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Encyclopedia > Kang (Star Trek)

Kang is a character from the fictional Star Trek universe. He was played by Michael Ansara, and was one of four Klingons from the original series to also appear on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The Enterprise boldly going where no man had gone before. ... The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ... Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ...

Kang is a dahar master, and an honored Klingon warrior whose adventures are retold in the great Klingon epic 'The Fall of Kang' by G'Trok. An excerpt from the song goes like this:

So honor the valiant who die 'neath your sword, But pity the warrior who slays all his foes.

Kang's inital appearance was in the Star Trek episode "The Day of the Dove." In this episode, Kang, his wife Mara, and 40 of his crew are rescued by the Enterprise from their wrecked ship. An alien force tries to make the Klingons and the Starfleet personnel to fight each other. Eventually Captain Kirk found out what was going on, and convinced Kang to stop fighting as well. Realizing the Klingons and the Enterprise crew are no longer willing to be manipulated, the alien force departs. Kang tells the alien force that "only a fool fights in a burning house."


Kang met Curzon Dax at the Korvat colony and became good friends with him, so much so that Kang named his firstborn "Dax". When the child was killed by a genetic mutation engineered by the Albino, Kang swore a blood oath of revenge with Kor, Koloth and Curzon Dax, which they fulfilled on 2370. Kang died during this engagement. Curzon Dax is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe. ...


Kang faced Captain James T. Kirk in combat, and later Captain Hikaru Sulu. Kang appeared in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Flashback" in which Tuvok remembers his time serving under Sulu's command. Like Kor and Koloth, Kang has appeared both as a ridgeless Klingon in the original series and as a ridged Klingon in the TNG era. But Kang is the only Klingon to appear retcon with ridges in the original series movie era (by means of "Flashback"). James Tiberius Kirk, a fictional character in the Star Trek television series, was the captain of the Starship Enterprise (NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A). ... Hikaru Sulu is a character in the original Star Trek series, played by George Takei. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, Tuvok (a Vulcan character played by Tim Russ) was head of security and chief tactical officer on USS Voyager. ... Retroactive continuity – commonly contracted to the portmanteau word retcon – refers to the act of changing previously established details of a fictional setting, often without providing an explanation for the changes within the context of that setting. ...


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