Klingon Defense Force
- Military of the Klingon Empire
- Officers
- Officer rank structure, highest to lowest:
- General
- Captain
- Senior commanding officers of a full fleet of vessels granted title of "Fleet Captain" (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Commander
- Lieutenant
- Officer rank structure, highest to lowest:
- Enlisted
- Enlisted rank structure, highest to lowest:
- Bekk
- Enlisted rank structure, highest to lowest:
- Chief of staff for the Klingon Defense Force holds the title of Fleet Admiral with the rank of General
- Standard uniform consists of warrior's traditional armor, shoulder-length hair
- All members required to carry mek'leth, disruptor
- During their existence, QuchHa' were barred from wearing standard Klingon Defense Force uniform, in order to better distinguish them from HemQuch (ENT Novel: Live by the Code; TOS)
- Education
- All officers taught standard fighting techniques (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: The Edge of the Sword)
- As of 23rd century, this does not include mok'bara (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: The Edge of the Sword)
- All officers taught standard fighting techniques (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: The Edge of the Sword)
- Fleet details
- All KDF vessels bear individual prefix codes restricting command-and-control access (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- With vessel prefix code, a vessel can be controlled by outside systems as needed (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Code can be configured individually by each commanding officer (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Bridge configuration places commander at the fore of other bridge officers
- Represents that commander should lead into battle, holding enough trust to turn their back on their crew (TNG Novel: Q & A)
- Additionally, all vessels have single fixed override code set, used by Klingon High Command (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- All KDF vessels bear individual prefix codes restricting command-and-control access (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Divisions
- Engineering
- Weapons control
- Senior weapons officer leads division; general equivalent of Starfleet chief tactical officer (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: The Edge of the Sword)
- Lower-ranked members known as junior weapons officers (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: The Edge of the Sword)
- Junior weapons officers man firing consoles, coolant controls (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: The Edge of the Sword)
- Firing consoles considered more significant, indicative of higher status and position (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: The Edge of the Sword)
- Lower-ranked members known as junior weapons officers (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: The Edge of the Sword)
- Senior weapons officer leads division; general equivalent of Starfleet chief tactical officer (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: The Edge of the Sword)
- Weapons control
- Engineering