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37 years after Lieutenant Commander Worf ( Michael Dorn ) made his debut as Starfleet ’s first Klingon inStar Trek : The Next Generation , Star Trekstill has n’t had any other full - full-blooded Klingon Starfleet officers . Worf was extremely visible as a Starfleet Klingon , and had an illustrious career that check that visibleness . Worf was promoted to Chief of Security on the USS Enterprise - D after the death of Lt . Tasha Yar ( Denise Crosby ) , became a Strategic Operations Officer onStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , and reunify with the Enterprise gang for theTNGmovies , before becomingCaptain of the USS Enterprise - E.
Star Trek : The Original Serieshad Ensign Pavel Chekov ( Walter Koenig ) and Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu ( George Takei ) on the span of the original USS Enterprise , to show that Russia and Japan would be part of Earth ’s Starfleet in the time to come , instead of the enemies of the United States that they were in the 1960s . After the Khitomer Accords inStar Trek VI : The Undiscovered Countrycreated an alliance between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire , Star Trek : The Next Generationshowed that Starfleet would also welcome former alien enemiesand added Worf as Starfleet ’s first Klingon officer .
Star Trek has many great Klingon graphic symbol from Kor to Worf and Kruge to Torres . But who are the best Klingon warrior that Qo’noS has to extend ?
Why Is Worf Still The Only Klingon In Starfleet?
Worf is the only Klingon in Starfleet in the twenty-fourth century because ofWorf ’s human and Klingon connections . After Romulans attacked the Khitomer colony where young Worf lived with his female parent , Worf was deliver by Starfleet and adopted by a human family . The Rozhenkos raised Worf as their own , and encouraged Worf to explore his Klingon inheritance on his own terms . During a Klingon come of age ceremony , Worf was prophesy to be both a warrior and a pioneer among Klingons , so Worf enrolled at Starfleet Academy . Without human influences , it ’s unlikely that any other Klingons would desire to get together Starfleet instead of the Klingon military .
As adversary of the Federation , Klingons were deep , but Worf bridged the gap between Klingons and the Federation by being a member of both worlds . Worf ’s stories on bothTNGandDS9offered glimpses into Klingon refinement from a Klingon ’s perspective , so the Klingons became less mysterious . Through Worf , both Starfleet and viewing audience study more about Klingons as multitude , and with that photograph amount realise . The reverse is also true , since Worf is responsible for teaching Klingons more about the ways of Starfleet , but no other full - blooded Klingons followed Worf ’s lead into Starfleet .
Star Trek : Voyager ’s half - human , half - Klingon Lieutenant B’Elanna Torres set down out of Starfleet Academy after 2 year , but after 7 geezerhood as the USS Voyager ’s Chief Engineer , Torres was pardoned for her Maquis criminal offense and received a full Starfleet commission . B’Elanna ’s name appears on the crew manifest of the USS Dauntless inStar Trek : Prodigy .
What Makes Worf A Better Starfleet Officer Than Klingon Warrior?
Worf Chooses Starfleet Loyalty And A Klingon Heart
Worf is often caught between his Klingon inheritance and his Federation fostering , but at last makes a better Starfleet officeholder than Klingon warrior . ThroughoutTNG , Worf places Klingon values above Federation mores , as if attempt to prove to himself that he really is a true Klingon warrior , despite being raised by humans on Earth . Star Trek : Deep Space Ninereally puts Worf ’s loyalties to the test when Chancellor Gowron ( Robert O’Reilly ) ask Worf to choose between Starfleet and the Klingon Empire . Even with his honor on the argumentation , Worf chooses Starfleet . In return , General Martok ( J.G. Hertzler ) select Worf , and show Worf what being Klingon really mean .
Michael Dorn ’s Appearances As Worf In Star Trek
Star Trek : The Next coevals
time of year 1 - Season 7
174 episodes
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine
Season 4 - time of year 7
98 episodes
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Star Trek : Picard
Season 3
9 episode
After serving as the Federation embassador to Qo’noS , Worf returns inStar Trek : Picardseason 3as an"independent contractor"allied with both Starfleet and the Klingon Empire . This blending of Klingon philosophy and Federation values might actually be the most Starfleet matter that Worf has ever done , since one finish of the Federation is to create a society that reward and honour all cultures . Worf call for pride in both his Klingon inheritance and his Starfleet career , and blends these disparate cultures within himself . It ’s a difficultStar Trekbalancing bit that makes Worf a knotty turn to come after as Starfleet ’s first Klingon .
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