Line #14 Characters/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry


1	!For characters who debuted in ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', see Characters.StarTrekTheOriginalSeries
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
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5	!''Enterprise'' Crew
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7	[[folder:Lieutenant Valeris]]
8	!!Lieutenant Valeris
9	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000008197.jpg]]
10	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/KimCattrall
11	!!!'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/LaurenceCrouzet
12
13	->''"Do you not recognize that a turning point has been reached in the affairs of the Federation?"''
14	A Vulcan helm officer.
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16	%% * BotheringByTheBook
17	* FamousForBeingFirst: She was the first Vulcan to graduate at the top of her class at Starfleet Academy.
18	* KnightTemplar: She thinks she's saving the Federation by sabotaging peace talks.
19	* MeaningfulName: Her name is derived from Eris, the Ancient Greek goddess of strife.
20	%% * MetaphoricallyTrue
21	%% * TheMole
22	* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Being Spock's protégé and valedictorian of her class would certainly be admirable, if not for her turning traitor and joining a conspiracy to instigate a full-scale war between the Federation and the Klingons.
23	* RememberTheNewGuy: Because Gene Roddenbery wouldn't have Saavik as evil.
24	* SuckSessor: A variation, since aside from the whole bit about being a traitor and a murderer she's actually an extremely competent officer.
25	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Lt. Saavik from films II-IV, plus Commander Xon from the unmade ''Star Trek: Phase II'' TV series, in that they're both Vulcans who are set up to succeed Spock.
26	* TemptingFate: She suggests serving Romulan Ale during the meal with the Klingons, which given the underlying tensions between the two peoples and the extreme strength of Romulan Ale, goes over about as well as you'd expect. Of course, this is part of a XanatosGambit to make it later look like Kirk attacked Gorkon's ship in a moment of drunken rage.
27	[[/folder]]
28
29	[[folder:Yeomen Burke and Samno]]
30	!!Yeomen Burke and Samno
31	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/BJDavis and Creator/AlanMarcus
32
33	Two [[LowerDeckEpisode lower deck]] engineering technicians.
34	----
35	* FantasticRacism: Freely expressed when the main cast are out of earshot.
36	* GasMaskMooks: They wear engineering suits complete with face-concealing masked helmets when they board Kronos One for the assassination.
37	* ThoseTwoGuys: Who assassinate Chancellor Gorkon.
38	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Found dead after the assassination.
39	--> '''Kirk:''' [[AssassinsAreAlwaysBetrayed First rule of assassinations: kill the assassins.]]
40	[[/folder]]
41
42	[[folder:Crewman Dax]]
43	!!Crewman Dax
44	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelSnyder
45
46	A {{redshirt}} on the ''Enterprise''.
47	----
48	* BizarreAlienBiology: Nice feet, buddy!
49	* FallGuy: One of the missing mag-boots was hidden in his locker to make him look like the killer. Too bad it won't fit on those feet of his.
50	* OneSteveLimit: No relation to any of the hosts of Dax over from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.
51	[[/folder]]
52
53	!Klingons
54
55	[[folder:General Chang]]
56	!!General Chang
57	[[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/general_chang.jpg]]
58	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/ChristopherPlummer
59	!!!'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/GabrielCattand
60
61	->''"Now be honest, Captain, warrior to warrior. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time."''
62
63	A veteran Klingon officer serving as Chancellor Gorkon's Chief of Staff. He is opposed to peace with the Federation.
64	----
65	* AffablyEvil: He is a Klingon officer vehemently against Starfleet and the architect of a conspiracy, but he respects Kirk for his valor.
66	* BaldOfEvil: He was supposed to have long hair, but Christopher Plummer had liked his bald appearance, so Chang became bald.
67	* BigBad: He fills the role of the film's main bad guy, but he's really part of a BigBadEnsemble including Admiral Cartwright, Colonel West and the Romulan Ambassador.
68	* ChewingTheScenery: It's not enough that he's already a LargeHam. When reciting Creator/WilliamShakespeare he proceeds to shout it at the top of his lungs and ''[[SwivelChairAntics spin in his captain's chair]]''.
69	--> [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSqCJ-UGYns "CRY ''HAVOC''! And let slip the dogs of war!"]]
70	* CulturedWarrior: He is quite knowledgeable of Earth culture with a particularly fondness for Shakespeare, even quoting the bard's plays to his enemies during battle.
71	* EvilCounterpart: A bald starship commander who quotes Shakespeare? [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Never heard that one before.]]
72	* EyepatchOfPower: Bolted onto his skull, no less.
73	* FaceDeathWithDignity: Upon seeing the modified torpedo approaching his ship, he quietly says "To be, or not to be..."
74	* IncomingHam: He has an impossible to detect ship. Rather than simply unload on the ''Enterprise'' he decides to open a channel and [[IShallTauntYou announce himself.]]
75	* InTheOriginalKlingon: While it is Gorkon that names the trope, and references connecting the Klingons to Shakespeare have existed as far back as ''Wrath of Khan'', Chang is certainly the TropeCodifier. Most of his LargeHam moments are direct quotes from some of the more brutal Shakespeare works, including ''Hamlet'', ''Julius Caesar'', and ''Henry V''.
76	* InvisibilityFlicker: His Bird-Of-Prey briefly appears while firing its torpedoes.
77	* IShallTauntYou:
78	-->'''Chang:''' I can see you, Kirk... Can you see me?
79	* '''LargeHam''': He quotes [[ShoutOutToShakespeare Shakespeare]] as a ''[[IShallTauntYou battle taunt.]]''
80	-->'''Chang:''' I am constant as the northern star!\
81	'''[=McCoy=]:''' I'd give real money if he'd shut up.
82	* ANaziByAnyOtherName: While dining with the ''Enterprise'' crew, he says that the Klingons need "breathing room" to survive, with Kirk immediately likening it to Adolf Hitler's calls for lebensraum prior to World War II. Chang gets the reference and is offended and only Gorkon's kindly intervention prevents an escalation.
83	* ObiWanMoment: When he realizes that ''Enterprise's'' torpedo is homing in on his ship, he simply waits for it while quoting Shakespeare.
84	* TreacherousAdvisor: To Chancellor Gorkon.
85	* WellIntentionedExtremist: The ''VideoGame/StarTrekKlingonAcademy'' video game gives a better, more detailed look at his motives; basically, he's an honorable conservative who genuinely fears Gorkon's moderate policies will lead their race to their doom.
86	* WorthyOpponent: Despite all his efforts to have Kirk framed and killed, he makes it clear that he holds him in the highest regards as a skilled and accomplished warrior. And when he gets the chance to fight Kirk in an actual battle, he finds this much better than if everything had gone according to the original plan.
87	* XanatosSpeedChess: Kirk has the ''Enterprise'' surrender instead of defending himself when ''Kronos One'' threatens to fire at them, and he and [=McCoy=] beam aboard ''Kronos One'' to offer aid? Chang has them arrested and stand trial for the chancellor's death and prosecutes them himself. The sentence of death is commuted because of Colonel Worf's earnest defense in what was otherwise a [[KangarooCourt show trial]]? He arranges for them to be killed while trying to escape the penal colony of Rura Penthe. Kirk still manages to escape prison? He flies his prototype Bird-Of-Prey over to the meeting location to intercept the ''Enterprise''. Chang is nothing if not adaptable.
88	[[/folder]]
89
90	[[folder:Chancellor Gorkon]]
91	!!Chancellor Gorkon
92	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gorkon.png]]
93	%%[[caption-width-right:350:"''To the Undiscovered Country."'']]
94	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/DavidWarner
95	!!!'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/JeanPierreMoulin
96
97	->"''If there is to be a brave new world, our generation is going to have the hardest time living in it."''
98
99	UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln meets UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev [[RecycledInSpace in space]]. The intellectual and soft-spoken chancellor of the Klingon High Council, who seeks peace with the Federation.
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101	* ClassyCane: [[AllThereInTheManual He uses the thigh bone of an animal he'd hunted as his walking stick]].
102	* DueToTheDead: ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' reveals that Starfleet named an ''Excelsior''-class ship in his honor.
103	* HonorBeforeReason: Many of his fellow Klingons were against his decision to present an olive branch to the Federation. It cost him his life.
104	* TheIdealist: According to Azetbur, his countrymen saw him as this. Not that they were wrong.
105	* InTheOriginalKlingon: The TropeNamer.
106	* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Chancellor Target and Chancellor Personable.
107	* ThePollyanna: He summarizes the disastrous state dinner aboard the ''Enterprise'' as saying that the two sides "have a long way to go". He doesn't take Kirk's distrust personally and sympathizes with Kirk over their generation's difficulty with the prospect of peace. And in his dying breath, he begs the same distrustful Kirk to save the peace process. His last plea succeeded, as Kirk was shaken out of his old hatred and was the final instrument to achieve peace between the Federation and Klingon Empire.
108	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While his hand was largely forced by the explosion of Praxis, ''Klingon Academy'' shows that he had wanted peace with the Federation before he originally became Chancellor. He also doesn't take Kirk's lack of trust personally.
109	-->'''Gorkon:''' You don't trust me, do you? I don't blame you. If there is to be a ''brave new world'', our generation is going to have the hardest time living in it.
110	* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's killed off in the first act, but his actions get the film's main plot moving.
111	[[/folder]]
112
113	[[folder:Chancellor Azetbur]]
114	!!Chancellor Azetbur
115	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chancellors_azetbur_gorkon.jpg]]
116	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/RosannaDeSoto
117
118	->''"We are a proud race, and we are here because we intend to go on being proud."''
119
120	Gorkon's daughter, who succeeds him as the Klingons' chancellor.
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122	* JerkassHasAPoint: While her delivery is much harsher than neccesary (part of the discussion in general breaking down), her criticisms of the Federation during dinner are spot-on. Other than the president and a small minority of Starfleet officers the leadership of this supposedly multi-ethnic Federation (as shown in this movie) might as well be a human empire.
123	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Refuses to invade the Federation or cancel the peace talks in response to her father's assassination and in spite of her earlier tensions with the Federation before the aforementioned tragedy, considering it sufficient to put the alleged assassins on trial. And when Captain Kirk, the man she believes to be the mastermind behind her father's assassination thwarts a second hit that would have destroyed the prospect for detente and then makes a heartfelt plea for peace, she states that Kirk "restored her father's faith".
124	* WhatTheHellHero: However, everything is on ''her'' terms, and refuses to bend her knee at the Federation.
125	-->'''Azetbur:''' "In''alien''able ''human'' rights." [[InhumanableAlienRights Why the very]] ''name'' is ''racist''.
126	[[/folder]]
127
128	[[folder:Brigadier Kerla]]
129	!!Brigadier Kerla
130	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/PaulRossilli
131
132	A high-ranking Klingon officer.
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134	* AdaptationalVillainy: In the film he's a fairly anonymous flunky to Gorkon and then Azetbur, to whom he remains loyal. In the official novelization of the film and other spin-off media he's actually in on the conspiracy, and after the destruction of Chang's ship is left as its highest-ranking member, which leads to a very nasty case of DeathByAdaptation.
135	* BloodKnight: Tries to persuade Azetbur to declare war against the Federation.
136	* UndyingLoyalty: He is dedicated to Gorkon. He is also just as loyal to Azetbur and as much as he ''really'' wants a war to avenge his beloved Chancellor, he respects her authority enough to back down and keep his BloodKnight tendencies in check.
137	[[/folder]]
138
139	[[folder:Colonel Worf]]
140	!!Colonel Worf
141	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelDorn
142	!!!'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/BenoitAllemane
143
144	->''"I wish to note, for the record, that the evidence against my client is entirely circumstantial. I beg the court to consider this when pronouncing its sentence."''
145
146	A Klingon attorney who defends Kirk and [=McCoy=] at their trial.
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148	* IdenticalGrandson: Confirmed by WordOfGod to be the grandfather of his namesake in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. This, incidentally, makes Dorn one of only two people -- the other being Creator/MajelBarrett -- to appear on-screen in TOS, TNG and [=DS9=]-related works. They do give this Worf a different [[RubberForeheadAliens rubber forehead]], though.
149	* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Averted. Colonel Worf is portrayed as a dedicated legal advocate, but does not seem in his limited time on screen to be treated any differently because of it. This might seem unusual compared to how Klingons generally come across, until in one of the later seasons of [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]], where another Klingon lawyer is seen and gives the perspective that a legal proceeding is just combat of another form.
150	* OnlySaneMan: During the trial, he is one of the true reasonable Klingons and does his best to defend his clients.
151	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He retains the rank of Colonel and is a level-headed attorney whose ego is not attached to the trial unlike his fellow comrades.
152	* SpannerInTheWorks: During Kirk and [=McCoy=]'s trial, he manages to poke many conspicuous holes in a lot of Chang's accusatory evidence, makes an inquiry that [[WeNeedToGetProof piques Spock's interest]] as he remotely watches the trial, and persuades the judge to sentence them to exile on Rura Penthe rather than giving them the death penalty. It's subtle, but you can see that Chang is ''not'' pleased by this development, and it allows Kirk to escape and foil the conspiracy.
153	[[/folder]]
154
155	[[folder:Commandant Koth]]
156	!!Commandant Koth
157	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/WMorganSheppard
158	!!!'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/JeanViolette
159
160	->''"Work well, and you will be treated well. Work badly, and you will die!"''
161
162	The officer in charge of the Rura Penthe penal colony.
163	----
164	* AllThereInTheManual: His name comes from the CCG.
165	* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Literally; his favored method of executing rebellious or lazy prisoners is to have them stripped naked and thrown out onto the surface of Rura Penthe, where they freeze to death in less time than it takes for him to give his big speech to the new arrivals. It's implied that he makes a point of making a demonstration of this every time new inmates arrive.
166	* DeathByAdaptation:
167	** The film's novelization shows that Chang intends to [[YouHaveFailedMe have him executed]] for allowing Kirk and [=McCoy=] to escape, though leaves it ambiguous as to whether or not Chang actually gets around to putting this in motion before he himself is killed. In the movie he just angrily hangs up on him.
168	** His counterpart in the ''Film/StarTrek2009'' timeline ends up predeceasing his prime reality counterpart by at least three decades, dying during Nero's escape from Rura Penthe.
169	* HisNameIs: Done word-for-word, just as Kirk and [=McCoy=] are [[UnwantedRescue beamed away]].
170	* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Decides that since he's about to kill Kirk and [=McCoy=], he can afford to give away the identity of the mastermind behind the conspiracy. In a subversion, he actually gets prevented from doing this by the ''Enterprise'' crew, who beam their crew-mates aboard before he can spill the beans.
171	* LeaveNoWitnesses: He gives this as his reason for killing Martia despite their deal, and is about to do the same to Kirk and [=McCoy=] before they get rescued.
172	[[/folder]]
173
174	!Other Characters
175	[[folder:President Ra-ghoratreii]]
176	!!President Ra-ghoratreii
177	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/KurtwoodSmith
178	!!!'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/PhilippePeythieu
179
180	The President of TheFederation.
181	----
182	* AllThereInTheManual: As with [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome his predecessor]], his name comes from source materials and not the film's dialogue. These sources also identify his species as Efrosian, who were once subjects of the Klingon Empire. In fact, it's considered significant that an Efrosian is willing to come to the Klingons' aid. In addition, he's supposed to be blind; the weird glasses he sometimes wears are actually an earlier version of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Geordi [=LaForge=]'s VISOR]].
183	* BlindPeopleWearSunglasses: WordOfGod says that the Federation President is blind, and that's why he wears pince-nez-style sunglasses. Word of God says that these glasses let him see akin to Geordi's VISOR on ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'' later.[[invoked]]
184	* TheFettered: He recognizes that Kirk and [=McCoy=] are being railroaded, but he won't break the law or start a war to save them. [[ShootTheDog Partly because it's the only way to save the peace process.]]
185	-->"This president is not above the law."
186	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He flatly refuses to go to war over Kirk and [=McCoy=] and proclaims that he is not above the law.
187	* UnexpectedSuccessor: Expanded Universe books have revealed that he won a special election to succeed Hiram Roth after Roth died in office from overwork after the Probe Crisis.
188	[[/folder]]
189
190	[[folder:Martia]]
191	!!Martia
192	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/martia.jpg]]
193	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/{{Iman}} (female form); Tom Morga (brute form); Katie Jane Johnston (young girl form); Creator/WilliamShatner (Kirk form)
194
195	A shape-shifting Chameloid being held prisoner at Rura Penthe.
196	----
197	* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: She initially greets Kirk and [=McCoy=] as an alien woman in order to gain their trust, seducing Kirk into the bargain. It's unclear what her ShapeshifterDefaultForm is, or whether she even '''has''' one.
198	* CompactInfiltrator: Transforms into a child in order to shrink out of her restraints during the prison break.
199	* IdentityImpersonator: Despite her shapeshifting ability, the only time she actually impersonates a known individual is when she shifts into Kirk's form, shortly before she's killed.
200	* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Despite her being offered (and accepting) a full pardon in exchange for luring Kirk and [=McCoy=] to their deaths, the commandant vaporizes her anyway.
201	* SpotTheImposter: Is unwittingly forced into this situation when a Klingon search party catches up with her, Kirk, and [=McCoy=] just when she happens to have shifted into Kirk's form. Unfortunately for her (and fortunately for Kirk) the commandant never had any intention of taking her alive, and he vaporizes her simply for speaking up at the wrong time.
202	* TranslatorBuddy: She has to play this role to Kirk and [=McCoy=] in the Rura Penthe mines, as their universal translators have been confiscated.
203	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: She can transform into seemingly any type of humanoid, even when they're much bigger (as with the "brute" form) or much smaller (with her form as a young girl) than the female form she initially poses as.

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