Template:Realworld Star Trek: Klingon Academy is a simulation game, published by Interplay in 2000. You play from the perspective of Torlek, a cadet of General Chang's elite command academy. You follow him as he makes his way through trial after trial. He eventually catches the interest of Chang himself, who recruits him to help in discovering the nature of a growing insurgency in the Klingon Empire.
Credits
Cast
- Christopher Plummer as Chang
- David Warner as Gorkon
- Wayne Grace as Poktarl
- Fritz Sperberg as K'Mak
- Andrew Palmer as Jaghjech
- Blake Lindsley as K'Poraq
- Blake Hammond as K'Mpec
- J. Paul Boehmer as Melkor
- Paul Sandman as Toq
- Douglas O. McDonald as Kalnor
- Michael McFall as Weapons Officer
- John Shull as Extra 1
- Michael Braveheart as Extra 2
Voice Cast
- Greg Eagles as Torlek
- Michael Dorn as Thok Mak (Colonel Worf's younger brother)
- Wayne Grace as Poktarl
- Michael Gough as:
- Civil War Engineer
- Battlestation Commander
- Barry Lynch as:
- Academy Helmsman
- ra'wl'a Captain
- Freighter Captain 1
- tlHoy Captain
- Kevin M. Richardson as:
- Civil War Communications Officer
- Garlok
- Starbase 1
- Tholian Commander
- Tutorial Instructor
- Perry Brown as:
- Civil War Marine Commander
- Vutwl' Hech Captain
- David Lodge as:
- Academy Weapons Officer
- Chang's Communications Officer
- Wingman 1
- Povaq Captain
- John Vernon as:
- Academy Communications Officer
- Federation Commander 2
- T.C. Carson as:
- Academy Engineer
- Gorkon Allied Command
- Starbase 2
- Murphy Dunne as:
- Academy Security Officer
- Freighter Captain 5
- QeynoHo
- John Shull as:
- Academy First Officer
- Hovak Captain
- Starbase 3
- James Horan as:
- Academy Marine Commander
- Starbase 4
- Wingman 2
- Romulan Captain 2
- Jamie Alcroft as:
- Civil War Weapons Officer
- Freighter Captain 2
- Altair Star Captain
- Soorex
- Lex Lang as:
- Civil War First Officer
- Hopogh Captain
- Federation Commander 4
- Brad Sanders as:
- Academy Medical Officer
- Freighter Captain 3
- Wingman 7
- Captain Ignatius Wright
- Ron Taylor
- Civil War Science Officer
- Mobile Cargo Captain
- Philip Proctor as:
- Civil War Helm Officer
- Tako
- Commander Roq
- Ron Feinberg as:
- Civil War Medical Officer
- WuHey
- Federation Commander 1
- Sean Smith as:
- Academy Science Officer
- HoDlytl Officer
- Adel Radsek
- Michael Clarke Duncan as Opening Movie Klingons
Setting and Story
This game occurs just before the first Khitomer Accords as shown in STAR TREK VI: The Undiscovered Country. General Chang is but Brigadier Kerla's predecessor, as Military Advisor to Gorkon's predecessor in the Chancellery. He also doubles as the lead instructor in the Klingon Defense Forces Elite Command Academy. Gorkon himself is but Chang's predecessor, as Chief of Staff.
The story starts with an attempted coup against then-Chancellor Lorak, who is gravely ill. In a heated battle above the Klingon homeworld itself, General Chang foils this attempt.
The game is divided into two campaigns. The first is but a simulated campaign in the Academy: a hypothetical war with the Federation. Starting with a blitzkrieg, the war shifts deeper into Federation space, as you are to exploit the weaknesses inherent in the Federation's greatest strength - diplomacy - which renders the enemy "a brittle unity" in Chang's eyes. The war ends on Earth's doorstep, as the Federation's response to the diversionary blitzkrieg and to its diplomatic weakness leads to conflict within the Sol system itself - and the unleashing of one of humanity's "greatest scientific achievements" (Project Genesis) of mass destruction on Earth itself.
During breaks from the Academy, you are called to spy on treasonous elements in the Klingon Empire, elements with ties to the recent coup attempt against the Chancellor.
Upon graduation (a great honor, given the atrocious failure rate), Lorak dies, and the worst civil war in the history of the Empire - none other before or after as devastating (including the 2368 war that saw Gowron's ascendancy) - ensues, with radical ramifications to come...
Live action scenes
The game is enhanced with numerous interactive live action scenes, Christopher Plummer and David Warner reprising their respective roles as Chang and Gorkon.
Campaigns
Also see
- KlingonAcademy.com
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
- Star Trek: Klingon Academy at Wikipedia (with spoilers for the civil war campaign)