Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
Star Trek : The Next Generationset the flavour for every Klingon news report that came after it and change the warrior subspecies forever and a day . sic about a 100 afterStar Trek : The Original Series , TNGfollows the dangerous undertaking of Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) and the USS Enterprise - D.By the time ofTNG , the United Federation of Planets had achieved ataraxis with the Klingon Empire , and Lt . Worf ( Michael Dorn ) was add to the Enterprise crew to emphasize this repose . As the only Klingon in Starfleet , Worf often fight to resign his Klingon heritage with his duty as a Starfleet officer .
Since their introduction inStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 1 , episode 27 , " Errand of Mercy , " the Klingons have become one ofStar Trek’smost recognizable and beloved foreign species . WhileTOSdid not reveal much about Klingon polish , bothStar Trek : The Next GenerationandStar Trek : Deep place Ninedelved deeper into the Klingon path of life . Although three Klingon fleer visit the Enterprise inTNGseason . 1 , instalment 20 , " Heart of Glory,“it wasTNGseason 2 , instalment 8 , " subject of Honor " that established the Klingon culture of the twenty-fourth century .
The Klingons are one of the most divers foreign species in all of Star Trek , and multiple dissimilar variation have appear in canon from TOS onward .
TNG’s “Matter of Honor” Changed Klingons In Star Trek Forever
The Klingons changed quite a bit between TOS & TNG.
With the noteworthy exception of Kor ( John Colicos ) in " Errand of Mercy , " theKlingons ofStar Trek : The Original Seriesdidn’t exemplify pureness , but were instead devious and underhanded . By the time ofStar Trek : The Next Generation , however , laurels had become one of the Klingon ’s defining traits , one that Worf in particular , value above all else . Not every Klingon throughoutTNGacted with honor , of course , as they are just as flawed and inconsistent as man . But purity and glorification in battle became a delimit characteristic in Klingon culture , andTNG’s"Matter of pureness " underlines this .
The Klingon philosophy of death before dishonor plays an important role in many Klingon stories moving forrader .
When Commander William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) participates in a Federation Officer Exchange Program , he takes on the role of First Officer on the Klingon ship , the IKS Pagh . When Riker sit down for a meal in the jam hall on the Pagh , the Klingons joke and laugh and reminisce about their family . The Second Officer , Lt . Klag ( Brian Thompson ) , explicate that his father escaped from the Romulans and now live without honor on Qo’noS , the Klingon homeworld . The Klingon philosophy of death before dishonor play an important function in many Klingon story moving forward .
Worf ’s pal , Commander Kurn ( Tony Todd ) , would later participate in the same Officer Exchange Program , where he serves as the irregular First Officer on the go-ahead - D inTNGseason 3 , episode 17 , " Sins of the Father . "
Star Trek: TNG’s Commander Riker Makes A Surprisingly Good Klingon
Riker more than holds his own on a ship full of rowdy Klingons.
Before trip to the Klingon ship , Commander Riker research Klingon culture , test their intellectual nourishment , and talks to Worf about his experience . Riker arrives on the Pagh prepared and with a solid understanding of the way the chain of command work on a Klingon ship . Will fits in well , making " Matter of laurels " one ofRiker ’s good episode , and quickly learning that the Klingons have more in coarse with humans than he originally trust . He adapts his own sense of humor to equal the Klingon ’s more rowdy step and is surprised to get word the Klingon ’s fierce laughter . ( Riker ’s main acknowledgment for Klingon culture is Worf , after all , who seldom express joy . )
Riker also holds his own in a hired man - to - mitt conflict with Klag , knocking the second military officer down a rowlock when he questions Riker ’s loyalty . afterwards , after Riker has shamed Captain Kargan ( Christopher Collins ) by necessitate over his command , Will appropriate the Klingon skipper to strike him and order him off the ship . Riker has come to empathise Klingons well enough that he gives Kargan the prospect to reform some of his bemused dignity . Commander Riker ’s naming on the Pagh is hack unretentive when both the Klingon ship and the Enterprise discover a strange organism eat away at their ships , but Will handles himself unco well during his brief stretch as a Klingon First Officer inStar Trek : The Next multiplication .
Star Trek : The Next Generationis available to stream on Paramount+ .
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