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THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE WORF 563 a Rebel raider ship commanded by Julian Bashir (mirror). Rather Academy at the same time as Worf, but than risk destruction, Worf (mirror) ordered the Alliance fleet later dropped out because he found ) home. (“Shattered Mirror” [DS9]) Starfleet not to his liking. (“Heart of Glory" [TNG]). Worf's hobbies include building y U Worf, Colonel. (Michael Dorn). Klingon models of ancient Klingon ocean sailing official who unsuccessfully defended Kirk vessels in a bottle, considered difficult § * and McCoy in 2293 when the two handiwork. (“Peak Performance” [TNG)) Starfleet officers were placed on trial for Worf's adoptive parents remained close § the assassination of Chancellor Gorkon to him over the years, and made it a point 8 (Star Trek Vi: The Undiscovered Country). to visit him in early 2367 when the Publicity materials for Star Trek VI (and ~~ Enterprise-D was docked at Earth the evidence of the character name and Station McKinley for repairs. (“Family” the actor) suggest that Colonel Worf was [TNG]). Worf had a son, Alexander the grandfather of Enterprise-D security Rozhenko, in 2366, with Ambassador officer Worf, and father of Mogh K’Ehleyr, with whom he had been roman tically involved. When K'Ehleyr was mur Wort. (Michael Dorn). The dered by Klingon high council member first Klingon warrior to Duras, Alexander returned to Earth to be serve in the Federation - cared for by Sergey and Helena Starfleet and an influential { = (“Reunion” [TNG]) figure in Klingon politics. ‘ Sl The first Klingon in Starfleet. Following ("Encounter at Farpoint l his graduation from Starfleet Academy Part I" [TNG]) in 2361, Worf held the rank of lieutenant, junior grade, and served Childhood and family s 4 . as flight control officer (conn) aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise-D Worf, son of Mogh, was (“Encounter at Farpoint™ [TNG]). (There is a three-year period born on the Klingon Home- v between his graduation and the start ey world in 2340. ("Sins of the [1% of Star Trek: The Next Generation A Father” [TNG]). As a young Pow that is still unaccounted for.) Worf child, Worf was fond of his - was promoted to acting chief of { pet targ. (“Where No One security and made a full lieutenant & Has Gone Before” [TNG)) following the death of Lieutenant re He accompanied his par- i - Natasha Yar at planet Vagra Il in late ents to the Khitomer out- CANESIREN. 2364. (“Skin of Evil" [TNG]). Worf felt post in 2346. Worf was [JEEPS intense guilt when Lieutenant Marla orphaned later that year in [RSE 7) Aster was accidentally killed on an the brutal Khitomer mas- SEESERPSE | i away mission in 2366, orphaning her sacre, a Romulan attack in 7 Kg) son Jeremy Aster. Worf later took which 4,000 Klingons were a 2 Jeremy into his family through the killed. Worf was rescued q “TA, # Klingon R’uustai, or bonding, cereby Sergey Rozhenko, a oe [N halt mony. (“The Bonding” [TNG]) human crew member from \{ ¥v In 2368, Worf's spinal column was shattered in an accident the U.S.S. Intrepid. Sergey ao] s ot when several cargo containers collapsed onto him. Worf was left and his wife, Helena Ro- », J 3 paralyzed, and his prognosis indicated little hope for a full recov raised him as their own son, 3 $351 treatment and opted for the zhenko, adopted Worf and B 3 ~ ery. In accordance with Klingon tradition, Worf refused medical because it was believed Cl 2 ® Hegh'bat form of ritual suicide. He that Worf had no remaining & ENT h [ | was dissuaded from taking his life family on the Homeworld CEI; - K ’ when Dr. Toby Russell performed a (“Sins of the Father" [TNG]). . (0 Re oo dangerous experimental surgical With his new family on the CS _ { procedure called genetronic replifarm world of Gault (“Heart os ~ cation, in which a new spinal colof Glory" [TNG]), and later oS > umn was generated to replace the on Earth, Worf found it diffi ! a damaged organ. The surgery was cult to fit into the alien world of humans and was a bit of a hell- successful, in part because Klingon physiology includes redunraiser. (“Family” [TNG]). In 2353, while living on Gault, Worf acci- dancy for nearly all vital bodily functions. (*Ethics” [TNG]). SEE dentally caused the death of a human boy brak’lul. named Mikel during a soccer match. During Worf once investigated a a championship game Mikel's and Worf's claim that his father had not 2 heads collided, breaking the human boy's died at Khitomer, but was neck. Worf felt responsible, and ever since instead being held prisoner at a that day, Worf practiced extreme restraint secret Romulan prison camp in whenever dealing with humans, who were the Carraya System. Although physically fragile compared to Klingons the report was false, Worf did % rN — (“Let He Who Is Without Sin..." [DS9]). Worf was raised along with indeed find a prison camp ; an adoptive brother, Nikolai Rozhenko, the Rozhenkos' biologi- where survivors of the Khitomer cal son. (“Homeward" [TNG]). For some reason, Worf's experi massacre and their families ences on Earth never included drinking prune juice. When givena were being held. At the camp, Worf fell in love with a half taste of it by Guinan in 2366, Worf pronounced it “a warrior's Romulan, half Klingon woman named Ba'el. Worf led some of drink.” (“Yesterday's Enterprise” [TNG]). Worf visited the home the prisoners to freedom, but the majority (including Ba'el) chose world as a boy, but he was shunned by his cousins for being too to remain, regarding the Carraya prison as their home human. His parents once allowed him to visit No’Mat, where a (“Birthright, Parts | and II" [TNG]). Worf and the freed prisoners all vision of Kahless the Unforgettable appeared to Worf, telling promised never to reveal the story of the prison camp at Carraya, him that he would do something no other Klingon had ever done. so we assume neither Starfleet nor the Klingon government have ("The Sword of Kahless" [DS9)). Nikolai entered Starfleet knowledge of it