Klingon Warships Suffer Ignominious Acronym

Star Trek fanatics, such as I, know that Federation starship names are preceded by the acronym "U.S.S.," which stands for "United Space Ship." It was undoubtedly adapted from the U.S. Navy's acronym, which stands for "United States Ship."

In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations," Klingon warships finally got their own prefix: "I.K.S." It's never been translated, but we may assume that it stands for "Imperial Klingon Ship."

I beg to differ with this prefix acronym altogether because it does not follow precedent. In the original cinematic, VHS and DVD versions of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the Epsilon-9 station computer referred to one of the enemy ships fighting V'ger as the "Imperial Klingon Cruiser Amar." Thus, the prefix for Klingon warships should be "I.K.C.," which, IMHO, translates as a much more powerful "introduction" to the fearsome starships of the Klingon Defense Force.