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Canon-friendly Klingon flags that I can fly publicly? (startrek.website)
submitted 1 year ago by LtLiana@startrek.website to c/startrek@startrek.website
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qaleghqa'neS!

I'm wondering whether there are any canon-friendly Klingon banners or flags that I can fly in public that are not the very, very nazi looking red-white-black one.

I live in Germany and the alternative might even put me into legal trouble based on whether the judge is having a good day or not, and I just don't want to take any chances or arouse any undue attention from neighbors who don't know anything about Star Trek.

I know there's the green-yellow-red emblem that's much better, but the only full flags that I can see are butt-ugly, non-rectangular green banners from DS9.

There's also this really cool looking one from Star Trek VI apparently, but I don't know what the canon implications are or where to get one: Klingon Flag

Any ideas?

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[–] ramchak@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Don't. Flying a Klingon flag is a recipe disaster. Pretty much any non Trekkie is going to think you are a nazi

[–] normaniac@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a fellow german I can confirm that such a flag triggers strong nazi vibes.

[–] LtLiana@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

That is the entire point of the post. I was not talking about the red-white-black standard one.

[–] LtLiana@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

By all means, have you read any of the post? That's the entire point.

[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This comment speaks the truth

[–] habitualTartare@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depending on if you could have a print shop make one for you, maybe a white flag with the Klingon-cardasian alliance emblem instead?

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20040916162107/memoryalpha/en/images/7/7c/Klingon-Cardassian_Alliance_logo.png

Along the same vein, here's all the cannon emblems according to the wiki

[–] mycatiskai@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Cardassians are the literal fascists of the Star Trek universe. Might not be good to associate with the species that is intensely nationalistic while you live in a country that has laws against displaying fascist symbols.

[–] michaelgemar@mstdn.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@mycatiskai @startrek I’ve always been uncomfortable with how much Star Wars fandom has embraced the iconography of the Empire.

[–] mycatiskai@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Was recently at Disney world and in the Star Wars area there was only one small store with only Empire/First Order stuff and dozen or so places with 90% Rebel Alliance.

I don't think there is much ambiguity in Star wars that the Empire/First Order is the bad guys and have no redeeming qualities

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Hell if I know how expensive a custom flag is to get printed but this or this both look pretty good. Worry less about canonicity and more about if the aesthetics work for you.

[–] merikus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

So what I think you want is the DS9 era Klingon emblem.

Check out this eBay listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/225629480900?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=MsrYxcGVQCq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

According to this article this is the banner that was used on the Promenade in DS9. This is a “chair drape” (whatever that is) but maybe you could use it as a flag, convert it to a flag, or have a custom flag made based on this?

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.maskworld.com/english/products/costume-accessories/decoration-3000/111160

Maybe?

[–] LtLiana@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Dunno, that just looks like an off-center misprint of the Japanese flag. :P

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

not the very, very nazi looking red-white-bla

Fascinating, I never would have thought a Klingon flag was Nazi.

[–] LtLiana@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, it's a red flag with a white circle in the middle featuring an abstract bold black symbol in the middle. Any German including me sees it as a nazi flag immediately.