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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Kor and a skeleton crew in a damaged Bird of Prey versus a fleet of ten Dominion fighters. They not only managed to force them all out of warp, they successfully engaged them all at once for at least ten minutes.
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** Kor also points out that most of Worf's experience is with Federation ships, while Kor has been commanding Birds of Prey since they were introduced. He then goes on to demonstrate exactly ''why'' they call him a Master, with the observers watching the battle in awe.
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* HitAndRunTactics: Martok plans a series of these behind enemy lines. Sisko even compares it to an old Earth "cavalry raid."
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** Worf gives an analysis of the trope from his romantic perspective when discussing Davy Crockett at the Alamo: If you believe in the legend then you can simply accept he died a hero's death. If you don't then he was just a man, and it doesn't matter how he died.
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->''"Savor the fruit of life, my young friends. It has a sweet taste when it's fresh from the vine. But don't live too long...long. The taste turns bitter... after a time."''
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Kor towards the end of the episode; stricken with dementia, long past his prime, reduced to a laughing stock, and with nothing but GloryDays to his name.
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->''"Savor the fruit of life, my young friends. It has a sweet taste when it's fresh from the vine. But don't live too long... The taste turns bitter... after a time."''
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* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: At least one Klingon is Much of Martok's crew are visibly excited to serve with Kor.
Kor. [[BrokenPedestal For a while.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[FamousLastWords "Long live the Empire."]]'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:''[[FamousLastWords "Long live the Empire."]]'']]
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Martok hates Kor because Kor denied his application to become an officer, delaying his career by five years. Kor doesn't even remember it because he reviewed so many applications in those days.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Martok hates Kor because Kor denied his application to become an officer, delaying his career by five years. Kor doesn't even remember it because he reviewed so many applications in those days.days, although he admits it sounds like something he'd do.
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* EasilyForgiven: Subverted - Martok will toast Kor's bravery, but when the crew begins to sing the Warrior's Anthem he cannot join them because of his lingering resentment.
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* YouAreInCommandNow: Kor assumes command when Martok and Worf are briefly incapacitated. It goes badly until they're able to reassert authority.
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* AllForNothing: Martok dreamed for 30 years of the day when Kor would be humiliated and destroyed. He finally sees it, but after Kor rebukes him with TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, Martok realizes he can't take any pleasure from it.
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* DueToTheDead: Darok brings some blood wine onto the bridge before the final assault begins--saying that they can drink to the courage of those about to die whether they succeed or not.
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** Done at the end, too, when Worf, the crew, and even Martok toast Kor's sacrifice.
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* MoreExpendableThanYou: Why Kor takes Worf's place fighting the Jem'Hadar--Worf is still young with plenty of battles to fight, while Kor is way over the hill and won't see another battle.
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* BolivianArmyEnding: Kor's death gets this effect, as Kor fights the Dominion fleet--we never see his ship destroyed; we only get a play-by-play until the ''Rotarran'' gets too far away for the sensors to pick up what's happening.
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* WartsAndAll: The crew realizes that Kor's best days are behind him when, in the middle of an attack on a Dominion outpost, he assumes command and believes he's reliving a battle he led against a Federation colony.
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* ToAbsentFriends: Worf and Kor drink a toast to Jadzia.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Martok's father wanted him to become an officer, but Kor blacklisting him meant he couldn't even become a warrior, and had to join a warbird as a civilian auxillary. By the time he earned a FieldPromotion, his father was dead.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Kor's final moment of badassery is too epic to actually be witnessed. The play-by-play is delivered by the helmsman until they reach their sensor distance.
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* BrokenPedestal: Kor is revered by Martok's crew until he starts acting like he has Alzheimer's.
** RebuiltPedestal: After Kor's HeroicSacrifice, the crew toast him as a hero.
** RebuiltPedestal: After Kor's HeroicSacrifice, the crew toast him as a hero.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Kor denied Martok's application to become a KDF officer for no other reason than that he wasn't of noble birth. Martok worked his way UpThroughTheRanks despite this.
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The legendary Klingon warrior Kor shows up on Worf's doorstep, desperate for help. Thirty years ago, Kor rejected Martok's application to the Klingon academy, and now Martok refuses to allow Kor to serve in combat, guaranteeing a dishonorable death. Worf goes over Martok's head and allows Kor to participate in a combat mission, but Kor's deteriorating mind might not be up to the task. In the b-plot, Quark sets his sights on Ezri.
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The legendary Klingon warrior Kor shows up on Worf's doorstep, desperate for help. Thirty years ago, Kor rejected Martok's application to the Klingon academy, and now Martok refuses to allow Kor to serve in combat, guaranteeing a dishonorable death. Worf goes over Martok's head and allows grants Kor to participate a position in a combat mission, the fleet, but Kor's deteriorating mind might not be up to the task. In the b-plot, Quark sets his sights on Ezri.
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The legendary Klingon warrior Kor shows up on Worf's doorstep, desperate for help. Thirty years ago, Kor rejected Martok's application to the Klingon academy, and now Martok refuses to allow Kor to serve in combat, guaranteeing a dishonorable death. Worf goes over Martok's head and allows Kor to participate in a combat mission, but Kor's deteriorating mind might not be up to the task. In the b-plot, Quark sets his sights on Ezri.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Martok hates Kor because Kor denied his application to become an officer, delaying his career by five years. Kor doesn't even remember it because he reviewed so many applications in those days.days.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Martok hates Kor because Kor denied his application to become an officer, delaying his career by five years. Kor doesn't even remember it because he reviewed so many applications in those days.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Martok hates Kor because Kor denied his application to become an officer, delaying his career by five years. Kor doesn't even remember it because he reviewed so many applications in those days.
