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bid was supported by Romulan inter- n = surface panel detailing similar to that done for the Klingon ships in ests seeking to gain control over the . iP — \ Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Ironically, Koloth's ship was not seen Klingon Empire. The challenge divid- -, 2 in the original “The Trouble With Tribbles” (TOS) because the ship ed the council and plunged the Ih model had not yet been designed at that point in the original series. empire into civil war in 2367. Gowron emerged victorious, in part because l/ Gracie. SEE: George and Gracie. he agreed to restore rightful honor to T I 4! the Mogh family in exchange for mil- * |» Grady. (Clint Howard). Resident of Sanctuary District A in San itary support by Worf and Kurn. 5 Francisco on Earth in 2024. Grady had some mental problems “Redemption, Parts | and II" [TNG]). i and in the slang of the era was called a dim. Ironically, Grady was Within a few months, Gowron found the only Earth resident who was aware that an alien had visited it politically disadvantageous to his planet. (“Past Tense, Part II" [DS9]). As a child, Clint Howard admit to the Federation's support portrayed Balok in “The Corbomite Maneuver” (TOS), the first during his Rite of Succession and regular episode of the original Star Trek series. Howard more the subsequent civil war, Official recently played NASA mission controller Sy Liebergot in the government accounts of these movie Apollo 13. events therefore omitted references to Federation involvement, (“Unifi- Graham, Ensign. (Mona Grudt). Starfleet officer. Graham was at cation, Part I” [TNG]). Gowron reacted strongly to the supposed the conn when the Enterprise-D entered the Tarchannen system “return” of Kahless the Unforgettable in 2369, correctly surmis- in 2367, albeit too late to save Lieutenant Hickman. (“Identity ing that the new Kahless was part of a political effort to discredit Crisis” [TNG]). him. Gowron was further convinced that Kahless would once again plunge the empire into civil war. At Worf's urging, Gowron ~~ Grak-tay. A famous concert violinist. Data programmed himself later agreed to support Kahless in the ceremonial role of emperor. to emulate Grak-tay's performance style. (“Sarek” [TNG]). This would allow Kahless to be the spiritual leader of the people, while the governmental power would remain with Gowron and ~~ grakel milk. SEE: schplict. the High Council. (“Rightful Heir” [TNG]). In 2372, a civilian uprising overthrew the Cardassian military, causing Gowron to Gral. (Lee Arenberg). Ferengi entrepreneur who tried to threaten believe that the Cardassian government had been taken over by Quark during his brief tenure as grand nagus in 2369. Gral intithe Dominion. Seeking to protect his empire, Gowron ordered mated that unless Quark showed him favor, he would someday Klingon forces to invade the Cardassian Union. Although the be killed. (“The Nagus” [DS9)). invasion was unsuccessful, the Federation Council condemned the Klingon action, and in response, Gowron unilaterally with- Gramilian sand peas. Snack food. Pel suggested Gramilian drew from the Khitomer Accords on stardate 49011, ending the sand peas as a replacement for fokar beans in Quark’s bar. The peace treaty between the two great powers. In addition, Gowron peas stimulated thirst (and Quark’s profit). (“Rules of Acquisition” expelled all Federation citizens from the empire and recalled his [DS9]). Chief O'Brien and Doctor Bashir enjoyed them. (“The Way ambassadors. Gowron appealed to Worf to renounce the of the Warrior" [DS9)). Obviously, the Ferengi equivalent of salted Federation and join him in the invasion of Cardassia, but Worf peanuts. refused, prompting Gowron to banish him from the empire. (“The Way of the Warrior” [DS9]). After his failed attempt to conquer grand nagus. SEE: nagus, grand; Zek. Cardassia, he declared the invasion a victory to avoid being assassinated. ("Hippocratic Oath” [DS9]). A few months later, grand proxy. Official messenger of the Ferengi grand nagus Gowron demanded that the Federation withdraw from the Visits by the grand proxy were dreaded by Ferengi entreprenaurs, Archanis sector and abandon all of its bases there, During Odo's as he often collected a cut of the profits for the nagus. The annotime in the Great Link, the Founders convinced him that Gowron tations of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition stated that encounwas a changeling infiltrator. (“Broken Link” [DS9)). In fact, Gowron ters with the grand proxy were hopeless situations. (“False had not been replaced by a changeling, but the Founders had Profits” [VGR]) hoped to cast suspicion on him to avoid detection of the real infitrator, a changeling replacement of General Martok. In 2372, ~ Granger, Walter. (Jon de Vries). Commander of the colony ship Chancellor Gowron relocated Klingon military headquarters to ~~ S.S. Mariposa when it was launched in 2123, and one of only five planetoid Ty'Gokor. Early in 2373, Gowron inducted several war- survivors when the ship crashed on the planet the colonists riors into the Order of the Bat'leth. Captain Benjamin Sisko and named Mariposa. Granger became one of the progenitors his men infiltrated the induction ceremony and exposed General whose cloned descendants inhabited the Mariposa colony, and Martok as a changeling spy. (“Apocalypse Rising” [DS9)). SEE: in 2365 one of his clones (named Wilson Granger) served as Yan-Isleth. In 2373, in response to the destabilizing alliance of colony prime minister. (“Up the Long Ladder” [TNG)). SEE: clone. the Cardassians and the Dominion, Gowron agreed to reinstate the Khitomer Accords, thus renewing the alliance between his Grant. (Robert Bralver). Enterprise security guard who was part empire and the Federation. (“By Inferna's Light” [DS9]). of the landing party at planet Capella IV on stardate 3497. Grant was killed by a Capellan with the deadly Capellan weapon, the Gr'oth, I.K.S. D7-class Klingon battle cruiser commanded by kligat. (“Friday's Child” (TOS). Captain Koloth in 2267. Koloth took the Gr'oth to Deep Space Station K-7 on stara clause of the Lo) x AHL date 4523, invoking Organian Peace out 4 7 1 the Grioth's crew y ee - = — =~ ol Treaty that allowed — ee | = to make use of y — - h/4Y Federation shore // E leave facilities. (“Trials p= - and Tribble-ations” [DS9)). The Gr'oth was a replica of the original ——— | Klingon battle cruiser model designed by Matt Jefferies for the mo — ==; original Star Trek series. Modelmaker Greg Jein, who built the L — _— — Ki Gr'oth, changed Jefferies's design slightly by incorporating == J