” [DS9]). SEE: Dax, Jadzia; scorcher. John Colicos also played Lord Baltar on Battlestar Galactica
~1:[1,#B]@1latinum@2Valuable metal ingots used as a medium of exchange, primarily outside the Federation. (“Past Prologue” [DS9]). Denominations of gold pressed latinum ingots, in increasing order of value, included the slip, the strip and the bar. (“Family Business” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],4:[1,#B],24:[2,#B],43:[2,#B]@1London Kings@2Professional baseball team that played on Earth during the 21st century. In 2015 a gifted ball player by the name of Buck Bokai played his rookie year with the Kings. (“Past Tense, Part II” [DS9]). While playing shortshop, Bokai broke Joe DiMaggio's record for consecutive hits in 2026. (“The Big Goodbye” [TNG]). The London Kings won the World Series in 2042, but by that time, public interest in the sport had fallen to the point where there were only 300 spectators at the last game. (“If Wishes Were Horses” [DS9]).
~1:[1,#B],10:[1,#B],29:[1,#B],35:[1,#B],39:[1,#B],43:[3,#B],50:[1,#B],68:[3,#B],76:[3,#B],111:[1,#B],115:[1,#B],134:[2,#B],138:[2,#B],144:[1,#B],154:[1,#B],157:[2,#B],181:[3,#B],186:[1,#B],223:[2,#BI],225:[1,#B],234:[2,#B],241:[1,#I],248:[1,#I],257:[3,#I]@1Lursa@2(Barbara March). A member of the politically powerful Duras family; the elder of Duras's two sisters. Following the death of Duras in 2367, Lursa, and her sister, B'Etor, conspired with the Romulan operative Sela to overthrow the Gowron leadership of the Klingon High Council. Their attempt to place Toral, the illegitimate son of Duras, as council leader split the council and plunged the Empire into a Klingon civil war until their complicity with the Romulan Star Empire was discovered. (“Redemption, Parts I and II” [TNG]). Lursa subsequently dropped out of sight for almost two years until she and her sister attempted to raise capital for their armies by selling bilitrium explosives to the Kohn-ma, a Bajoran terrorist organization, in 2369. (“Past Prologue” [DS9]). In 2370, she and her sister illegally mined a magnesite ore. deposit on Kalla III which belonged to the Pakleds. They later tried to sell the ore to the Yridians in the Ufandi system. During this time, she became aware that she was pregnant with a male child. (“Firstborn” [TNG]). In 2371, Lursa and B'Etor assisted Dr. Tolian Soran in stealing trilithium from the Romulans for Soran's experiments so that, in return, they would receive trilithium weapons technology. Lursa hoped that trilithium weapons could be a powerful tool to reestablish Duras dominance over the Klingon Empire. When the Starship Enterprise -D stumbled upon their activities with Soran at the Amargosa observatory, Lursa and B'Etor attacked the Enterprise -D. Lursa was killed when the Enterprise -D returned fire, destroying her class D-12 bird-of-prey. (Star Trek: Generations).
~1:[1,#B],14:[2,#B],21:[1,#B],34:[1,#B],39:[3,#B]@1Maihar'du@2(Tiny Ron). Tall, prune-faced humanoid alien who was the faithful servant of Grand Nagus Zek. Maihar'du was from the Hupyrian race, known for their devotion to their employers. This faithful servant taught Zek how to enter a Dolbargy sleeping trance to fake his death. (“The Nagus” [DS9]). His duties also included attending to the Grand Nagus' personal grooming. (“Rules of Acquisition” [DS9]). As a Hupyrian servant, Maihar'du took a vow only to speak to his master, Grand Nagus Zek. (“Prophet Motive” [DS9]).
~1: [2, #b], 44: [2, #b], 46: [2, #b], 67: [1, #i], 74: [2, #b], 91: [2, #b], 97: [2, #b], 118: [2, #b], 121: [1, #b], 138: [1, #b]@1Maquis ships@2The Maquis were equipped with a variety of older spacecraft, mostly obtained from Federation sources. One common type was a small two or three person spacecraft used by the Maquis for ship-to-ship engagements and covert attacks. These ships were equipped with photon torpedoes, type-8 phaser banks, and transporters. In 2370, a small group of these ship were able to attack and severely damage a Galor -class Cardassian warship, forcing its captain, Gul Evek, to send out a distress signal. Another group of these ships was sent to the Demilitarized Zone border to attack a Yridian convoy. The ships disengaged following Ro's warning that the attack was a Starfleet ambush. (“Preemptive Strike” [TNG]). Later that year, Calvin Hudson and Amaros traveled in a Maquis ship in an attempted attack on a Cardassian weapons depot on planet Bryma. (“The Maquis, Part II” [DS9]). The Maquis used a variety of spacecraft, mostly older ships of Federation origin in their fight against the Cardassians. A Maquis ship commanded by Chakotay in 2371 was at least four decades old, but was still able to elude Cardassian pursuit. (“Caretaker” [VGR]).
~1: [1, #b], 163: [1, #i], 180: [2, #b], 184: [1, #i], 205: [14, #i]@1Maquis@2Paramilitary force of Federation citizens that developed among the colonies affected by the border changes wrought by the Federation-Cardassian Treaty of 2370. The Maquis grew in response to Cardassian hostilities toward these colonies and to the perception that they had been abandoned by the Federation government. Members of the Maquis had often been victims of violence directed toward them by the Cardassian military. They felt the intention was to force them from their homes and many chose to fight rather than leave. The Maquis was organized in a series of cells, with only the leaders of each cells knowing the whereabouts of the other cells. A number of Starfleet officers were sympathetic to the Maquis situation, and either provided them with weapons, or left Starfleet to join their ranks. (“Preemptive Strike” [TNG]). In 2370, a group of Maquis lead by Calvin Hudson defended colonies in the Demilitarized Zone that were no longer under Federation protection. Hudson's group destroyed the Cardassian freighter Bok'Nor, resulting in several skirmishes along the border. (“The Maquis, Parts I and II” [DS9]). In 2371 Thomas Riker hijacked the Defiant from Deep Space 9 for a Maquis mission to investigate a suspected military buildup in the Orias system. (“Defiant” [DS9]).The name Maquis was used by members of the French underground in World War II.
~1:[3,#B],7:[2,#B],54:[2,#B],82:[2,#B],85:[2,#I],111:[1,#B]@1matter/antimatter reaction chamber@2Component of the warp drive system used aboard Federation starships. The reaction chamber is the vessel within which matter and antimatter are allowed to intermix in a controlled fashion, resulting in the massive release of energy necessary to power the faster-than-light warp drive. The matter/antimatter reaction is regulated by a dilithium crystal, and the entire volume is contained by a magnetic containment field to prevent the volatile antimatter from coming into physical contact with the ship's structure. SEE: antimatter containment. The Starship Voyager's warp core was ejected on stardate 48734 by a disembodied Commander Chakotay, working to prevent the ship's entry into a nebula inhabited by the Komar. The core was subsequently recovered and reinstalled. (“Cathexis” [VGR]).
~1:[2,#B],24:[1,#B],29:[2,#I],33:[1,#B]@1Merak II@2Planet where a botanical plague threatened to destroy all vegetation in 2269. The plague was averted when a consignment of mineral zenite was delivered by the Starship Enterprise from planet Ardana. (“The Cloud Minders” [TOS]). Quark said that the inhabitants of Merak II manufactured the best sizing scanners, but he may have been lying. (“The Wire” [DS9]).
~1:[2,#B],46:[1,#I],113:[2,#BI],115:[4,#B],121:[2,#B],124:[2,#B],141:[1,#B],168:[3,#B],183:[2,#B],205:[3,#B],210:[3,#B],215:[2,#B],223:[1,#B],254:[2,#B],264:[3,#B]@1mirror universe@2Continuum parallel to and coexisting with our own, but on another dimensional plane. Everything in the mirror universe is duplicated, but in many cases is opposite in nature to its counterpart in our own universe. Captain Kirk and a few members from the Enterprise were thrust into this parallel existence after beaming during an ion storm, finding the mirror universe to be a brutally savage place. Spock's counterpart in the mirror universe believed his brutally oppressive government would inevitably spur a revolt, resulting in a terrible dark age. The mirror Spock indicated a willingness to help reform his government to possibly avert this sequence of events. (“Mirror, Mirror” [TOS]). SEE: Enterprise, I.S.S.; Kirk (mirror); Spock (mirror). Led by Spock (mirror), the Terran Empire embraced disarmament and peace, but this left the empire open to be conquered by the Alliance of Klingon and Cardassian forces. Terrans were reduced to slave status. A second contact with our universe occurred in 2370, when a warp drive malfunction sent Deep Space 9 officers Kira and Bashir into the mirror universe by way of the Bajoran wormhole. Although Kira and Bashir soon returned home, they planted the seeds of human rebellion with potential freedom fighters on station Terok Nor (mirror). (“Crossover” [DS9]). Benjamin Sisko (mirror) led the Terran rebellion from a secret base in the Badlands. The mirror Sisko was killed in 2371 when his ship was destroyed by Cardassian forces. Terran forces quickly regrouped, however, under the leadership of Sisko's counterpart from our universe. This Benjamin Sisko visited the mirror universe long enough to convince Jennifer Sisko (mirror) to abandon work on a transpectral sensor array that would have made it impossible for Terran operatives to hide in the Badlands. (“Through the Looking Glass” [DS9]).
~1:[1,#B],9:[2,#B],13:[1,#B],16:[3,#B],24:[2,#B],54:[1,#B],58:[1,#B],64:[1,#B],71:[10,#I],82:[18,#I],105:[10,#I]@1Morn@2(Mark Shepherd). Large, lumbering humanoid who frequented Quark's bar at the Promenade on station Deep Space 9. (“Emissary” [DS9]). Morn once asked Jadzia Dax out for dinner. She declined, even though she thought he was kinda cute. (“Progress” [DS9]). Members of Morn's species have more than one heart. In 2371, Morn and Quark were caught by Odo as they prepared for Cardassian vole fights. (“Through the Looking Glass” [DS9]). Morn is an anagram for Norm, George Wendt's character in Cheers. The character had been regularly seen in the background at Quark's bar since “Emissary,” the first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but was not referred to by name until “Vortex” (DS9).
~1:[2,#B],14:[1,#B],30:[1,#B],32:[1,#B],63:[1,#B],148:[1,#B],154:[14,#I],173:[5,#I]@1Nagus, Grand@2Ferengi master of commerce. The Grand Nagus has enormous power over Ferengi business, controlling the allocation of trade territories and other commercial opportunities. In 2369, Grand Nagus Zek named Quark as his successor in a trade conference held aboard Deep Space 9, although the appointment and Zek's subsequent apparent death were part of a ruse intended to test his son, Krax. When a Nagus dies, his body is immediately vacuum-desiccated and sold as collector's items at handsome prices. (“The Nagus” [DS9]). The Grand Nagus carried an ornate cane symbolizing his high rank. The cane featured a sculpted Ferengi head at its top made of gold. It was customary to honor the nagus by kissing the head of the cane. Grand Nagus Zek loaned his cane to Benjamin Sisko in early 2371 in order to impress Quark with the importance of establishing business dealings with the Dominion. (“The Search, Part I” [DS9]). “Nagus” was a nickname given to David Livingston, director of “The Nagus” (DS9), by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine director of photography Marvin Rush.
~1: [1, #b], 37: [2, #b], 51: [2, #b], 67: [2, #b], 133: [16, #i]@1Nausicaans@2(Clint Carmichael, Nick Dimitin, Tom Morga). Intelligent humanoid life-forms. Some Nausicaans have earned a reputation for being surly, ill-tempered, quick to violence, and very tall. In 2327, just after his graduation from Starfleet Academy, Ensign Jean-Luc Picard was involved in a fight with three Nausicaans while on leave at Starbase Earhart. One Nausicaan stabbed Picard through the heart, severely injuring the young ensign, who required cardiac replacement surgery. (“Samaritan Snare” [TNG]). Many years later, Picard relived the incident through Q's intervention. (“Tapestry” [TNG]). In 2371, a band of Nausicaan raiders used an ultrasonic generator to break into and rob the central museum on Remmil VI. (“Heart of Stone” [DS9]). Later that year, Garak said he misplaced the wedding suit of a Nausicaan, making the Nausicaan angry with Garak. (“Improbable Cause” [DS9]). Named for the Greek goddess of the wind, as well as for the animated fantasy film Nausicaa.
~1:[3,#B],16:[2,#B],24:[1,#B],43:[2,#B],57:[2,#B]@1New Berlin Colony@2Federation settlement. In 2369, with tensions high following an attack on the Ohniaka III outpost, New Berlin also reported a Borg attack. Thankfully, the “attacking” ship turned out to be merely a Ferengi trading vessel. (“Descent, Part I” [TNG]). Calvin Hudson and his wife joined Benjamin Sisko and his wife Jennifer at a mazurka festival at New Berlin. (“The Maquis, Part I” [DS9]).
~1:[1,#B],6:[1,#B],10:[1,#B],14:[3,#B],35:[1,#B],61:[2,#B],95:[3,#B],108:[2,#B],137:[4,#B],148:[7,#I]@1Nog@2(Aron Eisenberg). Nephew of Quark and son of Rom, who lived on Deep Space 9 in 2369. The young Ferengi was apprehended by Odo stealing from the assay office on Deep Space 9's Promenade in 2369. (“Emissary” [DS9]). Nog became good friends with young Jake Sisko on the station, and the two boys once created a fictitious company, the Noh-Jay Consortium, for their commercial exploits. (“Progress” [DS9]). When Nog's father, Rom, forbade Nog to attend school on the station, Jake taught him how to read. (“The Nagus” [DS9]). In 2371, Nog underwent the Ferengi Attainment Ceremony. He asked Benjamin Sisko to be his role model (SEE: Ferengi Code) and asked Sisko to recommend him for admission to Starfleet Academy. (“Heart of Stone” [DS9]). Following Nog's decision to join Starfleet, he studied in earnest for the Starfleet Academy Preparatory Program, despite his uncle Quark's opposition. (“Facets” [DS9]). Nog was first seen in “Emissary” (DS9).
