Though the deception was soon revealed, Worf felt that the clone could still play a valuable role in Klingon society.

The play was translated over several years by Nick Nicholas and Andrew Strader of the Klingon Shakespeare Restoration Project, with feedback and editorial assistance from Mark Shoulson, d ' Armond Speers, and Will Martin.

The original English version of the play appears alongside its " original Klingon " translation.

Perhaps the most fully developed fictional alien language is the Klingon language of the Star Trek universe-a fully developed constructed language.

The Klingon language ( tlhIngan Hol, pronounced ) is the constructed language spoken by the fictional Klingons in the Star Trek universe.

Klingon is sometimes referred to as Klingonese ( most notably in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode " The Trouble With Tribbles ", where it was actually pronounced by a Klingon character as " Klingonee " ) but, among the Klingon-speaking community, this is often understood to refer to another Klingon language called Klingonaase that was introduced in John M. Ford's 1988 Star Trek novel The Final Reflection, and appears in other Star Trek novels by Ford.

A shorthand version of Klingonaase, and later with the same term adopted by tlhIngan Hol itself, is called " battle language ", or " Clipped Klingon ".

The opera ' u ' is entirely in Klingon.

In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " A Matter of Honor ", several members of a Klingon ship's crew speak a language that is not translated for the benefit of the viewer ( even Commander Riker, enjoying the benefits of a universal translator, is unable to understand ) until one Klingon orders the others to " speak their ' humans ' language ".

However, Klingon as described on television is often not entirely congruous with the Klingon developed by Okrand.

Additionally, while the validity is disputed by legal scholars, the copyright of the Klingon language is owned by Paramount as well.

Even though Marc Okrand has studied the indigenous languages of the Americas, the Klingon language is not based upon any of those languages.

An important concept to spoken and written Klingon is canonicity.

Within the fictional universe of Star Trek, Klingon is derived from the original language spoken by the messianic figure Kahless the Unforgettable, who united the Klingon home-world of Qo ' noS under one empire more than 1500 years ago.

Though mentioned in the original Star Trek series episode " The Trouble With Tribbles ", the Klingon language first appeared on-screen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( 1979 ).

One Klingon speaker, d ' Armond Speers raised his son Alec to speak Klingon as a first language, whilst the boy's mother communicated with him in English.

Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek, and has appeared in more Star Trek franchise episodes than any other character.

He graduated in 2361 and was commissioned with the rank of Ensign, becoming the first Klingon officer in Starfleet.

She was the first non-Klingon that Worf could " physically " be with in the traditional Klingon way.

They follow Klingon customs as first taught to them by Worf ( DS9: " Children of Time ").

In January 2372 ( Stardate 49011 ) the Klingon Empire attacked the Cardassian Union, believing the Detapa Council of Cardassia ( which had just come to power in the wake of the Cardassian Central Command being overthrown, making it the first civilian government of the Cardassian Union with Gul Dukat as military advisor ) had been infiltrated by the Dominion (" The Way of the Warrior ").

When a group of Klingon radicals spent time aboard Voyager (" Prophecy "), Torres began opening her self to more Klingon beliefs and, for the first time since childhood, was able to pray for her grandmother, L ' Naal, and her great-grandmother, Krelik.

Star Trek: The Next Generation saw the introduction of Starfleet's first Klingon officer, and other races such as Bolians, Betazoids, and Trill were seen and given more central roles in later series ; some of these, notably Klingons, had been shown as enemies in earlier episodes.

Other events of this era include the Klingon Civil War, first contact with the Q, and various time travel incidents.

Okrand is the author of two books about Klingon – The Klingon Dictionary ( first published 1985 ) and Klingon for the Galactic Traveler ( 1997 ).

" In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine it is revealed that the Klingon creation myth involves the first Klingons killing the gods that created them because, " They were more trouble than they were worth.

The Klingon cruiser first seen in 1979's The Motion Picture was altered to suggest an important flagship, with a flared design applied to the underside of the vessel.

His first television appearance was in an episode of Channel 4's Takeover TV as a man called " Louise " dressed as a Klingon, complaining about Star Trek: The Next Generation being taken off the air.

Worf appears at first to be oblivious to this attention, and in the fifth-season episode " Looking for par ' Mach in All the Wrong Places " he becomes enamored with a female Klingon named Grilka.

Gowron ( Klingon-ghawran ) first appears in the episode " Reunion " as the main rival of Duras for the succession of the post of Klingon Chancellor K ' mpec, who suspects that one of the two had been poisoning him and appoints Captain Jean-Luc Picard as " Arbiter of Succession " to determine who will follow him.

Kahless ( pronounced KAY-less ; Klingon letters: " qeylIS ") is a messianic figure in Klingon history, who unified the Klingon people and became the first Klingon emperor.

The loss of their key energy production facility and the destruction of the Klingon homeworld's ozone layer throws the Klingon Empire into turmoil.

Uhura was supposed to give a dramatic speech in Klingon during the film, but midway through production the element was scrapped and a scene where Uhura is speaking garbled Klingon, surrounded by books, was added for extra humor.

Although in production order the model was first used ( as a Klingon ship ) in " Elaan of Troyius ", in transmission order it is first seen in this episode.

According to one account, the show's production staff had just finished new Klingon ship models and wanted to show off Matt Jeffries ' work and help boost sales on the about-to-be released model kit from AMT.

For Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the production staff produced a number of bottles for Quark's Bar, including bottles of Raktajino Klingon coffee.

In this continuity, the Tholians were invaded by the Coalition ( but primarily by forces from the Klingon Empire, who wished to recover three lost colony worlds in the Tholian home sector ) in Y177 as part of Operation Nutcracker, the arrival of the Neo-Tholian 312th Battle Squadron in the Spring of Y178 saving a devastated Tholia from Klingon conquest and driving the Coalition forces from their space.

In spite of this, the inventory has many gaps: Klingon has no velar plosives, and only one sibilant.

The episode not only explores some fascinating aspects of B ' Elanna's character, but it also gives further insight into Klingon mythology.

Originally, only Klingon ships were immune to the effects of the Breen weapon.

The Defiant returns to the station, only to find it surrounded by a fleet of Klingon battleships, led by both General Martok and Gowron himself.

Incensed by such a violation of Klingon honor codes, Worf disregards Martok's request and confronts Gowron, who dismisses Worf's accusation and adds that his " child's uniform "-- referring to his Starfleet uniform -- is the only thing saving him from his true fate: a duel to the death ( to wit, his own.

* Scott bypasses the Klingon shields with an unorthodox technical trick that could only work within the simulation's physics model, and not in reality.

( There is precedent for a Starfleet officer to not wear a regulation uniform, however: Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation only wore regulation uniform during seasons six and seven ( followed by all the movies starring the TNG crew ), while Worf wore a Klingon sash with his uniform throughout his Starfleet career on both U. S. S Enterprises and Deep Space Nine but these series take place in later centuries than Star Trek: Enterprise ).

According to the Clerics, the only way a Klingon warrior could find the answers they sought was to: " Open your heart to Kahless, ask him your questions, let him speak to you with your mind unclouded by doubt or hesitation.

Kirk tells the Klingon captain, Koloth, that he may only bring members of his crew down 12 at a time, and that he will provide one security guard for each Klingon who beams down to ensure that there will be no trouble.

* Klingon ships have been added to the opening and ending battle scenes where originally, only explosions and weapon fire were shown.

Howard had several guest appearances on major television shows during the 1960s and early 1970s including ; The Flying Nun ( 1967 ), I Dream of Jeannie ( 1968 ), Star Trek ( 1968 ) from which she carries the distinction of playing the first female Klingon on the original series ( and the only one to ever speak ), Bonanza ( 1969 ), and Mission: Impossible ( 1972 ).

It was later revealed that the monks living there had created a clone of Kahless because they felt Klingon society was on the decline, and that only Kahless could bring them back to their former glory.

Currently the only two factions available are Federation ( at the start ) and Klingon ( upon reaching Level 25 ).

The Klingon language was first conceived by James Doohan for the movie Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and consisted only of a few words.

Archer asks T ' Pol to locate the Xyrillian ship, which Reed detects, only to discover it hiding in a Klingon warship's plasma wake.

After learning about how Captain Kirk and Dr McCoy were placed on trial for the assassination of the Klingon Chancellor, Captain Sulu attempted a rescue mission, which Tuvok was the only Excelsior crew member to protest.

Ford's Klingons not only appear in the supplement The Klingons for the game, but also in his Star Trek novel The Final Reflection, whose story is told almost entirely from a Klingon perspective.

Ford designed his Klingon society to provide a logical basis for the actions and statements of onscreen Klingons in the original TV series, as well as the differing appearance of the Klingons in the original series and those in Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( the only movie featuring Klingons to have been released when the novel and game supplement were first published ).