Star Trek Fan Collective - Klingon
The fourth volume of theStar Trek Fan Collectiveseries tackles the Federation's arch-enemies-turned-sometimes-allies, the Klingons.  It begins in chronological order withEnterprise's premiere episode, "Broken Bow."  A new starship,Enterprise NX-01, is rushed into service when a Klingon crash-lands on Earth and Starfleet decides to return him to his home world.  Then skip to two episodes of the Original Series, "Errand of Mercy" and "The Trouble with Tribbles," which focus on the conflicts between the Federation and the Klingons.  But the two factions had begun working together by the time ofThe Next Generation.  In "A Matter of Honor," Riker (Jonathan Frakes) spends some time serving aboard a Klingon ship, and hisEnterpriseshipmate, Worf (Michael Dorn), delves deep into his Klingon culture along with his brother Kurn (Tony Todd) in "Sins of the Father."  Then in the two-part "Redemption," a bridge between the fourth and fifth seasons, the Klingon empire teeters on the brink of civil war.  Worf arrived at the space stationDeep Space Ninewhen the Klingons offer to join the Federation in the Dominion war in "The Way of the Warrior."  There he remained for "The Sword of Kahless," in which the search for a mythical artifact turns into a very real struggle for power.  Last areDS9's humor classic "Trials and Tribble-ations," followed byVoyager's "Barge of the Dead," in which B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson) has visions of the Klingon afterlife.Of all the fan collectives released so far,Star Trek Fan Collective: Klingonhas the largest number of episodes to draw from, so there will inevitably be controversy over  which episodes were selected (via fan vote).  While the two Tribble episodes are among the franchise's most popular, the Klingons are somewhat tangential characters, and "Trials and Tribble-ations" was previously included onStar Trek Fan Collective: Time Travel.  The space might have been better spent on the Original Series' "Day of the Dove" or moreTNGandDS9, though that might have turned the set intoStar Trek Fan Collective: Worf.--David Horiuchi