Chang (General)
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General Chang was a notable Klingon warrior who served in the Klingon Defense Force in the 23rd century.
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[edit] Rise to General
Chang was involved in protecting the Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire against an attempted by Kalnor and later Melkor. He fought Kalnor in a 'blood duel' where he lost his eye in battle and was later forced to wear an eye patch. He would also be involved with combat against Melkor and his allies, the Romulans, in their attempt at claiming the throne of the Klingon Empire.
He was responsible in creating the Elite Command Academy to better train Klingon commanders for the rigors of battle. One of his greatest students was Cadet Torlek. (TOS video game: Klingon Academy)
By 2290, Chang had risen to become the chief-of-staff for the KDF under Chancellor Gorkon.
[edit] The Conspiracy
Following the destruction of Praxis in 2293, Chang conspired with several officers in Starfleet, including Admiral Cartwright and Colonel Patrick West, to destabilize any move for peace between the Klingon Empire and the Federation, by planning to assassinate Gorkon and Federation President Ra-ghoratreii. Chang had a Klingon Bird-of-Prey, the IKS Dakronh, fitted with a specially adapted cloaking device that would allow it to fire when cloaked. When Kronos One departed Qo'noS to rendezvous with the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) and be escorted to Earth, Chang ordered the Dakronh to follow.
Following a dinner aboard the Enterprise, Chang ordered the Dakronh to maneuver underneath the Enterprise and fire two photon torpedoes at Kronos One, making it appear that the Enterprise had attacked. Two conspirators (Burke, Samno) aiding the warriors also beamed aboard Kronos One in Starfleet EVA suits and assassinated Gorkon. When Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy beamed aboard to see if they could treat Gorkon, Chang had them arrested and took them to Qo'noS to face charges for assassinating the chancellor.
At the trial of Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy, Chang acted as the prosecuting counsel and successfully had Kirk and McCoy sentenced to the dilithium mines on Rura Penthe, for life. With Kirk out of the way, Chang and his cohorts began planning the next phase of the operation, by assassinating Ra-ghoratreii at the new peace conference on Camp Khitomer. However, as he was travelling to Khitomer, Kirk and McCoy were able to escape from Rura Penthe and the Enterprise was also on its way to Khitomer along with the USS Excelsior.
Together, the Enterprise and the Excelsior were able to destroy the Drakonh and kill Chang, using probes that were able to detect the Bird-of-Prey's impulse engine exhaust, and targeted that point. The assassination of Ra-ghoratreii was also prevented by Captain Kirk and his crew. (TOS movie: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country).
[edit] See also
[edit] External Links
- Chang (General) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
