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The Kiernu are a sentient, bi-pedaled spacefairing race of creatures who are encountered by the Fleet in the seventh-millennium after entering the Empyrean Expanse.

Openly hostile to outsiders, the Kiernu forbade Commander Adama's Fleet to enter a small passage of Kiernu's space to allow the Fleet to make maximal use of its dwindling tylium supply, With no viable alternative for the Fleet, Adama disregards the directive of the Kiernu Chancellor and proceeds anyway. Their crafts are markedly inferior to both the Colonials and the Cylons (Battlestar Galactica Classic #0).

Okaati and the Comitat

The Kiernu's attitude of outsiders is directly proportional to its interaction with the Okaati, a race from outside the Expanse whose fleet of survivors have made the nebula their scavenging ground (Battlestar Galactica Classic #0 & Battlestar Galactica Classic #4). As the latest victim of the Comitat before the Fleet's arrival, their Chancellor is given the mantle of being the Comitat's sole leader (Battlestar Galactica Classic #4).

Death by the Cylons

Having previous contact with the Cylon Empire, the Kiernu are left seemingly unmolested until the Cylons take note of their failure to interdict the Fleet's entry into the Expanse. Lucifer and a Cylons task force invade the Kiernu homeworld to exterminate them, as an example to other races who demonstrate their uselessness to the Cylons' aims. Lieutenant Sheba's Silver Spar Squadron relays this fate to Commander Adama, to his horror as he blames himself for helping give the Cylons justification for their fate (Battlestar Galactica Classic #1).

After assuming the mantle of the Comitat leader, formerly unclaimed by the Kiernu Chancellor, Adama and the Comitat engage in retribution against the Cylons and secure a peace between the Comitat and the Okaati, re-homing the surrendering Okaati on the Kiernu's former homeworld (Battlestar Galactica Classic #4—#5).

Notes

In Battlestar Galactica Classic #0, the Kiernu's Chancellor is depicted with pink skin, however Battlestar Galactica Classic #1 shows the Kiernu (including its Chancellor) as having a dark olive-green skin.

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-[[File:BSG - Counterstrike - Parrin and Grust.png|thumb|The [[Okaati]]'s leader, [[Parrin]], with her pilot and aide [[Grust]] during their encounter with [[Blue Squadron (TOS-DE alternate)|Blue Squadron]] ({{comics|classic|0}}).]]
+[[File:BSG - Counterstrike - Lucifer Leads the "Education" of the Kiernu.png|thumb|{{alt|Lucifer|TOS-DE}} leads a {{alt|Cylons|TOS-DE|Cylon}} task force in the "education" of the [[Kiernu]] following their inability to hinder {{alt|the Fleet|TOS-DE}}'s entrance into the [[Empyrean Expanse]] ({{comics|classic|1}}).]]
-The '''Okaati''' are a sentient, bi-pedaled race of creatures who, during the [[sixth-millennium]], depart their native homeworld following an ecological holocaust of their own making. They are encountered by [[The Fleet (TOS-DE alternate)|the Fleet]] in the [[Seventh-millennium|seventh-millenium]] after entering the [[Empyrean Expanse]], appearing to share a similar predicament for they have an always on-the-run [[Okaati fleet|fugitive fleet of their own]].
+The '''Kiernu''' are a sentient, bi-pedaled spacefairing race of creatures who are encountered by [[The Fleet (TOS-DE alternate)|the Fleet]] in the [[seventh-millennium]] after entering the [[Empyrean Expanse]].
-== Origins ==
+Openly hostile to outsiders, the Kiernu forbade Commander [[Adama (TOS-DE alternate)|Adama]]'s [[The Fleet (TOS-DE alternate)|Fleet]] to enter a small passage of Kiernu's space to allow the Fleet to make maximal use of its dwindling [[Tylium (TOS-DE alternate)|tylium]] supply, With no viable alternative for the Fleet, Adama disregards the directive of the [[Kiernu Chancellor]] and proceeds anyway. [[Kiernu fighter|Their crafts]] are markedly inferior to both the Colonials and the [[Cylons (TOS-DE alternate)|Cylons]] ({{Comics|classic|0}}).
-Initially pacifistic and humble, the Okaati became parasitic in their wayward exile due to resource scarcity and other socio-political factors, with adeptness at stripping resources from the worlds within the [[Empyrean Expanse]]. Their aggressive ways affect the numerous species who formally attempt to aid them peacibly, resulting in the creation of [[the Comitat]], an assemblage of victimized species seeking both justice and containment of the Okaati ({{Comics|classic|4}}).
-In the intervening millennia, the Okaati became a scourge that outpace and outwitted the Comitat, striving to find sources outside of the Expanse. This search, lead by their leader [[Parrin]] sometime in or about [[7349 (alternate)|7349]], results in contact with the [[Cylon Empire (TOS-DE alternate)|Cylon Empire]]'s emissaries [[Baltar (TOS-DE alternate)|Baltar]] and [[Lucifer (TOS-DE alternate)|Lucifer]]. Upon their return into the Expanse, Parrin and her Cylon escort are detected by [[Blue Squadron (TOS-DE alternate)|Blue Squadron]] following its fracas with the [[Kiernu]]. Believing the Raider escort to be attackers to the then-unidentified vessel, Captain [[Apollo (TOS-DE alternate)|Apollo]] and fellow Warriors dispatch the escort and are introduced to another [[Okaati fleet|fugitive fleet]] ({{Comics|classic|0}} & {{Comics|classic|3|short=Y}}).
+== Okaati and the Comitat ==
+The Kiernu's attitude of outsiders is directly proportional to its interaction with the [[Okaati]], a race from outside the Expanse whose fleet of survivors have made the nebula their scavenging ground ({{Comics|classic|0}} & {{Comics|classic|4}}). As the latest victim of [[the Comitat]] before [[The Fleet (TOS-DE alternate)|the Fleet]]'s arrival, [[Kiernu Chancellor|their Chancellor]] is given the mantle of being the Comitat's sole leader ({{Comics|classic|4}}).
+== Death by the Cylons ==
+Having previous contact with the Cylon Empire, the Kiernu are left seemingly unmolested until the Cylons take note of their failure to interdict the Fleet's entry into the Expanse. [[Lucifer (TOS-DE alternate)|Lucifer]] and a Cylons task force invade the Kiernu homeworld to exterminate them, as an example to other races who demonstrate their uselessness to the Cylons' aims. Lieutenant [[Sheba (TOS-DE alternate)|Sheba]]'s [[Silver Spar Squadron (TOS-DE alternate)|Silver Spar Squadron]] relays this fate to Commander Adama, to his horror as he blames himself for helping give the Cylons justification for their fate ({{Comics|classic|1}}).
+After assuming the mantle of the Comitat leader, formerly unclaimed by the Kiernu Chancellor, Adama and the Comitat engage in retribution against the Cylons and secure a peace between the Comitat and the Okaati, re-homing the surrendering Okaati on the [[Kiernu homeworld|Kiernu's former homeworld]] ({{Comics|classic|4}}—{{Comics|classic|5|short=y}}).
+== Notes ==
+* In {{Comics|classic|0}}, the Kiernu's [[Kiernu Chancellor|Chancellor]] is depicted with pink skin, however {{Comics|classic|1}} shows the Kiernu (including its Chancellor) as having a dark olive-green skin.
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