Star Trek has spent almost 60 years delivering the ins and outs of Starfleet and the Federation , detailing the history of its greatest triumphs and greatest crises . But one of its most enduring factions has had its structure shrouded in mystery and myth for almost that entire period too… and no, it’s not the Romulans. It’s the Klingon Empire.

The Klingons have been one of Star Trek ‘s most fleshed-out alien species —charting their evolution from sworn enemy to stalwart but begrudging ally—and in that time we’ve had plenty of stories about the political machinations at play within their borders. But just how the Klingon Empire has existed and operated for thousands of years has long been obfuscated. Much of what we know surrounding Klingon society as it would be codified for m

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