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Deep within the most heavily fortified area of the Klingon Empire. Ty'Gokor is the location of Gowron's military fortress. Surrounded by space stations, a tachyon detection grid, and a fleet of Klingon warships, the planetoid's defences are second to none, but a cunning enemy can still find a way to break through.

DETAILS

During 2372, following hostilities between the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets, Chancellor Gowron, the leader of the Klingon High Council, relocates the Klingon military headquarters to Ty'Gokor. The new base established here is officially known as the Klingon Military Command Centre, but is also called Gowron's Fortress, a name that perfectly sums up this heavily-armoured and visually stunning military complex.

Ty'Gokor is a large, reddish-brown planetoid located in an asteroid field deep within Klingon space, some distance from the Klingon homeworld. The base there is the most heavily fortified location in the Klingon Empire. At any given time, there are at least 30 Klingon warships stationed in and around Ty'Gokor's asteroid field, including Vor'cha-class Attack Cruisers, Battle Cruisers, and Klingon Birds-of-Prey of both the K'Vort and B'rel classes. In addition, the entire area is protected by a tachyon detection grid that prevents even cloaked ships, such as Starfleet's U.S.S. Defiant, from getting within transporter distance undetected. As befits the military stronghold of such a fearsome warrior race, Gowron's fortress is designed to be impenetrable.

Ty'Gokor itself is surrounded by orbiting weapons platforms and spacedocks; these, and the armada of Klingon warships, defend the planetoid by keeping a vigilant watch. While it is theoretically possible that shelling the Military Command Centre with photon torpedoes could destroy it, more than a dozen torpedoes would be needed to penetrate the defensive shields, and it is unlikely that an enemy ship could get close enough to fire even one before being detected and destroyed.

The asteroid's surface is covered with numerous manned defensive weapons installations; these are kept constantly on alert and are poised to strike at a moment's notice. But perhaps the most impressive feature of Ty'Gokor's defences are the huge armoured space stations that orbit the planetoid, dwarfing the Klingon ships around them.

FACTS

• It is not common knowledge that Klingon Military Headquarters has been moved to Ty'Gokor.
   
• A tachyon detection grid works by sending out an interlocking network of tachyon beams. If any of these beams is blocked or disrupted, it is an indication of the presence of a physical object between them, thus indicating a cloaked ship.
   
• General Martok was abducted while hunting on Kang's summit on the Klingon homeworld, and was replaced by a Changeling, who urged Gowron to attack the Federation. The Changeling is killed on Ty'Gokor.

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