| rdfs:comment | - The Khitomer Conspiracy was the name given to a group of personnel from the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, and the Romulan Star Empire who sought to stop the peace talks between the Federation and the Klingon Empire in the aftermath of the destruction of Praxis.
- A catastrophic explosion on the Klingon moon, Praxis, cost the Klingon Empire their key energy production facility, as well as imperiling Qo'noS's ecosphere. Without diverting resources from their vast military expenditures to combat the disaster, the Klingon Empire had approximately fifty years remaining before it dissolved, according to Starfleet estimates.
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| abstract | - A catastrophic explosion on the Klingon moon, Praxis, cost the Klingon Empire their key energy production facility, as well as imperiling Qo'noS's ecosphere. Without diverting resources from their vast military expenditures to combat the disaster, the Klingon Empire had approximately fifty years remaining before it dissolved, according to Starfleet estimates. Vulcan Ambassador Sarek directed his son, Captain Spock, to open a covert dialogue with Gorkon, the Chancellor of the Klingon High Council in the weeks following the disaster. Gorkon recognized the Empire's precarious state, and through Spock, he proposed immediate peace negotiations with the Federation. Officially, the Federation and Klingon Empire embraced Gorkon's peace initiative, and Gorkon departed for Earth aboard the battle cruiser Kronos One. The prospect of an end to nearly seventy years of hostilities, coupled with massive demilitarization, was not welcomed by some of the more conservative elements on either side of the Neutral Zone. Starfleet's Admiral Cartwright protested welcoming Klingon "trash", and insisted the proper course was to bring them to their knees and dictate a resolution on Starfleet's terms. Gorkon's chief of staff, General Chang, seemed to believe an outright war was more palatable than resolving the crisis politically. Both men would find support within their fleets, as well as from without, and joined in a conspiracy to subvert the peace process.
- The Khitomer Conspiracy was the name given to a group of personnel from the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, and the Romulan Star Empire who sought to stop the peace talks between the Federation and the Klingon Empire in the aftermath of the destruction of Praxis.
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