Lursa



== Lursa is a female Klingon from the House of Duras and a recurring villainess in both Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space 9, and Star Trek Generations. She is the eldest of the Duras sisters. She was portrayed by Barbara March. ==

History
==Lursa was the elder of the two Duras sisters  who were responsible for the beginning of the Klingon Civil War  in 2367 . She was the mastermind behind her family's fight to head the Klingon Empire . With the assistance of the Romulans , Lursa and her sister B'Etor  plotted to install Toral , the illegitimate son  of Duras , on the throne of the Klingon High Council . She attempted to persuade Jean-Luc Picard , who was the Arbiter of Succession , to rule in favor of Toral. When Picard supported Gowron , she and her sister took up arms against Gowron. Their attempt was defeated when the Federation  blockaded delivery of supplies from the Romulans. When the Romulan involvement was exposed, Lursa's support evaporated. (TNG : "Redemption <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:14px;">", "Redemption II <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:14px;">") == <p style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">The Duras sisters were also responsible for selling bilitrium to Bajoran Kohn-Ma terrorists in 2369. This plot was revealed through investigation by Elim Garak and Julian Bashir. They did this in order to obtain capital to rebuild their forces. (DS9: "Past Prologue") Another capital-raising scheme had them seizing a Pakled magnesite mine on Kalla III, overseen by the Dopterian Gorta, and selling its explosive ore to a Yridian, Yog. In 2370, they were also falsely accused of plotting to kill Worf and his son. During that same year, she was pregnant with her first child. (TNG: "Firstborn")

<span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">In 2371 <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">, the sisters worked with El-Aurian <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);"> scientist <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);"> Tolian Soran <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">  <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">and raided a Romulan outpost to acquire trilithium <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">  <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">in exchange for Soran's trilithium weapon. Lursa died above Veridian III <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">  <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">when her <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);"> Bird-of-Prey <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">  <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">was destroyed by the USS Enterprise-D <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">. (Stat Trek Generations <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);">)