Black Crest

The Black Crest were a militaristic faction within the Gorn Hegemony that asked for more violent actions to be taken to expand the Gorn empire. They opposed the peace with the Federation and in the latter part of the year 2374 they stached a successful coup that overthrew the government. After which they launched attacks on several Federation outposts however these were repelled by Commander William T. Riker and a group of Klingon's. (TNG graphic novel: The Gorn Crisis).