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Klingon warrior who commanded the empire's defense forces in 2372. When the Klingon High Council suspected that the Cardassian government's Detapa Council was being contolled by Dominion agents early in that year, Martok led the massive invasion on Cardassia from his flagship, Negh'Var. Martok's mission of eliminating the Detapa Council was thwarted when Starfleet officer Ben Sisko rescued the council, and Martok subsequently turned his attack onto station Deep Space 9. When Gowron decided to end the battle and return home, Martok argued that victory was close at hand, even though continuation of the fight would have greatly weakened the empire. It was not realized that sometime before 2373, Martok was captured by agents of the Dominion while he was hunting sabre bear on Kang's Summit. He was replaced by a shape-shifting Founder, so no one suspected the substitution. During an induction ceremony for the Order of the Bat'leth in early 2373, Captain Benjamin Sisko and his men exposed the duplicate Martok as a Founder spy. The spy was killed by the assembled Klingon warriors at Ty'Gokor. The real Martok was held until 2373 by the Jem'Hadar at Dominion internment camp 371 in the Gamma Quadrant. Following his escape from Dominion imprisonment, Martok was assigned to command a detachment of Klingon warriors stationed at Deep Space 9. Martok was first seen in "The Way of the Warrior, Part I" (DS9). |
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