K'Nera

K'Nera was a Klingon male of the 23rd and 24th centuries. He was a member of the House of Kruge, and a descendant of Commander Kruge.

2364
In 2364 K'Nera was a Captain in the Klingon Defense Force. In that year K'Nera was ordered to take his ship to search for the IKS T'Acog - which had been sent to search for three renegade Klingons. Arriving in the area where the T'Acog was destroyed, K'Nera found the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) in the area with the renegades Korris and Kommel aboard. K'Nera informed Captain Jean-Luc Picard that their two Klingon guests were wanted criminals, and Picard took Korris and Kommel into custody until K'Nera's ship could come within transporter range.

K'Nera's ship soon came within transporter range. Upon learning that the Klingons wanted to take Korris and Kommel into custody, Worf pleaded the case of the two renegades - stating that while they had to be punished they should not be executed with dishonor. K'Nera informed Worf that he sympathized, but was under orders to retrieve the renegades and expected them to be transported aboard.

Before the renegades could be transferred to K'Nera's custody, the two men escaped.

Though he was dead, the House of Kruge was still active by the mid-24th century. One of his descendants was K'Nera, who sought to avenge his illustrious ancestor by claiming the same power that Kruge did; namely the data on Project Genesis. At some point after 2373, he allied himself with a Maquis cell and helped raid a Starfleet facility where the information was supposedly declassified. After claiming it, he murdered the Maquis involved and attempted to use the power of Genesis to make his house dominant in the Klingon Empire. However, he was stopped and his vessel was destroyed by Maquis Ro Laren and Starfleet officer William T. Riker of the USS Enterprise.