Khan Noonien Singh Khan Noonien Singh ( or simply , Khan ) was an extremely intelligent and dangerous superhuman . He was the most prominent of the genetically - engineered Human Augment s of the late - 20th century Eugenics Wars period on Earth . Khan was considered , by the command crew , over three centuries later , to have been " the best " of them . Reappearing with a cadre of Augment followers in the 23rd century , Khan became a notorious enemy of James T . Kirk . Khan ' s existence as an Augment served , as well , as a warning to society of the danger in attempting to create " supermen " through technological means . Ambassador Spock stated that he was the most dangerous adversary the " Enterprise " ever faced . ( ; ; ; ; ) 20th century origins . Records of the period , including Khan ' s origins , are fragmentary and therefore vague . He was the product of a selective - breeding and genetic - engineering scientific program , based on the eugenics philosophy that held improving the capabilities of a man improved the entire Human race . Augments produced by the program possessed physical strength and analytical capabilities considerably superior to ordinary Humans , and were " engineered " from a variety of Earth ' s ethnic groups . Khan ' s background was suspected to be Sikh , from the northern region of India . Khan lived up to the axiom coined by one of his creators , " superior ability breeds superior ambition " . By 1993 , a wave of the genetic " supermen " , including Khan , had simultaneously assumed control of more than forty of Earth ' s nations . From 1992 to 1996 Khan was absolute ruler of more than one - quarter of Earth , including the regions of Asia and the Middle East . Considered " the best of tyrant s " , he severely curtailed the freedoms of his subjects , but his reign was an exception to similar circumstances in Earth history – lacking internal massacres or wars of aggression . In the mid 1990s , the Augment tyrants began warring amongst themselves . Other nations combined their efforts to force them from power in a series of struggles that became known as the Eugenics Wars . Eventually , most of the tyrants were defeated and their territory recaptured , but as many as ninety " supermen " were never accounted for . Khan escaped the wars and their consequences along with 84 followers ( including Joachim , Joaquin , Kati , Ling , McPherson , Otto , and Rodriguez ) who swore to live and die at his command . He saw his best option in a risky , self - imposed exile . In 1996 , he took control of a interplanetary sleeper ship he christened , named for the site of the Australia n penal colony . Set on a course outbound from Earth ' s solar system , but with no apparent destination in mind , Khan and his people remained in suspended animation for " Botany Bay " s centuries - long sublight journey . ( ) 23rd century return . The discovered the " Botany Bay " in 2267 . The boarding party ' s arrival and investigation of the " Botany Bay " activated Khan ' s stasis unit to revive him – but the ancient mechanism faltered . The decision of Captain James T . Kirk to remove him from the stasis chamber , and Dr . Leonard McCoy ' s subsequent ministrations , saved Khan ' s life . Twelve of the stasis units had failed during the voyage out from Earth . Kirk , and the " Enterprise " , taking the " Botany Bay " in tow , left the remaining 72 sleepers for disposition at Starbase 12 following their leader ' s successful recovery . The " Botany Bay " s undocumented departure , and the fragmented records of the period , initially obscured the identity of the sleepers from the " Enterprise " crew – but the man with incredible recuperative powers in sickbay led Kirk to suspect their genetically - manipulated nature . Khan took advantage of Kirk ' s hospitality . He familiarized himself with his lost history by absorbing the ship ' s technical manuals . He discovered a weakness in the attraction he engendered from the pliant and submissive ship ' s historian , Lieutenant Marla McGivers . At a dinner given in Khan ' s honor , Khan regaled the captain ' s table with a romantic interpretation of the Eugenics Wars , until he was finally prodded by Spock into declaring " " We offered the world order " ! " Eventually , Kirk and Spock identified their guest as being the deposed tyrant from Earth ' s past . Khan was confined by Kirk to his quarters . Khan , however , soon began his takeover of the " Enterprise " , starting with his influence over McGivers . With her help , Khan escaped to the " Botany Bay " – and revived his followers . Re - boarding the " Enterprise " , Khan took control of the " Enterprise " from engineering and cut life support to the bridge . With the crew subdued and Kirk held hostage , Khan asked the officers to spare Kirk ' s life by joining him in his quest to take the " Enterprise " to a colony " willing to be led " by himself ( more correctly , to be conquered by him , a task which the arsenal of the " Enterprise " would make most simple ) . The officers ' recalcitrance led McGivers , unwilling to go so far as to participate in murder , to betray Khan and release Kirk . The Augments were disabled with anesthetic gas , but Khan was quick enough to avoid inhaling the gas by shutting himself in the Engineering section and isolating its atmospheric and life - support functions from the effects of the anesthetic gas . Khan attempted to destroy the " Enterprise " with a warp core overload as Kirk engaged the tyrant in physical combat . Although Kirk was a skilled opponent , Khan ' s superior strength enabled him to quickly outmatch the Starfleet officer . During the fight , Khan overconfidently boasted that he had five times the man ' s strength , ergo Kirk was no match for him . When it became clear that Kirk could not defeat Khan unarmed , Kirk used a broken piece of equipment piping to subdue him . Kirk retained some admiration for the determined , capable man of history . The prospect of imprisoning and rehabilitating the Augments seemed to Kirk to be unavailing to the Federation . Instead , Kirk granted an opportunity to Khan and his followers : colonize the dangerous but habitable world of Ceti Alpha V . McGivers was given by Kirk the choice of facing court martial or joining the new colony . McGivers chose to go with Khan , and Khan took up Kirk ' s challenge to " tame a world " , citing Milton ' s Lucifer , " " It is better to Rule in Hell , than Serve in Heaven " " . ( ) Second exile . With Starfleet - issue cargo containers for shelter , Khan and his people settled in to life on their new world . Only six months after their landing on Ceti Alpha V however , a cataclysm on Ceti Alpha VI shifted the system ' s orbits , causing massive ecological devastation on Ceti Alpha V . Khan ' s ingenuity and the meager shelter of the cargo containers kept his people alive while most of the indigenous life perished . The rugged indigenous Ceti eel s survived – and as the only hosts available for their young , Khan ' s people were beset by the creatures . Over time , Khan lost twenty of his people to the slow , maddening death caused by the eels , including his " beloved wife . " Neither Kirk nor Starfleet followed up on the colony ' s progress , probably because Starfleet and Federation records never recorded the colony as official , and due Starfleet cover . The starship , attached to Project Genesis and tasking with a mission find a suitable proving ground for the device , finally arrived at the apparently lifeless world in 2285 . Captain Clark Terrell and Commander Pavel Chekov , the latter of whom himself was a former " Enterprise " crewmember , beamed down to survey the planet they assumed to be Ceti Alpha VI , where they were captured by Khan . After using a pair of juvenile Ceti eels on his captives , Khan demanded to know the nature of their mission and the whereabouts of James Kirk . The beginning of vengeance . Using his captives ' vulnerability to suggestion , Khan and his followers hijacked the " Reliant " . Khan marooned the crew of the " Reliant " on Ceti Alpha V . With knowledge of the awesome potential of the Genesis project , he used Chekov to notify spacelab Regula I of " Reliant " s pending arrival and their intention to retrieve all Genesis information , " as ordered by Admiral Kirk . " Khan ' s lure proved successful . The " Enterprise " , engaged in a training cruise at the time , altered course to investigate the odd reports from Regula I . Khan ' s lieutenant , Joachim , called out his superior on the beginnings of his obsessive behavior . Joachim suggested that he had already beaten Kirk by foiling Kirk ' s plans for him and the Augments . Khan ' s reply gave the first indication of the price that exile on Ceti Alpha V exacted on his ability to reason or – more accurately , to govern his overpowering passions : Arriving at Regula I , Khan raged through the space station . He was seeking the now - missing Genesis data , and torture d those station crew members unable to escape the suspicious return of " Reliant " . When they proved uncooperative , Khan slaughtered them . He then left Terrell and Chekov behind , as they might prove a useful means to monitor Kirk ' s communication s and follow his lead to Genesis , in the event that the " Enterprise " reached the station . Khan intercepted the " Enterprise " , which was " en route " to Regula I . Concealing her intent , " Reliant " approached , feigning communications trouble , and mounting a devastating surprise attack using the " Reliant " s phasers to cripple the " Enterprise " . Khan hail ed to gloat over his triumph and discuss terms of surrender . His only reward proved to be Kirk ' s initial open - mouthed stare of surprise . The parley allowed the more experienced starship commander to override the " Reliant " s tactical systems using the ship ' s prefix code to access them . With a few weak phaser shots from the " Enterprise " , the " Reliant " lost photon control and warp power ( which would also disable the phasers ) , forcing Khan to retreat to Regula I . After the " Enterprise " limped to the space station , a landing party led by Kirk rescued Terrell and Chekov from the storage locker in which Khan had imprisoned them . After Kirk discovered the Genesis device in the bowels of the Regula planetoid , Terrell contacted Khan , who beamed the device to the " Reliant " . However , Terrell , fighting the effects of the Ceti Eel , refused Khan ' s order to kill Kirk and instead committed suicide . Despite the turn of events , Khan felt some small satisfaction , since Kirk and his party were now marooned within Regula , and the " Reliant " was on its way to find and destroy the " Enterprise " . Khan calmly , but hatefully , sneered at Kirk that he had done far worse than simply kill Kirk , and that he would redirect Kirk defeating him last time by leaving him in the same situation that Kirk had left Khan all those years ago . In an open communication with Kirk , Spock ' s simple code d message ( beginning with the signal , " " Hours would seem like days " " ) led Khan to believe " Enterprise " would need two days to effect basic repairs , unaware that Spock was actually telling Kirk that those repairs would be complete in two hours . After discovering his prey under way at full impulse power and bound for the obscuring clouds of the Mutara Nebula , Khan ' s pursuit faltered on the advice of Joachim , who knew that pursuing the " Enterprise " into the nebula would disrupt shield and sensor functions for both vessels . A surprise hail from Kirk , alive and taunting from the " Enterprise " bridge , threw Khan into a rage , and his passions overcame him . Ignoring the consequences of engaging his enemy on the level playing field of the nebula , Khan spurred the " Reliant " after Kirk . The Battle of the Mutara Nebula was the last action of Khan ' s life . The two starships , barely able to discern one another due to interference within the nebula , exchanged a series of near misses and solid blows , until Kirk ' s experience finally trumped Khan ' s will ; unused to fighting in a starship , Khan thought of the battle in terms of sailing ships , rather than submarines : he failed to realize until it was too late that he could have fought in " three " dimensions . After Kirk ' s new strategy allowed the " Enterprise " to catch Khan off - guard by descending and then rising to attack the " Reliant " from behind , " Reliant " was crippled and adrift with Khan ' s followers either dying or dead . Rather than surrender , Khan activated the Genesis device , hoping to take Kirk and the " Enterprise " along with him to oblivion . Unfortunately for him , Captain Spock managed to repair the damage to the " Enterprise " s engines which allowed the starship to escape at warp seconds before the Genesis Device detonated , destroying the " Reliant " and Khan with it . ( ) Legacy . The geneticist Arik Soong believed Augments like Khan could be created without exhibiting his more vicious , psychopathic or megalomaniacal instincts . Soong ' s " children " , created from Augment embryos stolen in 2134 , failed to live up to the hopes of their " father " . Soong believed Khan and the " Botany Bay " to be nothing more than a myth , although his " children " believed differently . After his imprisonment in 2154 , Soong , convinced by his creation ' s actions that his theory was dangerously wrong , redirected his efforts to the perfection of artificial Humanity . His descendant , Noonian Soong ( possibly , given Arik ' s admiration for him , named after Khan Noonien Singh ) continued the effort with the invention of Soong - type android s , including B - 4 , Lore , and ultimately , Data . ( ; ; ) Khan ' s theft and premature detonation of the Genesis Device alarmed the Klingon Empire who mistakenly believed the device was the result of the Federation ' s development of an " ultimate weapon " , increasing tensions between the two powers until the détente of 2293 . Immediately , though , a group of renegade Klingons led by Kruge tried to steal the " Genesis torpedo " for themselves , but were unsuccessful . ( ; ; ) In 2368 , Captain Jean - Luc Picard of the agreed with " faux " historian Berlinghoff Rasmussen that saving an endangered planet could allow " the next Adolf Hitler or Khan Singh " to come into being . According to the captain , first year philosophy students had been asked the question ever since the first wormhole s had been discovered . ( ) Khan and his Augment brethren were considered so dangerous that by the late - 24th century , genetic engineering was banned throughout the United Federation of Planets ( except as treatment for serious medical conditions ) in order to avoid creating another tyrant like Khan , although Doctor Sara Kingsley and her colleagues continued genetic engineering research in the 24th century . A black market in the genetic manipulation of children with limited abilities continued , however , resulting in the enhancement of Humans like Dr . Julian Bashir . ( ; ) " In 2259 of the alternate reality , the USS " Enterprise " of that reality came into conflict with the Khan of that world who had been found and revived by Admiral Alexander Marcus as part of the militarization conspiracy . The of that universe , concerned about Khan , contacted his prime universe counterpart to ask if he had ever encountered Khan in his world . Spock Prime told his alternate self he ' d vowed never to disclose anything of his world but was alarmed enough by Khan ' s presence to tell Spock that Khan was the most dangerous enemy ever faced by the " Enterprise " and her crew and it took a great cost to defeat him . " " In the alternate reality , the alternate died in similar circumstances to Spock Prime while attempting to save his own " Enterprise " from the alternate Khan . The Khan of the alternate reality was spared after Doctor discovered that his blood could be used to revive Kirk . The alternate Khan was ultimately placed back in stasis with his crew . " ( ) Memorable quotes . " " Where am I ? " " " " You ' re in . . . " " ( Khan squeezes McCoy ' s neck ) " " You ' re in bed , holding a knife at your doctor ' s throat . " " " " Answer my question . " " " " It would be most effective if you would cut the carotid artery just under the left ear . " " " " Khan is my name . " " " " Khan , nothing more ? " " " " Khan . " " " " Such men dare take what they want . " " " " Tyranny , sir ? Or an attempt to unify Humanity ? " " " " Unify , sir ? Like a team of animals under one whip ? " " " " You have a tendency to express ideas in military terms , Mister Khan . This is a social occasion . " " " " It has been said that social occasions are only warfare concealed . " " " " You fled . Why ? Were you afraid ? " " " " I ' ve never been afraid . " " " " But you left at the very time mankind needed courage . " " " " We offered the world " order " ! " " " " Go or stay , but do it because it is what you wish to do . " " " " He was the best of the tyrants and the most dangerous . " " " " It appears " we " will do well in your century , captain . " " " " The trip is over . The battle begins again . Only this time it ' s not a world we win . It ' s a universe . " " " " Your air should be getting quite thin by now . Do you surrender the bridge ? " " " " Negative . " " " " Academic , captain . Refuse and every person on the bridge will suffocate . " " " " Nothing ever changes , except man . Your technical accomplishments ? Improve a mechanical device and you may double productivity but improve man and you gain a thousand fold . I am such a man . " " " " My vessel was useless . I need you and yours to select a colony planet , one with a population willing to be led by us . " " " " To be " conquered " by you . . . a starship would make that most simple , wouldn ' t it ? " " " " Each of you in turn will go in there ! Die while the others watch ! " " " " It does not matter , the captain is dead . Take Mr . Spock next . " " " " If I understood your manuals , that ' s an overload in progress . Your ship flares up like an exploding sun within MINUTES ! " " " " I have five times your strength . You ' re no match for me ! " " " " I will take her . And I ' ve gotten something else I wanted . A world to win , an empire to build . " " ( to Captain Terrell ) " " I don ' t know you . " " ( to Commander Chekov ) " " But you . . . I never forget a face , Mister . . . Chekov , isn ' t it ? I never thought to see your face again . " " " " Chekov , who is this man ? " " " " A criminal , Captain ! A product of late 20th century genetic engineering ! " " " " You lie ! On Ceti Alpha V , there was " life ! " A fair chance – " " " THIS IS CETI ALPHA V ! ! ! " Ceti Alpha VI exploded six months after we were left here . The shock shifted the orbit of this planet and everything was laid " waste " . " Admiral " Kirk never bothered to check on our progress . It was only the fact of my genetically engineered intellect that allowed us to survive . On Earth . . . two hundred years ago . . . I was a prince . . . with power over millions . " " " " Captain Kirk was your host . You repaid his hospitality by trying to steal his ship and murder him ! " " " " He tasks me . He tasks me and I shall have him ! I ' ll chase him round the moons of Nibia and round the Antares maelstrom and round perdition ' s flames before I give him up ! " " " " Ah , Kirk . . . my ' old friend ' . Do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold ? It is very cold . . . in space . " " " " All is well , sir . You have the coordinates to beam up Genesis . " " " " First things first , captain . Kill Admiral Kirk . " " " " Khan , you bloodsucker ! You ' re gonna have to do your own dirty work now ! Do you hear me ? DO YOU ? ! " " " " Kirk ! Kirk , you ' re still alive , my old friend . " " " " Still – ' old friend ' ! You ' ve managed to kill just about everyone else , but like a poor marksman , you keep missing the target ! " " " " I ' ve done far worse than kill you . I ' ve hurt you . And I wish to go on . . . hurting you . I shall leave you as you left me . . . as you left her . Marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet . . . buried alive . Buried alive . " " " KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN ! ! ! KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN ! ! ! " " " Impulse power restored . " " " " Excellent . More than a match for poor " Enterprise " . " " " " Full impulse power . " " " " No , sir ! You have Genesis ! You can have whatever you – ! " " ( grabs Joachim by the vest ) " " FULL POWER ! Damn you ! " " " " No . . . no , you can ' t get away . From hell ' s heart , I stab at thee . For hate ' s sake , I spit my last breath at thee . " " Appendices . Background information . Khan was played by Ricardo Montalban in both of the character ' s appearances . In Carey Wilber ' s original draft of , the character that ultimately became Khan was of Scandinavian ethnicity and named Harold Erickson , and the backstory was slightly different in that he was placed in stasis aboard the " Botany Bay " as a means of getting rid of prisoners during an overpopulated era of Earth ' s history . Gene L . Coon ' s rewrites then transformed the character into Ragnar Thorwald , the genetically - enhanced leader of the " First World Tyranny " , who hides behind the pseudonym John Erickson . The casting of Ricardo Montalban as Khan prompted the writers to change the character ' s name to Sabahl Khan Noonien , after Kim Noonien Wang , a friend of Gene Roddenberry during the Second World War . Roddenberry had lost touch with him and hoped that his friend would see his name on television and contact him . ( This was also the origin of the name of Noonian Soong . ) NBC suggested changing the character ' s name to Govin Bahadur Singh , due to the racial implications of the name " Khan " , but Roddenberry insisted on keeping Khan and Noonien . In the final draft script of " Space Seed " , Khan ' s name was noted to be pronounced , " KAWN " . He was described as " " an extremely handsome , well - built man . His face reflects the sun - darkened Aryian blood of the Northern India Sikh people , suggesting just a trace of the Oriental blood often found too . The features are intelligent , extremely strong , almost arrogantly so . " " The " Space Seed " script uses the spelling " Khan Noonien Singh " , while the " Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan " script uses the spelling " Khan Noonian Singh " . After the release of " The Wrath of Khan " , Roddenberry ( who disliked almost all of the film ' s many aspects ) commented , " " Khan was not written as that exciting a character , he was rather flimsy . The Khan in the TV episode was a much deeper and better character than the movie Khan , except that Montalban pulled it off . " " ( " " ) Khan ' s periodic quotations in were paraphrases , or direct lifts , from Herman Melville ' s " Moby Dick " . Khan recognizes Pavel Chekov in " The Wrath of Khan , " even though Chekov ' s first appearance on TOS was not until the show ' s second season . To resolve this discrepancy , a long - standing joke ( as told by Chekov actor Walter Koenig ) postulates that , because Chekov left Khan waiting too long to use the bathroom , Khan vowed never to forget his face . In " Space Seed " , Khan is one of four " Enterprise " guests to be given a Starfleet uniform to wear during the course of TOS . ( The others were Captain John Christopher in , Charles Evans in , and Craig Hundley ( a child ' s version ) in a scene that was cut from ) . In accordance with Khan ' s assertion that he was once " an engineer , of sorts , " his uniform shirt is red . The Starfleet insignia around Khan ' s neck in " Wrath of Khan " is a broken , movie - era Starfleet uniform buckle , although the necklace appears on Khan before he actually gets aboard the " Reliant " . It is known as the " Buckle Necklace " , according to " Star Trek : The Experience " at the Las Vegas Hilton . The surname " Singh " suggests northern Indian ancestry ( from the Sanskrit " simha " , " lion " ) and possibly roots in Sikhism ( male Sikhs are obliged to assume the surname " Singh " , regardless of their geographical or familial origins ) ; while " Khan " ( " ruler " ) is originally a title of central Asian origin and also a common name for Muslim men in South Asia . Along with Harry Mudd , Khan is one of only two opponents to face Kirk more than once in live - action " Star Trek " productions . At one point during the production of , " a couple of years " before 1997 , a cameo appearance of Khan was considered . However , the writers were told that Ricardo Montalban ' s health would not permit him to appear , and any plans to feature Khan were abandoned . Khan was again considered for return , teaming up with a collection of antagonists that also would have included Shinzon , in an ultimately never - produced fifth and final TNG film , which was conceived , during production on , by " Nemesis " co - writers John Logan and Brent Spiner . Khan and his villainous cohorts would have faced a heroic team - up involving Picard , Data , Kirk , Spock and Archer . Assessing the portrayal of Khan in " Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan " , " Nemesis " Director Stuart Baird remarked , " " Montalban played a pretty good bad guy . " " ( ) The portrayal of Khan in " The Wrath of Khan " also immediately appealed to Alex Kurtzman . He later remarked about Khan , " " Not only is he scary , but he has an extremely personal and specific agenda that was understandable despite being psychotic . I think anyone who loves " Trek " would immediately vault Khan to the top of the villain list . " " When asked about the prime Khan being mentioned in , Damon Lindelof said , " " It would have been hubris for us to represent to the uninitiated that Khan was our idea and there was no one better [ than Spock ] to pop in briefly and say - ' Hey , these guys are just doing their own spin on a bad guy that was around a long time before they came along . ' The minute we stop honoring , acknowledging and representing the original " Trek " , we are bound to lose sight of the enormous gift we have been given in sustaining it . " " While filming that scene , Leonard Nimoy responded to Spock ' s line , inquiring how the prime reality " Enterprise " crew originally defeated Khan , by quipping , " " We picked up a hammer . . . " " , referencing how Kirk originally beat Khan into submission . ( " Mr . Spock and Mr . Spock " featurette , " Star Trek Into Darkness " Blu - ray ) Apocrypha . A trilogy by author Greg Cox describes the other events of Khan ' s life . " The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh , Volume One " chronicles the genetic enhancement project that led to his birth , and shows some of his early childhood from the point of view of agents Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln in the 1970s . The sequel , " The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh , Volume Two " shows his rise to power and capturing Seven ' s technology , as well as how he was able to secretly control so much of the world without the average citizen ever knowing . The final part of the trilogy is " " , which explains his life on Ceti Alpha V after being left there to fend for himself , his followers , and his wife , to the point where Chekov and Captain Terrell encounter him years later . James Swallow wrote an alternate history novella entitled " Seeds of Dissent " for the " : Infinity ' s Prism " anthology . In it , Khan won the Eugenics Wars and went on to establish an interstellar empire , eventually dying at the age of 213 . The " Botany Bay " is then said to have been launched in 2010 by Wilson Evergreen and carrying Shaun Geoffrey Christopher , Shannon O ' Donnel , and Rain Robinson to escape Khan ' s despotism . In the novel " Dark Mirror " , it is also mentioned that the mirror universe Khan won the Eugenics Wars instead of being forced to leave the planet . In the " " novel " The Sorrows of Empire " , the mirror universe counterpart of Colonel West mentions Ranjit Singh as a descendant of Khan and a potential prospect to replace as Emperor of the Terran Empire , implying that Khan or someone of his bloodline ruled the Empire in the past . Khan is the protagonist of the comic book " " , covering the same timeframe as " To Reign in Hell " . The comic book series " " portrays the Khan of the alternate reality following the events of " Star Trek Into Darkness " describing the history of the 20th century that lead him to his rise to power and the Eugenics Wars before ultimately escaping Earth aboard the " Botany Bay . " In " Star Trek Online " , one of the Federation players ' earliest foes is a descendant of Khan , Dr . Amar Singh , a scientist who leads a group known as the " Children of Khan " and conducts experiments in Augment enhancement for the Klingon Empire , combining Klingon , Gorn , and Augment genetics to create the ultimate superbeing . He is defeated and captured by Federation players , later appearing at the prison colony known as Facility 4028 , where the Female Changeling is held . Khan is portrayed as a cat in Jenny Parks ' book " Star Trek Cats " .