Klingon

Klingon
Biological classification
Designation	Sentient
Classification	Bipedal Humanoid
Subspecies	Klingon Augments
Physical characteristics
Skin color	Brown
Hair color	Brown Black
Distinctions	Ridged Heads
Average lifespan	Over a Century (Pre-nanites)
Sociocultural characteristics
Homeworld	Qo'noS
Habitat	Warm Climate
Diet	Omnivorous (mainly carnivorous)
Language	Klingon (Klingonese)

"A Klingon's honor means more to him than his life!"

– Kurn

The Klingons (Second Human Empire: Hamo Tuiy'kio Ciuyi'nuggh) are a humanoid warrior species that originated from the planet Qo'noS (pronounced Kronos), an M-class planet. One of the major powers of the Milky Way galaxy in some universes such as Duyi'zu and the Nuyi’zu Universes, the Klingons were a proud, tradition-bound people who valued honor and combat. The aggressive Klingon culture had made them an interstellar military power to be respected and feared. T

Biology and Appearance

A Klingon with a smooth head

The most distinctive feature of Klingon anatomy (except in those individuals afflicted with the Augment virus) was a sagittal crest, beginning on the forehead and often continuing over the skull. The cranium was encased in an exoskeleton, which possessed a feature known as the tricipital lobe. Internally, Klingon anatomy was markedly different from that of Humans. There was a great deal more multiple redundancy in their organs, a principle they called brak'lul. This allowed Klingons to survive severe injuries in battle. They had twenty-three ribs, two livers, an eight-chambered heart, three lungs, and even redundant neural function as well as multiple stomachs. Some geneticists believed that the extra organs, notably the third lung, evolved to give Klingons greater stamina on the battlefield. Klingons had relatively little knowledge of their own biology and their medicine was very poorly developed. This was largely due to their warrior traditions – a Klingon who was wounded was expected to be left to either survive through his own strength, die, or undergo the hegh'bat, a form of ritual suicide.

History

Distant Origin

Like their Human, Cardassian, Vulcan, and Romulan counterparts, Klingons and many humanoid races from several variations of the Milky Way Galaxy all shared a common ancestry back to the ancient humanoids with the DNA code they produced and seeded across the galaxy. Though each evolved under separate conditions from each other, their shared DNA allowed these species to remain roughly compatible and viable with each other. ]

Early evolved Klingon ancestors possessed extreme strength and speed, they were quite large, weighing up to 200 kilograms. They were armored with an exoskeleton, with spines and bony plates protruding from their sides, upper arms, and back, arms ended with clawed pincers. On their face were venom sacs, filled with bio-acidic compound and spitting glands inside their mouth that were used for defense and to mark territory. Along with these sacs, these early Klingons evolved two mandibles protruded from their lower jaw. The males used vocalizations to frighten other predators, mark their territory, and commence the mating process. These early Klingons mating rituals involving biting its intended mate, to induce pheromone production in the sebaceous glands. Once the mate was ready, the pheromones drew the male Klingon back to its location.

At a certain point in their evolution, they become more like the modern Klingons.

Klingons in the Multiverse

Duyi'zu

The Klingons joined mostly the Axis of Empires, though some of them joined the Alliance of Nations (most notably Worf and Alexander Rozhenko) and the Coalition (Duras, son of Ja'rod, a founder of their rebels).

Known Klingons

• Alexander Rozhenko
• Khalass
• B'Elanna Torres
• Kor, son of Rynar
• Worf