Caste | Notes | Author Notes |
Political | Chancellor and the High Council | All with lands on Qo'noS. These Kronosian peacocks are not throught of highly in the outer Empire. All playing their political games whilst claiming they follow Kahlessian rules. Rules that befit the monority at the top. |
Officer | Oversight Council keeps the officer caste pure and of highborn Great Houses. | |
Priest/Judge | The preachers and keepers of the words of Kahless. Priests preach the words, Judges rule from the teachings of Kahless. | The priesthood legitimises the political class as those following Kahless. |
Scribe/Poet/Sculptor/Composer | The greats end up in higher esteem than most. Their challenge is to capture the very essence of what it is to be Klingon. | |
Enlisted soldier | | |
Scientist/Engineer | Doctors, technicians and engineers | |
Farmer | | |
Worker | Manufacturers, foundrymen, miners, lawyers. | With little or no opportunity for battle, honour or glory, the words of Kahless must ring hollow for many of these lower caste Klingons. For some, they find honour in their hearts their own way. For others, there are other outlets like the Cult of Fek'lhr. |
Klingon prisoners | Still useful to the Empire. | |
Non-Klingon | Kzinti, Orions, Kriosians etc. | |
Dishonoured | The cowardly, the alcoholic drunks, the defeated and the discommended. | In the outreaches of the Empire, all Klingons are useful. Discommendation is very much a Kronosian political tool that isn't cared for by the majority of civilians. Alcoholism is prevelant in the Empire and this is the rock bottom where they can end up. Even former members of the High Council can find this fate. |