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Augments, Klingon

Following an attack on the Qu’vat Colony by Human Augments in 2154,^[1] the Klingons attempted to create a breed of Augments of their own, using DNA samples taken from the wreckage of a Bird of Prey that had been seized by the Human Augments and destroyed in orbit of the Qu’vat Colony.^[2] Unfortunately, one of the Klingons selected for the procedure had the Levoidian flu, which caused the Augment DNA to mutate into a lethal, airborne virus. The Klingons, working with Section 31, kidnapped Dr. Phlox of the Enterprise NX-01, hoping he could find a cure to what had become a plague sweeping through the Klingon Empire, and also allow the Augment program to succeed.^[2] Phlox, however, tricked the Klingons, and although he cured the disease, the result was that the Klingons retained many Human features, but none of the enhanced Augment abilities.^[3] It would take more than a century for the Klingons to reverse the changes to their genome and restore their appearance.^[4] The Klingons were so shamed by the debacle that they refused to talk about the details with outsiders, and by the late 24th century, the fact that Klingons once had a large percentage of their population who had a Human-like appearance was largely forgotten.^[5]

Notable Klingon Augments:

• Marab^[2]

References

• ^[1]ENT-82: The Augments
• ^[2]ENT-91: Affliction
• ^[3]ENT-92: Divergence
• ^[4]ST-01: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• ^[5]DS9-503: Trials and Tribble-ations