Klingon History

The following entries are from a number of sources which I have attempted to keep from getting untangled. They will remain here until I am confident they will not muddy the SFC canon time. Priority is given to the following sources in the order presented, though not exclusively:

• "Blood & Honor" (unpublished LUG sourcebook), Chapter 2: Klingon History
• Star Trek: The Path To Glory (abandoned fanon website), Klingon Timeline and Chancellors (compiled from alpha & beta canon, fanon, and conjecture)

Current Status: consolidation into SFC timeline through 1469.

• 1469: The First (Klingon) Empire achieves full recovery from the Hur'Q invasion of 1372.

The year is SFC conjecture.

• 1748: The First (Klingon) Empire launch their first slower-than-light generation ships to explore and colonize nearby star systems. These ships take decades to reach their destinations, carrying hundreds, even thousands of Klingons in suspended animation. If they find their destination uninhabited, the Klingons colonize. Where they find other civilizations, they conquer. In time, the Klingon Empire encompasses a cluster of systems surrounding Qo'noS.

The date is (heavy) conjecture. It took almost a century for the Klingons to recover from the Hur'Q invasion. Then a statement from the source suggests that scientific and technological progression was slowed, despite devotion to get to the stars. "The program suffered from various setbacks as civil wars split the Empire from time to time, and many early Klingon astronauts died in the name of science, but every effort taught the Klingons a little more."

• 21st century: By the early: The Klingon space program is well underway. By this time, the Klingon Empire encompasses a cluster of systems surrounding Qo'noS.

This timepoint for the clustering of colonized systems is conjecture; it may have occurred well before this, but it certainly existed by 2000.

• 2069: The last Klingon emperor, Kamtav, dies without a successor. The High Council secures power for itself and the Chancellor, Karvan, assumes executive power. The role of Emperor is left vacant. Klingons mark this as the end of the First Empire and the beginning of the Second.

The Chancellor's name appears to have come from conjecture based on FASA history.

• 2073: Klingon Chancellor Karvan is caught and killed in the middle of a power struggle; Kagga ascends to the position but is executed one hour later for treason.

The High Council sees 25 years of subversion and treason and 5 "weak" chancellors.

• 2098: Lorak becomes the sixth chancellor of the Klingon Empire in twenty-five years.

• 2152: Klingon Chancellor Lorak dies and is seceded by Keth, who rules over an era of expansion, exploration, and prosperity.

The fanon source indicates he has the longest ruling time to date, but that is mathematically not true: his immediate predecessor, Lorak, served two years more.

• 2204: Klingon Chancellor Keth dies of old age and is seceded by Kadrya.

• 2234: Klingon Chancellor Kadrya is assassinated and seceded by Karhammu.

The fanon source indicates this takes place during a war and that it was with the Federation. It cannot be the Four Years war (which started in 2241), so it may have been a conflict with another enemy.

• 2245: Klingon Chancellor Karhammu is forced to abdicate the role and is seceded by his son, Kassa.

The fanon source indicates his son is Mow'ga; while FASA indicates his son was Kessa. I've decided Mow'ga (not his son) kills Kessa in a duel less than 5 years later after Karhammu abdicates.

• 2250: Klingon Chancellor Kassa is challenged to a duel and looses to Mow'ga.

The fanon source indicates his Mow'ga is the son of Karhammu; while FASA indicates his son was Kessa. I've decided Mow'ga (not his son) kills Kessa in a duel less than 5 years later after Karhammu abdicates.

• 2286: Klingon Chancellor Mow'ga is seceded by Lokar.

• 2287: Klingon Chancellor Lokar dies in battle and is seceded by Kesh.

• 2292: Klingon Chancellor Kesh is challenged to a duel and looses to Gorkon, who succeeds him.

Memory Beta recites a different story, with a different chancellor seceded by Gorkon, that has several contradictions because of beta-canon contradictions. This fanon source clears it up in a preferred fashion.

• 2292: The treacherous Romulans abrogate the alliance and eject Klingon vessels from their territory, ambushing and destroying any that remained behind.

• 2293: Klingon Chancellor Gorkon is assassinated by Chang while attempting to settle hostilities with the Federation, following the Praxis catastrophe. His daughter, Azetbur, succeeds him.

• 2311: Azetbur, Chancellor of the Klingon High Council, is assassinated by Ditagh, a mentee of General Kaarg, the latter whom assumes the position.

This differs from LUG's version where she steps down after re-instituting the traditional Klingon values and social structure. Beta canon appears strongest coming from the (published) novel, Serpents Among the Ruins.

• 2323: Klingon Chancellor Kaarg is challenged to a duel and looses to his former mentee, Ditagh.

• 2334: Klingon Chancellor Ditagh, after years of ill-health, is succeeded by Kravokh. The latter's reign marks the return of prosperity to the Klingon Empire for the first time since the explosion of Praxis in 2293.

• 2346: Klingon Chancellor Kravokh, due to his distraction by the Cardassian Union, is challenged to a duel and killed by K'mpec, following the 2244 loss of Narendra III and this year's of Khitomer to the Romulan Star Empire.