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Rekelen and Hogue during their visit to station Deep Space 9in Kaplan, Lieutenant. (Dick Dial). Crew member aboard the origi2370, (“Profit and Loss" [DS9)). Kanar was also mentioned in nal Enterprise. Kaplan was killed in 2267 while serving on landing “Destiny” [DS9)). party duty at planet Gamma Trianguli VI. He was killed by a bolt of lightning generated by the god-machine Vaal. (“The Apple” Kandora champagne. Beverage. Available at Quark’s bar [TOS]). “I think I'll wear red," said Kaplan as he dressed for work According to Quark, 2368 was a very good year for Kandora on that fateful day. champagne. (“Meridian” [DS9]) Kar-telos system. Planetary system in the Gamma Quadrant Kang's Summit. Large mountain on the Klingon Homeworld. The U.S.S. Defiant passed through the Kar-telos system in 2372 General Martok was kidnapped by the Dominion while hunting (“Bar Association” [DS9]). sabre bear on Kang's Summit in 2371. (“In Purgatory's Shadow" [DS9)). Maybe the mountain was renamed for leg- Kar. (Aron Eisenberg.) Kazon-Ogla warrior. endary Klingon warrior Kang. Or perhaps Kang was named after In 2372, Kar was disgraced when he failed the great mountain. to earn his Ogla name by killing an enemy, a Federation shuttlecraft pilot Chakotay. Kang. (Michael Ansara). Legendary Kar and Chakotay were taken prisoner by Klingon warrior. In 2268, while cap- the Kazon-Ogla, but soon escaped to the tain of a Klingon starship, Kang was moon Tarok, where they awaited rescue the victim of the Beta XII-A entity by the Starship Voyager. Ashamed of his that destroyed his ship and trapped failure to earn his Ogla name, Kar struggled 3 his crew aboard the Starship Enter- to find the courage to kill Chakotay, but n prise. Kang's wife, Mara, and 38 found he could not. However, when a members of his crew fought an equal Kazon landing party descended on the number of Enterprise crew members moon, Kar killed First Maje Razik and thus in a seemingly endless battle con- earned his Ogla name of Jal Karden trolled by the Beta XII-A entity, until (“Initiations” [VGR]). Aron Eisenberg played Nog on Star Trek: both sides discovered that peaceful Deep Space Nine. cooperation was the only way to survive. (“Day of the Dove” [TOS])). Kang met Federation negotiator Curzon Dax in 2289, Kara Polos. Bajoran civilian. Kara was on station Terok Nor in while their governments were still at war. Kang learned to respect ~~ 2367 when he was arrested, convicted of a crime, and sentenced Dax as one who understood the Klingon nature. He even named to five years’ hard labor for the offense. (“Things Past” [DS9)). his firstborn son for Dax. Kang's son, along with the firstborns of Kor and Koloth, was murdered by a cnminal known as the - I Kara. (Marj Dusay). Leader of the Eymorg Albino, who had sought retribution for their role in stopping the women of planet Sigma Draconis VI in Albino from raiding Klingon colonies in 2290. Afterwards, Kang, » BN 2268. Although untrained in the sciences, Kor, Koloth, and Dax swore a blood oath to avenge the killing of . Kara underwent a memory-implantation prothese innocent children. In 2293, Kang commanded a K't'inga- ly cedure that gave her the necessary knowlclass battle cruiser that encountered the U.S.S. Excelsior in the edge and skill to successfully steal Spock's Azure Nebula. Captain Sulu, in command of the Excelsior, ignit- - brain, so that it could be used to run her plan ed the sirillium gas in the nebula, briefly disrupting the sensors et's master computer system. (“Spock's and tactical systems of Kang's vessel, allowing the Excelsior to . Brain" [TOS]). SEE: Controller; Teacher. escape. (“Flashback” [VGRY)). Although the Albino went into hiding for decades, the four never forgot their promise. (“Blood Kara. (Tania Lemani). Dancer who worked at a small cafe on planet Oath" [DS9]). Koloth and Kor once fought with Kang against Argelius Il. Kara had performed in 2267 on the evening that severT'nag and his army, emerging victorious despite overwhelming al U.S.S. Enterprise crew members on shore leave visited the cafe. odds. (“The Sword of Kahless" [DS9)). Kang died in glorious bat- Kara left the establishment in the company of Montgomery Scott tle in 2370 when the three Klingons and Jadzia Dax found the and was later found brutally murdered. Scott was initially susAlbino at a stronghold on planet Secarus IV. Kang struck the pected of the crime, but Kara's death was later found to have killing blow to the Albino that day. (“Blood Oath" [DS9)). been caused by an alien entity that fed on the emotion of fear, (“Wolf in the Fold" [TOS]). SEE: Redjac. Kapec, Rayna. (Louise Sorel). Android created by Flint as his immortal mate. Rayna Karapleedeez, Onna. Starfleet officer. Karapleedeez was killed 1 died in 2269 when faced with the impossi- in 2364, apparently by the unknown alien intelligence that ble task of choosing between her love for attempted to infiltrate Starfleet Command. (“Conspiracy” [TNG]) her mentor and her love for James Kirk (“Requiem For Methuselah” [TOS]). Rayna Karden, Jal. SEE: Kar. Kapec was named for Czechoslovakian writer Karel Capek, who first coined the Kareel. (Nicole Orth-Pallavicini). Trill host who joined with Odan term “robot” in the classic science-fiction after the Odan symbiont was removed from Commander Riker's x play entitled “R.U.R." body. She returned to the Trill homeworld following the implantation of the symbiont. (“The Host" [TNG]). Kaplan, Commander Donald. Chief engineer of the U.S.S. Intrepid in 2370. Kaplan was a Starfleet Academy classmate of Karemma system. Planetary system in the Gamma Quadrant Enterprise-D Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge. The two men were containing the Karemma homeworld. (“The Search, Part I" engaged in a friendly rivalry to see which engineer could achieve [DS9)). the highest power-conversion level in their respective ship's engines. (“Force of Nature” [TNG]). Karemma. Humanoid civilization from the Gamma Quadrant, part of the Dominion. Quark established a trade agreement with Kaplan, Ensign. (Susan Patterson). Starfleet officer assigned to the Karemma for purchase of tulaberry wine. (“Rules of the U.S.S. Voyager. Kaplan was on the bridge as the ship Acquisition” [DS9]). The Karemma used Ferengi as intermedireceived a SETI greeting from Earth as the starship visited Earth's aries in their commerce with the Federation, because they knew past in 1996. (“Future's End, Parts | and II" [VGRY]). Kaplan was the Dominion would never tolerate direct trade between the killed in 2373 by renegades on a planet populated by former Karemma and the Federation. The Karemma were naive when it Borg drones, (“Unity” [VGR]). came to business dealings, and the Ferengi took advantage of