History
A captain in the Shi’ar empire’s fleet, K’rk ‘N’kazaii was one of its best officers while Princess Lilandra was Grand Admiral. When she was accused of treason by her brother Emperor D’ken and went on the run, K’rk’s ship chased her from the Shi’ar Galaxy to the planet Earth as she followed her psychic link with Professor Charles Xavier.[1]
As both parties finally reached Earth, K’rk asked for a status report from his female science officer who looked up the planet on the ship's computer and reported that it was a Class M world inhabited by sentient, hominid lifeforms that were level 4.7 on the Varakis scale. As she paused to wait for more information, Mr. S’lar reported that the scout ship would be in planetary atmosphere soon and mentioned the Prime Directive but K’rk cut him off, stating that it did not apply in this case and ordering him to maintain firing range. The science officer then began to read off the list of aliens who had been active on Earth but considered them nothing for the Shi'ar to worry about. However, when she read out that Earth had faced Galactus four times in its immediate planetary history and beaten him back, the captain ordered an immediate retreat, thinking that this primitive planet's power might rival that of the Empire itself. Before pulling out of range, however, a final volley of torpedoes was fired at Lilandra’s ship. Some of them hit their target and destroyed the ship, but by then Lilandra had reached her ship’s teleporter and escaped to Earth.[2]
Much later, it was K’rk’s battle cruiser that voyaged to Earth when Lilandra, now empress of the Shi’ar, was kidnapped and supposedly taken there. It was all part of a conspiracy to secretly assassinate the empress by her sister Deathbird, with one of the fleet’s admirals, Lord Saledar, aiding here. As such, he used his authority over K’rk to order an attack upon Earth despite a rescue operation being incomplete, to which K’rk objected as it violated the mission’s goals. He was thus put under arrest by Saledar, although he was freed when Lilandra turned up alive with the X-Men. Saledar was arrested for treason, and K’rk resumed command of his vessel.[3]Trivia
- K’rk and his crew are based upon the original Star Trek TV series, with K’rk of course based upon Captain James T. Kirk.
See Also
- 3 appearance(s) of K'rk 'N'Kazaii (Earth-616)
- 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of K'rk 'N'Kazaii (Earth-616)
- 1 image(s) of K'rk 'N'Kazaii (Earth-616)