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The Kohm were one of two ethnic groups on the planet Omega IV who, at least a thousand years prior to 2268, fought a terrible bacteriological war against the Yangs. The name "Kohm" was a corruption of the Earth's 20th century word "communist", an example of Hodgkin's Law of Parallel Planetary Development at work.

Physiology and appearance

Kohms were Asiatic in appearance, and dressed in a manner similar to Mongol tribesmen of Earth. As a result of the biological warfare waged in their past they had extremely powerful immune systems. A benefit of this is that Kohms had extremely long life spans (the father of a Kohm named Wu was over 1,000 years old and still alive), and suffered from no known form of disease.

History

The biological warfare waged on Omega IV in the distant past nearly destroyed the Communist civilization, and all but did the same to that of the Yangs. The survivors of the two sides engaged in a millennium-long struggle for dominance on the planet. Over that period, Kohm villages were destroyed by the Yangs, until only one such village remained. The Yangs began to mass for a final attack.

The violation of the Prime Directive by Starfleet Captain Ronald Tracey of the starship USS Exeter, who used his phaser to assist the Kohms in battle, stove off defeat temporarily. However, the intervention of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise resulted in the eventual sacking of the last Kohm village.

Yang Chief Cloud William promised Kirk that the words of the Yang "Holy of Holies" (the United States Constitution) would be applied to the Kohms as well as the Yangs. This would seem to indicate that at least some Kohms in fact, survived. (TOS: "The Omega Glory")

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-[[Image:Wu Omega IV.jpg|thumb|Wu]]
+[[File:Wu Omega IV.jpg|thumb|Wu]]
-[[Image:Female kohm.jpg|thumb|[[Female]] Kohm]]
+[[File:Female kohm.jpg|thumb|[[Female]] Kohm]]
-The '''Kohm''' are one of two ethnic groups on the planet [[Omega IV]] who, an unknown amount of time ago (at least 1000 years, minimum), fought a terrible bacteriological war against the [[Yang]]s. The name "Kohm" is a corruption of the [[Earth]]'s [[20th century]] word/name "Communist", an example of [[Hodgkin's Law of Parallel Planetary Development]] at work.
+The '''Kohm''' were one of two ethnic groups on the planet [[Omega IV]] who, at least a thousand years prior to [[2268]], fought a terrible bacteriological war against the [[Yang]]s. The name "Kohm" was a corruption of the [[Earth]]'s [[20th century]] word "communist", an example of [[Hodgkin's Law of Parallel Planetary Development]] at work.
-== Physiology/Appearance ==
+== Physiology and appearance ==
-Kohms are [[Asiatic]] in appearance, and dress in a manner similar to [[Mongol]] tribesmen of [[Earth]].  As a result of the [[biological warfare]] waged in their past they have extremely powerful immune systems.  A benefit of this is that Kohms have extremely long life-spans (the father of a Kohm named  [[Wu]] was over 1000 years old and still alive), and suffer from no known form of disease.
+Kohms were [[Asian|Asiatic]] in appearance, and dressed in a manner similar to [[Mongol]] tribesmen of [[Earth]].  As a result of the [[biological warfare]] waged in their past they had extremely powerful immune systems.  A benefit of this is that Kohms had extremely long [[life span]]s (the father of a Kohm named [[Wu]] was over 1,000 years old and still alive), and suffered from no known form of disease.
 == History ==
-The biological warfare waged on Omega-IV in the distant past nearly destroyed the Communist civilization, and all but did the same to that of the Yangs (a corruption of [[Yankees]]).  The survivors of the two sides engaged in a millennium long struggle for dominance on the planet.  Over that period, Kohm villages were destroyed by the Yangs, until only one such village remained.  The Yangs began to mass for a final attack.
+The biological warfare waged on Omega IV in the distant past nearly destroyed the Communist civilization, and all but did the same to that of the Yangs. The survivors of the two sides engaged in a millennium-long struggle for dominance on the planet.  Over that period, Kohm villages were destroyed by the Yangs, until only one such village remained.  The Yangs began to mass for a final attack.
-The violation of the [[Prime Directive]] by [[Starfleet]] [[Captain]] [[Ronald Tracey]] of the [[starship]] [[USS Exeter (NCC-1672)|USS ''Exeter'']], who used his phaser to assist the Kohms in battle, stove off defeat temporarily.  However, the intervention of Captain [[James T. Kirk]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} resulted in the eventual sacking of the last Kohm village.
+The violation of the [[Prime Directive]] by [[Starfleet]] [[Captain]] [[Ronald Tracey]] of the [[starship]] {{USS|Exeter|NCC-1672}}, who used his [[phaser]] to assist the Kohms in battle, stove off defeat temporarily.  However, the intervention of Captain [[James T. Kirk]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} resulted in the eventual sacking of the last Kohm village.
-Yang [[Chief]] [[Cloud William]] promised Kirk that the words of the Yang "Holy of Holies" (the [[United States Constitution]]) would be applied to the Kohms as well as the Yangs.  This would seem to indicate that at least some Kohms in fact, survived.
+Yang [[Chief]] [[Cloud William]] promised Kirk that the words of the Yang "Holy of Holies" (the [[United States Constitution]]) would be applied to the Kohms as well as the Yangs.  This would seem to indicate that at least some Kohms in fact, survived. ({{TOS|The Omega Glory}})
+== People ==
-({{TOS|The Omega Glory}})
-==People==
 * [[Wu]]
 * [[Liyang]]
-* [[Unnamed Kohm|List of unnamed Kohm]]
+* [[Omega IV natives|List of unnamed Kohms]]
-[[Category:Groups]]
-[[de:Yang]]
 [[Category:Groups]]