Khitomer

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Khitomer
Class:	Class M planet
Location from Earth:	Romulan/Klingon border
Quadrant:	Beta
Affiliation:	Klingon Empire

In the fictional Star Trek universe, Khitomer (QI'tomer in Klingon) is a planet on the Klingon side of their border with the Romulan Star Empire, where historic peace talks (known as the Khitomer Accords) occurred between the two empires and the Federation in 2293.

Circa 2346, in an event that is referred to as the Khitomer Massacre, 4,000 Klingon colonists were killed by Romulans at the Khitomer Outpost as the result of Ja'rod's defection to the Romulans. Worf was the only known survivor of the massacre; his father Mogh was blamed for the betrayal. However, a second survivor, Worf's nursemaid Kahlest, came forward in 2366 as part of a bid to clear Mogh's name. Despite conclusive evidence exonerating Mogh, the truth was kept secret by the Klingon High Council due to the political influence of Duras, son of Ja'rod. A number of other Klingons from Khitomer were later discovered to have been captured and imprisoned by Romulans on penal colony Carraya IV. The Romulans had originally planned to trade them as hostages, but the Klingon government refused to believe that any Klingon warrior would be captured rather than fight to the death. These Klingons chose to live in exile on Carraya IV rather than dishonor their surviving families by revealing their POW status.