The Medical Bay

Anatomy of the Klingon

The Body is similar to the human. However it has twice the organs and bones. One is the skull cap which is visible by the raised forehead and is in different styles and sizes. Due to DNA, the brain is backed up with twice as many synopses. The neck is backed with a second bone around the spinal column. There are 44 vertebrae in the column which is useful in case of injury and strengths in the back. There are 4 more ribs two on the left side and two more on the right side with three lungs, two main lungs and a small lung between the two which powers breathing. The heart has 5 chambers, one extra is on the right ventricle which can backup in case of a heart attack. The shoulders are the same as a humans. The upper arms are backup with a long part of thin bone in the middle which is like a cushion on the bone. The elbow is the same as the humans. The lower arm is strengthen by double the size on the lower arm bones, making their lower arms a little larger then the upper. The wrists have 10 more carpals. The hand is almost the same expect for reinforced thumb, middle, and index finger bones. The stomach is doubled the size and has a thick coat of muscle inside to hold their stronger foods and beverages like raw worm and Klingon firewine. The liver is has a backup with a smaller secondary liver. The pancreas is the same as a humans. There are four kidneys which gives great strength in a stomach injury. Their sexual organs are the same as humans. The hips are the same. The upper leg bone are twice the size in height giving them a average height of 6ft6in, and the lower leg bones are reinforced also with secondary bone strips along them. The foot is the same as a humans expect with an reinforced ankle bone.

Members of the politically powerful Duras family; B'Etor was the younger and Lursa the elder of the two sisters. Following the death of Duras in 2367, the sisters 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. The Duras sisters dropped out of sight for almost two years until they attempted to raise capital for their armies by selling bilitrium explosives to the Kohn-ma, a Bajoran terrorist organization, in 2369.

In 2371, Dr. Tolian Soran engaged the assistance of Lursa and B'Etor to steal quantities of trilithium compound from the Romulans. In exchange, Soran promised to provide technical information to the Duras sisters that would permit the construction of a trilithium-based weapon. The sisters were killed when the Enterprise-D engaged a Klingon bird-of-prey commanded by the Duras sisters while attempting to apprehend Soran.

Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Current assignment: Science officer, Deep Space Nine; helm officer, U.S.S. Defiant
Full Name: Jadzia Dax
Year of birth: 2341(Host)
Place of birth: Trill
Education: (Host) Starfleet Academy, 2359-63
Marital status: Married to Worf, 51247.5
Children: None (current host)
Year of death: 2374 (Symbiont survived)
Place of death: Deep Space 9
Quarters: Deep Space Nine, Level 6 near Corridor 1 U.S.S. Defiant, Deck 3
Starfleet Career Summary

Federation special emissary who supervised the return of the Klingon sleeper ship T'Ong to Klingon space in 2365. K'Ehleyr was responsible for averting a potential crisis, since the crew of the T'Ong believed the Klingon Empire was still at war with the Federation. K'Ehleyr's mother was human, and her father was Klingon. K'Ehleyr had been romantically involved with Worf in 2359, but the relationship remained unresolved until 2365, when K'Ehleyr was assigned to the Enterprise-D to deal with the T'Ong crisis. K'Ehleyr and Worf nearly took the Klingon marriage oath at the time, when, unbeknownst to Worf, their liaison resulted in the conception of a child, Alexander Rozhenko. K'Ehleyr served as a Federation ambassador to the K'mpec government, and helped orchestrate K'mpec's scheme to appoint an outsider as his Arbiter of Succession. Worf remained unaware that he was a father until K'Ehleyr returned to the Enterprise-D in 2367 with K'mpec. K'Ehleyr was murdered by Duras during the rite of succession after K'Ehleyr began to uncover evidence of Duras's treasonous acts. Worf subsequently claimed the right of vengeance under Klingon law and killed Duras. Worf also accepted custody of his son, Alexander.

Son of M'Rel, and leader of the Klingon High Council following the death of K'mpec in 2367. Following the death of K'mpec, Gowron was one of two contenders for the post of council leader. With the elimination of Duras, Gowron won the position. Gowron was installed as council leader in a ceremony attended by Jean-Luc Picard, who had served as Arbiter of Succession. Gowron's leadership was quickly challenged by Lursa and B'Etor, surviving members of the Duras family who sought to install Duras's illegitimate son, Toral, as council leader. The Duras bid was supported by Romulan interests seeking to gain control over the Klingon Empire. The challenge divided the council and plunged the Empire into civil war in early 2368. Gowron emerged victorious, in part because he agreed to restore rightful honor to the Mogh family in exchange for military support by Worf and Kurn. In 2372, the Klingon Empire, reportedly believing that the new civilian Cardassian government was controlled by the Dominion, launched a massive attack against the Cardassian homeworld. The Klingons broke away from the Federation, and Chancellor Gowron ordered all Federation citizens expelled from the Klingon Empire and recalled all Klingon ambassadors from the Federation. When Worf served as a consultant on Deep Space 9 following a battle with the Klingons, Chancellor Gowron, viewing Worf's actions in the crisis as treasonous for a Klingon warrior, ordered Worf's family lands seized, his titles stripped, and his brother expelled from the High Council.

Leader of the Klingon High Council, assassinated in 2293 by forces who sought to block his efforts for peace with the United Federation of Planets. Gorkon was succeeded by his daughter, Azetbur. Enterprise captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard H. McCoy were convicted of the murder by a Klingon court and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rura Penthe dilithium mines. They were later found to be innocent when the crime was found to be the work of Starfleet admiral Cartwright and other Federation and Klingon forces opposed to change in the status quo.

Klingon commander who was the victim of the Beta XII-A entity that destroyed his ship and trapped his crew aboard the Starship Enterprise in 2268. Kang's wife Mara and 38 members of his crew fought an equal number of Enterprise crew members in a seemingly endless battle controlled by the Beta XII-A entity until both sides discovered that peaceful cooperation was the only way to survive. Many years later, Kang's son, Curzon Dax's godson and namesake, was killed by a criminal known as the Albino, along with Kor's son and Koloth's son. He, Kor, Koloth, and Daz, took a blood oath to avenge the death of the three children. The three Klingons, along with Jadzia Dax, eventually fulfilled the oath, with Kang delivering the killing blow against the Albino. Kang was killed gloriously in battle, in a manner befitting a Klingon warrior. Kang was posthumously honored by the dedication of a statue in his image in the Hall of Heroes on the Klingon Homeworld.

Klingon officer who brought his crew to Deep Space Station K-7 for rest and recreation on stardate 4523, much to the chagrin of Federation representatives. Many years later, the son's of Koloth, Kang, and Kor were killed by a criminal known as the Albino. Koloth, Kor, Kang, and Curzon Daz, took a blood oath to avenge the death of the three children. The three Klingons, along with Jadzia Dax, eventually fulfilled the oath. Koloth was killed gloriously in battle, in a manner befitting a Klingon warrior. Koloth was posthumously honored by the dedication of a statue in his image in the Hall of Heroes on the Klingon Homeworld.

The leader of the Klingon High Council who presided over that body longer than anyone else in history by using an iron hand to maintain peace within the council and the Empire itself. In 2366, evidence emerged implicating the late Ja'rod, father of council member Duras, of having committed treason. The politically powerful Duras attempted to suppress the fact that his father had betrayed his people to the Romulans at Khitomer. K'mpec feared that exposing Duras would plunge the Empire into civil war, so he gave tacit support to a plan whereby the late Mogh would be blamed for the massacre. K'mpec did not realize that Mogh's sons, Worf and Kurn, would return to the homeworld to challenge this injustice, an appeal that K'mpec was not willing to hear in open council. K'mpec eventually agreed to allow Worf to accept discommendation, sparing both of Mogh's sons from death, while retaining some semblance of peace in the High Council. K'mpec was murdered in 2367, apparently poisoned with Veridium Six by Duras, who sought to succeed K'mpec as council leader. Under Klingon custom, such a killing was without honor because the killer did not show his face to the victim. Seeking to protect his empire from such a dishonorable person, K'mpec took the highly unorthodox step of appointing a non-Klingon, Jean-Luc Picard, as his Arbiter of Succession. K'mpec was succeeded by Gowron, a political newcomer.

A noble and honourable warrior, Canadian-born actor John Colicos.
Colicos, a great veteran of stage and screen, passed away early Monday
March 6th at MountSinai hospital in Toronto, Canada at the age of 71.

Colicos had an extensive background in Shakespearean theatre and film
classics, but is best known amongst fandom for his roles as Klingon
Commander Kor (Star Trek, ST: DS9) and the treacherous Count Baltar
(Battlestar Galactica).

A memorial tribute, with full details, has been created in honour of this
great actor by the Official John Colicos Fan Club. Please drop by and share
your thoughts and memories, as well as leave your condolences for the family.

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Klingon officer who was the military governor of the planet Organia during the border dispute of 2267. 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. Many years later, the sons of Kor, Kang, and Koloth were killed by a criminal known as the Albino. Kor, along with Kang, Koloth, and Curzon Dax, took a blood oath to avenge the death of the three children. The three Klingons and Jadzia Dax eventually fulfilled the oath. Dahar Master Kor was appointed ambassador to Vulcan for the Klingon Empire in 2370.