Living by chance, loving by choice, killing by profession.
Tu regere imperio populos Romane memento
Hae tibi erunt artes pacisque imponere morem,
Parcere subjectis et debellare superbos...
AEneid VI 851
(Roman! let this be your care, this your art; to rule
over the nations and impose the ways of peace,
to spare the underdog, and pull down the proud.)
HONOR AND FIDELITY
This is the code of the Legion:
1. Legionnaire, you are a volunteer serving The Klingon Empire faithfully and with honor.
2. Every legionnaire is your brother-at-arms, irrespective of his nationality, race or creed. You will demonstrate this by an unwavering and straightforward solidarity, which must always bind together members of the same family.
3. Respectful of the Legion's traditions, honoring your superiors, discipline and camaraderie are your strength, courage and loyalty your virtues.
4. Proud of your status as that of a legionnaire, you will display this pride, by your turnout, always impeccable, your behavior, ever worthy, though modest, your living-quarters always tidy.
5. As an elite soldier, you will train vigorously, you will maintain your weapon as if it were your most precious possession, and you will keep your body in the peak of condition, always fit.
6. A mission once given to you becomes sacred to you; you will accomplish it to the end and at all cost.
7. In combat, you will act without relish of your task, or hate. You will respect the vanquished enemy and will never abandon neither your wounded nor your dead, nor will you under any circumstances surrender your arms.