Personal Log: Rob Versteegt

This is Captain Klog reporting, Captaining the IKS Kor-A. This Heavy Cruiser has been named for that great DaHar master, Kor. I am honoured to Captain a ship that has his name.

Things have gone well for the Klingon Empire. The Cardassians, who have been a pain in our side for as long as I can remember, have been destroyed. Their ships are no longer roaming the galaxy. Their systems are all under our control. With our superior strenght, it was not difficult to take over Cardassia. Pretty soon, all their other systems fell. Cardassians became members of the Klingon Empire.

Not long after that, news of an other empire's downfall reached us: the Romulans now only existed as conquered people at the hands of the. . . well, details are vague at that point. We believe that the Ferengi had a great hand in this, but we cannot be certain. All we know is that relations with the Romulans went well for us... until suddenly they were defeated. Bah, P'taqs! They should have found ways to defend themselves. Still, this gives us a chance to gather our forces and create more ships. The Romulans would not have been subjecated easily. Whoever did this, must have a large fleet at hand. Not to worry though: we will be ready.

The months following the Romulan's downfall, things remained quiet. It was once again possible for us to return our attention to internal politics: our recently added systems which once belonged to the Cardassians, had to be taught to respect us. Rest assured... our warriors made sure they did. They won't give us any more trouble now.

Many Klingons citisens were now hungry for war. Myself included: I did not want to remain on patrol duty for the rest of my life! So, during those patrols, our taskforce got a bit... 'confused' on which side of the border we had to patrol. We 'encountered' a Federation outpost with a Federation and a Ferengi troop transport. Naturally, we destroyed them: we didn't want anyone to know that we 'mistakenly' crossed into Federation space.

It was then that the Chansellor got a message from the Ferengi, stating that if we wanted war with the Federation, then we should publically declare war. Otherwise, would would just have to mind our own business. So, the Chansellor declared war with the Federation.

A glorious battle followed! Our taskforce, consisting of 13 updated Heavy Cruisers and two scouts went into Federation territory, under cloak. There, in the Lambda system, we encountered a huge Federation fleet, obviously on their way to Klingon space! That fleet included 9 Vulcan ships and Miranda class destroyers, 3 Nebula class Strike Cruisers, and 8 of their Galaxy X class Heavy Cruisers. They were flanked by a Federation outpost. This would be a glorious battle indeed!

When we got the order, our taskforce decloaked. We fired everything we got at the Galaxy Class cruisers, knowing they would have the most firepower. Alas, we had miscalculated the strenght of their shields! Only two of those eight ships blew up: the rest were virtually undamaged. I remember thinking, at that time, that this would be a good day to die. For we sure would not make it out of here alive.

Yet, the Federation made a critical mistake... one which our ships quickly took advantage of. Instead of targeting the Heavy Cruisers, those Federation fools targeted our scoutships. Their tactics weren't all that foolish actually, since without our scouts, we would not be able to gather intelligence about their strenght. Had we been Federation vessels, that lack of information would have killed us.

But we were *Klingon*! We fired everything we got at the Galaxy class ships, making sure that they knew the price of destroying two of our ships. Within just a few minutes, all the Galaxy and Nebula class ships were gone, as well as the outpost.

That just left the nine destroyers and Vulcan ships. It was pathetic, really. Without the leadership of the command ships, these little ships were trying to flee in fear. We destroyed nearly all of them, but let two escape. Everyone in Federation territory will now know what happened at the Battle of Lambda!

I must go now: the Ferengi seem on the move, to help their Federation allies. Hah! They will suffer the same fate. Soon, Klingons will rule the Galaxy!

Q'apla!