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K'Ehleyr was a female Klingon -human hybrid introduced in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Emissary , and the first wife of Worf .

She was portrayed by Suzie Plakson, who also portrayed Doctor Selar, a Female Q, and an Andorian named Tarah in other Star Trek related productions.

The product of a Klingon father and a human mother, K'Ehleyr was born in the first half of the 24th century. In the 2350s she was an emissary leading a group of Klingon cadets when she met a young Starfleet cadet named Worf . Working with Worf and the other cadets they were able to save a joint Klingon-Federation colony from an attack. She and Worf entered into a relationship in 2359 but didn't proceed as neither were ready to commit to a relationship.

K'Ehleyr and Worf met again in 2365 when K'Ehleyr was dispatched to the USS Enterprise -D to help deal with the Klingon ship IKS T'Ong , which had on an extended mission where the crew had been in cryosleep for over seven decades. The crew awoke not knowing the Federation and Klingons were now allies. Her visit forced her and Worf to confront their feelings for each other, and the pair made love after a Klingon exercise session on the holodeck, resulting in the conception of a child. Afterwards Worf wanted to immediately marry K'Ehleyr, but she refused to take the oath with Worf and become his wife.

Working with Worf and the Enterprise crew, the pair were able to successfully devise a means of peacefully resolving the situation with the T'Ong without having to destroy the vessel. K'Ehleyr boarded the T'Ong and spent the next three days bringing the Klingons up to speed on the 24th century until other Klingon ships could arrive and escort the T'Ong back to base.

Shortly after having her and Worf's child, who she named Alexander, K'Ehleyr was named the Federation 's ambassador to the Klingon Empire. She spent most of her time working out of the Federation embassy on Qo'noS, and Alexander never left the compound when he lived with her.

K'Ehleyr and Alexander accompanied the dying Chancellor K'mpec to meet Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise in 2367. With K'mpec dying the threat of a Klingon civil war was high as various contenders would fight for control of the Empire. She also wanted Worf to meet Alexander. Recently discommended by the High Council, Worf was unwilling to acknowledge K'Ehleyr as his wife nor acknowledge Alexander as his son.

Determined to figure out what happened to Worf, K'Ehleyr began her own investigations, which had the unfortunate effect of alerting Worf's enemy Duras when she used her diplomatic codes to access Klingon computer files on Duras and the Klingon High Council's inquiries into the Khitomer massacre. K'Ehleyr was then murdered by Duras. She died in Worf's arms with their son Alexander present. As this was the first time Alexander had seen someone die, Worf told him to look upon his mother's deceased form and always remember death. Boarding Duras's ship, Worf claimed the right of vengeance against Duras on the grounds that K'Ehleyr was his wife.

After her death K'Ehleyr's body was transported to Earth and buried in New York City's Woodlawn Cemetery. After Worf himself became Federation Ambassador to the Empire, he visited her grave for the first time. He told his friend Martok about K'Ehleyr during the Dominion War when Alexander joined the crew of the Rotarran during the war.

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“In ‘Reunion,’ Worf takes drama to Romeo and Juliet levels. K’Ehleyr reappears just long enough to introduce him to their son before she’s brutally murdered in her quarters. While she makes her journey to Sto-vo-kor, Worf roars at her bedside. His loss — past, present, and future — is palpable.” — 13 Of Star Trek's Most Romantic Moments, Ranked

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The Enterprise meets a Klingon battlecruiser and is surprised to find Ambassador K’Ehleyr on board, because normally John De Lancie’s the only guy who can turn up more than once in the same role. Although Worf feels embarrassed to greet his former fling/true love (depending on who you ask) because of his recent dishonouring at the hands of Duras and the Klingon Council, he soon forgets all that when she turns up with a child who looks a lot like a mini-Worf. Uh-oh.

K’Ehleyr warns Picard that Chancellor K’mpec is dying and wishes to see Picard. K’mpec reveals that one of the two candidates to succeed him has poisoned him. It’s either Gowron, or Duras. He asks that Picard arbitrate the succession battle and expose the dishonourable murder to help secure the future of the council. Then he dies off screen.

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Meanwhile, K’Ehleyr confirms to Worf that the boy, Alexander, is his son. She kept him secret because there’s already one annoying brat on the Enterprise and no-one wanted a second around, but Worf is upset because he doesn’t want his dishonour to pass onto the boy, as tradition dictates.

Both Gowron and Duras soon arrive at the Enterprise and are keen to move on to the bit where they fight for the leadership of the empire. Picard, still investigating the murder, stalls the proceedings by demanding they do the long, long version. Then a bomb goes off killing some of both Gowron and Duras’ aides, so now he has to investigate the attempted murder of at least one murderer. Cancel the shore leave, Riker, this one’s not getting done for a while.

When the crew discovers that the timer on the bomb was of Romulan origin, Picard gathers Gowron and Duras and gives them the bad news. Although neither is pleased to be in the same room as the dishonoured Worf, he gives them hell for being too dumb to notice obvious Romulan technology in the bomb that attacked them.

Throughout the episode, K’Ehleyr has been trying to discover the truth about Worf’s dishonour, and when he gets cold feet mid-way through the Klingon marriage oath (awkward) she takes it upon herself to do a little digging. She discovers the truth about Duras’ dishonour, which had previously been conferred to Worf to maintain the Empire (in the season 3 episode, Sins Of The Father . I hope you’ve seen both that and K’Ehleyr’s first episode, season 2’s The Emissary , otherwise none of this makes any sense). Her success is short-lived, however, because Duras’s Google Alert tells him he’s been rumbled, so he immediately goes to kill K’Ehleyr. No word on how he expected to get away with that, but we’re not dealing with a particularly calculating mind here.

Doctor Crusher reveals that she’s done a bit of CSI: Sickbay and found out the bomb was implanted in the forearm of one of Duras’ men. He’s bang to spacerights! All they have to do now is beam him directly to the brig, right? Right? Well, no. When Worf and Alexander return to their quarters, they discover K’Ehleyr on the brink of death. She implicates Duras with her dying words, and so Worf grabs the nearest Bat’leth and heads off for a fight.

By the time Picard & co. realise that Worf is gone, he’s already beating the hell out of Duras aboard someone else’s ship. Riker and Data turn up just in time to watch Worf impale him in the chest. It’s pretty badass, not to mention the first time Worf has actually won a fight that didn’t involve holograms.

Back on the Enterprise, Picard gives Worf a very stern talking to about how he can’t just go off killing potential political leaders simply because Klingon law allows it. He places a formal reprimand on Worf’s record, but sympathises with him by asking whether his father’s name can be cleared. Worf suggests that in time, it will be, and then he goes to tell Alexander that the adoptive human parents who raised him have agreed to raise Alexander as well, so thankfully he won’t have shoulder any actual responsibility that might impede future story decisions. He also admits the truth of Alexander’s parenthood, saying to him “Yes, Alexander, I am your father.” Say, that’s a good line, they should use that in some other star-based franchise.

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TNG WTF: Picard really drops the ball in this episode. On the one hand, he spends a lot of time telling Worf to suck up his dishonour and stop going on about how his tedious “culture” and “beliefs” are getting in the way of his work. But then when Worf kills a prospective heir the Klingon leadership he’s all like “I suppose we’ll have to put a black mark on your permanent record for this.” Sorry, WHAT? If you can’t rely on your chief security officer to not murder a powerful political force in a rival empire for reasons of personal revenge, he’s not really a very good security officer and should probably receive a little more than a slapped wrist.

TNG LOL: This episode is oddly (well, not that oddly) short on laughs. Though Worf’s face when K’Ehleyr arrives with Alexander in tow is pretty funny (as is the sight of a Klingon child, to be fair. It’s like a lion cub: aims for angry but hits adorable.

There is also a moment where Alexander is in his room and Worf and K’Ehleyr get called to the bridge. They both go to leave, which poses the question: who’s babysitting Alexander?

To Boldly Go: Investigating radiation anomalies in the Gamma Arigulon system. Well, someone’s got to.

Mistakes and Minutiae: This is the first episode written by Brannon Braga, Star Trek ‘s most prolific writer. He might’ve helped run the franchise into the ground by positioning Voyager and Enterprise with their noses dipped from day one, but when he was good, he was very very good. (He also wrote Sub Rosa , so when he was bad, he was horrid.)

Who’s That Face?: Robert O’Reilly plays Gowron. He’s played several Star Trek bit parts, but I’ll always enjoy his appearance as Kavok in the TNG video-board game (kids, ask your parents about Atmosfear .)

Time Until Meeting: 5:57. Right in there with K’Ehleyr briefing the senior staff on a potential civil war in the Klingon Empire.

Captain’s Log: Well. That’s one hell of an episode. If you ever needed proof that a Klingon-centric version of Star Trek might be a good idea, look no further than Reunion. It’s positively operatic in scope. You barely even notice that Data doesn’t learn anything about human nature or that no-one inverts any polarities. In many ways, it’s the forerunner to DS9, where this sort of plot would’ve been stretched over many episodes.

Perhaps what really makes it exciting are the irreversible changes it makes to the status quo, and the way it neatly sequelises two previous stories. This gives you the sense – one too often absent – that things aren’t going back to normal at the end. Sure, Alexander gets shipped off to limbo (where he will be recast) and they wouldn’t necessarily have to bring back Gowron again – but they definitely killed off a recurring character, even if it was only her second appearance. It’s been three years since a death that memorable on Star Trek , and K’Ehleyr was a much better character than Yar.

In fairness, it could’ve done with a little more room. It feels like the plot rushes onwards and as much as they do a good job of making Gowron seem threatening, there’s little concession made to making Duras anything other than the obvious candidate. A double episode could’ve given the characters more time to interact and built up Worf and K’Ehleyr’s romance a little more effectively, as well as Worf and Alexander’s relationship. It’s rare that TNG episodes feel overstuffed, but this one definitely does.

Props to Michael Dorn, too. Worf has always been one of TNG ‘s better-realised characters but by this point he’s absolutely nailed it

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When the leader of the Klingon High Council dies, Picard finds himself in the middle of the struggle for the now-vacant position. Meanwhile, Worf reunites with a past love, only to find he n... Read all When the leader of the Klingon High Council dies, Picard finds himself in the middle of the struggle for the now-vacant position. Meanwhile, Worf reunites with a past love, only to find he now has a son. When the leader of the Klingon High Council dies, Picard finds himself in the middle of the struggle for the now-vacant position. Meanwhile, Worf reunites with a past love, only to find he now has a son.

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• Trivia This is the first time a bat'leth is seen, mentioned or named. In subsequent episodes and spin-offs, this becomes a major part of Klingon culture.
• Goofs When Gowron meets K'Ehleyr in the observation lounge, the camera points toward the ceiling. The top of the wall/set is briefly visible in the upper right corner of the screen, showing that there is no ceiling.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [after Worf has refused to meeting K'Ehleyr with regard to his dishonor] Lieutenant, you are a member of this crew, and you will not go into hiding whenever a Klingon vessel uncloaks!

Lieutenant Worf : [agrees] I withdraw my request, sir.

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Biology [ ]

They were a large and physically powerful people with an average height of over 2.5 meters and weighed over 150 kilograms. ( TNG - Intelligence Gathering comic : " A Matter of Dates "; FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge )

The Kaylar were noted for their aggression and were capable of a battle-frenzy that made them hard to stop with non-lethal weapons. ( TNG - Intelligence Gathering comic : " A Matter of Dates "; FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge )

There were thought to be only around 100,000 Kaylar across Rigel VII in the late 23rd century . ( FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge )

Culture [ ]

The Kaylar of Rigel VII were rated D-plus on the Richter Scale of Culture ( ST references : Star Trek Maps , The Worlds of the Federation ), known as primitive and savage, while their civilization was limited to towns, some agriculture. ( FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge )

The Kaylar preferred to be nomadic and unsettled however, and slaves and mercenaries soon fell back to this state when their owners' empires collapsed. ( Decipher RPG module : Worlds )

They were strongly territorial and xenophobic, and by the late 23rd century there had never been a successful contact that didn't end in bloodshed. The Kaylar preferred their solitude. ( FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge ; ST reference : The Worlds of the Federation )

Aton , a 24th century Kaylar.

Their most advanced weapons were catapults, swords, spears ( FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge ) and other primitive hand weapons ( Decipher RPG module : Worlds ). Kaylar warriors and construction workers mid- 24th century wielded large swords and axes in addition to energy weapons . ( TNG - Intelligence Gathering comic : " A Matter of Dates ")

They were expert in the ways of Rigel VII's powerful and erratic tides, however, and many were skilled mariners. They could sail across the dangerous oceans on ships that were huge in size but quite light, long, narrow, and shallow-bottomed. They were also known for skills in construction. ( FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge ; TNG - Intelligence Gathering comic : " A Matter of Dates ")

The Kaylar also typically had heavily decorated left arms. ( TNG - Intelligence Gathering comic : " A Matter of Dates ")

History [ ]

The Kaylar were suspected to be originally native to Rigel V , but were taken as mercenaries and slaves and settled on Rigel II , IV , and VII , where they quickly returned to nomadic life-styles once their masters' empires collapsed. ( Decipher RPG module : Worlds )

In 2254 , a USS Enterprise landing party under the command of Captain Christopher Pike was attacked by the Kalar on Rigel VII. Two crewmen were killed in the attack, while one, Yeoman Zac Nguyen , was presumed dead but was in fact left behind on the planet. ( TOS episode : " The Cage "; SNW episode : " Among the Lotus Eaters ")

The memory of the Kaylar attack was used by the Talosians when they held Captain Pike of the Enterprise captive. To help draw Pike into the illusion his fellow captive, Vina , purposefully overplayed her role as damsel-in-distress to keep Pike from rationalizing the experience, too distracted defending her from the attacking Kaylar. ( TOS episode : " The Cage "; TOS novel : Burning Dreams )

In 2259 , the Enterprise revisited Rigel VII, where Pike found out that Nguyen survived and became a leader of the Kalar as "High Lord Zacarias". ( SNW episode : " Among the Lotus Eaters ")

Administrator Areen battling Lieutenant Worf.

In the 2360s , a group of over two hundred Kaylar, led by Administrator Areen , were involved in a joint venture with a group of unrelated Rigelians to establish a new Federation colony on the planet Votar VII . The Kaylar were contracted to provide construction and repair services for suitable compensation. In 2368 , the Rigelians attempted to renegotiate their contract with the Kaylar laborers and tried to force a lower rate of compensation upon them. The Kaylar refused the terms of the new contract and in response launched an attack on a dam and a power planet, "repossessing" the facility, and cutting the power it provided, plunging the colony into darkness.

The Rigelians believed that the Kaylar would destroy the dam if their demands weren't met, and prepared to abandon the colony. As Votar was a strategically important location to the Federation, Starfleet sent the USS Enterprise -D to mediate the dispute. Early attempts at diplomacy and a non-lethal assault led by Worf were met with resistance from the Kaylar as the Rigelians had convinced them the Federation would side with them and force the Kaylar out. Meanwhile, the Kaylar had no intention of destroying that which they'd built. Once these facts came to light, Worf was able to clear the waters and bring both sides to the negotiation table to find an amicable resolution to their dispute. ( TNG comic : " A Matter of Dates ")

Early Voyages continuity [ ]

After centuries of specialized breeding, the Kaylar developed to be quite different from the average Rigellian , being a good deal taller and stronger. ( EV comic : " Our Dearest Blood ")

Historically, the Kaylar played a major part in Rigel's warlike society. ( EV comic : " Our Dearest Blood ") In the 2250s , when Rigel VII sought to join the United Federation of Planets , the Kaylar faced being disbanded as Rigel attempted to move its society forward from its warlike routes. The Zemtar fortress , a traditional Kaylar barracks, was to be the site of Rigel VII's admission ceremony. ( EV comic : " Our Dearest Blood ")

However, Rigel VII did not join the Federation due to a Kaylar coup on the eve of the planet's admission. The Kaylar attacks lead to the deaths of three crewpersons from the USS Enterprise and injuries to seven others. The incident shocked much of Rigellian society, spurring them to continue their reformations, to remove the more barbaric elements of their society with the aim of eventually reclaiming its place in the Federation. ( EV comics : " Our Dearest Blood ", " Nor Iron Bars a Cage ")

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There have been differing depictions of Kalar or Kaylar over a number of sources. The ST references : Star Trek Maps , The Worlds of the Federation , Star Charts describe the "Kalar" or "Kaylar" as the dominant species of their homeworld, but describe them as primitive and pre-industrial, and have Rigel VII be an avoided and quarantined world (likely by the Prime Directive ) after failed first contacts. The Decipher RPG module : Worlds follows suit, but places on several worlds of the Rigel system , having them be the descendants of slaves and mercenaries deposited there by ancient masters (by context, these are likely to be of the Orion Empires ).

TNG comic : " A Matter of Dates ", set in the 24th century, has them as a somewhat civilized warrior people in their own right, employed in Federation colony construction, indicating a century of advancement. It also depicts Kaylar of much more typically humanoid sizes than in other appearances before SNW , which also has depicts them as identical to Humans.

On the other hand, the EV comic : " Our Dearest Blood " makes the Kaylar merely a sub-culture of the more advanced Rigelians, prospective Federation members at the time others place first contact.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation's  Lieutenant Worf might have had Klingon blood in his veins, but his Starfleet training and his adoptive human parents instilled in him a sense of forethought that served him well. He knew that not every challenge could be solved with his fists, or his trusty Bat'leth, which meant brainpower would have to do the trick.

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Worf made a number of incredibly smart decisions during the course of the show that not only averted catastrophes, but helped him grow as an officer, a father, and a Klingon warrior. As such, he became one of the most unique of his kind; a man who could fight to the bitter end and just as easily as outthink his enemies.

Killing The Klingon Fugitives

In the season 1 episode "Heart of Glory," audiences got a crash course on Klingon culture when the Enterprise brought three on board. Worf soon learned that they had commandeered a freighter in an attempt to strike out on their own, in direct opposition to the Empire.

Rather than fall prey to their promises of glory and battle, Worf stuck to both his Starfleet training  and his honor as a Klingon warrior. When it became clear that he couldn't talk their leader down, he shot him dead, much to the approval of a Klingon commander who had come to take them back to the homeworld.

Bonding With Jeremy Aster Through Klingon Custom

When young Jeremy Aster's mother was killed during an away mission accident in the season two episode "The Bonding," he withdrew into himself out of grief. He was later approached by what appeared to be his mother, but it was in fact an alien entity that had taken pity on him, and wanted to ease his sorrow.

Picard convinced Jeremy that the illusion of his mother would bring him nothing but emptiness. Later, Worf encouraged Jeremy to bond with him as a blood-brother, under his family's name. This act gave a young boy a sense of belonging, and societal support.

Accepting Discommendation And Exile

When Worf's father was accused of collaborating with the Romulans during the infamous Khitomer Massacre, he set out to clear his family's name. In the process, he discovered that Worf's father had been scapegoated by the Klingon Empire, to cover up the actual collusion between the Romulans, and the House of Duras.

Knowing that if the secret got out, that it could trigger a civil war within the Empire, Worf decided to accept discommendation, which effectively meant exile from his people. It was the hardest decision of his life, but it saved the quadrant from plunging into a costly and violent war, making it one of Worf's most badass moments on the show.

Raising Alexander On Board The Enterprise

After being exiled, Worf was reunited with his lover K'Ehleyr, who also brought Alexander, his young son, on board. A shocked Worf struggled with the notion of his son being forced to accept blame for his father's dishonor, though K'Ehleyr insisted that she didn't care.

When K'Ehleyr began poking around classified Klingon files to find out why Worf was exiled, she drew the attention of Duras, who killed her in cold blood. Worf got his revenge, but Alexander was suddenly left without a parent. Alexander went to live with Worf's adoptive human parents for a short time, but they realized he needed a father and a role model. The decision to raise him on board the Enterprise was turbulent and challenging, but Worf ended up cementing one of the most important relationships of his life .

Fighting In The Klingon Civil War

When the Klingon Empire was threatened with civil war, Worf decided to leave Starfleet, and serve on his brother's vessel under Chancellor Gowron's banner. The decision was a smart one, as the Romulans were ready to seize a key moment, and gain a foothold on the sector.

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Thanks to Worf's bravery, his honor was reinstated, his discommendation lifted, and his father's name cleared of the lies that Duras had spread. It also brought stability back to the Empire and drove out the Romulans who were collaborating with the Duras family.

Refusing Commander MacDuff's Orders

When the crew of the Enterprise had their memories wiped by alien technology, they were left in disarray. The aliens then deposited one of their own, disguised as Commander MacDuff, a fictional character designed to manipulate them into destroying their greatest enemy.

MacDuff tried to play on Worf's warrior instincts in an effort to gain his loyalty, but when the time came to fire on their vastly inferior enemy, he refused. This was a test of character for Worf, who was prone to going on the offensive during the slightest threat. Here, he stayed his hand, and kept his cool, saving many lives in the process.

Choosing Life Over Suicide

When Worf's spinal column was shattered during an accident, he was left permanently paralyzed. Under Klingon culture, ritual suicide was the only answer, which many considered one of his worst moments on the show . The trouble is, Worf had a young son to think of; one who wasn't interested in adhering to notions of Klingon warrior honor, or duty.

A morally ambiguous doctor convinced Worf to undergo a radical, and dangerous procedure that would replace his spinal column. He nearly died during the procedure, but managed to recover. He then went through a difficult rehabilitation period in order to learn how to walk again, with Alexander at his side, happy to help.

Having Fun On The Holodeck

Worf was all business, almost all of the time, and the concept of leisure was a rather foreign one. He did spend time on the Holodeck, but mostly to hone and sharpen his exceptional combat skills by fighting a series of aliens and monsters. To Worf, it was a way to sate his Klingon bloodlust, without taking any innocent lives.

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Alexander, on the other hand, was fascinated with fictional interactive stories, including one that took place in Earth's wild west. Though initially reluctant, Worf joined him on the Holodeck, pretending to be the Sheriff of a local town. He quickly grew to love the role and managed to bond with Alexander at the same time, even if a computer glitch nearly got them killed.

Allowing The Kahless Clone To Represent The Empire

When the extremely influential Klingon named Kahless had seemingly returned to lead the Empire, nobody was more shocked than Worf, who was going through a bit of a spiritual crisis at the time. Gowron was enraged, believing this character of Klingon legend to be an imposter sent to supplant his authority, and claim the Empire for himself.

Eventually, the truth came out - Kahless was a clone of the original Klingon folk hero. Rather than expose the farce, Worf convinced Gowron to use him as a figurehead to inspire the entire Klingon people, and give them hope for a new age. Gowron reluctantly agreed, and another potential catastrophe was averted.

Working With His Brother To Relocate An Alien Race

Worf's human brother Nikolai Rozhenko was a loose cannon, but a good man at heart. He loved Worf but had fallen out of favor plenty of times due to his recklessness. It came to a pinnacle when Nikolai violated the Prime Directive by integrating himself too closely to the Boraalan people, including fathering a child with one of them.

When the Boraalan world was threatened, it became necessary to relocate them to another planet. This involved a careful smoke and mirrors game that took place entirely on the Holodeck, masquerading itself as a perilous trek to a new land. Worf decided to aid Nikolai by pretending to be a fellow Boraalan in order to save the people from annihilation.

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• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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The Kalars , or Kalarans , were a species native to the planet Rigel VII in the Alpha Quadrant . Most were similar in build to average Humans , although some were notably larger. In the 23rd century , the Kalars were Bronze Age pre-warp warriors who primarily relied on weapons such as armor , swords , spears , pikes , and maces .

In 2254 , Captain Christopher Pike of the starship USS Enterprise had a violent encounter with a Kalar on Rigel VII, during which two of his own crew members were killed, seven were injured, and one was presumed dead and left behind. ( SNW : " Among the Lotus Eaters "; TOS : " The Cage ")

Captain Pike later blamed himself for this, claiming that his own complacency was the reason the Kalar had been able to successfully attack them. ( TOS : " The Cage ", " The Menagerie, Part I ")

Until 2259 , the civilization's growth was hampered by radiation from a crashed asteroid that was impeding memory development in the vast majority of the population. After returning to Rigel VII and becoming aware of the asteroid, the Enterprise lifted it off the planet, with Captain Pike dispelling any Prime Directive concerns by arguing that it was not part of the planet's natural development. ( SNW : " Among the Lotus Eaters ")

• 2.1 Appearances
• 2.2 Background information
• 2.3 Apocrypha
• 2.4 External link
• See : Unnamed Kalars

Appendices [ ]

Appearances [ ].

• " The Cage " ( illusion )
• " The Menagerie, Part I " (illusion; archive footage)
• SNW : " Among the Lotus Eaters "

Background information [ ]

The story outline for "The Cage" (as reprinted in The Making of Star Trek , pp. 47-65) includes an illusion similar to the one in which Pike is challenged with protecting Vina from this type of warrior. However, that early version of the scenario incorporates multiple such beings, described in the outline as "hairy manlike creatures," bipedal and armed with medieval weaponry that is not specifically described. ( The Making of Star Trek , p. 50)

In the second revised final draft script of "The Cage", the Enterprise 's commanding officer (at that point known as Captain James Winter) mentions the Kalar by saying its species name, during a discussion with Doctor Phil Boyce . However, the name "Kalar" is said only once in that episode's final version (in footage that was reused in " The Menagerie, Part II "), spoken by Vina , shortly before the reenacted battle scene. The conversation in which Pike talks about the Kalar with Dr. Boyce is still present in the final version of "The Cage" (as well as in " The Menagerie, Part I "), though he indirectly refers to it as "one of their warriors."

In the script for "The Cage", the sound produced by the Kalar is initially described as " a strange bellowing like a man-beast creature in a rage. " When the Kalar first appears in the episode, it is physically characterized as " a huge Neanderthal-like figure [....] It is humanoid, huge, hairy, with carnivore's fangs, clad in a strangely shaped armor breastplate and helmet, brandishing a deadly looking mace. "

In November 1964 , the Standards and Practices Department of NBC sent a memo which, as well as commenting on various other aspects of the script for "The Cage", politely advised that the production team "avoid camera angles that would feature the lance protruding from the giant creature's back" and "exercise caution when the creature falls to the compound below." ( Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry , pp. 207 & 208)

The name of this species is spelled "Kaylar" in the official reference book Star Trek Encyclopedia and the closed captioning on the 2005 DVD set erroneously interprets Vina saying the name as "killer" rather than "Kalar." However, the name is spelled "Kalar" in the script of "The Cage". James Blish , in his adaptation of "The Menagerie, Part I" and "The Menagerie, Part II" as "The Menagerie" in the book Star Trek 4 , also noted that the species was "Kalar." Blish worked from the actual scripts used in filming, noting that they were " heavily revised in various handwritings (and in which Pike confusingly appears from time to time as 'Captain Spring' and 'Captain Winter'). "

A Kalar was illustrated on the front cover of A Child's Garden of Lifeforms in Our Galaxy . ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion  (p. 579))

The reference books Star Trek Maps , The Worlds of the Federation and Star Trek: Star Charts , which all used the "Kalar" spelling, describe the Kalar as pre-industrial. Star Trek Maps (p. 29) and The Worlds of the Federation describe the species as rated D-plus on the Richter scale of culture , while Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 54) describes Pike's encounter as the first contact with the species, details the Kalar as being the dominant species of Rigel VII and characterizes the world as being quarantined without any aligned political system, pending development of warp drive . Whereas Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 54) gives Rigel VII a population of 725,000, Star Trek Maps (p. 29) cites a population of only 10,000 for the planet.

Apocrypha [ ]

The Star Trek: Early Voyages comic " Our Dearest Blood " greatly expands on Pike's original encounter with the Kalar, and Kalar culture in general. In the comic, the Kalar are shown to be a warrior caste in a humanoid Rigelian species. As Rigel VII aims to join the Federation , the Kalar are threatened with being disbanded and conduct a coup. The attacks made by the Kalar in the coup are those which lead to the casualties and fatalities described in "The Cage".

The novel Burning Dreams expands on Vina's point of view of the Talosian's illusory Kalar encounter. It describes her playing up to her role as damsel-in-distress to assist in the Talosians' plan to have Pike fall in love with her and stay on Talos. From her viewpoint, she screams melodramatically and purposefully knocks things over to attract the attention of the Kalar, to try and draw Pike into the illusion by being too distracted with defending her to rationalize the Kalar as not being real.

The Star Trek: The Next Generation - Intelligence Gathering issue " A Matter of Dates " depicts a group of Kalar co-founding a new Federation colony with the Rigelians in the 2360s . In the comic, the Kalar work as laborers, building and servicing the infrastructure of the colony. Unfortunately, the cooperative venture is soured when the Rigelians try to renegotiate their contract with the Kalar workers, to give the Kalar less compensation for their work. This act provokes the Kalar into repossessing the dam they had built, which provided power to the colony, which in turn leads Starfleet to send in the USS Enterprise -D to mediate the dispute.

Both comics and the novel used the spelling "Kaylar" for the name of the species.

According to the novel Tower of Babel , the Kalar were a racial group of Zami (the Vulcanoid Rigelian species mentioned in " Journey to Babel " and " Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges ") native to Rigel IV who terrorized and enslaved their neighbors in the pre-spaceflight era. After making first contact, the more technologically-advanced Jelna of Rigel V helped the Zami forcibly relocate the Kalar to Rigel VII.

External link [ ]

• Kaylar at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• 3 Erigah (episode)