| 1 | !!'''Characters.StarTrekOnline:''' [[Characters/StarTrekOnlineUnitedFederationOfPlanets United Federation of Planets]] • '''Klingon Empire''' • [[Characters/StarTrekOnlineRomulansAndRemans Romulans and Remans]] • [[Characters/StarTrekOnlineDominion Dominion]] |
| 2 | [[quoteright:233:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/klingon_empire_logo_2757.png]] |
| 3 | Characters in ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' affiliated with the Klingon Empire. |
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| 5 | |
| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | ! The Klingon Empire |
| 9 | |
| 10 | [[folder: General]] |
| 11 | |
| 12 | The traditional government of the Klingon people has undergone some changes in the 30 years since the TNG era. |
| 13 | ---- |
| 14 | |
| 15 | * CatFolk: The Ferasans. |
| 16 | * CaptainErsatz: The Ferasans for the Kzinti due to copyright concerns (they're technically part of the ''Literature/KnownSpace''-{{verse}} and thus belong to Creator/LarryNiven's estate). A definite case of Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, as the Ferasans have had a chance to distance themselves a bit from their source material and become a unique race: In this continuity they're the progenitors of the Caitians, who broke from Ferasan culture over genetic engineering (the Ferasans were for it, the Caitians were against). |
| 17 | * TheEmpire: For once, actually [[PlayingWithATrope played with]]. The Klingon Empire is still an empire but the Federation influences have affected the government. The Gorn still have a measure of self-rule, the Ferasans are completely self-ruled but members of the Empire, and the Orions are allies by treaty. The Nausicaans and the Letheans are mostly mercenaries absorbed into or hired by the KDF following the Klingon-Gorn War. And, on the other side of the card, all of the non-Klingon member races are definitely showing signs of being influenced by Klingon culture. |
| 18 | * FaceHeelTurn[=/=]HeelFaceTurn: The Klingon Empire withdrew from the Khitomer Accords for the second time about 20 years ago. It's a matter of perspective; the Klingon perspective is that the Federation invoked HeadInTheSandManagement rather than confront the threat of Undine infiltration. The Federation perspective is that after conquering the Gorn in a war that didn't even involve the Undine until almost the end, the Klingons started invoking territorial claims they had long ceded, then attempted the equivalent of ethnic cleansing against Federation civilians when President Okeg told them to screw off. |
| 19 | * GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The Orions are allies of the Klingons and in fact have settled in KDF space. They were forced out of their homeworld by ecological collapse, and the Klingons gave them a planet in exchange for Melani D'ian signing with them instead of the Federation. |
| 20 | * LizardFolk: The Gorn. |
| 21 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: The Nausicaans and Letheans are in it for no other reason than because they're being paid. The Nausicaans actually fought for the other side during the Gorn-Klingon War. |
| 22 | * SigilSpam: Expect to see the emblem of the Klingon Empire practically everywhere you look when visiting Qo'noS or any major Klingon starbase or planet such as Ganalda Station, Forcas III, Khitomer, and KDF fleet starbases, embassies, spires, & dilithium mines. |
| 23 | * ThrowTheDogABone: |
| 24 | ** The High Council actually entertained the Gorn Ambassador into discussing having a Gorn member of the High Council. (Currently King Slathis has a nonvoting seat, kind of the way Puerto Rico is represented in the US Congress.) Note that the Klingons get really xenophobic about having a vassal race be part of the ruling party, so even entertaining the idea is a ''big'' leap in philosophy and J'mpok one-upped that! |
| 25 | ** The Gorn, Ferasans and Orions are vassal races now but they are not members of the ''[=jeghpu'wI'=]'' (conquered races). They're not citizens either but rather ''kuve'', something between the two comparable to having a Klingon Green Card. |
| 26 | * UnwittingPawn: Despite their stated aim of eliminating Undine infiltrators, there's a strong argument to be made that by pursuing the Undine in the characteristically unsubtle way that they have (i.e. declaring war on anybody they even ''think'' is infiltrated, and then taking umbrage [[WhatTheHellHero when anyone calls them on their Crap]]), [[AllAccordingToPlan they've played straight into the Undines' hands]], [[spoiler:and the Iconians for whom the Undine are themselves {{Unwitting Pawn}}s]]. |
| 27 | * TheWorfEffect: In "Surface Tension" [[spoiler: the Klingon High Council (save for J'mpok) is casually murdered by an Iconian with the snap of her fingers, vaporizing them instantly.]] |
| 28 | [[/folder]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ! The KDF Captain and Crew |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:The KDF Captain]] |
| 33 | The PlayerCharacter. Because everything from his/her/it's appearance to species can be wildly different from player to player, only general characteristics will be listed here. |
| 34 | ---- |
| 35 | |
| 36 | * {{Archenemy}}: The Iconians and later Aakar are set up to be this. |
| 37 | * AntiHero: Piracy, torture, raiding, and blowing up innocent Federation ships. Also, saves the galaxy from TheLegionsOfHell as well as helps Worf honor his dead housemate. |
| 38 | * BloodKnight: As to be expected with a Klingon captain. |
| 39 | * CoolSword: The Shard Sword of Kahless may only be a replica of the real thing but it was made by Khaless II for you and scales to your level. It also can be a sword that killed the Klingon Devil. ''Twice.'' |
| 40 | * DependingOnTheWriter: The Klingon player goes from being a brutish thug to being an honorable warrior then to a heroic peacemaker as well as explorer due to the way the missions were written. May be played as CharacterDevelopment as your character does most of his worst actions before meeting Worf and Kahless the Second. |
| 41 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Kills the Klingon equivalent of the Devil, Fek'lhr, in a MaybeMagicMaybeMundane situation. He also kills Molor, which is the equivalent of Mordred and Judas combined, plus some Klingon Archdemons. Even if they're just simulations, they're simulations which almost brought down the Klingon Empire. |
| 42 | ** Becomes something they're ''famous'' for as the Klingon Empire needs to go to Grethor and they note that you've been there and back before. Even Martok seems unsure how to react to this when he finds out and is the one time you get the proper amount of respect. |
| 43 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: During the Klingon Civil War, you are often ignored and overlooked by J'Ula and Martok. The one exception being when they find out you've been ToHellAndBack. This despite as a Dahar Master responsible for many legendary deeds, you have a pretty good claim to the Klingon Chancellory yourself. |
| 44 | * DueToTheDead: Participates in the funeral of someone he only fought with once. |
| 45 | * EnemyMine: Develops this relationship with J'Ula. Players can decide whether it ever becomes genuine friendship. |
| 46 | * GuileHero: Averted with an early mission where you blow up a Federation fleet when you could have sent it back to weaken Section 31. Played straight when you become a spy on Bajor and use your joint Federation operations to bug them. Indeed, you actually become heavily involved in many espionage operations and sneak attacks involving disguises. |
| 47 | * KlingonPromotion: Being promoted this way twice in rapid succession is how they receive their first command. You started as second officer behind First Officer Doran. Doran challenged Captain Jurlek for command and lost. Her death promoted you to first officer and gave you the right under Klingon law to challenge Jurlek yourself for the captain's chair. |
| 48 | * KickTheDog: Has a number of these moments. |
| 49 | ** Blowing up a Federation fleet which arrives to rescue non-existent civilians when they were willing to leave peacefully. [[VillainHasAPoint To be fair, the KDF and Federation were at war.]] |
| 50 | ** Beating a Federation Captain up for codes to Earth's spacedock then blowing up his ship. This war crime was [[OrwellianRetcon removed]] when Cryptic redid the leveling missions in Season 20: now the PC just kills the captain and gets the codes by HollywoodHacking. |
| 51 | * HeelFaceTurn: Goes from being a VillainProtagonist to being a genuine hero over the course of events, primarily due to much of the content being written for the Federation and far more heroic than before. |
| 52 | * PalsWithJesus: Becomes a sort-of friend with Kahless the Second who is CloneJesus. This actually gets noticed by the Klingons during the Civil War who are nonplussed to find that you've literally been to Hell before and came back. |
| 53 | * PetTheDog: Almost literally. The KDF Captain "borrows" a Jackal Mastiff from Rura Penthe's pens to track down [[spoiler: Franklin Drake]]. After the mission is over they keep the Mastiff as their own pet... that happens to be trained in combat. |
| 54 | ** There's no actual reason to continue helping the Bajorans after the first mission with the Orb of Possibilities other than your character wants to finish the job. |
| 55 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: More Proud Warrior ''Adopted Culture'' Guy/Gal for some (Orion females aren't generally known for their warrior prowess), but other than that, general to KDF captains. Mainly since Cryptic didn't bother to write as if anybody played anything but a Klingon. |
| 56 | * SitcomArchnemesis: Like all player characters, Madran serves as this. |
| 57 | * SpacePirates: A majority of your daily missions involve you attack civilian transport in your ship and take the spoils, while the duty officer mission "Marauding" allow you to assign your crew to capture ships / base and get items, commodities, and even prisoners. If you are using the Orion Slaver pets, you will also have a chance to take commodities or even currencies. To really get into it, you can wear an eye patch. |
| 58 | * ToHellAndBack: This becomes what the character is most famous for as you visit Grethor ''twice'' before coming back. |
| 59 | * TortureAlwaysWorks: Beats a Federation captain into giving up vital defense codes. |
| 60 | * TrialByCombat: How the KDF captain had to confirm their right to command before Season 20. Originally, they were KDF Academy cadets, and the trial is how they graduated. After a revamp, it was to confirm your KlingonPromotion as legitimate, since it happened so quickly after Doran's failed attempt. Season 20 revamped the tutorial further to remove the need for trial entirely. |
| 61 | * VillainProtagonist: Starts as one of these but gradually becomes a UnscrupulousHero. |
| 62 | [[/folder]] |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [[folder: K'Gan]] |
| 65 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kgan_1282.png]] |
| 66 | The KDF Captain's first officer, initially the bottom rung on the totem pole of your starting Bird-of-Prey's officer pool. |
| 67 | ---- |
| 68 | * DemotedToExtra[=/=]OptionalPartyMember: Like every boff save Tovan Khev, he gets no more unique dialogue after you reach Qo'noS following the tutorial and can dismiss him. |
| 69 | * KlingonPromotion: Promoted to first officer because ''he's the only person on the bridge left alive besides you''. |
| 70 | * NumberTwo: To the KDF captain. |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[folder: Ch'gren]] |
| 74 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chgren_61.png]] |
| 75 | A Klingon engineering officer and the husband of Doran, the treacherously slain first officer of your starting Bird-of-Prey. |
| 76 | ---- |
| 77 | * CrusadingWidower: Justified. In Klingon culture being stabbed InTheBack is a dishonorable way to die, so he's hoping to win a glorious battle in Doran's name to make sure his wife can get into Sto-vo-kor. [[spoiler:And when the Fek'Ihri turn up, does he ''ever'' get one that qualifies.]] |
| 78 | * DemotedToExtra[=/=]OptionalPartyMember: After the tutorial, due to the backlash over the Romulan mandatory boff Tovan Khev. [[spoiler:He doesn't even get any unique dialogue when you meet his wife in Gre'thor if you keep him around that long.]] |
| 79 | * KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: He's a good engineer, but he's stuck working menial jobs for the Ferengi who runs the Exchange in First City until the KDF PC picks him up. |
| 80 | * MrFixit: He's an engineering officer. |
| 81 | * RuggedScar: He's got a nice gash on the left side of his mouth that, from his occupation, could've just as easily been a work-related injury as from a weapon. |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | ! Klingon Leadership |
| 85 | |
| 86 | [[folder: J'mpok]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[quoteright:261:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jmpok2020.png]] |
| 89 | [[caption-width-right:264:''"Serve the Empire well. ''[[GratuitousForeignLanguage Qapla'!]]''"'']] |
| 90 | --> Played by Creator/JonStJohn until 2015, replaced by Creator/LiamMcIntyre for Season 10 on. |
| 91 | |
| 92 | The Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire, who inherited the job by slaying Martok in questionably honorable combat. [[spoiler:Later ''Emperor'', and then ultimately dead at the hands of J'Ula and L'Rell, as of ''House United'', replaced by L'Rell.]] |
| 93 | ---- |
| 94 | |
| 95 | * AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Tries to detonate the hydro bomb in the core of Qo'noS during the final conflict - only for L'Rell to cut his hand off with the Blade of Kahless.]] |
| 96 | * BigGood: To the KDF players, albeit only to the extent that he's their commander-in-chief. |
| 97 | * BloodKnight: Was quoted as saying the following to the High Council in The Path to 2409, two years after the war began: |
| 98 | --> "Peace was the death of the Klingon Empire. Thankfully, it was a mistake that we caught in time. Conflict makes us Klingon. Combat makes us strong. I write my story with the my blade, and the ink is the blood of my enemies." |
| 99 | * DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Martok]] accuses J'mpok of being this for refusing to fully commit the Empire to fighting the Hur'q. It is only J'mpok's authorizing of a volunteer expeditionary force led by Martok that prevents the General from pulling a KlingonPromotion on him, though Martok still isn't entirely satisfied. This also bites him in the ass later, as J'Ula uses it as ammo against him when rallying the Houses. |
| 100 | * EnlightenedSelfInterest[=/=]PragmaticVillainy: His reasoning to help the Reman Resistance and the New Romulans? It's a way to conquer their greatest enemy, the Romulans, without firing a shot. Doesn't hurt that helping the Republic also screws Sela and the Tal Shiar, a bit of payback for them arming the House of Duras during the Klingon Civil War in the 2360s. |
| 101 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: J'mpok is a real bastard by Federation standards and Klingon too but he's disgusted by House Mo'kai and their actions. |
| 102 | * HeroKiller[=/=]KlingonPromotion: Killed [[spoiler: for a time]] Chancellor Martok, one of the major supporting characters on the good guys' side of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', and took control of the Klingon Empire. |
| 103 | * FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Once J'Ula denounces him in the Great Hall, J'mpok snaps. J'mpok launches a full assault on Khitomer's diplomatic chambers, slaughtering countless people before stealing the Lukara's Mycelial weapon with Aakar's help and ends up destroying the planet's colony with it. When his crimes are exposed and the Council collapses, he proclaims himself Emperor. If J'Ula's time crystal visions are correct, he would've used the maddened Elachi to force the Klingons under his heel or die by the Mycelial weapon, which would've ultimately lead to Qo'noS and the empire being utterly destroyed in his madness.]] [[spoiler:Fortunately, reviving L'rell averted that future.]] |
| 104 | * GeneralFailure: His military career, whether as field commander or as commander-in-chief, is nothing to write home about; his only unqualified success to date is the Klingon-Gorn War. After Hobus he led a wildcat invasion of Romulan space, ostensibly as revenge for [[MisplacedRetribution Nero's attacks on Klingon relief ships]]; he succeeded in recapturing Khitomer but then was decisively beaten by Admiral Taris, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain propelling her to the Praetorate]]. During the game proper, Starfleet turned the border war he started into a bloody stalemate, and he was responsible for appointing Captain "{{Zerg Rush}}ed the Herald Sphere" Kagran as Allied supreme commander during the Iconian War. |
| 105 | * GoodAllAlong: At least by Klingon standards. B'vat and Torg were the real evil in his regime. [[spoiler:At least until recently]]. |
| 106 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: At first, his actions during the Klingon Civil War arc come across as reasonable responses to J'Ula's rebellion against his authority, especially when she uses her Mycelial weapon on the Qu'Vat colony. But then, in "The Khitomer Discord" we find out that [[spoiler:J'mpok was colluding with J'Ula's treacherous number two Aakar all along, who destroyed Qu'Vat without J'Ula's permission. Then Aakar hands over the Mycelial superweapon to J'mpok, who uses it to wipe out the Khitomer colony and frames J'Ula, Martok, and the player for the attack. Later, when J'mpok's crimes are exposed to the galaxy in "Partisans", he decides the High Council is no longer needed and proclaims himself Emperor of all Klingons, further fracturing the already divided Klingon Empire.]] |
| 107 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:After over a decade of terrible deeds and his fall to madness and evil, he finally meets his end at the hands of L'rell and J'ula.]] |
| 108 | * TheKingslayer: The facts as they are publicly known are as follows: J'mpok was the head of a faction of traditionalist Klingons that wanted to go to full-scale war with the Gorn and opposed the Federation-led peace talks pursued by Martok. After Martok lost his temper in Council and ordered J'mpok discommendated, the Empire was on the verge of civil war. In 2393 Martok invited J'mpok to a closed-door, one-on-one meeting to try and avert the crisis. Three hours later J'mpok emerged alone saying that he had killed Martok in honorable combat and now ruled the Empire. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome This proved as controversial as you might expect]] since we had only J'mpok's word that it was a fair fight: Martok's son Drex tried to counter-challenge but was defeated (J'mpok spared him), and Martok's widow Lady Sirella swore revenge. Eventually, a blog post written after Martok was brought BackFromTheDead explicitly confirmed [[spoiler:J'mpok's version of the story]]. |
| 109 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Under his leadership the Klingon Empire broke an alliance that would have strengthened the regional powers against the Undine and Iconians, ''allied with a giant crime syndicate'', conquered the Gorn and forced them to join the Empire and then proceeded to commit crimes against sentience against Federation civilians. He got no comeuppance at all for a long time. [[spoiler:It took him triggering a civil war and nearly blowing up Qo'noS for karma to finally blast him to Gre'thor.]] |
| 110 | ** A bit of a downplayed trope example as J'mpok is also in an IronicHell as events force him to discommendate his closest ally in House Torg and leave him without his strongest supporter in Ambassador B'vat. They then force the Federation and Klingon Empire to ally against the Iconians, which effectively ruins his entire strategy of defeating the Federation. On top of ''that'', after [[spoiler: Martok's return]] at several points it is implied that J'mpok's position is tenuous and could easily falter if [[spoiler: Martok challenges him]] -- with the result that while [[spoiler: Martok doesn't seem to ''want'' to]], J'mpok either has to avoid policies that would provoke the House of Martok too much... or risk another duel that he might not win [[spoiler: this time]]. |
| 111 | * NobleDemon: Unlike B'vat or Torg, J'mpok walks the walk with the Klingon honor thing or is smart enough not to be so despicable as his allies. He discommendates House Torg when it becomes obvious they are behind the attacks on the House of Mogh, helps Bajor as well as the Deferi, spared Martok's child after an attempt on his life, and makes peace with the Federation when it's clear they have bigger problems. [[spoiler:It's his ''own'' power being challenged by J'ula that he can't take.]] |
| 112 | * NotHisSled: J'mpok was believed by some to have defeated Martok unfairly due to his supporter, B'vat, being the arbiter of the challenge. Most players assumed J'mpok was TheUsurper and defeated him using dirty tricks. [[spoiler: Martok indicates that he lost fair and square.]] |
| 113 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Has a childlike enthusiasm for the ''Age of Discovery'' simulations and is actually angry if you don't do them with him. He often comments about the things he tries to do in them like kill J'Ula despite it being impossible by historical accuracy. |
| 114 | * PetTheDog: |
| 115 | ** J'mpok says to help Bajor with the Orb of Possibilities as well as True Way because it was a friend to Ambassador Worf. |
| 116 | ** He's very much in favor of good diplomatic relations with the Deferi. Even after it's revealed the [[spoiler: Preserver Archive]] has no weapons data in it, he's still content to help the Deferi out of the kindess of his heart. |
| 117 | ** Spared Martok's son's life when he could have killed a political rival. |
| 118 | ** The entire ending to "Surface Tension". [[spoiler: Ending the war with the Federation and even showing begrudging respect for them. And admitting the Iconians are big enough threat to warrant an alliance.]] |
| 119 | ** [[AllThereInTheManual In the backstory,]] letting King Slathis live after a duel in honorable combat on the surface of Gornar. As his world was falling to the Empire, the fact the King chose to fight to defend his world and [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass fought well enough to put J'mpok on the defensive was enough for him]] to give the Gorn self-rule and a non-voting seat on the high council. |
| 120 | ** The fact that he is the one who orders [[spoiler: Martok rescued]] despite them being political enemies. |
| 121 | * PragmaticVillainy: |
| 122 | ** Mixed with KnowWhenToFoldEm. After the Klingon High Council is executed by the Iconians, he chooses to ally with the Federation. |
| 123 | ** The |
| 124 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He believes Klingons are only Klingons when they are in combat, but after B'Vat's death and the increase in Borg, Romulan, True Way and Dominion presence combined with the revelation of the Iconian incursion and increasing political pressure, he's backing off on the Federation Front and his forces are more working with Starfleet than trying to kill them. Subverted with his take with the New Romulans (see PragmaticVillainy above). |
| 125 | * RuggedScar: A nasty one running straight down the left side of his face, reputedly left by Martok before J'mpok killed him. |
| 126 | * ShutUpHannibal: When Torg attempts to reason that he was just following his example in allying with the Tal Shiar, J'mpok pretty much tells him to get bent, telling him off for his cowardly acts. |
| 127 | * TheUsurper: Martok was a well-beloved character among Klingon fans (and still is), so his death at J'mpok's hands as well as reversal of many of Martok's policies, gave J'mpok this reputation. [[spoiler: [[OpinionOverride Martok, amusingly, believes that J'mpok is the Chancellor fair and square.]]]] |
| 128 | ** [[spoiler: In "Partisans", he dissolves the High Council when they refuse to back him ''or'' J'Ula and he claims the title of Emperor.]] |
| 129 | * VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:As evil as he became, he was still right in that J'Ula couldn't lead the Empire, as she was a figure too polarizing to be in a position of power. If she'd become Chancellor, the Empire would've remained divided between those who despised her for her pragmatic ways and those who praised her for them. Even if things calmed down, there would always be a faction of Klingons that would never accept her as their ruler. Ultimately, J'Ula agreed with this.]] |
| 130 | * WarHawk: By his own admission. He advocated for a war of revenge against the Federation well before anyone knew about the Undine threat, simply because Worf was in charge of a Klingon fleet that was trashed by Nero (which conveniently ignores the fact that Nero had also destroyed several Federation ''hospital ships'' not long before that). He also led several houses in an unauthorized invasion of Romulan space in the post-Hobus chaos, inadvertently leading to Taris' ascension to praetor after she defeated him. He also pushed for breaking off peace talks with the Gorn before anyone knew about the Undine, and his ''casus belli'' against the Federation similarly has nothing to do with the Undine and everything to do with wanting control of several systems that the Klingons had long ago ceded to the Federation--it's only after the war stalemates that he and the Klingons try to retroactively justify their behavior with the Undine. |
| 131 | * WhatTheHellHero: See most of the above. Even Worf thinks he's unhinged, and Martok's widow Lady Sirella has sworn vengeance against him. Any member of the House of Martok ''will'' kill him if they can find a reason besides plain old revenge to do so. [[spoiler: Averted, ironically, by the fact the rescued Martok supports him as Chancellor until his FaceHeelTurn. Martok says J'mpok won the Chancellorship fairly.]] |
| 132 | * WorthyOpponent: ''Finally'' develops a respect for the Federation due to the ''Age of Discovery'' simulations showing them battling his fellow Klingons head on, particularly Landry and her girlfriend Patel. |
| 133 | [[/folder]] |
| 134 | |
| 135 | [[folder: Ambassador Worf, son of Mogh]] |
| 136 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/worf2020.png]] |
| 137 | -->Played by Creator/MichaelDorn |
| 138 | |
| 139 | The former security chief of the USS ''Enterprise''-D, then Strategic Operations Officer for Deep Space 9, and finally the Federation Ambassador to the Klingon Empire. Worf cut ties with the Federation following their refusal to deal with the Undine threat, but still has friends on the other side according to Franklin Drake. |
| 140 | ---- |
| 141 | |
| 142 | * {{Ambadassador}}: Worf joined the Klingon Empire's diplomatic corps back in the 2380s, and he's a formidable opponent now. Players have noticed that his tiny little disruptor compression pistol in "Sphere of Influence" regularly outdamages [[InfinityPlusOneSword Mk XII fleet gear]]. |
| 143 | * ArtEvolution: With Dorn's return to voicing the character (and giving Cryptic permission to use his likeness), Worf was given a revamped design to more accurately reflect a middle-aged Worf. |
| 144 | * BigGood: For the Klingon Players. |
| 145 | * TheCameo: His holographic appearance for the TNG 25th Aniversary event. In the main game however, Worf is a MAJOR player. |
| 146 | * DualWielding: He does this. AWESOMELY. Ask any FED players who managed to get onto Qo'noS. |
| 147 | * HappilyMarried: He married Grilka, a Klingon woman who showed up a couple times in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', in 2386. |
| 148 | * OhCrap: See our entry in NightmareFuel about this. |
| 149 | * SuddenlyVoiced: In Season 8, to many many players [[{{Squee}} delight.]] |
| 150 | [[/folder]] |
| 151 | |
| 152 | [[folder: Ambassador B'Vat, son of Warat]] |
| 153 | [[quoteright:203:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bvat_61.png]] |
| 154 | --> Played by Creator/JonStJohn |
| 155 | |
| 156 | A Klingon ambassador responsible for the war with the Federation. |
| 157 | ---- |
| 158 | |
| 159 | * {{Ambadassador}}: For a guy whose title is "Ambassador," he spends an awful lot of time being a FrontlineGeneral. |
| 160 | * CorruptPolitician: In the backstory he acted as Chancellor J'mpok's Arbiter of Succession and denied Drex's claim that J'mpok had killed Martok illegally, forbidding him from challenging J'mpok (Drex tried to avenge his father anyway and failed). This is mostly just blatant cronyism since B'Vat was known to be a longtime political supporter of J'mpok. |
| 161 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: He's the ArcVillain of the "Klingon War" story arc Fedside, but that's maybe only a quarter of the game's storyline. |
| 162 | * TheDragon: To J'mpok. [[spoiler: It's a good thing he dies early in the game.]] The Klingon PC more or less takes over in that role after that. |
| 163 | * FamilyExtermination: Wiped out the entirety of House Mo'kai for killing his son. Note: By Klingon standards, this ''isn't'' DisproportionateRetribution. |
| 164 | * FourStarBadass: Was a Klingon General before he became a Ambassador, which is not that unusual in Klingon politics. |
| 165 | * FutureMeScaresMe: You meet his past self, who considers the current Ambassador a dishonorable madman. |
| 166 | * GeneralRipper: His primary reason for his actions is to keep the war with the Federation going for as long as possible, with no regard at all for civilian casualties. |
| 167 | * MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: In the original Klingon War storyline, B'Vat goes back in time via the Guardian of Forever and tries to destroy the original USS ''Enterprise'', and give his 23rd century self access to 25th Century weapons so they can conquer the Federation. Naturally, it's up to the PC's crew to travel back and stop him. |
| 168 | * MoralEventHorizon: Invoked. [[spoiler:His plan to unleash the Doomsday Machine on the Federation, ensuring a ForeverWar between the two.]] |
| 169 | * SoleSurvivor: He's the last member of the House of B'Vat. |
| 170 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He's intentionally trying to get the Klingons into a ForeverWar with the Federation because he believes Klingon society will self-destruct without an enemy available.]] |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder: Ambassador S'taass]] |
| 174 | [[quoteright:177:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/staass_4771.png]] |
| 175 | -->Played By: Creator/CharlieAdler |
| 176 | The Gorn Ambassador to the Klingon Empire. |
| 177 | ---- |
| 178 | |
| 179 | * {{Ambadassador}}: In "Second Wave", S'taass starts literally ripping Jem'Hadar apart with his claws. |
| 180 | * DeadpanSnarker: [[ActuallyPrettyFunny And pretty good ones too.]] |
| 181 | --> '''S'taass:''' "Please inform Commander Andrews I've not eaten the furniture or scared away the dabo players... *{{Beat}}* [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Well, not yet anyways.]] |
| 182 | * FantasticRacism: He's been on the receiving end for some time as a Gorn. [[KickTheDog Even the Federation (specifically the crew of Deep Space Nine) has given him some.]] |
| 183 | ** Funnily enough, he has some of this towards the Romulans during the Khitomer Conference. Though admittedly, [[JustifiedTrope the Romulans point out their history doesn't help matters.]] |
| 184 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: During "Second Wave" we see him taking the "KDF is awesome" stance during the conference. Of course, he's WORKING so it makes sense that he's just saying the party line fed to him by J'mpok. |
| 185 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In conferences he's a blustering oaf pushing for Klingon Domination. When you catch him in his off time, he's still very defensive [[FantasticRacism (and with good reason)]] but [[NiceGuy very clearly supports more tactful options and really seems to want to do things for the greater good.]] |
| 186 | * KnightInSourArmor: Privately, S'taass doesn't like that the Gorn Hegemony has fallen to the KDF and off-duty he'll express how he wants to start a Gorn Rebellion. |
| 187 | ** As of Legacy of Romulus, he's still not happy about the Gorn's treatment but the Gorn Rebellions have become an AbortedArc. |
| 188 | * NotSoStoic: When Shon flatly admits the Federation screwed up regarding the Undine. S'taass' fake Klingon bluster breaks to a higher pitched shocked tone. |
| 189 | --> '''S'taass:''' You admit you were wrong!? |
| 190 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: {{Justified|Trope}}: he just saw Admiral Tav get sliced by a Jem'Hadar and there's several unarmed diplomats at the conference. He's ''rescuing'' them. |
| 191 | * WhatTheHellHero: Delivers one to the Federation in "Surface Tension", pointing out that they're only bringing serious attention to the Undine because they pose a direct threat to the Jenolan Dyson sphere. |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[folder: K'mtar]] |
| 195 | [[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kmtar2020.png]] |
| 196 | --> Played by Creator/MarcBiagi |
| 197 | |
| 198 | [[spoiler:a.k.a. Alexander Rozhenko, son of Worf.]] A Klingon diplomat imprisoned unfairly by the House of Torg. [[spoiler: Because he's Worf's son and he uncovered their plots to murder both his father and Martok's son.]] |
| 199 | ---- |
| 200 | |
| 201 | * {{Ambadassador}}: Remember he's a KDF-Federation Liaison. |
| 202 | * BadassBookworm: He taught at Cambridge alongside Professor Data and is an expert on Chancellor Gorkon's policies. He also held a teaching post at Saint Petersburg State University in Russia. |
| 203 | * BadassPacifist: If he was allowed to have his way. He's not, so it's subverted. |
| 204 | * BadassInDistress: When you find out everything that lead to his imprisonment in Rura Penthe, you get this. |
| 205 | * CallBack: [[spoiler:Alexander's]] talk about K'mtar is actually a reference to "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E21Firstborn Firstborn]]". |
| 206 | * DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:When Torg attempts to backstab Worf, Alexander jumps in the way and is mortally wounded, bleeding out in his father's arms.]] |
| 207 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He throws himself between Worf and Torg when the latter attempts to gut him.]] |
| 208 | * TheReveal: [[spoiler: "My real name is Alexander."]] |
| 209 | * SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:The future that K'mtar came from In "Firstborn" is averted when he takes the blow meant to kill Worf]]. |
| 210 | * TookALevelInBadass: When we knew him as [[spoiler:Alexander Rozhenko]], he was basically the IKS ''Rotarran's'' village idiot, a NonActionGuy who had signed up to serve his country anyway and kept screwing up. He's come a long way since the Dominion War. |
| 211 | [[/folder]] |
| 212 | |
| 213 | [[folder: Torg, son of Kormog]] |
| 214 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/torg_sto_259.png]] |
| 215 | Head of the House of Torg and a political ally of Chancellor J'mpok. [[spoiler:He seeks to eliminate Worf and his House by collaborating with the Tal Shiar and ends up getting it discommendated for it.]] |
| 216 | ---- |
| 217 | |
| 218 | * ArcVillain: Of the "Empire" episode and the first three missions of the "Warzone" episode. Tries to finish off the House of Martok. Thanks to the KDF player, it backfires. |
| 219 | * TheBusCameBack: After disappearing after the initial Klingon storyline, he came back in "Brushfire" |
| 220 | * CircleOfShame: When [[spoiler: Torg's house is discommendated for his actions with the Tal Shiar]], all the Klingons turn their backs on him. |
| 221 | * CoolSword: Has a customized bat'leth which he brandishes during his duel with Martok in "Brushfire". The player acquires it as a reward for completing the mission. |
| 222 | * DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:First allied with the Tal Shiar in order to destroy House Martok, then allied with the Son'a ''and'' the Tzenkethi in order to try to take over the Klingon Empire.]] |
| 223 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:He's ultimately slain by Martok, getting back at him for what he did to him and his son.]] |
| 224 | * VillainousBreakdown: After the aforementioned action, he flips out and [[spoiler:tries to gut Worf. After you beat him down, he quickly makes an escape.]] |
| 225 | [[/folder]] |
| 226 | |
| 227 | [[folder: Ja'rod, son of Torg]] |
| 228 | [[quoteright:207:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jarod_7480.png]] |
| 229 | The captain of the IKS ''Kang'' and head of the House of Duras. He's decided his family's history of dishonor must come to an end. He is the son of Lursa, one of the daughters of Duras who was killed by the ''Enterprise''-D crew in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''. He was adopted by Torg. |
| 230 | ---- |
| 231 | |
| 232 | * {{Ambadassador}}: It never comes up in-game but he is B'vat's attache. He's also a good fighter according to the backstory, but has the misfortune of constantly being on the opposite side from the Starfleet captain. |
| 233 | * ApologeticAttacker: To the House of Martok. He's opposed to them politically, but he does want to regain Ambassadors Worf and Alexander's respect. Unfortunately, this is Klingon politics, where that involves shooting or maiming each other. |
| 234 | * BigDamnHeroes: In the Romulan Republic storyline mission "Devil's Choice", his IKS ''Kang'' is part of a joint Starfleet/KDF task force sent to help fight off the Elachi attack on New Romulus. |
| 235 | * BlueBlood: Leader of the House of Duras and adoptive member of the House of Torg. |
| 236 | * BusmansHoliday: He was on vacation when the Undine came after him to KillAndReplace him. He killed two of them and tortured the third into revealing their EvilPlan. |
| 237 | * DemotedToExtra: He had a fairly significant role in ''The Path to 2409'', and in the original version of the Federation leveling missions, he served as a recurring antagonist, and also appeared in the release version of the Romulan leveling missions. Rewrites of the storyline cut most of his appearances. |
| 238 | * FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:In "The Khitomer Discord", he leads J'mpok's forces to slaughter the diplomats in the Alliance's premises. He ultimately dies at the player's hands.]] |
| 239 | * GoldfishPoopGang: Used to be one for the Federation player. Ja'rod is studying under [[DiskOneFinalBoss Ambassador B'Vat]] and thus makes several early attempts to deal with the Federation captain. The revamps of the "Klingon War" and "Romulan Mystery" story arcs erased most of his early appearances, however, so a player unfamiliar with the former story might go into "The Tribble with Klingons" and go, who the heck is this guy? The revamp of the ''Cardassian Struggle'' arc removed even ''that'' appearance, leaving just "The Cure" and his appearance in the Romulan storyline. |
| 240 | * HappilyAdopted: Ja'rod likes Torg and was not pleased when the latter was discommendated. But he's an honorable man, and so he doesn't retaliate against the KDF player for their hand in Torg's dishonor. |
| 241 | * HeelFaceTurn: For the House of Duras. Ja'rod, sick of his family's reputation, is working hard to turn the Duras family back into honorable Klingons. It's hilariously juxtaposed with his allies constantly betraying the Empire. |
| 242 | * HeroicBSOD: It's mentioned off-hand in "Spin the Wheel" that he's taken his adoptive father Torg's discommendation poorly. Soon after his other mentor B'vat is killed by the Federation PC and the revelations of [[ForeverWar "his evil plans"]] gets him put on ''Tribble Extermination Duty''. He takes neither well. |
| 243 | * HumbleHero: Very surprising for a leader of the House of Duras. He was even offered a seat on the High Council after several successful missions only to turn them down as he felt he wasn't worthy of the title yet. |
| 244 | -->'''Ja'rod:''' Until I have fully proven my worth to the Empire, I do not deserve to be in your number. I will return to Qo'noS as a hero, or not at all. |
| 245 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Dies in "The Khitomer Discord", killed by the player and Martok. Even if he didn't die from his injuries, the Mycelial weapon vaporized him along with everyone else in the colony.]] |
| 246 | * KlingonPromotion: About fifteen years before the start of the game, his captain refused to investigate the Undine attack on him, so Ja'rod led the crew of the ''Kang'' in mutiny and killed Captain Klor and his first officer. |
| 247 | * OnlySaneMan: The first member of the House of Duras we've ever met in the entire ''franchise'' who isn't determined to overthrow the Empire's leadership. It helps that J'mpok is a political ally, but he seems to want to be a loyal Klingon citizen regardless of whose commands he obeys. |
| 248 | * RememberTheNewGuy: As a consequence of the {{Orwellian Retcon}}s of his earlier appearances, his apology to the Federation player character at the end of "The Cure Applied" no longer makes sense. |
| 249 | * TheWorfEffect: He's credited with the first Undine capture since their return. Every time you meet him in game, you kick his ass or bail him out. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder: Kahless II]] |
| 253 | [[quoteright:244:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kahless2020.png]] |
| 254 | --> Played by Creator/LiamMcIntyre |
| 255 | |
| 256 | The clone of the legendary Klingon figure Kahless the Unforgettable [[spoiler:and head of the House of Pegh]]. He is ostensibly the Klingon Emperor but has no real power. Instead, he serves as the head of the Klingon religion and serves as a figurehead monarch. Disappears pre-game to hunt down the missing Sword of Kahless. [[spoiler: Ultimately ends up being killed by an Iconian.]] |
| 257 | ---- |
| 258 | |
| 259 | * AuthorityInNameOnly: Deliberately so, as a result of the agreement that restored the monarchy. As your average modern-day constitutional monarch, he's just a figurehead as Emperor; J'mpok and the High Council hold the real power. It gives him time, though, to do whatever he wishes. |
| 260 | * BadassInDistress: ... Despite which, in his first appearance chronologically he has to be bailed out by the KDF player character after his flagship comes under attack by the Breen. And then he has to get bailed out ''again'' by B'Eler when he challenges an [[spoiler:Iconian]] with a sword and can't even dent it until [[spoiler:she {{technobabble}}s away its NighInvulnerability. And then he dies anyway because he was too busy babbling about how honorable he was to kill it.]] |
| 261 | * CloneJesus: His origin. The equivalent to the Klingon Catholic Church manufactures him from some millennium old blood samples. |
| 262 | * DamningWithFaintPraise: Worf basically says he's a terrible warrior but a decent enough guy in the most tactful way possible. |
| 263 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:T'Ket runs him through bare-handed.]] |
| 264 | * LeeroyJenkins: Goes charging off the plan mid-mission babbling about "glorious battle" [[spoiler:and dies horribly against an opponent that outmatched him from beginning to end]]. |
| 265 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Kahless II has a lot of flaws (see MilesGloriosus) but he genuinely seems to possess supernatural powers of some kind. Which is strange enough in Star Trek as his advice to take a VisionQuest to defeat the Fek'Ihri seems to pan out despite them possibly being technological constructs. There's almost no other way to explain why their attacks on the Klingons cease after the Player Character defeats their leader in a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind. |
| 266 | * MilesGloriosus: He pretty much trades entirely on the reputation of the guy he was cloned from; his actual usefulness isn't anything to write home about. Worf clobbered him in his debut episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E21RightfulHeir Rightful Heir]]", [[AuthorityInNameOnly he has no actual power as Emperor of Qo'noS]], he has to be rescued from the Breen by the PlayerCharacter, and then [[spoiler:can't even scratch T'Ket until B'Eler {{technobabble}}s away the Iconian's NighInvulnerability. He's such a non-threat that T'Ket also pretty blatantly ignores him until he implies T'Ket's scared of him, at which point s/he kicks his ass until B'Eler does her thing. [[KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect And then Kagran gives HIM all the credit anyway.]]]] |
| 267 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Worf is apparently someone Kahless II trusts with his life while Worf seems almost embarrassed by him. It makes sense given Worf is a RealMenLoveJesus type and Kahless II is someone he views as a gross aberration despite having nothing against the man himself. |
| 268 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Kahless found the original Sword of Kahless and played an instrumental role in stopping the Fek'Ihri. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Probably.]] However, nobody is ever going to compare him favorably to the man he was cloned from. |
| 269 | * RememberTheNewGuy: The clone Kahless only turned up in one episode of TNG (season 6's "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E21RightfulHeir Rightful Heir]]") and apart from that barely got an offhand mention in [=DS9=] (season 4's "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E09TheSwordOfKahless The Sword of Kahless]]"). And in STO his only previous appearance is a brief mention in the Path to 2409 and as a supporting character in the KDF-exclusive Fek'Ihri arc, so Federation and Romulan players unfamiliar with every episode of the TV shows are likely to end up going, who's this guy and why is he suddenly important? |
| 270 | * ShootTheShaggyDog[=/=]StupidSacrifice: Hey, Kahless, dude, really? Kill the [[spoiler:Iconian]] first, ''then'' monologue about honor. [[spoiler:Oops, too late, you're dead. And to add insult to injury, the Klingons leading the mission panic, leave his sword where he dropped it, and completely bail on completing the mission objective.]] |
| 271 | * SoProudOfYou: He's quite proud of how awesome you were in stopping the Fek'Ihri invasion that he makes a copy of the Sword of Kahless for you to wield. |
| 272 | * TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Hey, Kahless, don't you think you should ''finish off'' your self-teleporting, Klingon High Council-vaporizing opponent before you start gloat--Wow, you walked right into that one.]] |
| 273 | * UltimateBlacksmith: Say what you will about the guy's martial talents but he creates an Epic Bat'leth which remains useful even up to Level 60. |
| 274 | [[/folder]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | !Klingon Officers |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[folder: General Rodek, formerly Kurn, son of Mogh]] |
| 279 | [[quoteright:274:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stokurn.png]] |
| 280 | -->Played by Creator/TonyTodd |
| 281 | |
| 282 | Leader of the Tzenkethi assault force designed to stop the militaristic group from wrecking havoc across the universe. He was formerly Worf's brother before he was surgically altered and had his mind wiped to restore his honor. |
| 283 | ---- |
| 284 | |
| 285 | * BloodKnight: He seems particularly excited by the prospect of battle, even by Klingon standards. |
| 286 | * FourStarBadass: |
| 287 | ** He's a General, which, in gameplay terms, means he's somewhere between Level 55 and 60. He's also one of the highest-ranked returning characters, surpassing Tuvok, who was a Rear Admiral. |
| 288 | ** He also wears a Klingon Honor Guard uniform, which means he's [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous even more badass]] than your typical Klingon officer. |
| 289 | * WasItAllALie: [[spoiler:In "Brushfire", Martok talks to Rodek as if he's still Kurn, not realizing the changes Worf had done to him. It shakes him to the core and he decides to hunt down answers.]] |
| 290 | [[/folder]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[folder: General (formerly Chancellor) Martok]] |
| 293 | [[quoteright:283:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/martok.png]] |
| 294 | -->Played by J.G. Hertzler |
| 295 | |
| 296 | Once a general for the Klingon Defense Force during the Dominion War, Martok became Chancellor after Worf slew Gowron in honorable combat and Worf passed the role to him, leading the Klingons and the other forces to victory. During the Klingon/Gorn conflict that would start the Federation-Klingon War, J'mpok and Martok confronted each other in secret and only J'mpok emerged, with Martok presumed dead... or was he? |
| 297 | ---- |
| 298 | |
| 299 | * BadassBoast: Is prone to taunting his opponents with these in battle. |
| 300 | --> '''Martok:''' "You tried to end me once before, it won't go any better for you now!" |
| 301 | * BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:He's been held captive by the [[Film/StarTrekInsurrection Son'a]] thanks to Torg.]] |
| 302 | * BareHandedBladeBlock: [[spoiler:He stops being cut down by Torg by catching his ''bat'leth'' with his bare hands.]] |
| 303 | * CoolSword: One of the available rewards for completing the mission "Scylla and Charybdis" is a mek'leth sword called the "Butcher's Mek'leth" (based on the nom de guerre given to Martok by the Tzenkethi after the Battle of Tzenketh III) with a pommel fashioned after the crest of Martok's house. |
| 304 | * FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:As it turned out, Martok was revived using metaphasic radiation, healing his wounds. Torg would continuously beat him to the edge of death, then let the radiation revive him.]] |
| 305 | * KlingonPromotion: |
| 306 | ** [[spoiler:Martok slays Torg in battle and takes command of his flagship. Torg's crew is quite happy to let him do so.]] |
| 307 | ** Threatens to do this to J'Mpok as well when he refuses to aid alliance forces against the Hur'q, and only begrudgingly lets him off when J'Mpok authorizes Martok to command a token expeditionary force to take part in the conflict. |
| 308 | * OhCrap: Has this reaction when [[spoiler: the Hur'q reveal themselves]]. |
| 309 | [[/folder]] |
| 310 | |
| 311 | [[folder: Captain Kagran]] |
| 312 | [[quoteright:264:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kagran.png]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | ->Played by Creator/DaveFennoy |
| 315 | |
| 316 | Leader of the Delta Alliance to defeat the Iconians. |
| 317 | ---- |
| 318 | |
| 319 | * ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler:He has the good sense to apologize for arresting you on J'mpok's orders in "The Khitomer Discord", but still goes through with the attempt because he's JustFollowingOrders.]] |
| 320 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: He was gearing up to murder the Iconians when he arrived two weeks prior to the fall of the Iconian Empire, however, he changes his tune when he spends that time with them, realizing that, really, they did nothing wrong. |
| 321 | * BigGood: He's supposed to be this for the "Iconian War", but... |
| 322 | * GeneralFailure: He ''does'' end up vaporizing most of the united fleet with his "honorable" tactics. While many players tend to [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderize]] Kagran as a major failure of a leader, it should be pointed out that the stupid losses he's directly responsible for don't start until "Broken Circle", when he tried to ZergRush ''the Herald Sphere''. ("House Pegh" was mostly Kahless' fault.) |
| 323 | * GoodFeelsGood: Kagran ultimately realizes that the Klingon "way of life" of constant battle 24/7 for glory and honor is ''not'' the way to go and decides that, just maybe, the Feds are right in the idea of diplomacy. He decides he wants to make a few changes and get others to follow suit. |
| 324 | * HonorBeforeReason: During the Iconian arc, he ends up stranded on Iconia a good ''two weeks'' ahead of the Player and Sela, and ultimately [[GoingNative Goes Native]], deciding that it is dishonorable to 'betray' the (currently) peaceful Iconians despite what they stand to become in the future. In the wrapup at Starfleet Academy, he has this to say; |
| 325 | -->'''Kagran:''' ''"There is more to being a warrior than vengeance and death. True honor comes from doing what is right, despite the personal cost. The Iconians will depart, and we will rebuild. Mercy has triumphed where weapons could not."'' |
| 326 | * JustFollowingOrders: [[spoiler:His excuse for trying to arrest you, even though the circumstances are highly questionable.]] |
| 327 | * KarmaHoudini: In spite of his sub-par (at best) leadership during the Iconian War, not only does he keep his rank, but he's eventually given command of the new Alliance flagship, the A.F.S. ''Khitomer'' by the time of the Klingon Civil War story arc. |
| 328 | * LeeroyJenkins: He tried to ''ZergRush'' the ''Herald Sphere'', wasting most of the alliance fleet in a pointless attack when the Krenim superweapon was going to be ready for action in mere ''days''. |
| 329 | * OverrankedSoldier: ZigZagged. The nonsensicality of putting a mere ''captain'' in charge of the entire Alliance war effort was [[http://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/comment/12702402/#Comment_12702402 complained about on the forums]], seeing as how it's part of a strong pattern by Cryptic of not ranking mission givers appropriately for their stated positions, ''especially'' in regards to the ''insanely'' overranked PlayerCharacter. On the other hand, he's so incompetent he's probably overpromoted even for the rank he ''does'' hold. |
| 330 | * UngratefulBastard: In spite of everything you did to make his strategies work during the Iconian War, [[spoiler:he still tries to arrest you at the end of "The Khitomer Discord".]] |
| 331 | [[/folder]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[folder: K'Valk]] |
| 334 | [[quoteright:192:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kvalk_9587.png]] |
| 335 | --> Played by Creator/MarcBiagi |
| 336 | |
| 337 | A Klingon who adamantly opposes B'vat's insane plans. He defects to the Federation during the "Klingon War" story arc with information that B'vat is trying to [[spoiler:sic a Doomsday Machine on Federation planets]]. |
| 338 | ---- |
| 339 | |
| 340 | * DeathSong: Goes down belting out a Klingon war hymn previously heard in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. |
| 341 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Wracked with guilt over his failure to stop B'vat's plans with the Doomsday Machine, he opts to [[HeroicSacrifice drive a shuttle into the creature's mouth to destroy it]].]] |
| 342 | * FaceHeelTurn[=/=]HeelFaceTurn: His defection to the Federation, depending on whether you're a Starfleet or KDF player character. |
| 343 | * KlingonPromotion: Subverted. He attempted a mutiny on his ship, only to have it stopped and him imprisoned. |
| 344 | * MyGreatestFailure: Being unable to stop B'vat's plans when he had the chance. |
| 345 | * MyGreatestSecondChance: [[spoiler:He opts to regain his honor by shoving a shuttle down the Doomsday Machine's throat.]] |
| 346 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:How he attempts to destroy the Doomsday Machine.]] |
| 347 | [[/folder]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | [[folder: Doran]] |
| 350 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doran_250px.png]] |
| 351 | |
| 352 | The first officer of the KDF player's Bird-of-Prey at the start of the Klingon tutorial. Dies in the first fifteen minutes when she unsuccessfully challenges Captain Jurlek for betraying the Empire by trying to hand a Federation prisoner-of-war over to the USS ''Musashi''. |
| 353 | ---- |
| 354 | |
| 355 | * ActionGirl: Sort of. She's a female warrior, but the only thing she manages to do in the story for a while is get killed. [[spoiler:Gets another chance during your attack on Gre'thor.]] |
| 356 | * InTheBack: Jurlek runs her through from behind before she can challenge him. |
| 357 | * KlingonPromotion: {{Defied|Trope}}. Jurlek kills her before she has a chance to challenge him. |
| 358 | * MyGreatestFailure: As a Klingon, getting {{back stab}}bed is a cowardly way to die, sending her soul to Gre'thor. |
| 359 | * MyGreatestSecondChance: The KDF Player is able to help her restore her honor in their assault on Gre'thor. |
| 360 | * WhatTheHellHero: She's quite cheesed when she finds out the reason your ship is under attack. |
| 361 | [[/folder]] |
| 362 | |
| 363 | [[folder: Jurlek]] |
| 364 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jurlek_483.png]] |
| 365 | The captain of the KDF player's Bird-of-Prey during the Klingon tutorial. The player kills him for committing treason against the Empire in trying to hand a Federation prisoner (Franklin Drake) back to Starfleet. |
| 366 | ---- |
| 367 | |
| 368 | * BackStab: Stabs Doran in the heart from behind before she can challenge him, sending her to Gre'thor. |
| 369 | * DirtyCoward: He's shown to be very fearful of having Franklin Drake onboard his ship and conspired with the crew of the ''Galaxy''-class USS ''Musashi'' to take him back. He planned to go on to many more battles to restore his honor after that. |
| 370 | * HeelFaceDoorSlam: The aforementioned plan? Gets derailed after you confront him and invoke a KlingonPromotion on his ass. He's quite displeased at that when you encounter him in Gre'thor. |
| 371 | * MyGreatestSecondChance: The KDF Player allows him to help in their storming the gates of Gre'thor, though the player notes that even this might not be enough to send his soul to Sto-vo-kor. [[spoiler:Apparently, ''it is''.]] |
| 372 | * VillainHasAPoint: Part of his reasoning for wanting to get rid of his PoisonousCaptive Franklin Drake is that he believes the war with the Federation is pointless, that the Federation is the enemy the Klingons ''cannot'' beat: during peacetime they were slowly changing the Klingons by cultural influence, and in war Starfleet was ''always'' able to stonewall them effectively despite simultaneously fighting any number of border conflicts and {{Space Cold War}}s. Cowardly? Perhaps, but when you think about it he kinda comes off as ProperlyParanoid. |
| 373 | [[/folder]] |
| 374 | |
| 375 | !Klingon Intelligence |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[folder: K'Men]] |
| 378 | A member of Klingon Intelligence and the KDF player's answer to Franklin Drake. |
| 379 | ---- |
| 380 | |
| 381 | * ForWantOfANail: Suggesting going back into the past to wipe out the Federation will pretty much tell you that, if you do, you doom the Klingons to forever be left smooth-browed. |
| 382 | * NoOneGetsLeftBehind: If you end up failing "Spin the Wheel" (yes, it's possible), K'Men expresses displeasure and that he refuses to let his allies getting left behind. |
| 383 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Although it may be due to the fact that K'Men mostly doesn't show up past the "Specters" Feature Episode series (barring an appearance in "Of Bajor" where he asks you to bug the Starfleet base), he doesn't seem like the SmugSnake that Drake ends up being. |
| 384 | [[/folder]] |
| 385 | |
| 386 | [[folder: Galera]] |
| 387 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/galera_3565.png]] |
| 388 | A half-Bajoran member of Klingon Intelligence who acts as the main quest giver for KDF player characters in "The Delta Quadrant", the first episode of ''Delta Rising''. |
| 389 | ---- |
| 390 | |
| 391 | * HalfBreedDiscrimination: Mentions traveling between two worlds and belonging in neither. But in Klingon Intelligence, ''everyone'' is an outsider in their own way, so she feels K'Men gave her a purpose in life. |
| 392 | * NonHumanHumanoidHybrid: She's half-Klingon, half-Bajoran, apparently the product of a brief, ill-advised love affair. |
| 393 | * YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: When she's telling the KDF player about The Doctor, she sounds like she's ready to bust out laughing over how silly it seems that a hologram is now a fully-fledged member of Starfleet. She has to calm down before talking about the mission. |
| 394 | [[/folder]] |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[folder: B'Eler]] |
| 397 | A Klingon engineering officer assigned first to Klingon Intelligence at Ganalda Station, then to [[spoiler:House Pegh]]. Openly lesbian with a committed mate. |
| 398 | ---- |
| 399 | |
| 400 | * CallBack: Her {{backstory}} includes a reference to the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E03TheHouseOfQuark The House of Quark]]": her mother was apparently a servant in the House of D'Ghor before Chancellor Gowron discommendated them for D'Ghor's dishonorable attempt to destroy the House of Kozak (later the House of Grilka), [[spoiler:and then being one-upped in bravery by Quark, of all people]]. |
| 401 | * GirlyGirl: She comes off as something akin to the LipstickLesbian to her mate Trevana's ButchLesbian (Trevana acts much more like a stereotypical Klingon warrior). |
| 402 | * IndyPloy: Improvises a way to [[spoiler:eliminate an Iconian's NighInvulnerability]] using the Omega generators you were sent in to sabotage. |
| 403 | * KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: By her own admission she's not much of a warrior; her skills lie in engineering. "House Pegh" demonstrates exactly what the ''[=Bortasqu'=]'''s chief engineer Tarol is complaining about when she says that the engineers do all the work and the warriors get all the credit. [[spoiler:Captain Kagran gives Kahless all the credit for wounding T'Ket despite the fact he wasn't even able to dent it before B'Eler {{technobabble}}d away its NighInvulnerability.]] |
| 404 | * StraightGay: If she hadn't explicitly mentioned it in optional dialogue in her first appearance one might not have known. She was supposedly originally written to be male but there was a miscommunication. |
| 405 | * UpThroughTheRanks: Joined the KDF as a common soldier before being commissioned as an engineering officer in Klingon Intelligence. |
| 406 | * WrenchWench: She's an engineering officer, and a ''hell'' of an engineer. In her first appearance she adapts a stolen Federation weapon, the Synchronic Distortion Prototype Rifle, to work on Devidians. Later she comes up with the IndyPloy to [[spoiler:use the Omega generators to make T'Ket vulnerable to a sword]]. |
| 407 | [[/folder]] |
| 408 | |
| 409 | ! Crew of the IKS ''Bortasqu[='=]'' |
| 410 | |
| 411 | [[folder: Captain Koren, daughter of Grilka]] |
| 412 | [[quoteright:215:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/koren_7039.png]] |
| 413 | -->Played by Creator/SecundaWood |
| 414 | |
| 415 | Ambassador Worf's stepdaughter and the captain of the Klingon Defense Force flagship IKS ''Bortasqu[='=]''. She's the daughter of Grilka, head of the House of Grilka, a minor recurring character from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. |
| 416 | ---- |
| 417 | |
| 418 | * ActionGirl: Required of a female Klingon warrior. |
| 419 | * BlueBlood: Heir to the House of Grilka. |
| 420 | * TheBusCameBack: After spending the entire ''Delta Rising'' expansion MIA, she finally shows up for "Midnight". |
| 421 | * DeadpanSnarker |
| 422 | * DisappearedDad: Her biological father J'nek, a crewman on Grilka's ship, was killed fighting in the Dominion War before she was born. |
| 423 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: She absolutely freaks out after the Romulan Republic declares that the [[spoiler:Jenolan Dyson Sphere]] is theirs, tired of the Federation and the Romulan Republic getting all the cool toys and the Klingon Empire getting left in the dust. |
| 424 | * FirstNameBasis: Calls Worf by his first name rather than "father". |
| 425 | * HappilyAdopted: By Worf, after he married her mother Grilka. |
| 426 | * IAmXSonOfY: Introduces herself in "Sphere of Influence" as Koren, daughter of Grilka. This is a bit unusual for the normally patrilineal Klingons and has to do with the fact that her mother is one of the few female heads of a Great House in Klingon history, and the only one in living memory. (Watch [=DS9=]: "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E03TheHouseOfQuark The House of Quark]]" for the full explanation.) |
| 427 | * PlatonicLifePartners: With her first officer, Commander Bo'roth, whom she met at the Klingon Academy. |
| 428 | * SpoiledBrat: Despite the fact that she's a 35-year-old woman with command of a combatant ship (if you can call a Bortasqu' a combatant ship), Koren quickly devolves into what amounts to feet stomping and whining. This can be seen when the Joint Command team finds [[spoiler:the Jenolan Dyson Sphere]] and Koren throws a fit because the Klingons don't have something cool, which turned into a MexicanStandoff with Shon and Jarok that Tuvok was barely able to defuse. It get worse when [[spoiler:you go save Qo'noS from the Undine]] and she spends the opening moments of the battle whining about the lack of Starfleet ships. And then continues to whine about it almost every time she opens her mouth for the remainder of the battle, up until [[spoiler:Captain Shon makes a seemingly suicidal attack run on the planet killer in a desperate bid to save her homeworld]].[[invoked]] |
| 429 | [[/folder]] |
| 430 | |
| 431 | [[folder: Commander Bo'roth]] |
| 432 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/boroth_6245.png]] |
| 433 | The first officer of the ''[=Bortasqu'=]'', and an old friend of Koren's from the Academy. |
| 434 | ---- |
| 435 | |
| 436 | * BlueBlood: Averted for once. Unlike the vast majority of the Klingons we meet, he's a commoner, and seems to have avoided Martok's initial fate (being blocked from becoming an officer due to his low birth) by leashing his star to Koren's. |
| 437 | * EyepatchOfPower: No word yet on how he lost his left eye, but the eyepatch marks him as an experienced warrior. |
| 438 | * PlatonicLifePartners: Met Koren at the Academy and has been her fiercely loyal sidekick ever since. |
| 439 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Koren. He freely admits that many Klingon [=XOs=] are TheStarscream, hoping for their captain to screw up so they can [[KlingonPromotion kill them for their jobs]]. He is not one of them and makes an effort to ensure that nobody else on the crew is, either. |
| 440 | [[/folder]] |
| 441 | |
| 442 | [[folder: Doctor Harza-Kull]] |
| 443 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr__harza-kull_8538.png]] |
| 444 | The chief medical officer of the ''[=Bortasqu'=]''. He implies he joined the KDF to get away from enemies he made in the Orion Syndicate. |
| 445 | ---- |
| 446 | * KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Played with. |
| 447 | --> "The Klingons may not like doctors, but they know a good one when it's needed. This also means there is little competition." |
| 448 | * TheMedic: He's CMO so it comes with the territory. He just wishes the Klingon crew members wouldn't come to him for every little thing. |
| 449 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: If you ask him what honor means to him, he basically asks you if you've gone blind. He's got a sense of professionalism but he's no ProudWarriorRaceGuy. It's rather refreshing to see Cryptic remember that not everybody on the KDF side is a Klingon. |
| 450 | * TokenNonhuman: Apart from Serassh he's the only non-Klingon on the ''Bortasqu's'' command crew. |
| 451 | [[/folder]] |
| 452 | |
| 453 | [[folder: Lieutenant Commander Serassh]] |
| 454 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/275px-lcdr__serassh_5377.png]] |
| 455 | The science officer of the ''[=Bortasqu'=]''. |
| 456 | ---- |
| 457 | |
| 458 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: He's from Gila III, one of two planets in the Gila system colonized by the Gorn Hegemony. When Gila IV became the victim of a bloody siege during the Klingon-Gorn War, the much smaller settlement on III surrendered because they couldn't even put up a fight. |
| 459 | * LizardFolk: He's a Gorn. |
| 460 | * TheSmartGuy: His job description primarily entails analyzing incoming data for stuff that could prove useful militarily, but he also does pure research. He's a specialist in mineralogy and archaeology. |
| 461 | * TokenNonhuman: Apart from Harza-Kull he's the only non-Klingon on the ''Bortasqu's'' command crew. |
| 462 | [[/folder]] |
| 463 | |
| 464 | [[folder: Lieutenant Commander Hark]] |
| 465 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/275px-lcdr__hark_8780.png]] |
| 466 | The tactical officer of the ''[=Bortasqu'=]''. |
| 467 | ---- |
| 468 | |
| 469 | * BlueBlood: He's a scion of the House of J'mpok, although exactly how he and the chancellor are related is not stated. |
| 470 | * GloryHound: His idea of honor is to be remembered as a glorious warrior in songs and so forth. |
| 471 | * {{Nepotism}}: An aversion, or so he says at least. He got his position on the ''[=Bortasqu'=]'' by himself. |
| 472 | * TheStarscream: {{Implied|Trope}}. He's ambitious and wants his own command, and alludes that he may be willing to try to take out Koren to get it. |
| 473 | [[/folder]] |
| 474 | |
| 475 | [[folder: Lieutenant Commander Tarol]] |
| 476 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-lcdr__tarol_5765.png]] |
| 477 | The chief engineer of the ''[=Bortasqu'=]''. |
| 478 | ---- |
| 479 | * BadBoss: Threatens to skin alive any officers who have failed in their duties. {{Justified|Trope}} in her mind because, to a humanoid, space is the most unforgiving environment there is. She accepts no mistakes from her engineering crew because mistakes get people killed. |
| 480 | --> "I am the cold, implacable will of the laws of nature. Space does not forgive. Radiation has no mercy. Without our hull, without our shields, without our systems, we die." |
| 481 | * KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: {{Discussed|Trope}}. According to her, tactical crew get all the glory, while the engineers who made it possible don't get a whisper of praise. |
| 482 | * MysteriousPast: She is remarkably tight-lipped about her background. |
| 483 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: When queried about honor, she comes off more as a Proud Soldier Race Girl who does her job out of professionalism, finding honor in doing her job well regardless of whether she gets any praise for it (which she rarely does). |
| 484 | * WrenchWench: As befitting a female engineer. |
| 485 | [[/folder]] |
| 486 | |
| 487 | [[folder: Commander K'Tek]] |
| 488 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ktek_891.png]] |
| 489 | ''[[YouAreTheTranslatedForeignWord QaS DevwI']]'', or [[SpaceMarine troop leader]], of the IKS ''Bortasqu[='=]'' and a veteran warrior. |
| 490 | ---- |
| 491 | |
| 492 | * OldSoldier: A sixty-year veteran of the KDF whose dossier apparently reads as a who's-who of the greatest battles the Empire has fought in that timeframe. He also ruminates a bit on the subject when asked about honor, which in his opinion involves learning from the past and teaching the upcoming generation. |
| 493 | * OlderThanTheyLook: He's a sixty-year veteran of the KDF which makes him roughly eighty, but a human might peg him as mid-forties. |
| 494 | * SergeantRock: The title ''[=QaS DevwI'=]'' comes from the ''Literature/IKSGorkon'' novels, and in a case of ArtisticLicenseMilitary by ''STO'' is noted to be a non-commissioned position rather than an officer. He's something like a sergeant major or master chief. |
| 495 | * SpaceMarine: His job entails leading the flagship's embarked troops, basically the equivalent to a US Navy ship's Marine complement, during battle, particularly in boarding actions. |
| 496 | [[/folder]] |
| 497 | |
| 498 | [[folder: Lieutenant B'Elem]] |
| 499 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/belem_5387.png]] |
| 500 | Conn officer of the IKS ''[=Bortasqu'=]''. |
| 501 | ---- |
| 502 | |
| 503 | * SpacePeople: She was raised on Ganalda Station. |
| 504 | --> "Space has always been my home, and I aim to leave my name among these same stars!" |
| 505 | [[/folder]] |
| 506 | |
| 507 | ! House Mo'kai |
| 508 | |
| 509 | [[Characters/StarTrekOnlineDiscovery See Discovery]] |
| 510 |
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