Sompek

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Sompek was an Emperor of the Klingon Empire in ancient times. He was remembered as a great hero of the Empire, perhaps most famous for his conquest of the city of Tong Vey. (DS9 episode: "Rules of Engagement") He was noted as being the last official Emperor of the Empire over three centuries ago. (TNG video game: Klingon Honor Guard)

Sompek was credited with the transformation of the First City from a defensive fortress encompassing the Great Hall into a proper city, and influencing the city's architecture for centuries to follow. Sompek also supposedly wrote the Klingon opera Goqlath Castle, though some believe he in fact took credit for another composer's work. (KE novel: A Burning House)

Lieutenant Commander Worf was an admirer of Sompek, and played the role of the emperor in a holosuite recreation of the Battle of Tong Vey. (DS9 episode: "Rules of Engagement")

The IKS Sompek is presumably named in his honor.

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• Sompek article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.