>>Every time I start to think I actually like the Klingons, I'm reminded
>>of the fact that they have a deeply sick culture. :)
>
>There's some exploration of that in the story this is a piece of,
>actually.

I'll be interested to read it! One of my favorite scenes in DS9 was when Ezri straight up tells Worf "the Klingon Empire is dying, and I think it deserves to die."

Times have been tough for old-guard Klingons in UF lately, one imagines. There was the whole Klingon Republic thing, and if I recall correctly the Empire had to accept a number of reforms as a condition of reunion that moved it away from the whole "rule by the strongest and most brutal" thing Klingons are known for. And then Klayvor's attempt to undo all that in one fell swoop didn't precisely work out either.

>>You know, I actually lost track of B'Elanna awhile back. Curious as to
>>the circumstances that could ever get her to serve on a Klingon ship,
>>as if I recall correctly she wasn't precisely all that enamored of the
>>Empire.
>
>She explains her reasoning fairly well in the scene back in Prelude
>in A Minor wherein she signs up:

And there she is! Thanks, Ben. Now I'm caught up.

(It can be tough to keep track of your cast. :)

>As an aside, Chief of Staff Krattak sort of stole the scene he's in
>for me, because he's sort of the Klingon converse to Maximilian Chin
>XVII - the master bureaucrat and logistician, indispensable to those
>he ostensibly serves, calm, unflappable, always polite... and
>incredibly dangerous within his own native context. (Which
>Chin totally is too, it's just... less obvious.)

Oh man, now I totally want to read about this guy, because I just love that breed of character.

-Merc
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