A Cross-series Observation: If Klingons are such legendary warriors, why are they so easily defeated or dejected by Starfleet?

[Nerys Myk]

Which is most Klingon episodes



Indeed, yes. Reasonably, the Klingons are capable but the plot has them charge in to combat situations either unprepared to operate as a team, utilize melee weapons, or taken down by a blow to the guy then spine.

I prefer my Klingons to be sneaky intelligent bastards.

 

[fireproof78]

I prefer my Klingons to be sneaky intelligent bastards.

They gave it up for Klingon Lent.

 

[The Wormhole]

They have it up for Klingon Lent.

Which represents Kahless's sacrifices during his battle against Fek'lhr.

 

[The Wormhole]

There is 1x person sitting at the Science Station.

Which is all Starfleet has on their bridges.

Or massive "Engineering Departments" like StarFleet usually has.

They probably have a few Klingon Engineering Officers and call it "Good Enough".

We've seen Klingon engine rooms, they're usually staffed just as much as Starfleet ones are.

 

[CoveTom]

If I remember right, the Klingons were outnumbered and fighting in a ship they weren't familiar with.

No, thanks to the entity causing emergency bulkheads to seal, the Starfleet and Klingon forces were exactly evenly matched in terms of numbers. Further, the alien took away all the modern weaponry and made sure both sides were evenly matched with simple melee weapons.

 

[kkt]

No, thanks to the entity causing emergency bulkheads to seal, the Starfleet and Klingon forces were exactly evenly matched in terms of numbers. Further, the alien took away all the modern weaponry and made sure both sides were evenly matched with simple melee weapons.

That's right about balancing the numbers. Having only swords and bladed weapons probably favored the Klingons, I bet they practice with blades way more than Starfleet. (Except Sulu.)

 

[Nerys Myk]

That's right about balancing the numbers. Having only swords and bladed weapons probably favored the Klingons, I bet they practice with blades way more than Starfleet. (Except Sulu.)

Gotta be the inspiration for making the Klingons "blade happy."

 

[Firebird]

Klingon toughness is needs of the plot. Sort of like Starfleet security,

Which reminds me of a few related tropes:

The Worf Effect - TV Tropes

Want a quick way to show how dangerous one of your unknown characters is? Simple, make them do well or win in a fight with a character that the audience already knows is tough. This establishes them as willing to fight and marks them as …

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Worf Had the Flu - TV Tropes

This is the specific rationalization that an otherwise powerful character suffering from The Worf Effect or a Curb-Stomp Battle did so only because something (artificially) undermined their performance. The insinuation, of course, is that it …

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The Worf Barrage - TV Tropes

Much like The Worf Effect, The Worf Barrage is that attack that's supposedly all-powerful, ultra-destructive, and super-awesome, but in reality only serves as the "that" in No One Could Survive That!—because they just did. This is the thing …

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[The Wormhole]

TV Tropes clearly has a thing for Worf.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

TV Tropes clearly has a thing for Worf.

He's a "Trope-Setter" for a reason.

 

[Commander K]

You are basing this on a 130 year window where we have seen the Klingons in action. What about the thousands of years prior...they may have been undefeated and feared across the galaxy...perhaps we only see them at their most vulnerable in a small piece of their history but over the course of centuries they were likely formidable

 

[CorporalCaptain]

In the alternate reality seen in "Yesterday's Enterprise," different only because the Enterprise-C did not go back in time, the Klingons were going to defeat the Federation. We're supposed to conclude that they had that capability.