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* [[A Father to His Men]]: Klag, insofar as Klingon values and regulations permit, is extremely proud of his crew and does his best to encourage and uplift their efforts to succeed. Conversely, he also had no problem with [[You Have Failed Me...|killing anyone who proves incompetent]] per Klingon regulations, and he reacts to attempts to usurp his authority ''very'' harshly.
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Kurak. At one point, she refuses to believe that she has alcohol poisoning, because as far as she's concerned alcohol is only a poison to "weak" races such as humans. Usually Klingon physiology fights off the negative effects of alcohol, but she'd consumed so much that even Klingon biology couldn't cope.
* [[Anvilicious]]: About the time that an Elabrej separatist bemoans to the Klingons that the wealth of their planet is concentrated in "less than one percent of the population" (and the Klingons are actually horrified by this), it becomes pretty clear that [[Author Tract|the writer had a bat'leth to grind]].
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* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: The Elabrej, although in the scenes from their point of view they evaluate the humanoid Klingons along these terms. The Elabrej oligarchs are shocked to hear that Klingons can only see what is in front of them (or to the immediate side), due to having only two small organs on the front with which to experience vision.
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Dorrek and Klag.
* [[Call Forward]]: In ''A Burning House'', Klingon Imperial Intelligence reports that Neral's reign in the Romulan Star Empire is becoming increasingly unstable, and that he'll probably be replaced or deposed within the year. This is a [[Call Forward]] to ''[[Star Trek:
* [[Call to Agriculture]]: H'Ta, one of the elderly members of the ''Order of the Bat'leth''. Now a farmer, he much prefers fertilizer to blood and has no desire to leave when he receives Captain Klag's summons to battle.
* [[Combat by Champion]]: This is how the San-Tarah conflict will be resolved, as the final of five tasks which determine who gains control of the planet, the natives or the Klingon Empire. Captain Klag faces Me-Larr, pack leader of the dominant San-Tarah tribe, in the ritual circle.
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* [[What an Idiot]]: While discussing the nature of the Klingon aristocracy, one ''Bekk'' declares that Martok is "highborn in all but birth". One of the other Klingons quickly points out the oxymoronic nature of that statement.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: The San-Tarah are a [[Worthy Opponent]] to the Klingons, sharing their warrior ethic. Klag, Leskit and the crew are delighted to hear that the San-Tarah cannot even translate the word "peace" into their language.
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: General Kriz behaves like this towards the captains under his command. He is happy to shoot dead any captain who makes a fool of himself, or who fails to conquer new worlds for the empire. This is not unusual behavior; Klingon officers in general can put subordinates to death for failure at any time, although of course all but the most unhinged practice restraint.
** As Toq demonstrates in ''Diplomatic Implausibility'' (a prior novel featuring most of the ''Gorkon'' characters), it's not just superiors who can do this to inferiors. Toq declares that the second officer has failed Klag too many times and challenges him for the position.
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