Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek : Discovery ’s Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) was once infamous as Starfleet ’s first mutineer , and she also got no credit for another Starfleet first . Star Trek : Discovery ’s series premiere introduced Michael Burnham as a Commander and the First Officer of the USS Shenzhou under Captain Philippa Georgiou ( Michelle Yeoh).Burnham sparked the warfare between the resurgent Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planetsin 2256 - 2257 , which reinstalled the Klingons as Starfleet ’s deadliest enemies .

The Klingon Empire was established inStar Trek : Discovery ’s serial publication premiere to have been"in disarray for generations . “However , T’Kuvma ( Chris Obi ) sought to unite the 24 Great Houses by lighting the Beacon of Kahless . T’Kuvma trust himself to be the Klingon Messiah , and he project to reestablish galactic Klingon dominance by result the unifiedKlingon Empire into a war with Starfleet and the Federation . Commander Michael Burnham and the USS Shenzhou strike the Klingons ' intentions . Before Burnham ’s desperation to forbid war lead her to mutiny against Captain Georgiou , Michael came face - to - face with a Klingon .

Star Trek: Discovery’s Burnham Was The First Human To Kill A Klingon

Burnham killed more than one Klingon

InStar Trek : Discovery ’s serial premiere , " The Vulcan Hello , " Commander Michael Burnham donned an EV wooing to enquire a mystical social structure in a binary star system . What Burnham find was the Beacon of Kahless , and Michael was confronted by the Klingons ' Torchbearer , Rejac ( Justin Howell ) . The Torchbearer attacked the Starfleet Officer , but Commander Burnham ’s advancing impulse led to theKlingon stake on his own bat’leth , killing the armoured alien warrior .

Star Trek has many great Klingon fibre from Kor to Worf and Kruge to Torres . But who are the undecomposed Klingon warriors that Qo’noS has to propose ?

Star Trek : initiative ’s series premiere , " Broken Bow , " establishedFirst Contact between Klingons and humanshappened in 2151.Enterprisetakes place about 100 year beforeStar Trek : DiscoveryinStar Trek ’s Prime Timeline . Although Klingons made several appearances onStar Trek : enterprisingness , the Klingon Empire became fractured and warred among itself , agree toStar Trek : Discovery . Before Commander Burnham faced her first Klingon , Starfleet ’s encounters with Klingons were rare , andMichael was the first human in the 23rd century known to have killed a Klingon .

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Why Burnham Gets No Credit For Killing A Klingon

Too much blood was on Burnham’s hands

The Klingons are the galaxy ’s most feared and brutal warriors , but Commander Michael Burnham get no credit for kill a Klingon . Michael ’s foster founder , Ambassador Sarek ( James Frain ) , give her no praise when Burnham tell him what she had done . Michael killing a Klingon was no suit for festivity becauseStarfleet does not celebrate kill . Further , the death of Rejac was an accident , and Burnham wanted to open diplomatic lecture before the Klingon assault her .

Commander Burnham committed mutiny by hold Captain Georgiou ’s orders , attacking Philippa with a Vulcan nerve arrest , and order the USS Shenzhou to fire on the Klingons .

InStar Trek : Discovery ’s second sequence , " conflict at the Binary Stars , " Commander Burnham and Captain Georgiou transmit onto T’Kuvma ’s ship and more Klingons perish at their hands . But tragically , Georgiou was pour down by T’Kuvma before Burnham get retaliation by bump off the Klingon Messiah . Considering the million that die from the Klingon War , it was no great achievement to defeat a Klingon . Michael Burnham ’s role in startle the Klingon War by killing Rejac , which dominoes into Burnham ’s mutiny , leading to the death of Captain Georgiou , led to Michael ’s captivity .

Klingon T&rsquo;Kuvma and Commander Michael Burnham

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Burnham & Discovery Moved Past Their Initial Klingon Mistakes

Captain Michael Burnham redeemed herself and then some

Star Trek : Discoverymoved far past Michael Burnham ’s fault with the Klingons in time of year 1 . Burnham at last redeemed herself as a member of the USS Discovery by facilitate terminate the Klingon War . Starfleet reinstated Burnham ’s rank as Commander andthe lesson Michael learn help oneself Starfleet restore their own valuesafter the brutal and fucking Klingon War . Star Trek : Discovery ’s later seasons , set in the thirty-second century , see Burnham becomeCaptain of the USS Discovery . Michael and her crew ’s 23rd - century optimism reunited the Federation , which was torn aside by the Burn .

Burnham ’s mistakes with the Klingons in Star Trek : Discovery season 1 no longer matter .

The Klingons were n’t seen again afterStar Trek : Discoveryseason 2 , due in part to negative reply from buff to howDiscoveryreinvented the Klingons . Star Trek : Discoveryfound new enemies in seasons 3 , 4 , and 5 , including the Emerald Chain , the Dark Matter Anomaly , and the Breen . By theend ofStar Trek : Discovery , Captain Burnham is realise as a compassionate , intelligent , and dare leaderwho inspires her crew aboard the USS Discovery . In the 32nd century , Burnham ’s misunderstanding with the Klingons inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 1 no longer matter .

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