| Year |
Event
|
| 515 |
Veska clan founded on the Northern Continent of the
Homeworld. |
| 790 |
Kahless
leaves the service of Molor. |
| 800 |
Kahless unites the Klingon
people by defeating the tyrant Molor. |
| 822 |
Kahless
steps down and Anag becomes Emperor. |
| 1372 |
The Homeworld is invaded by the Hur'g.
These "outsiders" pillage the planet and loot many cultural artifacts
including the Sword of Kahless. |
| 1492 |
Medieval Klingons finally defeat the Hur'g and
capture their advanced technology. |
| 1509 |
A nuclear weapon is used for the first and last time
on the Homeworld. |
| 1616 |
"The Great Diaspora" begins and the warring Houses leave the
Homeworld to establish the Klingon Empire among the
stars. |
| 2050 |
First
contact with the Romulan Star Empire. War immediately follows. |
| 2053 |
War
with Romulans ends with heavy losses for both
sides and no clear victor. |
| 2069 |
The
reign
of the last Klingon Emperor is over. Hereafter family lines rule the Empire through the institution of the
High Council. |
| 2107 |
The planet Veska is colonized near Orion
space initially as a Star Fortress along what will later become the
Federation border . |
| 2130 |
Juhara moves to become leader of House Veska after defeating
Koroth in personal combat. |
|
2156-2160 |
First
Federation/Romulan War. |
| 2188-2196 |
First Klingon/Kzinti War (sometimes called the
Demon War). Results inconclusive. Heavy Klingon casualties, Juhara killed and Juharas son, Klizad, named new House Leader. |
| 2196 |
Klizad offered position on High
Council but dies in route to the Homeworld. Quorel becomes leader of House
Veska. |
| 2207
|
Klingon
vessels first encounter Federation ships but the Federation does not learn
of the Empire's existence for another 11 years. |
| 2209-2212 |
Second Klingon/Kzinti War, one quarter of
the fleet is destroyed. |
| 2213 |
Quorel assassinated due to poor
leadership and lack of military prowess. Doleth
becomes Leader of House Veska. |
| 2218 |
The IKV Devisor, pursuing Klingon rebels, encounters the
USS Sentry. The Federation believes this to be their first contact with the
Empire but Klingon ships had been raiding Federation shipping for years.
|
| 2217 |
Due to technology developed by House Veska the High Council
appoints several
House members to front the new Military Technology Branch (MTB). |
| 2219 |
The MTB develops plans for X-22 Bird of
Prey and construction begins a year later. |
| 2229-2237 |
Third Klingon/Kzinti (Demon) War. |
| 2230 |
An emissary from the Federation, Dr. Tagore, travels
to the Klingon Homeworld.
|
| 2235 |
Dr. Tagore and the Klingon Captain Krenn are
successful in defusing a major conflict between the Federation and the
Klingon Empire. In spite of this relations continue to degenerate,
giving rise to 70 years of unremitting hostility.
|
| 2242 |
Battle
of Donatu V is fought near Sherman's Planet. |
| 2245 |
The
Federation research outpost at Archanis IV is destroyed, a diversion that
allows a Klingon task force to penetrate deep into Federation space to set
up a forward base at Axanar. |
| 2247-2250 |
The Four Years War. War ends with Axanar peace
mission. |
| 2253 |
X1-22 Bird of Prey prototype under construction
in Veska orbital shipyards, under MTB supervision, to replace losses
during the war. |
| 2260-2261 |
Second Federation/Romulan War results in Neutral Zone establishment.
|
| 2266 |
Technology exchange treaty between the Klingons and the Romulans
allows each side to focus on the greater perceived threat posed by the
Federation. Klingons supply warp
technology and ships to Romulans in exchange for cloaking technology. |
| 2267 |
Another Klingon/Federation War ends before it begins with
the
Organian Peace Treaty. Imposition of the treaty and establishes the
Klingon Neutral Zone and the collective
colony at Nimbus III.
|
| 2264-2268 |
Fourth Klingon/Kzinti (Demon) War. |
| 2268
|
The
USS Enterprise violates the
Romulan Neutral Zone to steal a cloaking device. Soon thereafter, the Treaty of Algeron precludes
any development of cloaking technology by the Federation. The Klingon Empire is not affected by this
agreement and the MTB refits all the X1-22 with cloaking devices and they
are re-introduced as the K-22 Bird of Prey.
|
| 2269 |
House Leader Doleth dies in
his chambers of old age.
The
Wars of Internal Dissension sweep the Empire.
A
Federation free trader unleashes a plague of tribbles upon an Imperial
world. Captain Koloth pursues the trader and is successful in recovering
the genetically engineered predator designed to eradicate the tribbles.
|
| 2270 |
Kevmor and Kalen vie for control of House Veska.
Through
personal combat, Kalen wins. |
| 2271
|
The
V'Ger entity passes through Klingon space, destroying the IKV Amar and two
other battlecruisers.
Klingon
forces under Captain Kor decisively defeat Romulan forces in the fierce
hand to hand Battle of Klach D'Kel Brakt.
|
| 2275 |
The Fire Blossom travels to Direidi in the
Organian Treaty Zone to secure mining rights to the largest dilithium
deposit in the region. |
| 2285 |
Klingon
spies obtain information about the Federation's Genesis device. A
K-22 Bird
of Prey scout commanded by Kruge is captured and
its crew is killed by Adm. Kirk. This marks the first
positive Federation evidence that the Klingons have developed cloaking
technology.
|
| 2286 |
Klingon
Ambassador
to the Federation, Kamarag, demands the extradition of Kirk but is refused.
Gorkon,
supported by General Chang, challenges for the leadership of the High
Council and the Empire is again plunged into civil war.
|
| 2287 |
Earth
deep space probe Pioneer 10, launched
two centuries earlier from Earth, is destroyed by a Klingon Bird of Prey.
The
social experiment on Nimbus III, created after the imposition of the Organian
Peace Treaty, finally fails.
|
| 2289 |
Federation
negotiator Curzon Dax, a Trill, negotiates with Kang over the Korvak
Colony.
Designs submitted by the MTB to the High Council for D-32 Strong Bird.
The design is accepted and production begins soon after. |
| 2290 |
Several battlecruisers refitted by the MTB
as sleeper ships are launched on extended missions.
|
| 2292 |
The
MTB develops a Bird of Prey that can fire its weapons
while cloaked. |
| 2293 |
The
Klingon moon Praxis explodes.
Gorkon,
Chancellor of the High Council, is assassinated and is succeeded by his daughter Azetbur.
The Khitomer Conference finalizes peace overtures between the Federation
and the Empire. |
| 2294 |
Ambassador
Kamarag engineers a series of raids across the Neutral Zone escalating in
a full scale attack with his private fleet. He is also linked
to a simultaneous coup against Chancellor Azetbur's
government. The plot fails and Kamarag kills
himself. |
| 2297 |
First
Klingon contact with Ventax II. |
| 2311 |
The
Tomed Incident marks the last Federation contact with the Romulans for
many years. |
| 2313 |
K'empec ascends to
lead the leadership of the Klingon High Council. |
| 2315-2219 |
Border skirmishes with Romulans on the rise and
leads to open battles in the "Triangle." |
| 2331 |
Skirmish with the Cardassians results in the loss of one
ship. |
| 2344 |
The Federation starship USS Enterprise-C is
destroyed defending the Klingon outpost on Naraendra III from Romulan
attack. While the Khitomer Conference laid the foundations historians
mark this as the keystone event towards the Federation/Klingon
alliance. |
| 2346 |
Romulan forces attack the Klingon outpost on Khitomer.
Four thousand Klingons are killed and 100
are captured. It is clear
at this point that the Romulans have embarked on a major campaign to destabilize
the Empire.
|
| 2351
|
The
Class D-12 Bird of Prey is retired from service due to faulty plasma
conduits. |
| 2352 |
Veska Council Member Moaggh assassinated.
The peace
overtures began at the Khitomer accords six decades earlier are finally
bound into a treaty between the Federation and the Empire.
|
| 2353 |
Veskan Council Member Jooth assassinated, Capt. Boroth and Capt.
MaK'ar appointed to sit on House Council. |
| 2354 |
Duras surprise attack on Veskan outpost Mol'Kai killing all.
Veska attacks Duras. |
| 2358 |
Second battle at HoH yotlh. Veskan fleet wins, destroying 8
Romulan War Birds.
The
Empire and the Federation enter a co-colonial venture on Dantar IV. The colony is attacked by Brikar forces attempting to drive a
wedge in the alliance and to protect a secret armament stockpile there.
Cadets, lead by Worf and K'Ehleyr, uncover the plot and save the
colony.
|
| 2361 |
Worf,
son
of Mogh, becomes the first Klingon to graduate from Starfleet Academy. |
| 2362 |
House Veska members Kore and Morack killed in skirmish by Duras.
Kang
meets the former wife of the Albino on Dayos IV.
|
| 2364 |
Koram attains leadership of House Veska and appoints
K'oh, Qag, and Qugh to sit on the House Council.
Klingon
rebels commandeer a Talarian freighter and are killed aboard the USS Enterprise-D attempting
to escape extradition.
|
| 2365 |
Chancellor K'mpec refuses to admit evidence
implicating House Duras of betrayal to the Empire. Evidence
is presented that Mogh betrayed Khitomer to the
Romulans and he is judged a traitor. K'mpec suppresses information
that would exonerate Worf's father while
implicating the powerful Duras clan.
Federation
Cmdr. William Riker serves for a brief time as first officer on the Bird
of Prey Pagh.
Klingon development of interphase cloaking is
shown to be unreliable after several accidents. The project is abandoned
but it is unclear whether there is any connection to the Federation's
covert development of interphase cloaking in 2357.
The
sleeper ship T'ong reactivates and, ignorant of the
alliance, threatens Federation holdings.
|
| 2366 |
Chancellor K'empec dies of poison. Gowron
vies for leadership of Klingon High Council but is challenged by the by the
sisters Lursa and B'Etor. They intend to install the illegitimate son of
Duras, Toral, as leader of the High Council.
House Veska aligns with
Gowron in another Klingon Civil War. By the end of the war the House Veska
fleet and leadership is completely destroyed after a sneak attack on their orbital
shipyards by the Duras and the Romulans. The planet side citadel is
also destroyed but not captured.
Federation forces prevent Romulan supplies
from reaching Duras' forces, allowing Gowron to prevail. House Veska begins to
rebuilds Klagg, D'ahlkris, Q'veq, and Krigg take control and Khoragh is appointed as House Leader.
Ensign Ke'vheq is assigned to Imperial Intelligence and Korgh, K'Dhenz,
Karreal, and K'tong are appointed to the Veska Council.
Qo'rroQ returns to House Veska
after a sleeper ship mission and marries Veqa.
|
| 2367 |
Battle
of Wolf 359. Klingon ships are called on to assist in repelling a Borg
attack on Earth.
K'var attempts to dishonor House Veska and flees
to found another Klingon House. Ensigns Kyrik and Klagg follow him and both
join House K'rawl.
Following this treason
Veska Council goes through reorganization - SeHtor is assigned
to 3rd Seat. Korgh steps down from Fourth Seat and K'Dhenz takes his vacated seat.
Klingon High Command approves plans for new ships and the MTB begins construction
of the Negvar class.
Kriosian rebels, seeking independence from
the Empire, launch attacks on neutral Ferengi and Cardassian freighters.
Governor Vogh charges the Federation with complicity but evidence is
revealed implicating the Romulans. Also a
Klingon
exchange technician, JDan, accesses restricted information aboard the
Enterprise-D and
is able to deliver that information to the Romulans.
|
| 2368 |
House Veska signs treaty of
non-aggression with House K'rawl.
House Veska enters a confederation with Deep Space 18, the USS Wind Spirit,
the USS Omega
Glory, the USS Pioneer and the IKE First Fleet as part of the Grand
Alliance. This Alliance will collapse within two years when members
of the Pioneer are revealed to be embezzling funds.
|
| 2369 |
A
clone of the original Kahless appears at Borath. He is elevated to the
title of Emperor, a political figurehead and spiritual leader, but the real
political power remains with Chancellor and the High Council.
Klingon
survivors of Khitomer, captured by the Romulans in 2346, are discovered in
a prison camp on Carraya IV. The children of these survivors
are permitted to leave.
Ke'vheq is asked to serve on the House High Council. B'tara is
also elected to the council but when K'ahloq does not gain a council seat
he leaves the House and forces his wife, Bneya, to leave with him.
|
| 2370 |
The
cruiser Toh'Kah, returning
through the Bajoran wormhole from the Gamma Quadrant, is destroyed as a
result of a power struggle amongst the crew. It is determined that
this conflict was telepathically induced.
After
80 years, Kor, Kang, Koloth and Dax finally catch up to the one known as
'The Albino'. Kang and Koloth are killed, but not before fulfilling
their oath and killing the murderer of their sons. Kor is appointed Klingon ambassador to Vulcan.
|
| 2371 |
General
Martok is captured by the Dominion and replaced by a changeling. It
is also discovered that House Veska leader General Khoragh was also
captured and replaced by a changeling. The
imposters are destroyed and D'ahlkris assumes the First Council Seat and
leadership of House Veska. Gowron declares the Federation/Klingon peace treaty is ended and
attacks the Cardassian Union. The
Empire commits 1/3 of its military to an invasion of Cardassia. The
Cardassian fleet is warned by the Federation and Klingon forces attack the Federation station Deep Space Nine.
The invasion is unsuccessful but foreshadows the
greater war to come against the Cardassians and their Dominion
allies.
Klingon
forces destroy the outpost on Korma, the site of a conference between
Cardassian and Bajoran diplomats. A Bird of Prey, captured by Gul Dukat, embarks on raids against the Empire.
D'Har Master Kor recovers
the lost sword of Kahless from the Hur'g homeworld in the Gamma
Quadrant. Realizing this powerful
symbol could plunge the Empire into civil war, they set the sword adrift
in deep space.
The
Duras sisters, Lursa and B'Etor are both are killed during combat
with the Federation starship USS Enterprise-D.
The
House of Kozak, a wealthy and influential line within the Empire, falls
when its leader is killed by a
Ferengi on the Federation station Deep Space 9.
An
ancient scroll written by Kahless the Unforgettable is discovered on the
Homeworld. It refutes the mythic tales of the first Emperor's rise
to power. A plot by High Council member Unarrh to discredit Kahless and overthrow Gowron is defeated.
|
| 2372 |
House Veska enters formal alliance with House
Septaric.
The Klingon Empire joins the Federation, and eventually the Romulans,
to battle the Dominion invasion of the Alpha Quadrant.
The IKV Dark Fire is found abandoned and sabotaged by its captain, Karg. Karg
is forced to leave House Septaric (his fourth House) in disgrace.
|
| 2373 |
House Veska signs mutual defense treaty with House Pach'a'.
General Martok, recently escaped from a Dominion internment camp, is
assigned as commander of all Klingon military forces.
Capt. Ke'vheq is promoted by unanimous council vote to the House rank of General, only the third
House member to ever achieve
this rank in modern history.
The Cardassian Union joins the Dominion and their combined fleet drives the
Klingons from their Cardassian holdings.
The Federation station Deep Space Nine is evacuated and occupied by the
Dominion.
|
| 2374 |
Deep Space Nine is retaken from the Dominion\Cardassian Axis.
The MTB begins construction of an artificial
wormhole to connect the Empire to the Gamma Quadrant.
House Veska enters formal alliance with Houses KorDas, Krell, Bokturas
and the House of Quree.
General Martok ascends to the Chancellorship of the Klingon High
Council after the death of Gowron. Martok pledges a new age for the
Empire and a return to the honest ideals of the Klingon people.
In the wake of scandal and corruption sweeping the Empire the House Veska High Council is
violently dissolved in a military coup d'etat led by Ke'vheq and K'tara.
D'ahlkris is deposed following her misappropriation of funds which
had been raised for war orphans. In
disgrace the former council members all flee into exile with her.
The traitors eventually try to form a new House called voltron (?) but it
collapses within a year of its founding.
The MTB completes the artificial wormhole.
The Dominion surrenders and House Veska leads the Klingon expansion
into Gamma Quadrant.
|
|
2375 |
Khoragh returns. After his capture and eventual escape from the Dominion he chose to stay in the Gamma Quadrant to
fight behind enemy lines during the Dominion War.
A new House Veska High Council is seated and Khoragh regains the title
of Epetai. Ladies Destiny, M'rad, Quam-jot-tu, K'tara and K'Debwov all
step forward to serve on the new House Council. Kurak, taj'Iw quv, Qossaq and tIq'batlh
also serve and Ke'vheq is named as the new Line Proctor.
The Federation proposes that the Gamma Quadrant remain "off
limits" to the victorious allies of the Alpha Quadrant. Despite the
Federation proposal Veskan forces, reinforced through the
artificial wormhole over planet Veska, begin the conquest of the Trazik
Confederation in the Gamma Quadrant.
The MTB launches the IKV voDleH mInDu (Eyes of the Emperor) with
advanced new weapon systems and ablative armor. Lt. Kurak is
appointed captain and he names Taj'Iw quv as his executive officer.
They are immediately
successful in the Trazik conflict capturing an enemy command cruiser
during their first engagement.
|
|
2376 |
Lt. Cmdr. Qossaq sutai-Veska, Commander of the IKV naSghol, is awarded the
Superior Service medal
for his commitment to the Empire. The MTB begins experiment with a "Trans-Dimensional"
drive.
Dejinaera accepts command of the IKV Vendix Siren. DavI' takes command of the IKV Swift Strike.
Morak takes command of the IKV Heart of Fire. K'vor takes command of the IKV Sto-vo-kor.
The training vessel IKV voDleH mInDu is sacrificed to seal the
artificial wormhole between the Beta and Gamma Quadrants over planet
Veska. The surviving crew members are reassigned but several
House members are trapped on the other side of the galaxy.
Kurak retires from active duty following the destruction of his
ship. Taj'Iw quv is indicted for incompetence and also retires,
except in disgrace.
|
|
2377 |
House Veska enters formal alliance with House
MarStoq.
KoraH takes command of the IKV Sons of Honor.
K'jIm takes command of the IKV Sword of Kahless.
Work on the Trans-dimensional drive is complete and fitted aboard
the Vendix Siren. Work begins on a new artificial wormhole to the
Gamma Quadrant.
Destiny, M'rad, and Quam-jot-tu retire from the High Council and
Kratnor, KoraH and Dejinaera step forward to take their seats. The
council approves Ke'vheq's ascension to the First Council Seat and he
accepts the title of epetai from Khoragh who retires permanently.
The Undiscovered Country...
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