If only the Klingon DSC stuff usually worked.
Too soon?
Too soon?
Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 2x03 - "Point of Light"
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Step 1: Introduce some Klingons in the background with less Klingon features. Slight ridges, smoother hands, human skin. Increase this as the show continues.
Step 2: Introduce a squad of ridgeless Klingons (still Klingon-style hair, odd skin, and clawed hands), and mention that they are a subrace of Klingons who were infected with a genetic virus 100 years ago. No need to go further than that.
Step 3: This squad is L'rell's personal guard, and are put in charge of the D7 project. They begin reforming their uniforms to TOS style (but not all the way) and shorten their long hair to a more military style. There's is the new official look of Mother's Defence Forces.
Step 4: original Discovery Klingons, and neo-TNG Discovery Klingons are seen less and less as we see the new neo-TOS Discovery Klingons on all the advance ships. Klingons aren't really focused on much more as we move to other antagonists.
L'rell will be deposed/executed/martyred, and Klingons might primarily show up on the Section 31 show.
As a visual reimagining, Klingons don't have to be 1:1 with Humans or even original TOS Klingons. They just have to look different enough and ridgeless enough from regular Klingons to satisfy dialogue in Trials and Tribble-ations and the the Enterprise Klingon augment episodes.
Step 2: Introduce a squad of ridgeless Klingons (still Klingon-style hair, odd skin, and clawed hands), and mention that they are a subrace of Klingons who were infected with a genetic virus 100 years ago. No need to go further than that.
Step 3: This squad is L'rell's personal guard, and are put in charge of the D7 project. They begin reforming their uniforms to TOS style (but not all the way) and shorten their long hair to a more military style. There's is the new official look of Mother's Defence Forces.
Step 4: original Discovery Klingons, and neo-TNG Discovery Klingons are seen less and less as we see the new neo-TOS Discovery Klingons on all the advance ships. Klingons aren't really focused on much more as we move to other antagonists.
L'rell will be deposed/executed/martyred, and Klingons might primarily show up on the Section 31 show.
As a visual reimagining, Klingons don't have to be 1:1 with Humans or even original TOS Klingons. They just have to look different enough and ridgeless enough from regular Klingons to satisfy dialogue in Trials and Tribble-ations and the the Enterprise Klingon augment episodes.
That would work for me. Close enough and as long as you can tell they look a lot more human and have no head ridges then I say go with it!
That could work. Although I think we'll see a mix of DSC, "TNG", and "TOS" Klingons throughout, if they went this route.
The TOS Klingons are never seen again after TOS. So something would have to happen there. Either they're dejected or forced to change back to TNG Klingons under the threat of death. Something.
Kang, Kor and Koloth clearly underwent reconstructive surgery or a medical reversal procedure to regain(or gain for the first time)their DS9-era head ridges so some of them remain prominent warriors and commanders with lots of respect and power. By around 2289 Kang is involved in high-level peace negotiations with the Federation and diplomats like Curzon Dax and didn't seem to have suffered any career blowback from his years without ridges.
If I recall correctly, General Chang, while he definitely had head ridges, they weren't as pronounced as most Klingons.
I think the reason we have not seen Kor or his father Rynar thus far in DSC is that Kol-Sha and Kol regarded them with the same disdain Kol showed to Voq, and with both of those two dead, there's now an opening and an opportunity for Rynar and Kor to transcend their second-class/outcast status and rise into positions of power and influence both within their House and the wider Empire.
There you go. Still retaining some of the aftereffects of the Augment Virus but regaining enough visible head ridges to no longer be categorized as an Augment warrior.
To them, it is honorable not to do honor.
[somewhere, Muddbot Norman blows up thinking about this]
Edit to add: It was just a coincidence how this related to Neyrs Myk's post above about Norman Muddbot.
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Phlox finally found a “cure” for them.
Or Dr. Antaak did if he managed to live long enough!
His grandson was the Klingon Ambassador, so yes.
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Captain's Log, Stardate 1902.03: We're in the third week of our escape from Off-Season Exile. It's with a fine sense of historical irony that another thread came up with a list of names for the Enterprise's First Officer.
How about Disco just drops the Klingons? It's the weakest part of the series.
Damage control is easy. Ditching the Klingons...that's hard!
We could learn a thing or two from this flea trap. It cost us a lot in Flame Wars.
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