With CBS All Access’s show Star Trek: Discovery a hit for the new streaming service fans have been combing over every little detail of the episodes that have been released looking for little clues and Easter eggs from past Star Trek shows. There have already been a lot of fun Easter eggs, like a bottle of wine from Château Picard, and the inclusion of the villain Harcourt Fenton Mudd from the original series.
Star Trek: Discovery deals with the causes and origin of the Klingon/Federation war and drops many references to Klingon history. There is a Klingon warrior who is a reoccurring character on Star Trek: Discovery called Voq, he is a disgraced warrior who has no Klingon house to claim as his own. He seeks to serve the self-titled Klingon messiah named T’Kuvma, Voq was able to persuade T’Kuvma to allow him to serve as the Klingon Torchbearer and took the position as leader of the disciples of T’Kuvma after the lattes death at the hands of Star Fleet.
Many are wondering if the Klingon Voq is the same Klingon warrior who appeared in the Deep Space Nine Episode Blood Oath. That Klingon, named The Albino is a criminal warlord and sworn enemy of the Klingon House of Kor. Interestingly enough Voq also has a blood feud with the leader of the house of Kor, after its leader betrays him, steals his ship and leaves him for dead. Voq is shown as being a very different Klingon as he is not accepted by them due to his skin color and lack of a Klingon family house.
Not a lot is known about the Klingon known as The Albino, except that he has a blood feud with three of the original series Klingon warriors and has led many raids into Klingon territory. The Albino is shown as being older, with white hair and a wrinkled face, which would make sense given that the Deep Space Nine Episode Blood Oath takes place approximately 80 years after the events of Star Trek: Discovery. This time gap is not that problematic as the Klingon warriors in the episode as shown to be at least 90 years old (if not older) and still are strong enough to fight in combat.
We are currently only on episode 4 of Star Trek: Discovery and have 12 episodes left, it remains unknown if Voq and The Albino are one in the same, however the evidence is becoming very compelling. Given these two are the only albino Klingon’s that have been shown in Star Trek lore (Possibly a third was shown at Kirk’s trial in Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country, however this albino does not fit Voq’s age), the age seems about right, and they both have a mean grudge with House Kor, not to mention that the Klingon’s, The Albino fights are three Klingon warriors who appear in the original series. It seems increasingly likely that these two characters will be revealed as being the same person. At the end of the third episode of Star Trek: Discovery, Voq is rescued by one of T’Kuvma’s followers, he is then smuggled to a Klingon planet to begin his training. If it is revealed that Voq and The Albino are the same person, it will be interesting to see what turns Voq from an honorable Klingon warrior into the criminal warlord that is seen in Deep Space Nine.
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