Klingon Defense Force
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The Klingon Defense Force, sometimes referred to as the Klingon Imperial Navy, is the military arm of the Klingon Empire.
The command branch of the Defense Force is the Klingon High Command.
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[edit] Background
The Defense Force was known to consist of two elements the first of which was the Deep Space Fleet (DSF) which consists of the regular naval forces. The second military group is the Internal Security Force (ISF) which operated smaller ships whose duties include policing rules, border patrols, anti-piracy duties, safety & rescue and customs along with tariff regulations. Their duty also extends to watching over client or conquered worlds to ensure they do not rise up against the Empire. However, despite its duties, the ISF are inferior to the DSF in political, military and even social standing. (TOS video game: Starfleet Command II)
Though there exists the Klingon General Bureau that handles external intelligence operations; the two branches within the Defense Force operate their own intelligence branches which tends to cause duplication of work as well as political infighting.
The Galactic Research Unit serves as the external intelligence agency for the Deep Space Fleet while the Maximum Veracity Directorate serves a similar role for the Internal Security Force. (TOS video game: Starfleet Command)
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[edit] Tactics
[edit] Related Articles
- Klingon Defense Force Command Headquarters
- Klingon Defense Force Political Corps
- Klingon Internal Security
[edit] External Links
- Klingon Defense Force article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Klingon Defense Force article at Star Trek Expanded Universe, the fanon Star Trek wiki.
