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28 KTEMOC THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE FUTURE K'Temoc. (Lance le Gault). Captain of to the romantic attentions of Jadzia Dax, realized his passion for the Klingon ship T'Ong. K'Temoc, a formi- her in 2373 after sharing with her a holosuite opera version of this dable Klingon warrior, was a product of classic story. (“Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places” a period when the Federation and the [DS9)). Klingon Empire were at war. (“The Emissary” [TNG]) Kahless the Unforgettable. (Kevin Conway; Robert . K'Vada, Captain. (Stephen Root). Commander of a Klingon bird- Herron). Klingon mythic- 5 of-prey. K'Vada was assigned to secretly transport Captain historic figure, a great warPicard to Romulus in 2368. (“Unification, Part II” [TNG]). rior who united the Kling- A on Empire (“The Savage K’Vort-class battle cruisers. Large version of the Klingon bird- Curtain” [TOS)) some 1,500 - of-prey ship. Three of these vessels amved and surrounded the years ago. The story of starships Enterprise-D and C as the Enterprise-C was trying to Kahless is a cornerstone of ’ £ return through the temporal rift. (“Yesterday's Enterprise” [TNG]). Klingon mythology and reli- ’ A sb Smaller versions of this ship were called B'rel-class vessels. Both gion. ("Birthright, Part II” A versions were represented by the same photographic miniature, [TNG]). Legend has it that the 78 [ originally built for Star Trek Ill. SEE: Klingon spacecraft. messianic Kahless fought ls ~ the tyrant Molor, whom he killed with the first bat'leth or sword K-3 cell count. Medical test. An imbalance of the K-3 cell count of honor. Another of the epic tales of Kahless relates how he can be indicative of Urodelean flu. (“Genesis" [TNG]). fought his brother, Morath, for 12 days and 12 nights because Morath had lied and brought shame to his family (“New Ground” K-3 indicator. Medical measurement of neural activity comespond- Sa [TNG]). Wort had a statue in his ing to the level of pain being expenenced by a patient. The biomed ££ SS - quarters depicting that heroic strugical displays on Constitution-class starship sickbays incorporated - . . gle (“Reunion” [TNG]). Legend also a K-3 indicator. While Spock was under the control of the Denevan - states that Kahless used his bat leth neural parasites in 2267, the K-3 indicator was nearly at maximum, to conquer the Fek'lhri and skin the indicating extreme pain. (“Operation—Annihilate!” [TOS]). ~ serpent of Xol. Kahless also once : used his sword to harvest his K-7, Deep Space Station. SEE: Deep Space Station K-7 g father's field and carve a statue of o> his beloved. (“The Sword of K-type planet. SEE: Class-K planet. \ Kahless"” [DS9)). He is reputed to » pe have fought off an entire army sinKa’'Ree. Native of the Haakonian Order and wife of scientist a » gle-handedly at Three Turn Bridge Ma'Bor Jetrel. Ka'Ree left her husband after she learned of his (“Let He Who Is Without Sin..." role in the development of the infamous metreon cascade in [DS9)) 2356, a weapon that killed over 300,000 people In the war Kahless was not only known as a great warrior. His courtship between the Haakonians and the Talaxians. (“Jetrel” [VGR)). of Lady Lukara, who agreed to be his wife after they together withstood the attack of 500 warriors at the Great Hall at Qam-Chee, is Kabul River. A major waterway located in the old Earth country of considered to be the greatest romance in Klingon history. Afghanistan. The river runs past the capital city of Kabul to the (“Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places” [DS9)). Kahless Indian ocean. A holodeck program available on the Enterprise-D once said: “Destroying an empire to win a war is no victory. And re-created a portion of the Kabul River. Jean-Luc Picard once ending a battle to save an empire is no defeat.” (“The Way of the suggested that Will Riker join him there for horseback riding Warrior" [DS9]). Klingon warriors would often pray to Kahless for (“The Loss” [TNG]) guidance before going into battle. (“Blood Oath" [DS9]). They believe that warriors who die honorably join Kahless, who awaits Kaelon Il. Class-M planet. The sun of the Kaelon system was them in Sto-Vo-Kor, the afterlife. Just before his death, Kahless gradually dying, and by 2367 the people of Kaelon |l were forced pointed to a star in the sky and promised that he would one to turn to the Federation for help. Starfleet was able to assistinan day return there. Klingon clerics established a monastery on experiment designed to revitalize the Kaelon sun. ("Half a Life" Boreth, a planet orbiting that [TNG]). SEE: helium fusion enhancement; Timicin, Dr. star, where they waited for centuries for Kahless to Kaelon warships. Two of these ships were launched from the sur- return. SEE: Quin’lat; Story of " face of Kaelon Il to persuade the Enterprise-D to return Dr. the Promise, The. Timicin to the planet. (“Half a Life” [TNG]) In the 24th century, the clerics of Boreth devised an elaboY rate scheme whereby preserved cellular material from Kahless Kafar. (Rob LaBelle). Takarian servant and was cloned to produce a replica of the original Kahless. The replilackey of the two Ferengi who purported to ca was programmed with all the ancient teachings and parables, be the Great Sages from Takarian mythol- and actually believed he was the real Kahless. The deception was ogy. (“False Profits” [VGR]) quickly discovered, but Worf, son of Mogh, pointed out that the 3 new Kahless could be considered the rightful heir to the throne Kaferian apple. Fruit. A favorite of Gary Mitchell, With the support of High Council leader Gowron, the new who created several Kaferian apple trees on planet Kahless was installed in 2369 as ceremonial emperor of the Delta Vega. (“Where No Man Has Gone Before" Klingon people. (“Rightful Heir" [TNG]). When Worf was a boy, a [TOS)) vision of Kahless appeared to him and told him that he would do something no other Klingon had ever done. (“The Sword of “Kahless and Lukara.” Classic legend in Klingon ~~ Kahless" [DS9]). Another (presumably less accurate) copy of mythology, regarded as the greatest love story ~~ Kahless was created by the Excalbians in 2269, when they were in Klingon history. It tells of how Kahless the attempting to study the human concepts of “good” and “evil” Unforgettable stood heroically with the Lady (“The Savage Curtain” [TOS)). Several episodes, notably Lukara against 500 warriors at the Great Hall of ~~ “Birthright, Part II” (TNG) and “Rightful Heir" (TNG), have revealed Qam-Chee. Kahless and Lukara were the only fragments of the legend of Kahless, but the entire story still survivors of that battle, after which she agreed to remains to be told. Kahless, as seen in “The Savage Curtain” become his wife. Worf, who had been oblivious (TOS), when he was played by Robert Herron, appeared very dif-