Our hearts are heavy with the news of the passing of our dear friend and comrade Poul-Erik Binderup (Lieutenant K’tal) on November 24, 2025. PE was a welcoming, creative member of the Star Trek fan community, whose warm, whose gentle voice made one feel at once at home. He was the architect of many of the things that have made Klingons a fixture at ThunderCon including the Young Warriors Academy, and the Klingon Command chair that he built. His love of working with youth could be seen not only in the joy on his face as he taught them the ideals of duty and honour, or as he let them pummel him with foam bat’leths, but in the hours he would spend hand crafting hundreds of foam daggers for the kids to take home with them. Outside of his fandom, PE was a pilot with ORNGE, helping deliver people to the medical care they urgently needed. He also sang in a Barber Shop quartet. All who knew him speak fondly of his readiness to help you out with whatever you might need. And he was a loving father, whose pride in his family shone brightly in his eyes anytime he would speak of them.
Until we meet again, jupwI’. bomDI’ ‘Iwmaj qaqaw.
The memory of you sings in our blood.
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The world mourns once again a great loss… I didn’t have the pleasure of meeting him, but his deeds are already legendary within the Kag. Honor to his house.
Qapla’!