Chetar was a Klingon woman, a civilian defector in the 23rd century.
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In 2273, she spoke out against the Klingon High Council along with her brother Morg. The two were given a death sentence. They ran for their lives, fleeing from Klingon space aboard an old Vegan Tripper-class commercial flyer. When they spotted the USS Enterprise in orbit of the planet Telos, they transmitted details of their flight and a request for sanctuary as refugees. Unfortunately, their radio was not working, and they were forced to intercept the Federation starship to be beamed aboard.
Chetar was uncertain what would happen next, as she'd heard of Federation death camps, torture and mind control. But Kirk accepted their request and assigned them quarters on deck five. Leonard McCoy determined they were both fit, healthy and ornery.
After IKS Rakor caught up with them and Captain Tunzos gave Kirk an hour to surrender the criminals, Morg and Chetar decided what to do over a meal. Chetar knocked out a security guard with a vase, then they ran to the bridge. She told Kirk they wouldn't be able to adapt to Federation life, citing obsessive hygiene as one of many strange Human ways. Before they boarded their spacecraft to leave, Chetar kissed Kirk on the cheek. Morg thanked him for believing in them. With Kirk's help, Tunzos was convinced that both refugees had been killed. (TOS comic: "Double Bluff")
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- Chetar was the first female Klingon with a ridged forehead seen in Star Trek, who debuted in the comic strip in May 1980. In canon, William T. Riker with the powers of Q materialized a female Klingon in TNG episode: "Hide and Q", which first aired in November 1987. Vixis, first officer of the IKS Okrona, appeared in TOS movie: The Final Frontier, released early in June 1989.
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- TOS comic: "Double Bluff"