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• "Blood & Honor" (unpublished LUG sourcebook), Chapter 2: Klingon History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)
• Edge Of Midnight: "Timeline of Events"

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.

• November 12 - December 2154: The Qu'Vat Crisis erupts, as the Klingon Augment Virus escapes the Qu'Vat Colony. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

• Mid to Late 2250s: The Augment Crisis splinters the Klingon Empire. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

• 2170s: The central authority of the Klingon Empire fragments, as the various Houses focus their individual attentions on their frontiers. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

• 2180s: The central authority of the Klingon Empire is rather powerless, as the various Houses continue to focus their individual attentions on their frontiers. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

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

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

"Path to Glory" 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), but I now surmise it is instead a general civil war precipitated by the Augment Crisis. "Edge Of Midnight" has this take place in 2230 under the reign of "Chancellor Durak", but I'm merging the two historical concepts into what is presented here.

• 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 this 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.

• 2257: L'Rell becomes chancellor of the Klingon Empire. The Federation-Klingon War (2256-57) comes to an end. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

In my head, Mow'ga was less capable of firmly leading the empire and

• February 2259: The Klingon chancellor approves a mass state purchase of slaves from the Orion Syndicate and other traders, instantly creating a major market. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

• April 2259: The Klingon Empire begins a campaign of eradication against the Suliban. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

It will continue through mid-2261.

• February 16th, 2260: The Raktajino Revolution begins on the Klingon world Mastocal, as savan (indentured workers) rioted in protest of falling wages among a period of economic stagnation. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

The movement is essentially over in March 2261.

• March 2261: The Raktajino Revolution is crushed by a reinvigorated Imperial Navy enjoying the suborned support of the Great Houses. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

• June 2261: The apex of the Raktajino Revolution is marked by rebel forces establishing a front within 5 days travel of Qo’noS. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

• Mid-2261: The Klingon campaign of eradication against the Suliban ends. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

It will continue through mid-2261.

• January 2262: Klingon Chancellor L'Rell is overthrown by Thought Admiral Sturka. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

This is where alpha-canon characters are merged in.

• 2265: The Klingon High Council deliberates over attacking Starbase 47; instead Chancellor Sturka orders an investigation into the reasons behind the Federation's expansion into the Taurus Reach. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

• Late 2267: Councillor Gorkon, a political ally of Chancellor Sturka, attempts to convince him to pursue peace with both the United Federation of Planets and the Tholian Assembly; the proposal is rejected. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

• Late 2269: Chancellor Sturka is succeeded by Kesh. [Already embedded into SFC timeline.]

• 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 issues 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.