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I am mystified and slightly Irritated

House Kodan appears nowhere on my hard drives, the Yahoogrou[ps archives, the Googlegroups records.

I know I made it up.

I modelled Lord Kodan on Xur from the Last Starfighter

https://thelaststarfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Xur

I was misremembering his name and the name of his henchmen, the Kodan

https://thelaststarfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Kodan

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Kodan could be taken as a Klingon Fop, a Klingon Dandy. But never say so to his face. He's one of the best Bat'leth fighters in the empire. He's mean, ruthless, sociopathic, and vain.

Also very smart. A Chess player.

He is one of the leading Nodes of the "Real Klingons" - He thinks all Klingons are tools to be used for his own ambitions, but he thinks even LESS of anyone else!

His court is always a place of the highest style and ettiquite. Kodan can and has killed people for being Boorish.

His Wife is just as ruthless, ambitious, and sociopathic as he is. They are using each other, but also reached a sort of affection for each other. They bond over torturing non-Klingon people to death.

There are dark rumors that there are elite parties among Kodan and his allies where Klingon house lords eat the flesh of lesser races.

This is true, it's a sort of dark bonding ritual for the intensely racist Real Klingon mindset.

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Kodan's darkest current secret (For him) is that he's had himself uploaded into an Android body.

He did not include Mrs Kodan in on this. She would destroy him if she knew.

He plans to get her an Android body and put her into it - He's not planning on asking her first.

All of this has been recently derailed when his new Assistant, Ch'on showed up. Now Kodan finds himself in hell, forced to obey Ch'on. But he's plotting a way to regain his freedom and murder Ch'on when he can

We'll see how this unwinds in the Future.

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There is also an "Android scare" filtering out into the public. Someone on Calas Prime has leaked that some people have been replaced by Androids.

But this has not broken out at large, yet.

Correction - the not-quite-cannibalism is not a feature of all "Real Klingon" houses, just a sub-faction

There are honorable Real Klingons who'd find the dark rituals and enforced racism of Kodan's wing stupid, wasteful and dishonorable.

Others are just as ruthless and ambition, but have no desire to be Kodan's lackey.

If things break loose we could see a Real-Klingon/Real-Klingon civil war break out.

But all of this is on hold until I find characters to inflict it on.

Kodan and Kalatopa dislike each other, but cooperate by necessity.

Kalatopa knows of Kodans rituals and has been to a few, but considers it idiotic cos-play.

House Ogalak and House Martok are nemses of these two houses.

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Kodan has a seat on the council and never fails to advocate for genocidal war against the aliens. But he is always very careful to stay on the right side of the line, and obey all social rules of the Capital.

He'll never give anyone an excuse that way.

Yes I have seen this. Did you inadvertently change the name?

RIs are ruthlessly hunting down the Android master. This kind of thing make it more difficult for them.

Innkeeper wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 06, 2025 7:55 am

Yes I have seen this. Did you inadvertently change the name?

RIs are ruthlessly hunting down the Android master. This kind of thing make it more difficult for them.

It's intel work. You have track down who knows what. and get them to tell you.

??? Inadvertently change which name?

jayphailey wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 06, 2025 12:03 pm

Innkeeper wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 06, 2025 7:55 am

Yes I have seen this. Did you inadvertently change the name?

RIs are ruthlessly hunting down the Android master. This kind of thing make it more difficult for them.

It's intel work. You have track down who knows what. and get them to tell you.

??? Inadvertently change which name?

Kodan. You said you could not find it.

I believe I wrote it originally as Kodan, Mixing up Kodan and Xur

jayphailey wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 06, 2025 9:52 pm

I believe I wrote it originally as Kodan, Mixing up Kodan and Xur

Found at least.

Yes the RI community is digging and revealing any chance they get. These MFs are causing people to distrust artificial life forms.

BTW Gensilan is not the only RI with a Builder mainframe backing her up. That would include Athena at Builder Station. She does not have a Human BF as far as I know. But the trio of Elizabeth, Diana, and Athena is nothing to shake a stick at. All three BTW are build on the Amiga Shapeshifter kernel that Elizabeth started with. Not the Crystalmind RI kernel.

Innkeeper wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 07, 2025 12:15 am

jayphailey wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 06, 2025 9:52 pm

I believe I wrote it originally as Kodan, Mixing up Kodan and Xur

Found at least.

Yes the RI community is digging and revealing any chance they get. These MFs are causing people to distrust artificial life forms.

BTW Gensilan is not the only RI with a Builder mainframe backing her up. That would include Athena at Builder Station. She does not have a Human BF as far as I know. But the trio of Elizabeth, Diana, and Athena is nothing to shake a stick at. All three BTW are build on the Amiga Shapeshifter kernel that Elizabeth started with. Not the Crystalmind RI kernel.

Once they can look, they can see which Real Klingon houses are using AI in planning their Strategy and attacks.

Now, is it their AI, or a friends AI? How much is say Kodan handing a junior partner a plan and saying "Execute this perfectly, Or I'll make you wish you were never born" ?

Parts of this, must by definition, work at meat-speed.

Third 0718 Android located - working in Klingon Intelligence for Kahless II

There's areas blocked from Federation view. Martok and Kahless have being doing things they don't want the Federation to see.

jayphailey wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 07, 2025 1:06 am

Innkeeper wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 07, 2025 12:15 am

jayphailey wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 06, 2025 9:52 pm

I believe I wrote it originally as Kodan, Mixing up Kodan and Xur

Found at least.

Yes the RI community is digging and revealing any chance they get. These MFs are causing people to distrust artificial life forms.

BTW Gensilan is not the only RI with a Builder mainframe backing her up. That would include Athena at Builder Station. She does not have a Human BF as far as I know. But the trio of Elizabeth, Diana, and Athena is nothing to shake a stick at. All three BTW are build on the Amiga Shapeshifter kernel that Elizabeth started with. Not the Crystalmind RI kernel.

Once they can look, they can see which Real Klingon houses are using AI in planning their Strategy and attacks.

Now, is it their AI, or a friends AI? How much is say Kodan handing a junior partner a plan and saying "Execute this perfectly, Or I'll make you wish you were never born" ?

Parts of this, must by definition, work at meat-speed.

Third 0718 Android located - working in Klingon Intelligence for Kahless II

There's areas blocked from Federation view. Martok and Kahless have being doing things they don't want the Federation to see.

Form Gensilan through House Javos. Kahless and Marok get a full briefing on the 0718 androids and the threat.