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The Klingon Imperial Strike Force or KISF as its commonly called by many Starfleet Officers for short is the central ground infantry and heavy assault force of the Klingon Empire. Essentially KISF is the central equivalent of the Starfleet MACO defense organization.

History
KISF was founded shortly after the end of the Klingon-Federation War in the 2260s as many primary Klingon forces were defeated by the Federations successful utilization of both MACO and Starfleet Marine strike teams the Empire realized that unlike in the past their basic tactics of mainly sheer brute force and overwhelming weapons capability was no match for Starfleet tactics and complex strategy.

The Strike Force was founded in 2271 as a countermeasure of Starfleet military guerrilla tactics and was planned and commanded by Klingon Dahar masters such as Kang and Kor. It was mainly through them that all current Klingon tactical standards come from. Upon its founding the KISF mainly consisted Augment Virus effected Klingons that were considered by the ruling council as mainly nothing more then "cannon fodder" due their percived dishonor and worthlessness to central Klingon society. Although many non Augmented Klingons were members of specialized heavy strike teams.