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This is just a working theory. Klingon babies are born without the ridges on their foreheads. These begin to develop shortly after birth, and continue until the Klingon is past puberty.
The TOS Klingons were "gentically" altered by their government to repress the forehead-crest bone (cartilidge?) growth, for some nefarious reason. Perhaps because of shame they felt over the "bumps", or to make their enemies underestimate them?
Just a theory.
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Alexander... he had "the ridges of a warrior" remember...
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I was thinking perhaps that the Klingons stopped the growth by some sort of continual "injection"...
"Now, Kruge, remember that I love you and to take your bone shot today or your forehead is going to be feeling awfully raw tonight..."
::sigh:: "Yes, Valkris..."
Perhaps the Klingons ran out of this injection? It would explain Koloth, Kor, and Kang ...
------------------ Star Trek Gamma Quadrant Average Rated 8.32 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux (with seven eps posted) *** "Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!" -Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001
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Once again, Pocket Books will be saving the day, non-canonically.
Unfortunately, looks as though you'll have to wait until Jan 2002 when "In the name of Honor" comes out.
------------------ The government that seems the most unwise, oft goodness to the people best supplies. That which is meddling, touching everything, will work but ill, and disappointment bring. - The Tao Te Ching
I'm so tired of Trek novels. Frankly, I think Ordover's a hack. They really went down the tube once he took over. I miss the good 'ole days, when Howard Weinstein's novels got liner notes by Gene Roddenberry and Michael Jan Friedman didn't steal ideas from himself (Saratoga is the exact same novel as Reunion). When John Vornholt's early novels (Masks, Contamination, Sanctuary, War Drums) were the best examples of what a Star Trek novel should be, and not dreck like his Dominion War and Rogue Saucer and Genesis Wave projects.
Rant over
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If you, uh, don't like the Trek Novels, then, uh, don't read them. And spare us your rant.
------------------ "Instructed by history and reflection, Julian was persuaded that, if the diseases of the body may sometimes be cured by salutary violence, neither steel nor fire can eradicate the erroneous opinions of the mind."
-Edward Gibbons, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.
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Ah, the old days of Mary Sue and "Triangle" and "Dreadnought!" and "Battlestations!" Excuse me while I hurl.
Now, We've got New Earth/Challenger and New Frontiers and the Q-Books and The Milennium DS9 Relaunch and things thaking place OUTSIDE the old tired timeframe and focus on main characters and "Stitch in Time" and "The 34th Rule" and "Diplomatic Implausibility," which is the best Klingon book since "Final Reflection." And new directions. The continuing of old fan favorites, like the Rihannsu books and the Yesterday saga. The upcoming TOS relaunch, "Lower Decks" style. Split Infinities, and finally, attempts to actually ANSWER some long standing questions like the aforementioned 'ridges' dilemma, and the 'What happened to Betazed during the war?' and 'Why didn't we see the Big-E during the war?', etc.
Lots of people bitch about loose ends... but then they bitch when someone tries to tie them up? *sigh* Some folks, there's no pleasing.
*end counter-rant*
------------------ The government that seems the most unwise, oft goodness to the people best supplies. That which is meddling, touching everything, will work but ill, and disappointment bring. - The Tao Te Ching
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