K'Valk

K'Valk

Military Rank:

Lieutenant

Race:

Klingon

Profession(s):

Mission contact

Death year:

2409

Voiced by:

Marc Biagi

Lieutenant K'Valk is a KDF officer, loyal to the House of B'vat. By 2409, he serves as first officer of the I.K.S. Targ, a B'rel Bird-of-Prey.

Mission involved

• “The Doomsday Device”: K'Valk realizes that B'vat is not acting honorably and leads a mutiny in an effort to destroy the Doomsday Machine; however, the mutiny is defeated, and before he is thrown in the brig he contacts Starfleet Intelligence for help. The player releases K'Valk when the Targ is captured by Starfleet. K'Valk enlists the player's help to complete his quest to destroy the Doomsday Machine; he later dies honorably during an attempted suicide run on the Doomsday Machine.

The song

When K'Valk sets his shuttle to a collision course on the Doomsday Machine, he starts to sing a Klingon war song.

The lyrics:

Qoy qeylIs puqloD

Qoy puqbe'pu'

yoHbogh matlhbogh je SuvwI'

Say'moHchu' may' 'Iw

maSuv manong 'ej maHoHchu

nI'be' yInmaj 'ach wovqu'

batlh maHeghbej 'ej yo' qIjDaq vavpu'ma'

DImuv. pa' reH maSuvtaHqu'

mamevQo'. maSuvtaH. ma'ov

The Translation:

"Hear! Sons of Kahless"

"Hear! Daughters too."

"The blood of battle washes clean."

"The Warrior brave and true."

"We fight, we love, and then we kill."

"Our lives burn short and bright."

"Then we die with honor and join our"

"fathers in the Black Fleet where we"

"battle forever, battling on through"

"the Eternal fight."

This song was notably sung in several episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine by Klingon characters heading into battle, including Ambassador Worf and former Chancellor Martok.

Notes

• Marc Biagi also voices Alexander Rozhenko and various other STO characters.