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The galaxy far, far away has Darth Vader, the Emperor, Grand Admiral Thrawn and a host of other iconic baddies. Yet, Star Trek and the galaxy right, right here isn't as focused on individual villains that way. However, if the universe created by Gene Roddenberry has a single, identifiable villain it's a 20th Century human who found himself in the future. Khan Noonien Singh is an important villain in Star Trek , and those who don't already know his story are in for an incredible adventure. The character has a long history in the nearly 60-year-old saga, and he remains important to its past and future.

Originally appearing in the Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1 episode, "Space Seed," the character was conceived as a Viking-style character. Roddenberry, however, wanted to subvert the audience expectations of the 1960s by changing that background. The character was named Khan Noonien Singh, in part because Roddenberry hoped a similarly-named acquaintance from World War II would see it and seek him out. (Alas, he never did.) The character was conceived as an actor of West Asian heritage, but the only actor they could convincingly cast to play the futuristic super man was Ricardo Montalban. In 2013's Star Trek Into Darkness, Benedict Cumberbatch was cast to play Khan Noonien Singh, despite him looking more "Viking" than West Asian. While "Space Seed" is an iconic Star Trek: TOS episode, it wasn't until his return in 1982's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan written and directed by Nicholas Meyer. Not only did this revitalize the character, but the film reenergized the entire Star Trek franchise after The Motion Picture failed to spark joy in the hearts of Trekkers.

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Who Is Khan Noonien Singh In the Star Trek Canon?

The "Space Seed" episode revealed two things about the Star Trek universe. It revealed the "Eugenics Wars," which involved Khan Noonien Singh. Khan, among others, were genetically engineered to be "perfect" humans. The episode also revealed that as a result of these wars the "records" of that time were mostly lost to Starfleet. Still, Spock told Captain Kirk Kahn ascended into power in 1992 and was defeated in 1996 (30 years from the show's real-world present-day). Khan and 96 of his fellow genetic augments were put into a kind of stasis and sent off into space, where they drifted until the USS Enterprise found the vessel and awakened them. A historian on the Enterprise, Marla McGivers, was charmed by Khan and, almost, helped him take over the ship. Once Kirk and company retook the vessel, he allowed Khan, McGivers and his people to settle on Ceti Alpha V to build a new life for themselves.

In the beginning of The Wrath of Khan , Pavel Chekov (a character not added to The Original Series until Season 2) landed on what they believed was Ceti Alpha VI. They soon found Khan and what remained of his people, because the planet had "shifted" its orbit after a cataclysm. Kahn captured Chekov's ship, the USS Reliant, and used it to take possession of the Genesis Device. Created by Kirk's former partner Carol Marcus and Kirk's son David, it could take a lifeless world and make it teeming with life in hours. Khan wanted to use it as a weapon, but he also wanted to visit vengeance on Kirk. At the end of the film, he's defeated and famously quotes Moby Dick before he uses the Genesis Device to destroy his own ship. "From Hell's heart I stab at thee," he says, "for hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."

In Strange New Worlds Season 2, Khan's descendant, La'an Noonien Singh , was sent back in time to the early 21st Century to stop a cataclysm. In Star Trek: Voyager , the crew was sent back to 1996, but instead of a Eugenics War-ravaged landscape, they found the dawn of the internet age. This was established as the "fault" of another time-travel accident. When La'an arrived in her past, she encountered Sera, a Romulan agent from the "Temporal Wars." She was sent back to 1992 to kill Khan in order to prevent the Federation and Starfleet from ever existing. Yet, because of the other time-shenanigans, Khan wasn't born until the 21st Century. "Time pushes back," she told La'an, implying that "canon events" aren't just limited to the Spider-Verse.

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Why Khan Noonien Singh Is So Important to Star Trek Fans and Storytellers

Khan Noonien Singh remains important to the larger Star Trek story because of what he represents about the universe's past. The Eugenics Wars, now set in the mid-21st Century also coincided with "World War III," the cataclysm from which Star Trek 's ideal future emerged. In Star Trek: First Contact , the crew of the USS Enterprise-E are sent back to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes the first warp-drive flight, causing the Vulcans to visit Earth. Khan represents the personification of the worst of humanity. Notions of superiority, violence and authoritarianism are the main impediments, Roddenberry believed, to the idyllic future humanity was capable of achieving.

His many returns, from "Space Seed" in Star Trek: The Original Series to The Wrath of Khan are a warning that these human foibles, like Star Wars ' Palpatine , will somehow return if people aren't careful. Yet, Khan didn't just help create the universe in the narrative. After The Motion Picture , fans hoped for a return to the type of storytelling Star Trek: TOS was known for. Nicholas Meyer delivered a film that felt a bit like an episode of the show on a grander scale. Yet, it also kicked off a run of four more movies that helped cement Star Trek as an enduring franchise. Fans were enamored by the film and its sequels. Even when he's not present, he influences the story. Star Trek: Picard Season 3 thematically echoed the "trilogy" that started with The Wrath of Khan through Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home .

Khan is a genetically altered super man who was so cruel, violent and despotic he almost destroyed the planet. Yet, like most real-world villains, the actual Khan was charming, seemingly measured. Ricardo Montalban infused the character with gravitas and even humor, along with his impressive bare chest (which was not a prosthetic in the movie). If the heroes of Star Trek represent the best of humanity, Khan represents the worst of it. Heroes are defined by their villains, and any hero that can take out a guy like Khan Noonien Singh is an impressive one indeed.

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Genetic superman, an Augment from the late 20th century. Warlord whose followers controlled nearly a quarter of the Earth before fleeing aboard the SS Botany Bay. Discovered in 2267 by Captain James T. Kirk, Khan would become his greatest enemy.

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Khan was created for the original series Star Trek episode " Space Seed ", and was named in honor of Gene Roddenberry 's friend from World War II , Kim Noonien Singh. Roddenberry hoped his friend would hear his name on television and contact him, but never heard from Mr. Singh.

Genetic Engineering

Records of the period, including Khan's origins, are fragmentary and therefore vague. He was the product of a selective-breeding and genetic-engineering scientific program, based on the eugenics philosophy that held improving the capabilities of a man improved the entire Human race.

Augments produced by the program possessed physical strength and analytical capabilities considerably superior to ordinary Humans, and were "engineered" from a variety of Earth 's ethnic groups. Khan's background was suspected to be Sikh, from the northern region of India .

The Eugenics Wars

Khan lived up to the axiom coined by one of his creators, "superior ability breeds superior ambition" . By 1993, a wave of the genetic "supermen", including Khan, had simultaneously assumed control of more than forty of Earth's nations. From 1992 to 1996, Khan was absolute ruler of more than one-quarter of Earth's population, including the regions of Asia and the Middle East. Considered "the best of tyrants" , he severely curtailed the freedoms of his subjects, but his reign was an exception to similar circumstances in Earth history – lacking internal massacres or wars of aggression. In the mid 1990s, the Augment tyrants began warring among themselves. Other nations combined their efforts to force them from power in a series of struggles that became known as the Eugenics Wars. Eventually, most of the tyrants were defeated and their territory recaptured, but as many as ninety "supermen" were never accounted for.

Khan escaped the wars and their consequences along with 84 followers (including Joachim, Joaquin, Kati, Ling, McPherson, Otto, and Rodriguez) who swore to live and die at his command. He saw his best option in a risky, self-imposed exile. In 1996, he took control of a DY-100-class interplanetary sleeper ship he christened the SS Botany Bay , named for the site of the Australian penal colony. Set on a course outbound from Earth's solar system, but with no apparent destination in mind, Khan and his people remained in suspended animation for Botany Bay's centuries-long sublight journey.

“We offered the world order!”

They were discovered in the Mutara sector in 2267 by the U.S.S. Enterprise , captained by James Kirk . Kirk and an away team including historian Marla McGivers went aboard the Botany Bay and revived Khan, unaware of his involvement in the Eugenics Wars. Khan studied ship records, quickly bringing himself up to speed on 271 years worth of technological innovation. He then revived his own people and captured the crew of the Enterprise. The crew regained control of the ship and Kirk left Khan to rule on the abandoned planet Ceti Alpha V with 71 followers and McGivers, who became his beloved wife.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

" Ah, Kirk, my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish best served cold? Well...it is very cold in space! "

But the new colony was on Ceti Alpha V for only a few months when Ceti Alpha VI exploded, shifting the orbit of Ceti Alpha V and killing many of Khan's people. With the loss of most life on the planet, except the Ceti eels, Khan's indomitable will reemerged. The eels took 20 of his followers, including his beloved wife. Fourteen years later, the U.S.S. Reliant went down to what they thought was Ceti Alpha VI, only to find out that due to the planet's shift they were really on Ceti Alpha V.

Khan and his people quickly captured Captain Clark Terrell and First Officer Pavel Chekov . The eels were dropped into their ears, affecting the cerebral cortex to allow them to become obedient to suggestion by Khan. He used them to capture the Reliant and strand its crew on the planet, returning to his merciless beginnings as leader. Kirk, now an Admiral, was left with a skeleton crew of trainees to investigate. Khan had the Reliant feign communications problems, allowing him to approach and fire on the un-shielded Enterprise. Khan gave Kirk five minutes to inform his crew that they must unconditionally surrender. Kirk used the Reliant's prefix code to override their shields and fire back. Khan now had to flee, his ship limping away as Kirk beamed to the center of the Genesis planet. Khan's suggestion triggered Captain Terrell and Commander Chekov to transport the Genesis device up to Khan's ship.

Once Terrell was ordered to kill Kirk and refused, vaporizing himself with his own phaser to avoid murdering a fellow officer, Khan decided to maroon Kirk on the planet, leaving him with these words:

"I've done far worse than kill you...I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me – as you left her – marooned for all eternity at the center of a dead planet. Buried alive...buried alive!"

But following another ruse, Kirk and the rest of his party were beamed back up to the ship and fled toward the Mutara Nebula. Kirk taunted him, and Khan once again let his anger get the better of him in his quest for revenge. He pursued Kirk into the Nebula, losing track only to be overtaken and fired on. The ship nearly destroyed, a dying Khan activated the Genesis Device. He perished in an explosion of creative force that failed to reach the escaping Enterprise, delivering his last words, from Melville's Moby Dick as he did so:

" No, no...you can't get away. To the last...I will grapple with thee. From Hell's heart, I stab at thee....For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee... "

Personality

"Captain, although your abilities intrigue me, you are quite honestly inferior. Mentally, physically. In fact, I am surprised how little improvement there has been in human evolution. Oh, there has been technical advancement, but, how little man himself has changed. Yes, it appears we will do well in your century, Captain. Do you have any other questions?"

Khan is a megalomaniac who craves power above all else. While competent in many fields, particularly leadership and strategy, he is overconfident to the point that he will assume his "superior intellect" is more than sufficient to compensate for his lack of experience in a particular activity (ship-to-ship combat in space).

Characteristics

• Name : Khan Noonien Singh
• Homeworld : Earth, India
• Born : Mid-20th century
• Species : Augment (Human)
• Gender : Male
• Height : 6'
• Weight : 175 lbs
• Hair Color : Black (gray in Wrath of Khan)
• Eye Color : Brown
• Age : 300+ (due to cryogenic suspension, 1996-2267)
• Died : 2285, Mutara Nebula
• Affiliation : Great Khanate

Skills and Abilities

"It was only the fact of my genetically engineered arrogance that got us into this mess."

Khan possesses incredible physical and mental attributes, making him physically, mentally and intellectually superior to even the most exceptional of humans:

• Enhanced strength : He possesses superhuman strength, capable of knocking a person into the air, crushing a phaser pistol in his fingers and lifting a grown man off the ground with one hand.
• Enhanced durability : Khan was extremely durable, and could withstand immense amounts of damage with complete ease, shown during his fight with Kirk.
• Superior intellect : His intelligence is incredibly high, making him the perfect strategist. He possesses a very precise memory - he never forgets a face - and is capable of quickly deducing completely correct conclusions based on little-to-no information.
• Master strategist : Khan became extremely adaptivity in space combat and strategy, shown widely throughout The Wrath of Khan .
• Expert combatant : Khan's strength, intelligence and strategic abilities make him an expert fighter - he uses his brute strength and durability to overwhelm an opponent, but also relies on the overconfidence of his opponents. He only lost his fight with Kirk because of his own arrogance and overconfidence.

Alternate Versions

Children of khan.

In an alternate timeline where the Augments won the Eugenics War, Khan became the ruler of a genetically engineered Human race called the Children of Khan who sought to conquer all of known space. His followers managed to conquer the planet and Khan himself was noted to have finished his conquest of the United States by arriving in Washington in order to accept the President's surrender. His actions led to the Great Ascension of Humanity and he led his people as the First Khan, the Eternal Master and the First Lord of Mankind. Through his actions, he managed to lead his people against numerous alien races and conquered them such as the Andorians who knelt in servitude before him.

His empire later came under attack from the Romulan Star Empire during the Romulan War of the 2100's. At some point, he was noted as having seduced and killed a Romulan commander after which he stole a cloaking device from the Star Empire. It was noted that he died as an elderly statesman after living for over two centuries and had a grandchild who continued to lead the Augment empire. Through his leadership, he became a well respected leader of his people and revered by them for centuries.

Before his death, he was also involved in a program that led to his intelligence and memories being implanted into a computer. With the development of holotechnology, this intelligence was capable of manifesting the appearance of Singh in various points of his life. The program was highly sophisticated as it required three times the processing power of a normal holoprogram. This created a potent counsel which only high ranking Princeps were capable of accessing and thus gained a measure of Khan's wisdom as he advised these younger Augments on their role in the future of their race.

Into Darkness

"You think your world is safe? It is an illusion, a comforting lie told to protect you. Enjoy these final moments of peace, for I have returned, to have my vengeance."

In the alternate Kelvin timeline, Khan's origin remains the same, but he instead of being revived by Captain Kirk he is revived Admiral Alexander Marcus of the Federation to construct weapons and warships for an upcoming war with the Klingon Empire. To prevent any suspicion, Khan was given the alias of "John Harrison". Khan would rebel against Starfleet by conducting acts of terrorism, one of which included the murder of Admiral Christopher Pike . The Enterprise crew captures him on Kronos, and he reveals the truth about his motives to them, his past and Marcus' plan to wipe out his people. Khan assists Captain Kirk in an attempt to arrest Marcus, but betrays Kirk, kills Marcus, and capture the massive battleship, the USS Vengeance. Khan attempts to destroy the Enterprise, only to be tricked by Spock . He then attempts at another escape by sending the Vengeance into Starfleet's base and San Francisco .

Khan is eventually defeated in combat by Spock, who uses his blood and regenerative DNA to revive the deceased Kirk. He is then put back into cryogenic sleep along with his cohorts.

Khan is an extremely powerful, unpredictable, ruthless and brutal person who mostly enjoys terrorizing and killing people and destroying everything in his path. Also, as he is confronting and negotiating with Spock in exchange for Kirk and Marcus' daughter, he seems to have a very massive sense of manipulation. Besides being ruthless and powerful, Khan is also an extremely intelligent and brilliant individual who has vast sophistication and wisdom.

• Aliases : John Harrison
• Height : 6' 1''
• Weight : 172 lbs
• Hair Color : Black
• Eye Color : Blue
• Age : 300+ (due to cryogenic suspension, 1996-2258)
• Status : Cryogenic suspension
• Affiliation : Great Khanate, Section 31
• Muscular capacity augmented beyond human extremes
• Can kick a person several feet into the air
• Can punch through walls
• Capable of cracking open a human skull with his bare hands
• Skin is abnormally tough and resistant to bladed weaponry and explosions
• Completely immune to phaser blasts and lasers
• Can jump from vast heights
• Possesses an IQ of well over 300, approximately
• Capable of absorbing and calculating enormous amounts of information instantaneously
• Capable of thinking three-dimensionally
• Logical to an extreme
• Possesses an extremely eidetic memory
• His eyes can process environments with extreme precision
• Can survive abnormally long periods without fresh oxygen
• Blood cells possess extraordinary regenerative abilities
• Speed of heart rate and lactic acid production means can engage intense physical activity for days on end
• Nervous system and procession of thought means his reflexes are incredibly fast and precise
• Genius-level intellect
• Has matched and very nearly defeated Spock in close-quarters combat
• Capable of wiping out an entire Klingon battalion single-handedly, and killing them all without sustaining a single blow
• Can pilot a ship larger and infinitely more complex than the USS Enterprise single-handedly
• Master strategist
• Master of manipulation
• Expert on orbital skydiving
• Extreme arrogance - superiority complex
• Will do anything to preserve the lives of his people
• Psychopathic personality means that his sanity has very narrow limits
• Susceptible to surprise attacks in combat
• Can be fooled by a person of extreme intelligence that matches or exceeds his own

Weaponry and Equipment

• Portable transwarp beaming device (Ship only)
• USS Vengeance
• Three man cannon (Can carry and wield effortlessly in one hand)
• Phaser pistols
• Phaser rifles
• Combat knife
• Portable life-support equipment

Other Media

Star trek ii: the wrath of khan (1982).

Khan is portaged by actor Ricardo Montalbán .

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

Khan is portaged by actor Benedict Cumberbatch .

In 2262, Khan and 72 Augments were awakened by the Red Lantern founder Atrocitus who demanded obedience from them, however, Khan and his followers defeated him. He then took his red power ring as he could sense it calling to him and becomes a Red Lantern, killing Atrocitus. The Green Lanterns try to fight Khan and the Augments, but are quickly defeated and retreat. Khan overthrows Larfleeze and makes a proposition to the Klingon High Council: join him in exchange for their freedom from Sinestro 's rule. To make this alliance more lucrative, Khan is aware of Sinestro's plan after gaining information from Larfleeze, and he wants the Yellow Impurity and use it to destroy the Federation.

The Green Lanterns and the Enterprise crew team-up to stop Khan and Sinestro, with Kirk becoming a Green Lantern.

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Khan Noonien Singh (Alternate Timeline)

Khan Noonien Singh , also known as John Harrison , is the main antagonist of the 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness .

He is an extremely intelligent and ruthless terrorist, and was the most prominent of the genetically engineered Human Augments of the late-20th century Eugenics Wars period on Earth. Considered genocidal tyrants who conquered and killed in the name of order, Khan and his kind were frozen in cryogenic-sleep. In the 23rd century, Khan was revived by Admiral Alexander Marcus to design weapons and ships to prepare for war against the Klingon Empire. He was given a new identity, that of John Harrison , an English Starfleet commander. Khan, however, rebelled, and after believing his crew had been killed, he began a one-man campaign against Starfleet. After gaining his revenge on Admiral Marcus, he was later stopped by the crew of the USS Enterprise and returned to cryogenic sleep.

He was portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch , who also played Smaug and Sauron in The Hobbit film trilogy, William Ford in 12 Years a Slave , Dormammu , Sinister Strange , and Strange Supreme in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Grinch in the 2018 film of the same name and Shere Khan in Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle .

• 1.1 Background and Brainwashed by Marcus
• 1.2 Betrayal and Stealing Transwarp Beaming Equation
• 1.3.1 Revealing Marcus' True Nature
• 1.4.1 Defeat
• 2 Personality
• 3 Powers and Abilities
• 5 Reception
• 6.1 Indirectly
• 8 External Links
• 9 Navigation

Biography [ ]

Background and brainwashed by marcus [ ].

Khan during his facial reconstruction before his memory blocked.

This version of Khan's backstory was the same as his prime reality counterpart 's, until the destruction of Vulcan in 2258 changed the latter's future that led to the events of the movie from that point on.

Vulcan's destruction led Admiral Alexander Marcus of Section 31 to begin a plan in militarizing Starfleet, and he searched the galaxy for weapons to be used in a potential war with the Klingons. Discovering the SS Botany Bay , Marcus brought Khan out of stasis, believing his savage intellect would give him an advantage. Khan was then recruited into Starfleet under the new identity of Commander John Harrison, and tasked with designing weapons and ships for Starfleet, including the Dreadnought -class USS Vengeance .

The prequel comic Star Trek: Khan gave more insight about Khan's physical change and betrayal. Shortly after being discovered, Marcus had his appearance surgically changed to a male Caucasian and blocked his memories with the intent of convincing him that he was John Harrison, the amnesiac Starfleet researcher in London's Kelvin Memorial Archive who lost his memories in an accident during a failed mission to Qo'nos, the Klingon homeworld. As Harrison, he was given the task of helping advise Section 31 on possible enhancements to Starfleet weapon, shield, and propulsion technology (which is to be incorporated aboard the USS Vengeance ) as well as taking on a mission to destroy Praxis with the help of a portable transporter he designed and built. The mission is a success (explaining the destroyed moon seen in orbit of the Klingon homeworld in the film) but, in the process, Khan regains his memories.

Betrayal and Stealing Transwarp Beaming Equation [ ]

Khan as John Harrison.

Disgruntled by everything that has happened to him, Harrison tried to smuggle his crew away in experimental photon torpedoes he himself had designed, but was discovered and forced to flee alone. Believing Marcus had killed his crew, he coerced Section 31 agent Thomas Harewood into betraying Starfleet by offering a blood transfusion for Harewood's terminally-ill daughter. Harewood agreed, and Harrison replaced Harewood's Starfleet ring with a bomb. After his daughter was cured with a vial of Harrison's blood, Harewood went to work at his office in the Kelvin Memorial Archive, where he dropped the false Starfleet ring into a glass of water, igniting a bomb and destroying the facility. In the midst of the chaos, Harrison used the opportunity to inspect a salvaged terminal to gain Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott's transwarp beaming equation.

Attempted Murder at Daystorm Institute [ ]

Before he set off the explosion at the archive, Harewood sent Marcus a message, explaining he had been threatened by Harrison. Marcus called a summit at the Daystrom Institute, ordering a manhunt for Harrison. During the meeting, James T. Kirk deduced that Harrison had not left Earth because he was aware that protocol would dictate that a meeting like this one would be held at that location. Harrison suddenly appeared in a jumpship and attacked the conference, injuring many and killing Admiral Christopher Pike. Kirk disabled the jumpship, but Harrison beamed himself away before it crashed. Later, Scott contacted Kirk and Commander Spock to inform them that Harrison had beamed himself to the one place Starfleet couldn't follow: Qo'noS. Undeterred, Kirk was granted permission by Marcus to travel to Qo'noS and fire 72 experimental photon torpedoes on Harrison's location. However, at the behest of Spock, Kirk decided to arrest Harrison and bring him back to Earth to stand trial for his crimes.

Revealing Marcus' True Nature [ ]

Khan on the Klingon homeworld.

While Kirk led an away team with Spock, Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, and Hendorff, Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, in temporary command of the USS Enterprise , transmitted a message to Harrison on Qo'noS, warning him to surrender or be destroyed by the torpedoes. Moments later, Harrison found Kirk, Spock, and Uhura being attacked by a Klingon patrol and single-handedly killed the patrol. Confronting the Starfleet officers, Harrison asked how many torpedoes the Enterprise had aboard. After Spock informed him of the count, which corresponded exactly to the number of his Botany Bay crewmembers still in stasis, Harrison surrendered to the landing party. Kirk, angry that his mentor's murderer had saved them, punched Harrison repeatedly, but was unable to render him unconscious.

Khan on the Enterprise .

Once aboard the Enterprise , Harrison was placed in the ship's brig. Dr. Leonard McCoy took a blood sample to uncover the secret behind Harrison's superhuman strength and abilities. Harrison refused to answer Kirk's questions, instead giving him coordinates to a spacedock near Jupiter where the Vengeance was constructed, and suggested that Kirk open one of the torpedoes. Kirk contacted an absent Scott and gave him the coordinates to investigate, while Dr. McCoy and Dr. Carol Marcus opened up a torpedo and discovered a cryogenically-frozen man within.

When Kirk and Spock confronted him with what they discovered, Khan finally explained who he was to Kirk, revealing that the torpedoes contained his fellow surviving Augments as part of a cover-up. Not long afterward, Marcus arrived aboard the Vengeance and demanded that Kirk hand over Khan. Kirk refused and ordered the Enterprise to warp back to Earth so Khan could be brought to trial. The Vengeance caught up with the Enterprise and fired on it as it arrived in Earth's solar system. Marcus then beamed up Carol and prepared to destroy the Enterprise ; fortunately for the Enterprise , Scott, who had sneaked aboard the Vengeance , deactivated its weapons.

Truce With Kirk and Betraying Enterprise Crew [ ]

Kirk and Khan then performed a space-jump to the Vengeance . Meanwhile, Spock consulted Spock Prime, his older counterpart from the prime reality, regarding whether he ever encountered Khan in the past; Spock Prime responded that he had, that Khan was dangerous, and that it had required a great sacrifice to stop him.

Aboard the Vengeance , Kirk, suspicious of Khan, told Scott to stun him once they had taken over the Vengeance 's bridge. When the three of them arrived on the bridge, Scott shot Khan while Kirk admonished Marcus for compromising the Federation. However, Khan was not easily subdued, and he attacked Scott and Kirk and broke Carol's leg before crushing her father's skull with his bare hands before her very eyes. Khan then contacted the Enterprise and ordered Spock to hand over the torpedoes or he would resume bombarding the Enterprise . Spock agreed, and Khan beamed Kirk, Scott, and Carol back aboard the Enterprise , but reneged on his deal with Spock. However, Spock, having predicted Khan's betrayal following his talk with Spock Prime, detonated the torpedoes, crippling the Vengeance . Khan cried out in anguish at the apparent loss of his crew (in actuality, Spock had earlier ordered McCoy to remove the stasis pods from the torpedoes much to Kirk's disgust due to Khan now angrier than ever).

The damage sustained caused both ships to be drawn in by Earth's gravitational pull. To prevent the Enterprise from crashing into San Francisco, Kirk sacrificed himself while re-activating the ship's warp core. Khan, on the other hand, directed the Vengeance on a crash course for Starfleet Headquarters, though the ship's computer informed him the ship would not hit its target. When the Vengeance crashed into San Francisco, Khan leaped down from the wreckage and posed as a shocked survivor.

Moments later, Spock beamed down to execute Khan and avenge Kirk's death. An exciting chase ensues, with Spock pursuing the superhuman onto automated flying barges. A climactic fight erupts between the two, which Khan gradually wins. Uhura beamed down, firing several stun shots to weaken Khan and revealed to Spock that they needed Khan alive to save Kirk (McCoy had just discovered that Khan's blood possessed regenerative properties). Spock finally knocked Khan out.

After his blood was used to revive Kirk, Khan was placed back in suspended animation with his crew and was last seen in a room frozen, where he presumably remains their for the rest of his life.

Personality [ ]

Khan is an extremely powerful, unpredictable, ruthless and brutal person who mostly enjoys terrorizing and killing people and destroying everything in his path. Also, as he is confronting and negotiating with Spock in exchange for Kirk and Marcus' daughter, he seems to have a very massive sense of manipulation. Besides being ruthless and powerful, Khan is also an extremely intelligent and brilliant individual who has vast sophistication and wisdom. Despite this Khan deeply cares for his fellow Augments and manipulated many people just to get them to safety.

Much like Khan's original timeline self, he is extremely vengeful, which provokes acts of cruelty and mass destruction; most killed in his path are innocent bystanders, or at most unknowing allies to his targets, yet he dismisses collateral damage because of his psychopathic nature, as well as callous interpretation of the ends justifying the means.

Powers and Abilities [ ]

• Superhuman Strength : Having been engineered to be an upgraded human life form, Khan, like any Augment possesses the physical strength of a five human beings combined. He could overpower multiple Klingons and even fight Spock in hand-to-hand combat. Khan was even able to crush people's skulls by applying pressure to their heads with both of his hands.
• Superhuman Resilience : He is also extremely durable and greater stamina than even the most rigorously trained human being. He survive Phaser Stun Settings with the bolts only dazing him for a second. He is able to resist a Vulcan Neck Pinch and even overpower Vulcans and Klingons.
• Superhuman Speed : Khan showed incredible speed and mobility when he took down the Klingon forces single handed and when he outran Spock.
• Healing Factor/Regenerative Blood : An Augment's blood platelets have regenerative properties, allowing him to regenerate from any injury or toxicity at a superhumanly fast and far more efficient rate compared to human being's recovery rate. His healing factor even provides him with a greatly extended lifespan or the Augment's regenerative blood can also be used as a medical tool to heal, cure or revive medical subjects via to a blood transfusion.
• Environmental Survivability: Although not witnessed, Khan has stated that him and other Augments are able to survive in an Oxygen Deficient Atmosphere when he was threatening Spock. "Your crew requires Oxygen to survive whilst mine does not, I will target your life-support systems located behind the aft nacelle and as every one of your crew suffocates, I will walk over your cold corpses to recover my people".
• Superhuman Intelligence : Khan has a genius-level intellect, which is superior to many human intellectuals. Despite being frozen for 300 years, when he was awoken, he was abel to immediately study, understand and assimilate all the knowledge of the 23rd century in a very short time. His advanced intellect was the key in the Federation Admiral Marcus created advanced war machines, which were designed for a war with the Klingon Empire.
• Mental Resilience : Khan was able to resist and Break a Vulcan Mindmeld.
• Genius Intellect: Despite being from an obsolete era, he was able to create mechanical and scientific advancements that surpassed the standard of his relative "future."
• Master Combatant : Khan is a ferocious warrior with years of honed combat prowess, which combined with his superhuman abilities, makes him an extremely deadly foe in battle. He is extremely resourceful in battle and was able to secure weapons to go up against a battalion of Klingon soldiers to save Kirk and his crew. He was also close to defeating Spock in battle, had backup not arrived.

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Cumberbatch received universal acclaim for his performance as Khan in Star Trek: Into Darkness . Peter Travers of the Rolling Stone called it a "tour de force to reckon with" and his character "a villain for the ages". Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News wrote that Cumberbatch delivered "one of the best blockbuster villains in recent memory". Jonathan Romney of The Independent noted Cumberbatch's voice, saying it was "so sepulchrally resonant that it could have been synthesised from the combined timbres of Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, and Alan Rickman holding an elocution contest down a well". The New York Times praised his screen presence: "He fuses Byronic charisma with an impatient, imperious intelligence that seems to raise the ambient I.Q. whenever he's on screen".

Despite his acclaimed performance, however, Cumberbatch’s casting as the character was criticized by both critics and fans alike, considering that the character had been "whitewashed into oblivion". Reason of this was due to the fact that in previous films, Khan was actually in Indian ancestry, not European (albeit, original Khan actor, the late Ricardo Montalbán, was Mexican-American, thus equally far from Indian). There have been similar accusations of whitewashing by fans and American Sikhs, with Star Trek: Voyager actor Garrett Wang tweeting "The casting of Cumberbatch was a mistake on the part of the producers. I am not being critical of the actor or his talent, just the casting". George Takei, the original Hikaru Sulu, was also disappointed with the casting, as he thought it would have been better to cast Cumberbatch not as an established villain like Khan but as a new character. On Trekmovie.com, co-producer and co-screenwriter Bob Orci addressed Khan's casting: "Basically, as we went through the casting process and we began honing in on the themes of the movie, it became uncomfortable for me to support demonizing anyone of color, particularly any one of Middle Eastern descent or anyone evoking that. One of the points of the movie is that we must be careful about the villain within US, not some other race". The problem was later rectified through prequel comic Star Trek: Khan which reveals details of his drastic change throughout the film which stemmed from Nero's omnicidal campaign starting from destruction of Vulcan's homeworld.

Entertainment Weekly saw parallels between the new Khan and figures such as Osama Bin Laden or Saddam Hussein, as both men were allied with the US before turning on them. Simon Pegg commented " Iraq had nothing proven to do with 9/11, and yet Bush used that as an excuse to start a war with those people. You can always see the Klingons as like Iraq and John Harrison the proxy for Osama bin Laden. "

Lindelof further acknowledged the terrorism parallels in an interview with StarTrek.com, as Khan's 72 torpedoes reminded them of the notion of 72 virgins in paradise. Lindelof responded " Of course it is a coincidence, because that is a number taken from canon. It was pointed out to us at the scripting phase – the 72 virgins – and that actually gave us pause, because we didn't want people drawing that comparison... but there it is. "

The New Yorker also saw parallels between the debate to execute or arrest Khan with that of the issue of targeted killing.

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• Christopher Pike
• Frank Abbott
• Alexander Marcus
• Several unnamed Starfleet officers
• Numerous unnamed San Francisco citizens
• Numerous unnamed Klingons
• Numerous unnamed people

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• James T. Kirk
• Numerous unnamed Starfleet officers
• This incarnation of Khan is the third main villain in a Star Trek film not to be killed, first being V'Ger and Whale Probe. Of these, he is the first who is not a probe.
• He is the main villain of the second film in the reboot series. His Prime Reality Counterpart was the main villain of the second film and in the original series episode "Space Seed" as well.
• While he survived, the abandonment of the Kelvin Timeline means he won't have a rematch.
• The original Khan shared an animosity with Kirk, whereas the reboot version develops more of rivalry with Spock.

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We all know the basics about Khan, one of the Star Trek   franchise's most infamous villains. How he's a genetically enhanced superhuman with superior intellect and strength, who once ruled a large portion of Earth; how he is found by Captain James Kirk and the Enterprise in a cryogenic stasis in the original TV series, only to be awakened to cause more havoc; how after being exiled for several years, he comes back to seek vengeance on Kirk in the 1982 film  Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan; and how he is resurrected in an entirely different form in the 2013 film  Star Trek Into Darkness .

But we've gathered some other fun facts about Khan, like how he was originally supposed to be a Nordic/Viking pirate, or how in other non-canon Star Trek  material, he was an orphan boy in India who was snatched up by bad guys. Take a look at the 15 things we uncovered about Khan you might not know.

15. HE WAS ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED AS AN ANCIENT GREEK

TV writer Carey Wilbur, who was the co-writer and story creator for the Star Trek episode “Space Seed” -- the one that introduced the world to Khan -- had actually been thinking about this type of character for years. Wilbur was a pretty prolific TV writer in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, writing episodes for such shows as Lost in Space, Bonanza,  and Cannon, and he came up with a similar plot for a low-budget 1950s sci-fi show called Captain Video and His Video Rangers, in which ancient Greeks with mythological powers are awakened from cryogenic suspension in outer space ( via MeTV.com ).

We're glad Khan didn't turn out to be Greek, because that would have just been all wrong, but interestingly enough, one of the original Star Trek episodes, “Who Mourns for Adonais?”, featured a powerful being claiming to be the Greek god Apollo demanding the Enterprise crew stay on his planet and worship him. That was a good one.

14. HE WAS PITCHED AS A NORDIC SUPERHUMAN, THEN BECAME A SIKH

Clearly, Wilbur couldn't get this one idea about a superhuman being reawakened to wreak havoc out of his head. His one and only contribution to the Star Trek franchise was “Space Seed,” which aired in 1967. When he originally pitched the idea to creator Gene Roddenberry, he went from ancient Greek to a Nordic named Harold or John Ericssen, who would later reveal himself to be a Viking space pirate named Ragnar Thorwald. Imagine that for a moment.

Roddenberry apparently wasn't necessarily all that thrilled with the Nordic idea, especially after Ricardo Montalban was cast. The Star Trek guru and the other co-writer, Gene Coon, decided to make the character of Indian origin, possibly Sikh, finally settling on the name Khan Noonien Singh, which as we all know now was shortened to the infamous moniker, Khan ( via MeTV.com ).

13. HE WAS KIDNAPPED OFF THE STREETS OF INDIA AS A CHILD

Some of the Khan's backstory was explained in the episode by Spock, who recognized him as the former genetically enhanced warlord who conquered a third of the planet in the 1990s and started the Eugenics Wars, ultimately losing the battle and escaping via being frozen and all.

A five-part comic series Star Trek: Khan – released in 2013 by IDW Publishing and written by Mike Johnson -- served as both a prequel and a sequel to the 2013 film  Star Trek Into Darkness,  and it takes a look at Khan's early development. In the first issue, Khan is just an orphan boy living in the streets of India, who gets gassed and snatched up by masked men. He is taken to Dr. Heisen, along with several other children, and is then experimented on. Heisen turns them into “super soldiers,” masters of intellect and physical prowess, who also have regenerative powers. The kid definitely shows promise.

12. HE KILLED THE DOCTOR WHO “CREATED” HIM

But wait, there's more in that first issue! The boy eventually escapes the confines of the facility in which he is being held by first disabling the computer system and then literally digging his way out through the solid rock floor. He is unfortunately tracked down by Dr. Heisen in the Gobi desert and incapacitated by a neural inhibitor that has been implanted within him.

Needless to say, this really ticks off Khan. He eventually takes his revenge when he presents Dr. Heisen with a box filled with all the neural inhibitors Khan has removed from his fellow comrades in the program. Khan then crushes Heisen's skull with his bare hands (hmmm, shades of Blade Runner we think?) and informs his followers that the world is now theirs to command. You really don't want to mess with this dude.

11. HE PLANNED TO DESTROY EARTH AFTER LOSING THE EUGENICS WAR

As part of the Star Trek non-canon book series, The Eugenic Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh , published in 2001, the character differs slightly from the comics. Khan is part of the "Children of Chrysalis” – a group of kids who have been genetically altered by the nefarious Chrysalis group. Two scientists, however, go undercover and rescue the children, destroying the project.

The damage is already done, as the children in the project grow up to be major political figures all over the world and begin to battle for power and influence. Khan still remains the most powerful of them all, amassing a great empire of his own. But after several assassination attempts and riots of his people in the war, he decides to power up a satellite he built that will destroy the ozone layer and wipe out all life on Earth. The scientist who previously helped him talks Khan out of it and offers safe passage on a ship for him and some of his fellow comrades, in an effort to find a better place to settle down. Kind of an interesting take, right?

10. HE PRIDES HIMSELF ON HIS FASHION SENSE

One can't be too surprised that Khan likes to dress to impress. According to  StarTrek.com , Khan appears in varying outfits in the “Space Seed” episode. William Ware Theiss, the costume designer for the original  Star Trek series, wanted to create something "symbolic" with the looks in this episode.

Khan changes costumes five times in "Space Seed." Two of his outfits are actually reuses of previous costumes, including a blue medical outfit and a set of engineering duds. He's also fond of wearing traditional Starfleet clothes, like the one he wears in the episode, along the tattered Starfleet stuff he rocks in Wrath of Khan . Even in Star Trek Into Darkness,  Khan, under the guise of John Harrison, wears a black Starfleet shirt.

If we were to pick the best look, we'd definitely go with Wrath of Khan – and one of our reasons why is below.

9. THAT CHEST IN WRATH OF KHAN IS ALL REAL

Look, there would be no Khan as we know him if Ricardo Montablan didn't portray him – and boy, that man was in incredible shape when he made the 1982 film,  Wrath of Khan. That Starfleet sweater jacket thing Khan wore, opened at the chest, made the man more savage looking than his original appearance on the TV show. It made sense, since he had been exiled on a hostile planet for many years. His clothes wouldn't necessarily hold up AND he'd have lots of time to do push ups.

Many speculated at the time of its release that Montalban wore a prosthetic piece on his chest in portraying the formidable villain, because it was hard to believe a man in his late 60s could have pecs like that. But those were pure Montalban. Wrath of Khan 's producer Robert Sallin confirmed it in an interview with Crave , saying, “ Yes [they were real]. He was in amazing shape. His pectoral muscles and his whole upper body [were] very strong and they emphasized that with the costume. That was real Ricardo .”

8. A METHOD TO HIS MADNESS

Khan is pretty over the top, we must say, but that's exactly how Montalban intended to play him. In an interview with  ComicBookMovie.com , the actor explained that in his original portrayal, Khan was “ extremely powerful both mentally and physically, with an enormous amount of pride ” and who also had some “ good qualities .” Montalban went on to describe the " nobility in the man that, unfortunately, was overridden by ambition and a thirst for power .”

But the character in Wrath of Khan had to be played differently. Montalban commented on how this time around, Khan was a man full of rage and obsessed with righting a grievous wrong he felt was done to him by Kirk. Therefore, the characterization had to be even bigger. " I felt he really had to become bigger than life almost to the point of becoming ludicrous to be effective, " the actor explained. " If I didn't play it fully and totally obsessed with this, then I think the character would be little and insignificant and uninteresting. "

And Montalban didn't really mind if he went a little overboard, because if he played it subtle, it would fall flat. " You can play safe, you can underact, put the lid on and it works beautifully. In this case, I thought if I did that it would be very dull .” Nailed it!

7. HE NEVER CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH KIRK AGAIN AFTER HIS INITIAL EXILE

In all of Wrath of Khan , Khan never gets the chance to confront Captain Kirk again, face to face. Although Montalban was disappointed that he couldn't play opposite William Shatner again, he believed that distance helped ratchet up the tension between the two. "It was difficult as an actor, but that separation of the two ships gave it a really poignant touch to the scenes, " Montalban told CBM . " The fact that being so strong, there was so much pressure knowing that he can't get his hands on Kirk. "

While the actor's feelings also reflect on the audience -- we would have loved to see Kirk and Khan slug it out again -- the separation definitely worked. Khan becomes even more menacing and dangerous as he and Kirk dance around each other using their respective ships. Also, it makes watching Kirk scream,  "KHAAAAAAAN"  at a man not in the room with him a lot more effective.

6. THE CHEKOV PLOT HOLE IN WRATH OF KHAN

How did Khan know Chekov in Wrath of Khan when the two were never seen together in the original Star Trek episode “Space Seed”? Actor Walter Koenig didn't join the cast until the second season of the show, but when Khan encounters Chekov in Wrath of Khan (and the poor guy has one of those hideous mind-controlling creatures, known as a Ceti Eel, crawl into his ear), Khan says, “ I never forget a face .”

It's one of the more well-known gaffes in the Star Trek fandom. The film's writer, Jack B. Sowards, reportedly said he originally had Chekov watching a library tape of Khan before meeting him in his final draft, but it was cut by director Nicholas Meyer and the scene reworked, creating the plot hole.

It turns out, however, in Chekov's origin story (as written in some non-canon novels), he technically was on the Enterprise when Khan was there, and so the two may have run into each at some point. Koenig once joked that the reason Khan remembers Chekov is because he was in the bathroom when the big bad of the final frontier wanted to use it.

5. HE STARS IN A DIGITAL SLOTS GAME

Want to play slots, Wrath of Khan- style? Now's your chance. Jackpot Party Casino created a digital slots game for this beloved entry   in the  Star Trek series, in which fans can take a spin with their favorite Trek characters, including Khan and the Enterprise crew, to win coins.

The online game apparently features authentic voices from the real actors, along with all the  Star Trek  sound effects, from phasers, photon torpedos, and transporters. Maybe a swish sound for the opening of an Enterprise door? You'd think. Here's another little tidbit for the official game description: extra paylines can be achieved without extra payment, thanks to a base 5x4 reel, and the slot allows you to experience ship-to-ship combat in the free spin bonus rounds among the wreckage.

As an added sub-game within the Wrath of Khan  game, players can also collect Tribbles that turn into coins. Sign us up!

4. THE KHAN BOBBLE HEAD YOU OBVIOUSLY NEED TO BUY

Well, of course there is. If you so desire, you can own the Wrath of Khan bobble head, which stands at 7 inches tall and is an almost exact replica with wild silver hair, bulging chest, tattered sweater jacket thing – and the mysterious glove he wears. There's also a Kirk bobble head, and if you get them both, you can re-enact scenes from the movie. Even if their heads are a little big, you could have them bobbing up and down and butt into each other as you create your own confrontation. You know, the satisfaction of them battling it out one more time. We're not kids playing with toys, YOU are!

And since we Trekkies have  way  too much time on our hands, there's any number of fun gadgets and memorabilia you can get. For the record, we think the Funko Pop people should definitely create a Khan.

3. HE WAS PHYSICALLY ALTERED TO BECOME “JOHN HARRISON”

Star Trek aficionados had a real problem with director J.J. Abrams' second Star Trek installment, 2013's  Star Trek Into Darkness , due in large part to resurrecting the Khan character. Granted, these latest Star Trek movies are now operating on an alternate timeline after the first entry, the 2009 Star Trek , skewed things, but many critics at the time of the film's release felt it just wasn't necessary to bring this character back since he had been immortalized by Ricardo Montalban. Plus, Khan was played by Benedict Cumberbatch, who holds no resemblance to the original character (and  Abrams regrets keeping his true identity a secret, too ).

In order to somewhat appease fans and explain their reasoning for casting Cumberbatch, the comic  Star Trek: Khan (described above) details how the Khan we all know and love turned into a white British guy. It seems when Starfleet Admiral Alexander Marcus finds Khan, he alters the villain's physical appearance and his memories to make him believe he is John Harrison and asks him to build weapons against the Klingons. Too bad that plan totally backfires, and Khan becomes Khan again.

2. HE STARS IN A STAR TREK/GREEN LANTERN CROSSOVER COMIC

In a more recent comic from IDW Publishing, and once again written by Mike Johnson, the Benedict Cumberbatch Khan shows up in Star Trek/Green Lantern Vol. 2 -- Stranger Worlds Part Two. 

In the popular crossover comics, Hal Jordan and the Lantern Corps team up with Captain Kirk and Starfleet to fight the bad guys. In Stranger World Part Two , Jordan, whose Green Lantern Corps has been hit hard, finds that their power rings are running low, and it's almost impossible for them to recharge them because there are no more power batteries. Jordan has to team up with Starfleet in their efforts to defeat Sinestro and the resurgent Klingons in the ultimate battle.

Unfortunately, that's not all Jordan and Kirk have to contend with in this volume. They discover that there is a new foe bearing the red ring of rage – and he comes to wreak havoc for Kirk and his new allies once again. That's Khan, and he's back with his legion of superhumans. Let's just say you can't keep a good villain down, even in crossover comics.

1. HE ALMOST HAD A BABY SON

This little odd tidbit comes as a bit of a surprise. An older issue of StarBlazer magazine published a photo from the set of Wrath of Khan that showed director Nicholas Meyer interacting with a child.

The magazine explained that while making  WOK , Meyer had included a few scenes in which it was discovered Khan had a small child, a boy. Admiral Terrell and Chekov first see the child we they board to the Botany Bay. As they survey all the damage done to the ancient ship, they spot the child among the wreckage and see it scurrying away.

The kid doesn't show up again until the end. As the USS Reliant is literally disintegrating after its brutal attack from the Enterprise, Khan activates the Genesis as it sits on the transporter pad. The boy apparently crawls toward the device, and it explodes into one giant bright light, thus creating the Genesis Planet. Definitely not a feel-good moment to be sure, on top of us already crying over Spock's death. It was probably a wise move to leave it on the cutting room floor.

Should the Star Trek movie franchise continues now that Star Trek Beyond   was a critical hit – albeit not a breakout success commercially  – Cumberbatch's Khan might make another appearance , since he was sent back into cyro-sleep at the end of Into Darkness. He could quite possibly wake up again, so watch out.

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• Goofs Chekov and Khan recall having met each other. Although Chekov was not a bridge officer when Khan came on the Enterprise in Space Seed (1967) , it should be remembered that when Khan first took over Enterprise, he started with the engineering deck. Chekov was engineering ensign at the time, and mounted resistance against Khan, according to the movie's novelization. Surprisingly, Sulu was also absent from Space Seed, a point which no one ever brings up.

Kirk : We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet it should be noted that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world; a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or empty one, and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings. Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human.

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• The scene where Chekov informs Dr. Marcus and her team about their new orders via compic has been expanded. Carol Marcus now asks "Who gave the order", and the mind controlled Chekov dances around the answer a little before David says, "Pin him down, mother." (Seen in ABC-TV version).
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• Preston's death in Sickbay has been expanded. Preston now says "Aye" and dies in close-up (instead of in the medium shot with Preston's back to the camera and the others visible around the table seen in the theatrical version) Scotty asks why Khan wants revenge. McCoy's line, "I'm sorry, Scotty" now comes in the middle of the scene, instead of in the ending. After Spock informs Kirk via intercom that impulse power is restored, McCoy and Kirk speak a little longer, and Kirk says they only survived because he knew something Khan didn't about starships (Seen in ABC-TV version).
• An added shot of Kirk, Spock and Saavik climbing a ladder between decks has been added, in which Kirk says "That young man, he's my son," and Spock replies, "Fascinating." Also, the music in the scene has been looped to account for this added shot, but it loops at an earlier point than in the ABC-TV version. This makes the music flow better, instead of repeating the same bit of music twice in succession. For the 2016 Director's Cut Blu-Ray edition, the shot is included but the dialogue is omitted.
• An extension occurs as the Enterprise approaches the Mutara Nebula. Saavik wonders if the Reliant will follow them in, and Spock states that he must remember to teach her about the human ego. The music is looped at a different point than in the ABC-TV version to accommodate this extension, and it is thus much less distracting.
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Khan Revealed in Mini-Series

IDW Publishing, on Wednesday, will kick off a five-issue miniseries – titled STAR TREK: Khan – revealing the back story of the enigmatic Star Trek Into Darkness villain. The saga will follow Khan Noonien Singh from his earliest days through his rise to power during the Eugenics Wars, building to his escape from Earth aboard the Botany Bay and his pivotal interactions with Admiral Marcus and Section 31.

“Much like the way the Star Trek: Countdown comic book and our follow-up Nero miniseries helped flesh out that character after the first Star Trek movie,” says Chris Ryall, IDW’s Chief Creative Officer and Editor-in-Chief, “Khan will add dimension and depth to this new iteration of one of the most classic villains in all of Star Trek lore.”

STAR TREK: Khan #1 is written by Mike Johnson and overseen by STID co-writer and co-producer Roberto Orci. Claudia Balboni is handling the art, while Paul Shipper has rendered the cover. KHAN #1 runs 32 pages and will cost $3.99.

For additional details, contact your local comic book retailer or visit www.comicshoplocator.com to find a store near you. And keep an eye on StarTrek.com for further news about IDW's upcoming Star Trek comic books.

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ( Paramount Pictures , 1982 ) is the second feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series . In the film, the crew of the USS Enterprise deal with a threat posed by The Original Series character Khan Noonien Singh, back from exile and out for revenge.

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• Ah, Kirk, my old friend. Do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? It is very cold in space.
• [last words] No. No, you can't get away. From Hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee .

James T. Kirk

• [eulogizing Spock] We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet it should be noted, that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world; a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or empty one, and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings. Of my friend, I can only say this: Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most.... [voice breaks] human.
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Eugenics Wars

The Eugenics Wars (or the Great Wars ) were a series of conflicts originally fought on Earth between 1992 and 1996 ( TOS : " Space Seed "), which later shifted to the 21st century due to efforts by various temporal factions to stop the rise of Khan and the events that followed; Romulan temporal agent Sera suggested that "it's almost as if time itself is pushing back and events reinsert themselves." ( SNW : " Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow ") It has also been known as the Eugenic War , Second Civil War and World War III at different points. ( SNW : " Strange New Worlds ") The result of a scientific attempt to improve the Human race through selective breeding and genetic engineering , the wars devastated parts of Earth, by some estimates officially causing some thirty million to tens of millions of deaths, and nearly plunging the planet into a new Dark Age . ( TOS : " Space Seed "; ENT : " Borderland "; SNW : " Ad Astra per Aspera ")

The Eugenics Wars resulted in a ban on genetic engineering and centuries of prejudice against Augments , who were forbidden from enlisting in Starfleet , as were those erroneously perceived to be Augments due to their ancestry. It also resulted in discrimination against Illyrians , who were known to adapt themselves to colonies rather than terraform worlds. ( SNW : " Ghosts of Illyria ", " A Quality of Mercy "; DS9 : " Doctor Bashir, I Presume "; PRO : " Mindwalk ", " Supernova, Part 1 ", " Supernova, Part 2 ")

• 2 Rise to power
• 3 Conflicts
• 4 Aftermath
• 5.1 Related topics
• 5.2 Background information
• 5.3 Apocrypha
• 6 External link

Prelude [ ]

Records from this period are fragmented, and the exact circumstances have changed due to temporal interference. Regardless, the wars' roots lie in a group of Human scientists' ambitious attempt to improve the race through selective breeding and genetic engineering. They created a race of "supermen," popularly known as the Augments , who were mentally and physically superior to ordinary Humans. They were five times stronger than the average person, their lung efficiency was fifty percent better than normal, and their intelligence was double that of normal Humans. They also had enhanced senses, including an ability to hear beyond that of Human capabilities. ( TOS : " Space Seed "; ENT : " Borderland ", " Cold Station 12 ")

The Augments were originally created by the scientists in the 1950s Cold War era in the hopes that they would lead Humanity into an era of peace in a world that had only known war. ( Star Trek Into Darkness ) One aspect these scientists overlooked was the personality of the Augments. Along with their superior abilities, the Augments were aggressive and arrogant, flaws which the scientists were unable to correct at the time due to the infancy of the science. One of the Augments' creators realized the error, writing that "superior ability breeds superior ambition." That same scientist was ultimately killed by one of his own creations. ( TOS : " Space Seed "; ENT : " Cold Station 12 ", " The Augments ")

Rise to power [ ]

Khan Noonien Singh in the 1990s

The Augments originally rose to power and held dominance over a large portion of Humanity, beginning in the early 1990s . Among the most notorious of these superhuman conquerors was Khan Noonien Singh , who in 1992 became the "absolute ruler" of more than a quarter of the planet, from Asia through the Middle East . ( TOS : " Space Seed ")

The following year , a group of fellow "supermen" followed in Khan's footsteps, and simultaneously seized power in over forty nations. The people of these conquered nations, in most cases, were treated as little more than slaves by the Augments. Khan considered himself "a prince , with power over millions". It was unknown how he viewed or treated those under his rule, although they had very little freedom. Unlike the other Augment despots, however, Khan's reign had enjoyed peace. The people were not massacred, and Khan avoided war until his region was attacked. Khan considered himself a benign dictator or one who led by a form of "gentle authoritarianism"; as such he was thus among the most admired of the so-called " tyrants " into the 23rd century , being called the "best of the tyrants" by James T. Kirk . ( TOS : " Space Seed "; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ; ENT : " Borderland ")

A Romulan time agent named Sera tried to assassinate Khan in 1992, but could not do so until much later due to temporal interference that stalled Human technological advancement by several decades. Despite these changes, many of the aforementioned events still occurred, but were now moved forward in time. In this revised version of the Prime timeline, Khan was still a child in 2022 Toronto , being monitored at the Noonien-Singh Institute for Cultural Advancement , where the assassination attempt occurred. Unbeknownst to him, he was saved by a time-travelling descendant of his, Starfleet Lieutenant La'an Noonien-Singh . ( SNW : " Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow ")

Conflicts [ ]

Reports as to exactly how the wars began vary; some claim that Humanity rose up against Khan and his fellow "supermen," while others believe the Augments began to fight among themselves. Still others suggest that the Eugenics Wars were part of a larger conflict over the nature of freedom, alongside the Second American Civil War ( SNW : " Strange New Worlds ") Regardless of their origin, two factors were certain: the Eugenics Wars had a devastating impact on Earth, as entire populations were bombed out of existence, and that Humanity ultimately deposed the Augments. ( ENT : " Cold Station 12 "; TOS : " Space Seed ")

Among the areas affected by the wars was North Africa . One conflict that occurred there involved a battalion of soldiers that included the future great-grandfather of Starfleet Captain Jonathan Archer . In this encounter, Archer's great-grandfather was able to convince the Augment commander of his enemy's forces to hold their fire long enough to evacuate a school that was directly between them. Some or all parts of that account may be non-factual as Archer was evidently in an altered state of mind around the time he disclosed it. ( ENT : " Hatchery ")

The Augments were eventually defeated by Humans who were not genetically enhanced. Khan was the last of the tyrants to be overthrown, originally in 1996 . Khan and over eighty of the "supermen" were condemned to die as war criminals. They however went unaccounted for, a fact the governments of the time did not disclose to the public in order to prevent panic. Rumors were later confirmed in the 23rd century that Khan and 84 of his followers had managed to flee the planet aboard an early sleeper ship , the SS Botany Bay . ( TOS : " Space Seed "; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ; Star Trek Into Darkness )

The official number of casualties from the wars was placed at 30 million, although some historians believed it to be closer to 35 million, with another figure established as being 37 million. Although the wars may have ended, Humanity's fear of genetically-engineered beings remained well into the 24th century . ( ENT : " Cold Station 12 "; TOS : " Bread and Circuses "; DS9 : " Doctor Bashir, I Presume ")

Aftermath [ ]

Following the wars, controversial debates ensued between Earth's governments regarding the fate of thousands of Augment embryos . Uncertain of how to handle the issue, the governments opted to have the embryos placed into cold storage , unbeknownst to the general public. ( ENT : " Borderland ", " Cold Station 12 ", " In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II " historical archive ). The issue of genetic manipulation and Human genome enhancement continued to plague Earth well into the 21st century. In 2024 , Doctor Adam Soong began examining an old file from 1996 , which was called " Project Khan ". ( PIC : " Farewell ") It is unknown whether Soong went forward with a new genetic engineering project sometime after 2024 based on the original Augment project, or joined the one in Toronto, where Khan lived after the timeline had been changed ( SNW : " Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow ").

Doctor Keniclius

Soong and the Augment embryos

Genetic engineering of Humans was ultimately banned on Earth, as the concept was considered anti-Humanistic by Earth leaders. As a result of this, Doctor Stavos Keniclius was exiled from his community, which eventually led him to depart Earth permanently. The ban was placed primarily as an attempt to prevent another event like the Eugenics Wars, and to ensure that Humanity did not endure the wrath of another Khan Noonien Singh-type tyrant. ( TAS : " The Infinite Vulcan "; DS9 : " Doctor Bashir, I Presume ", " Statistical Probabilities ")

The ban on genetic engineering was challenged by the geneticist Arik Soong in the 2130s , when he stole some of the Augment embryos left over from the wars which were being kept at Cold Station 12 . Soong believed that genetic engineering was the key to improving Humankind and preventing illness, and that it should be given another chance. By raising the Augments himself, Soong believed he could prevent them from behaving like their brethren from the Eugenics Wars. His plan failed as the aggressive nature of the Augments dominated, and they threatened to incite war and cause mass murder. Starfleet 's mission to hunt down and capture the renegade "supermen" ultimately led to the destruction of the Augments, as well as most of the embryos. ( ENT : " Borderland ", " Cold Station 12 ", " The Augments ")

Not all of the embryos were destroyed, though. Some found their way into the hands of Klingons who, believing Humans were improving themselves in order to conquer the Klingon Empire , attempted to use the DNA from the embryos to enhance themselves. The end result was a mutation of a highly-contagious virus that caused massive changes in physical appearance, biological structure, and even basic personality traits of large portions of the Klingon race. ( ENT : " Affliction ", " Divergence ")

The continued banning of genetic engineering ultimately became a point of contention between the Federation and the Illyrian race. Since the Illyrians were known for using genetic modification within its members, Illyrians were usually barred from entering service into Starfleet and even use of their medical technology became banned within the Federation. The mixing of Human and Illyrian blood was similarly banned. ( SNW : " Ghosts of Illyria ")

In 2259 , La'an Noonien-Singh , Khan's descendant, traveled back in time to stop his assassination by Romulan temporal agent Sera . Sera told La'an that "Khan becomes a brutal tyrant. I mean, maybe Humanity needs the dark age that he brings in to usher in their age of enlightenment. Or maybe it's just random. Doesn't really matter though, 'cause if I kill him, the Federation never forms, and the Romulans lose their greatest adversary." ( SNW : " Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow ")

In the 2260s , after the USS Enterprise encountered a spaceship from the 1990s, Spock described the mid-1990s as the era of the Human crew 's "last so-called world war ", which was affirmed by Doctor Leonard McCoy to be the Eugenics Wars. ( TOS : " Space Seed ")

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Related topics [ ].

• Augment Crisis
• Klingon augment virus

Background information [ ]

In " Space Seed " the "supermen" of the Eugenics Wars were said to be the products of selective breeding; this was later retconned into genetic engineering.

Both " Space Seed " and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan give the dating of the Eugenics Wars as the 1990s. At one point during that decade in reality, Ronald D. Moore and René Echevarria had a discussion in which they observed it as odd that the Eugenics Wars seemed to basically be the only evidence of genetic engineering in Star Trek . " It's virtually never discussed, aside from the fact that there was this thing called the Eugenics Wars at some point, and Khan came out of it, " stated Moore. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 431) Consequently, while writing DS9 Season 5 installment " Doctor Bashir, I Presume ", Moore focused on the idea that the Eugenics Wars had motivated the Federation into deciding not to meddle with genetic engineering. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 29, Nos. 6/7, p. 49)

In contrast to the Eugenics Wars having previously been established as taking place in the 1990s, "Doctor Bashir, I Presume", set in 2373 , references the Eugenics Wars as having occurred two centuries prior to the episode, placing the Wars in the late 22nd century . As Ronald D. Moore later admitted, this statement was a production error, a line he had taken from The Wrath of Khan , but he had accidentally forgotten to account for the episode being set a century later than the film. ( AOL chat , 1997 ) Confessed Moore, " It was simply a mistake. The date of the Eugenics Wars is something that we have been studiously trying not to pin ourselves down about, because obviously they aren't happening around as we speak [....] What looked like the distant future in 1967 is not so distant any more. I don't blame them for not having the foresight to see that in 30 years this would become important in the series. " A production staffer from Star Trek: Voyager suggested the date had deliberately been changed on DS9 to account for the Eugenics Wars having not been mentioned in the "Future's End" two-parter. Moore flatly rejected that theory and responded, " We never talked to Voyager about it. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 29, Nos. 6/7, p. 50)

The original dating of the Eugenics Wars was reaffirmed by Phlox stating in " Borderland " that Arik Soong's Augments were pretty sophisticated for 20th century genetics. Phlox later mentions to the Klingons that genetic engineering on Earth was "banned decades ago," suggesting that the ban was not necessarily adopted by Humans immediately after the Eugenics Wars.

Manny Coto was a fan of this series of conflicts. " I was always fascinated by this idea of this Eugenics Wars, " he commented. " I love the backstory of that story. I just found that just compelling, the idea that it was instigated by these genetically superior individuals. " ("Inside the Roddenberry Vault, Part I", Star Trek: The Original Series - The Roddenberry Vault special features)

In "Space Seed", Spock describes the mid-1990s as "the era of your last so-called world war," with Leonard McCoy directly referencing the Eugenics Wars in response, suggesting this conflict could be World War III . In TOS : " Bread and Circuses ", Spock states that thirty-seven million people died in World War III – consistent with Phlox's assertion that over thirty million died in the Eugenics Wars (again connecting World War III and the Eugenics Wars) – but not Riker 's claim that six hundred million died in the nuclear conflict in Star Trek: First Contact , and again repeated by Burnham in " New Eden ". As Spock was speaking in the context of despotism, and what constitutes despotic "responsibility" is open to interpretation, his statement may not give the total death count.

In TNG : " Up The Long Ladder ", Data states that Humans were still recovering from the effects of World War III in the early 22nd century. This statement makes more sense within the context of a mid 21st century war than that of a late 20th century war, suggesting that World War III and the Eugenics Wars are not the same conflict, as confirmed in Star Trek: First Contact .

According to show runners, Spock was wrong and that Eugenics Wars happened much later during 21st century. Terry Matalas: " We discussed endlessly. We came to the conclusion that in WW3 there were several EMP bursts that kicked everyone back decades. Records of that 75 year period, the 90s on were sketchy. Maybe Spock was wrong? " In response Khan's own references to the 1996 date, that they simply have be ignored to make the series more relatable to the present; "No easy way to do it if you want the past to look and feel like today. Maybe because in 1967 they didn't anticipate the show still going for another 6 decades. " Aaron J. Waltke added: " There's also the ripples of the Temporal Cold War shifting the Prime Timeline in Enterprise — at least until the Temporal Accords put an end to that wibbly wobbliness. " [1]

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds attempted to explain the various mistakes and retcons by creating a literal in-series retcon in " Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow ": the fact that Humans were not capable of genetic engineering on the scale of Khan Noonien Singh was actually due to interference by one or more temporally warring factions, including the Romulans. This allows for both the original statements regarding the Eugenics Wars from Star Trek: The Original Series and ones from newer productions to stand somewhat alongside each other.

Apocrypha [ ]

The Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars books portray a different view on the Eugenics Wars as being a more covert hidden battle between the genetically engineered "supermen" rather than an overt one in an attempt to marry the original dates of the Eugenics Wars with the events of the present day. This explains why the United States of America is seen as relatively unaffected in the episode " Future's End " and also raises the quite logical hypothesis that Gary Seven , who was present on Earth at the time of Khan's birth and would have known of the eugenics movement, was involved in the overthrow of Khan and the other tyrants. Numerous 20th century Trek characters appear in the story, including Rain Robinson (who at the end of the second book becomes Roberta Lincoln 's assistant), Ralph Offenhouse (an early financial backer of the genetic engineering program), Clare Raymond (her death is not an embolism but collateral damage from a nerve gas attack, Khan's assassination of Vasily Hunyadi, the fellow Augment secretly behind the Balkan conflicts of the early 1990s), Gillian Taylor , Flint (as "Wilson Evergreen"), and Jeff , who designed the Botany Bay – with Shannon O'Donnel and Walter Nichols involved in the project – primarily with technology reverse-engineered from Quark's Treasure .

In the Star Trek: Khan comic book series associated with the alternate reality , the creative team went with a portrayal of the wars as being an open conflict that outright affected the whole planet. The depiction of the wars however was filtered through the lens of Khan telling his own version of the events to a Federation court. As such, the series frequently cast doubt on how much of the events he depicted were actually true to his memory and how much of it was perhaps Khan simply spinning a fanciful version that would garner him sympathy with those present to hear his words.

In "The Rules of War", a short story from the anthology Strange New Worlds 9 , the enemy commander whom Archer's great-grandfather Nathan Archer negotiated with in North Africa is Stavos Keniclius.

External link [ ]

• Eugenics Wars at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• 1 Daniels (Crewman)