Given the inordinate number of Star Wars posts, I only feel that it is proper to pay homage to my true calling, the Klingon Empire. Ever since the first original Star Trek episode "Errand of Mercy" with Kor, my heart has always been Klingon. This is even more true with the evolution of Klingons in Next Generation to an honorable and proud race. One of my favorite scenes is the in the episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" where the crew is subject to an alternate timeline involving the Enterprise-C. The Enterprise-C goes through a time rift in its own time and appears in the time of the Enterprise-D, altering the Enterprise D's future, which now involves a war with the Klingons instead of an alliance. We learn that in the Enterprise C's time, they are supposed to be destroyed defending a Klingon outpost against a Romulan attack. This incident, which the Klingons viewed as most honorable, was a key in forging the Federation/Klingon alliance. This episode tells us how highly and how prized the Klingons view honor.
In looking for informtion on the upcoming science fiction convention, BabelCon '07, I discovered there is a Klingon ship and crew in Louisiana, the Imperial Klingon Vessel (IKV) Bayou Serpent. The commander is Ri'Par sutai-bortaS, who was kind enough to welcome me in the crew. I took a Klingon name, B'ehrmaq, and proceeded to cobble together a Klingon uniform. The goal was to be in full Klingon uniform for the BabelCon '07. I would have gone to the convention anyway, but one of the guests was going to be Robert O'Reilly, who played Gowron in TNG and DS9.
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