Display MoreDID YOU KNOW the Kilrathi word for assassination is... assassination?! Before encountering humanity the cats had a complex system of statuses and fealties with formal challenges that ordered their power structures. They did not murder their kind by surprise for political purposes.
The first high profile Kilrathi assassination attempt occurred in 2667 when Khasra nar Kiranka ordered his fighter squadron to ambush Prince Thrakhath. Thrakhath survived the attempt and did not report Khasra's treachery to the Emperor.
The next year, Baron Jukaga nar Ki'ra maneuvered a sabotaged reactor fuel rod aboard a cruiser set to transport the Emperor and the Crown Prince. The scheme was discovered and Jukaga was allowed to die in battle.
In the wake of the Battle of Earth, two additional attempts were made on the Emperor's life which prompted him to recall Prince Thrakhath and order the deployment of biological weapons in an attempt to conclude the war as quickly as possible.
This adoption of assassination was seen by post war Kilrathi as a root cause of their defeat; the Cult of Sivar adopted the dogma that Kilrah's destruction was atonement for their adoption of human ideas. This was further endorsed by Shintahr Melek of the Assembly of Clans.
The cultures of the Tri-System are a different story.
I'm getting a lot of questions about the 2668 suicide bombing of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Kilrathi do not consider other species equals; "Sivar is exalted when the Kilrathi trick their enemies." It is an example of Jak-tu, an attempt to topple a larger foe in a single blow.
