Changes: Koll Azernal

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Koll Azernal (?-2379) was the Chief of Staff to former President Min Zife. Azernal, a Zakdorn male, had been Zife's primary advisor since 2369, and was largely responsible for the campaign strategy that got Zife elected to the presidency in 2372. Shortly after assuming office in 2373, Azernal concieved of a plan for the upcoming Dominion War, whereby Federation nadion pulse cannons would be installed on the neutral planet of Tezwa near the Klingon border in violation of the Khitomer Accords. The plan was that a desperate Starfleet, as a last-resort strategy, could lure the Dominion fleet to Tezwa, where it would be virtually annihilated. The plan was implimented.

During the war, Azernal was one of the primary archietects of the Federation's strategies, working in conjunction with the Admiralty and the Federation Security Council. Zife regarded him as the war's unsung hero.

In 2379, he plotted to overthrow Tezwan Prime Minister Kinchawn in response to the menacing of a Klingon planet. Kinchawn, an extreme nationalist, had militarized the economy of his planet and purchased a fleet of Danteri starships, intending to use them to threaten a Klingon colony. When Zife and Martok, Son of Urthog, Klingon Chancellor, ordered a joint Federation-Klingon fleet to Tezwa for peace negotiations, the fleet was decimated by the canons. Azernal convinced Zife to have Tezwa conquored by the Federation and the cannons destroyed before the Klingons could retaliate and discover the Federation deception. Later, he engaged in a complex scheme to incriminate the Tholian Assembly in the construction of the cannons before his plot was discovered by Starfleet captain Jean-Luc Picard. Picard, in conjunction with Admiral William Ross and other members of Starfleet Command, forced Azernal, Zife, and Federation Secretary of Military Intelligence Nelina Quafina to resign; Azernal was subsequently killed, along with Zife and Quafina, by the rogue agency known as Section 31 for his actions. (TNG: A Time to Kill)

Preceded by:
Unspecified

Presidential Chief of Staff
2373– 2379

Succeeded by:
Esperanza Piñiero

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-'''Koll Azernal''' was the [[Zakdorn (planet)|Zakdorn]] Chief of Staff to former [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] [[Min Zife]].  In [[2379]], he plotted to overthrow [[Tezwan]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Kinchawn]] in response to the menacing of a [[Klingon Empire|Klingon]] planet. ([[Star Trek: The Next Generation|''TNG'']]: ''[[A Time to Kill]]'')
+'''Koll Azernal''' (?-[[2379]]) was the [[Presidential Chief of Staff|Chief of Staff]] to former [[President of the United Federation of Planets|President]] [[Min Zife]]. Azernal, a [[Zakdorn]] male, had been Zife's primary advisor since [[2369]], and was largely responsible for the campaign strategy that got Zife elected to the presidency in 2372. Shortly after assuming office in 2373, Azernal concieved of a plan for the upcoming [[Dominion War]], whereby [[Federation]] [[nadion pulse cannons]] would be installed on the neutral planet of [[Tezwa]] near the [[Klingon Empire|Klingon]] border in violation of the [[Khitomer Accords]]. The plan was that a desperate [[Starfleet]], as a last-resort strategy, could lure the Dominion fleet to Tezwa, where it would be virtually annihilated. The plan was implimented.
+During the war, Azernal was one of the primary archietects of the Federation's strategies, working in conjunction with the Admiralty and the [[Federation Security Council]]. Zife regarded him as the war's unsung hero.
+In [[2379]], he plotted to overthrow [[Tezwan]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Kinchawn]] in response to the menacing of a [[Klingon Empire|Klingon]] planet. Kinchawn, an extreme nationalist, had militarized the economy of his planet and purchased a fleet of [[Danteri]] starships, intending to use them to threaten a Klingon colony. When Zife and [[Martok, Son of Urthog]], [[Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire|Klingon Chancellor]], ordered a joint Federation-Klingon fleet to Tezwa for peace negotiations, the fleet was decimated by the canons. Azernal convinced Zife to have Tezwa conquored by the Federation and the cannons destroyed before the Klingons could retaliate and discover the Federation deception. Later, he engaged in a complex scheme to incriminate the [[Tholian Assembly]] in the construction of the cannons before his plot was discovered by Starfleet captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]]. Picard, in conjunction with Admiral [[William Ross]] and other members of [[Starfleet Command]], forced Azernal, Zife, and [[Federation Secretary of Military Intelligence]] [[Nelina Quafina]] to resign; Azernal was subsequently killed, along with Zife and Quafina, by the rogue agency known as [[Section 31]] for his actions. ([[Star Trek: The Next Generation|''TNG'']]: ''[[A Time to Kill]]'')
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