Klag
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| Klag | |
|---|---|
| Species: | Klingon |
| Gender: | male |
| Home planet: | Qo'noS |
| Affiliation: | Klingon Empire |
| Posting: | Pagh |
| Position: | second officer |
| Portrayed by: | Brian Thompson |
Klag, son of M'Raq, is a Klingon in the fictional Star Trek universe.
Klag first appeared in the TNG episode A Matter of Honor as the second officer of the Klingon spaceship Pagh, under the command of Captain Kargan. Starfleet Commander William Riker was temporarily assigned to the Pagh as first officer in the first ever human-Klingon officer exchange program.
Upon first meeting Riker, Klag said he did not trust him. Riker asked Kargan what he should do, and Kargan answered it was time for his first command decision. Riker challenged Klag to a duel, which Riker won. Klag and Riker had no further major disagreements during the episode.
In the TNG episode, Klag was played by Brian Thompson.
The character Klag was later reused by Star Trek book author Keith R. A. DeCandido in his Star Trek novels. Klag was promoted to captain his former commanding officer Kargan was killed when the Pagh crashed at Marcan V during the Dominion War. Klag also lost his right arm in the crash. His chief medical officer B'Oraq offered to replace it with a mechanical prosthesis, but Klag refused, saying it would dishonour him. However, B'Oraq insisted on healing her commanding officer, so Klag offered to transplant the right arm of his deceased father, M'Raq, onto him. B'Oraq agreed, and despite Klag's right arm being a couple of centimetres shorter than his left one, it is reasonably usable.
Klag was given command of a new Chancellor-class warship, the I.K.S. Gorkon, by chancellor Martok of the Klingon Empire. His younger brother Dorrek was also given command of a similar ship, the I.K.S. K'mpec. Klag's first mission aboard the I.K.S. Gorkon was to find a new planet suitable for conquest.
