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Warning : contains spoiler forStar Trek#14 !
The Tzenkethi are theStar Trekfranchise ’s novel heavy bads , and they make the Klingons seem reasonable . The second year of IDW ’s flagshipStar Trektitle complain off in a grand fashion , sending Captain Sisko and the crew of theTheseusto the homeworld of the ofttimes - mentioned , but never see Tzenkethi . InStar Trek#14 , fans teach the Sojourner Truth about Tzenkethi smart set , and the mintage ’ trust on “ pure , savage wildness ” make up the Klingons search tame in compare .
Star Trek#14 , the second part of “ Glass and Bone , ” is written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Marcus To . Sisko and his crew have rendezvoused with Harry Kim on the Tzenkethi homeworld . Kim , who has been observe the Tzenkethi for month , gives Ensign Sato a miniskirt - lecture on their society . Kim explain that individual Tzenkethi essentially idolise themselves , and live to exert dominance over each other . Kim tells Sato that the societal structure of Tzenkethi society is “ constantly switch . ”
This social structure , Kim says , lead to “ virgin , savage force ” as well as a tenacious lead of bodies .
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The Tzenkethi , first note in an installment ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , are one of the franchise ’s most mysterious slipstream . The species has never been seen in a canonical product . rather , licensed tie - ins , such as theStar Trek OnlineMMO , have fleshed the Tzenkethi out further , portray them as a barbarian and war - same airstream . It has also been established that the Federation has fought the Tzenkethi on several occasions , and each time it did not terminate well for Starfleet . Tensions between the Tzenkethi and other Alpha Quadrant powers have remained labored , and now the coinage is making motility to establish themselves as a dominant power .
Harry Kim ’s observations regarding the structure of Tzenkethi beau monde are chilling , painting a picture of a species who can give the Klingons a run for their money in the savagery department . The Klingons are another savage , war - corresponding race : in their culture , it is not rare for deaths to happen upon the murder of a superscript . However , they have a code of honor , laid down by the first Kahless , that bind their society together and keep some color of society . This codification has also tolerate the Klingons to advance to a space - faring mintage , and guides their interactions with other species .
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Yet the Tzenkethi seem to have no such hang - ups about honor , instead create a society based on violence , intimidation and murder . TheTzenkethi have little respect for each other , and this distrust is amplified even more when it comes to other specie . The Klingon ’s computer code of honor allows them to respect other airstream , even if they rarely ever do . That the Tzenkethi ever developed space travel , let alone survive as a species , is nothing shortsighted of a miracle , and now the rest of theStar Trekuniverse is about to learn the business leader of the Tzenkethi .
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