Federation Embassy on Qo'noS

The Federation Embassy on Qo'noS is the permanent diplomatic mission of the United Federation of Planets in the Klingon Empire. The Federation Embassy is a large, rust-colored structure located in the First City; shaped like an inverted pyramid, it is the formal workplace of the Federation Ambassador to the Klingon Empire, and is considered to be legally Federation soil. (''The Left Hand of Destiny, Book I.)

In the basement of the Federation Embassy is located the classified operations center of Starfleet Intelligence. In a sub-basement below that was the main operations center of the rogue organization known as Section 31; this center was abandoned after being discovered by Worf, Son of Mogh, then the Federation Ambassador, in 2379. (A Time to Kill.)

The Embassy is surrounded by a large fence and force-field designed to protect the structure from most conventional attacks. It also maintains constant contact with Federation space through subspace radio, and has the capacity to launch a cloaked probe into orbit in times of emergency to send distress beacons. It is also equipped with standard anestazine gas defenses such as those found on Federation starships. Nonetheless, the Federation Embassy on Qo'noS has suffered a number of notable security lapses in recent years. In 2376, the Embassy was seized and its personnel placed under the mental control of Morjod, Son of Martok, as part of his unsuccesful coup attempt, and in 2379, a small band of radicals managed to temporarily storm the Embassy and take its staff hostage until Ambassador Worf personally fought them for control of the building. (The Left Hand of Destiny, Book I, A Time for War, A Time for Peace.)