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• "Blood & Honor" (unpublished LUG sourcebook), Chapter 2: Klingon History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 (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.

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

• 2311: Azetbur, Chancellor of the Klingon High Council, is assassinated by a mentee of General Kaarg, who 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.