Kronos One

[Sci]

Well, for whatever it's worth, the novel A Singular Destiny by Keith R.A. DeCandido establishes that the Federation President's dedicated starship is called Paris One. We know that Chancellor Gowron used a ship called the I.K.S. Bortas. And in various novels, Chancellor Martok uses a Negh'Var-class starship called the I.K.S. Sword of Kahless.

So my theory is that Qo'noS One was not actually its name, but was, instead, the Federation designation for that ship -- paralleling their use of Paris One. No doubt Chancellor Gorkon would have used something suitably badass -- I.K.S. Blood of Molor or some such.

 

[Timo]

To be sure, it was Gorkon himself who first said "This is Kronos One. I am Chancellor Gorkon."!

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Tiberius]

No doubt Chancellor Gorkon would have used something suitably badass -- I.K.S. Blood of Molor or some such.

Really? After their most hated tyrant? Isn't that a bit like Israel naming their latest naval vessel "The Blood of Adolf Hitler"?

 

[Sci]

To be sure, it was Gorkon himself who first said "This is Kronos One. I am Chancellor Gorkon."!

Timo Saloniemi

Federation designation he was using for the sake of diplomacy.

No doubt Chancellor Gorkon would have used something suitably badass -- I.K.S. Blood of Molor or some such.

Really? After their most hated tyrant?

Sure, why not? After all, "Blood of Molor" means that his blood was spilled, by Kahless the Unforgettable. It's a way of saying, "the defeat of Molor."

 

[Satyrquaze]

To be sure, it was Gorkon himself who first said "This is Kronos One. I am Chancellor Gorkon."!

Timo Saloniemi

But did Gorkon spell it that way?

 

[Uxi]

I just wish the new Klingon ship had been something other than another Bird of Prey. A new design D-8, D-9, or D-10 Fed designation and "whatever the Klingons call it."