Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
AlthoughTNGseason 1 was reasonably inconsistentin terms of lineament , it laid the fundament for what would occur later . As a fashion to further establish the characters , TNGseason 1 include several episode that focus on a specific character and their backstory . Star Trek : The Next Generationseason 1 , installment 20 , " marrow of Glory , " did this forWorf , unwrap more information about the Klingonthan all of the previous episode combined . When the initiative deliver two Klingons from a freighter , Worf finds his loyalty to the Federation test against his desire to associate with his own people .
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Star Trek’s Klingon Homeworld Was Almost Called Kling
Near the ending ofStar Trek : The Next coevals ’s " Heart of Glory , " the remaining Klingon , Korris ( Vaughn Armstrong ) , fights his way to Engineering and threaten to fire on the warp kernel , destroying the endeavor and everyone on it . As Worf tries to reason with Korris , Korris exhort Worf to give up Starfleet and connect him . Korris have it away that he can not take the Enterprise alone , but he proclaims:“I would rather die here , than let the traitor of Kling pluck the meat from my bones . “Although it ’s not explicitly stated , thisimplies that the name of the Klingon homeworld is Kling .
Throughout " Heart of Glory , " Korris and his admirer show an obvious patronage for the otherKlingons of theTNGera , who have agree to public security with the Federation . Korris views most of his own people as traitors to the Klingon way of life because they have begun to move on from the Klingon - Federation War . harmonize to theStar Trek Encyclopedia , Kling was originally stand for to be the name of the Klingon homeworld , but the behind - the - scene team did n’t wish the agency it sound . While Kling was never reverence again , it could still refer to a particular urban center or region of the Klingon homeworld , or just be an alternate name for the planet .
According to theStar Trek : The Next Generation Companion , the Klingon language spoken in " Heart of Glory " has no real displacement . Because of prison term constraints , executive manufacturer Maurice Hurley just made up Klingon - sounding words for the characters to say .
Star Trek VI Established The Official Name of the Klingon Homeworld
Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Countrynot only establish peace between the Federation and the Klingons , but also revealed Kronos as thename of the Klingon homeworld . Among variousStar Trekwriters , several different figure for the Klingon homeworld were thrown around before Kronos finally became the final pick . When Kling did n’t stick as a name , severalTNGepisodes simply consult to Kronos as " the Homeworld , " but that soon became confusing and somewhat clunky .
AlthoughThe Undiscovered Countryestablished the name Kronos , it wasStar Trek : Deep Space Ninethat made the name stick . Even after the name became prescribed , the spelling of Kronos has long been up for argument . AlthoughStar Trek VIonly ever referred to the satellite as Kronos , laterStar Trekprojects would show Qo’noS to be the right Klingon spelling . Since Qo’noS is more consistent with the Klingon voice communication , Kronos has become accept as the English version of the name . Star Trek : The Next Generationreinvented the Klingons as a species and usher in many new element of their culture , but thankfully the Klingon homeworld ended up with a better name than Kling .
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