Qi'Vol

QiV'ol is a Klingon colony on the border with Tezwa and is near Federation space. In 2379, Tezwa declared sovereignty over QiV'ol threatening war with the Klingons. Although the Klingons had been on QiV'ol for four decades, the Tezwans claimed that they sent an automated probe earlier than that which the Klingons must have destroyed. In truth, Prime Minister Kinchawn was assuming that the Federation would force the Klingons into ceding the colony. Kinchawn was effectively attempting to blackmail the Federation since they had violated the Khitomer Accords by aiding in the building of nadion pulse cannons on Tezwa. When the Klingons sent an initial wave of ships under the command of the USS Enterprise-E, Kinchawn used the pulse cannons to kill the 6,000 Klingon troops in orbit. This act almost led to full-scale war which was only averted by the conquering of Tezwa by the Enterprise. (TNG novel: A Time to Kill).