Yes they were. The Klingons gained their freedom during the Terran Civil War with the clandestine help of the Romulan Republic.
Nearly 3 decades later they would ally with the Cardassian Union and form the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. That alliance would over throw the Terran Empire.
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Hi, I wished to post a couple of manips like this one but I don't know in which folder; the one who is closest is, I guess, 2D, but at the same time it doesn't feel right.