Martia was a Chameloid imprisoned on the Klingon penal colony Rura Penthe. In 2293, she was involved in the plot to kill Captain James T. Kirk and Doctor Leonard McCoy.
Martia was offered a full pardon for her crimes if she assisted the Klingons in murdering the two Starfleet officers, by helping them escape and therefore giving the guards a believable excuse for killing them. She initially approached Kirk and McCoy when they were imprisoned in Rura Penthe, offering them a way to escape. Using her shapeshifting abilities, she alternately appeared as a hulking, hirsute male alien, and as a little blonde girl. Helping them travel beyond the magnetic shield, she then attempted to alert the guards to their location, and engaged in a fight with Kirk. When the commandant of the colony arrived, however, he killed Martia in an effort to eliminate all possible witnesses to the conspiracy. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
Appendices
Background
- Martia, appearing as she primarily did, was played by Iman.
- Martia, appearing as the "Brute", was played by Tom Morga.
- Martia, appearing as a small Human girl, was played by Katie Johnston.
- Martia, appearing as James T. Kirk, was played by, of course, William Shatner.
- Although Martia's crime(s) are not mentioned in the movie, a draft version of the script contains additional dialog between Kirk and Martia in which she stated that she is serving a life sentence for smuggling.