Klingon: Difference between revisions

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Appearance: Mammalian; dark skin, forehead crest, prominent spinal ridges, sharp incisors; on average taller, larger than humans
- QuchHa' minority during 22nd and 23rd century look near-identical to humans
Lifespan: over 150 years (DS9: "Blood Oath")
Homeworld: Qo'noS
Low tolerance for cold (DS9: "Change of Heart"; VOY: "Displaced")
Magenta blood (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
Multiply redundant biological systems
- Two livers, three lungs, eight-chambered heart, redundant neural functions (TNG: "Ethics")
Children mature quickly (cf. Alexander)
Cultural notes
- Klingon calendar
- Klingon faith
- Klingon language
- Weapons
  - Bat'leth (Various)
    - Curved, two-pointed, pointed blade
Foods and drinks
- Raktajino (Various)
  - Essentially Klingon coffee
  - Derived from a blend of Human coffee and ra'taj liquor, brewed as a cappucino

2016: First contact with Vulcans, leading to decades of war (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures; DIS: "The Vulcan Hello"; TNG: "First Contact")
April 2151: First contact with Humans; Broken Bow, Earth incident (ENT: "Broken Bow")
November 2154: Qu'vat virus leads to creation of QuchHa' minority class in contrast to HemQuch majority (ENT: "Affliction")
Early 2290s: Cure discovered for Qu'vat virus; QuchHa' cease to exist. Their former existence is largely denied or kept quiet with outsiders from this point forward. (TOS Novel: Forged in Fire; DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations")

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+*** Bat'leth (Various)
+**** Curved, two-pointed, pointed blade
 * Foods and drinks
 ** Raktajino (Various)