Ch ' Pok Ch ' Pok was a male Klingon and advocate during the late - 24th century Klingon Empire . He had a son , Katogh . ( ) In 2372 , Ch ' Pok visited Deep Space 9 to serve as the prosecution in the extradition hearing of Lieutenant commander Worf , who commanded the during an incident in which a Klingon civilian transport ship was apparently destroyed , supposedly killing all 441 passengers and crew aboard . The incident was a ruse designed to embarrass the Federation and possibly take control of the Pentath system . It was Ch ' Pok ' s responsibility to " prove " that Worf was full of blood lust and would knowingly attack an unarmed opponent . He questioned Jadzia Dax , Miles O ' Brien and Benjamin Sisko to demonstrate his case . However , he also broke into Worf ' s personal database to show he was running a holoprogram , Battle of Tong Vey , in which the main character advocated attacks on children . Worf allowed the breach of privacy , since he had nothing to hide , but was slightly embarrassed when Dax confirmed the nature of the program . He pressed O ' Brien on whether he , given command , would have fired on a decloaking ship without confirming its identity . He eventually said no , but he is also not able to put himself in the command chair . Finally , he infuriated Worf by accusing him of killing innocent people to prove himself a true Klingon . At first , Worf denied that he would do such a thing , but , angered and feeling that his honor had been questioned , he attacked Ch ' Pok . Satisfied that he had proven his point , Ch ' Pok rested his case in front of Admiral T ' Lara . The ship was later determined to have falsified its sensor readings in order to appear as though it had a full crew aboard when in fact it was empty ; all of the supposed victims never existed . Sisko forced Ch ' Pok to admit that the entire affair was staged in order to discredit Worf and was part of a elaborate Klingon plot to stop the Federation from escorting Cardassian freighter s . ( ) Ch ' Pok later learned in 2374 that his son Katogh joined the crew of the , which ironically placed him under the command of Worf , who was the ship ' s first officer . ( ) Memorable quotes . " " Worf is about to present us with something we never could have won in battle . Sympathy . Any move we make against you will be seen as a legitimate response to an outrageous slaughter . " " < br > " " We Klingons are not concerned with matters of fact and circumstance . What matters to us is what was in Worf ' s heart when he gave the order to fire . Was he just a Starfleet officer doing his duty or was he a Klingon warrior reveling in the battle ? That is why I am here . Because if he was a Klingon lost in the bloodlust of combat , only we can judge him , not you . " " < br > " " The names and faces of these people are seared into my heart . This is a list of heroes who died at the hands of a coward . It is a list I can never forget . " " Appendices . Background information . Ch ' Pok was played by actor Ron Canada . The script for " Rules of Engagement " gives the pronunciation of Ch ' Pok ' s name as " " chi - POK ( rhymes with Reebok ) " " In a deleted scene , Ch ' Pok also requests that Worf remove his baldric as it is offensive to him , echoing Duras ’ words when Worf challenges the High Council ’ s ruling against Mogh in . During filming of the episode , Canada became sick but continued to act the part of Ch ' Pok while feeling unwell . " " His role was very dialogue intensive , " " recalled Director LeVar Burton , " " It was a superhuman effort on his part to get through it . He did a terrific job . " " ( " " , p . 324 ) " Star Trek " author Keith R . A . DeCandido liked the character of Ch ' Pok , which he said was " well played " by actor Ron Canada , but criticized his logic . " " It ’ s fun in the abstract to see a Klingon lawyer , " " wrote DeCandido , " " but Ch ’ Pok comes across as spectacularly incompetent . He is making a case before a Vulcan admiral , and so chooses an emotional argument . He seems to be trying to get a rise out of Worf , but Worf isn ’ t the one making the decision , T ' Lara is , and not a single point Ch ’ Pok makes speaks to logic or rule of law . " " Apocrypha . Ch ' Pok appears as a selectable commanding officer in the non - canon video game " " . He also has a card in " " set of the " Star Trek Customizable Card Game " .