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The thing is (and this has always bugged me) cloaking doens't seem like a very "honourable" tactic. It fits in with the Romulan mind-set perfectly (sitting back, watching others, staying in the shadows and shouting "boo occasionally), after all, it was invented for them.
Klingons though. They really should fly unlcoaked everywhere. Why are they hiding. Warriors do not hide, they confront! And more random "honour blabberings" (they really should get Dinobot and Worf together).
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Er, I think I've heard reference to some sort of tachyon sensor net on the Romulan border ... not sure, though.
It might make sense with the Klingons, as long as they decloaked before attacking (i.e. -- they wouldn't begin an attack run under cloak, decloak in order to fire, then recloak), but would instead uncloak, begin the attack run, and then re-cloak if they were going to retreat (oh, right, Klingons ... I mean, "strategic withdrawl")
I've also found the Klingons to be modeled loosely on Feudal Japan -- and didn't Ninjas like to be unseen and unheard before they struck?
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Yes, and traditional ninjas lacked any moral whatsoever. Samurais OTOH... I've always compared klingons to samurais and their bushido.
I think the klingon policy is comparable to a bully child. "I make the rules and change them so that I win". That's also why they are the worst diplomats in the universe, too. I think that klingon sig applies, "dishonor is very subjective". In "WotW" Worf said, although with a bit of lack of faith in his voice, "Honor lies in winning the battle" or something. So their ends justify the means.
And just like klingons, samurais often sidestepped the rule of honor by hiring ninjas to do their dirtywork, (yeah, like that left them in the clear...)
When I think of it, many asian societies is like that. It's dishonorable to ask someone a question they don't know the answer too, so everyone lies all the time instead. - Can you drive to Bangkok Royal Hotel? - Why absolutely!!! Lalalalalaa... (happened to friend of mine)
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Besides, aside from Worf, most of the Klingons we've seen have taken a rather pragmatic approach to matters of honor. It's more believable and interesting to have the Klingon honor code be a living, mutable system rather than a set of unbreakable commandments, anyway.
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It would seem that the rules can be taken to whatever the Klingon reading them feels is thier context.
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