Komex was a Klingon man of the mid-23rd century. He was an admiral of the Klingon Imperial Navy. Near the end of the Four Years War between the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets, from reference stardate 1/9409.29 to 1/9806.13, with Klingon forces suffering against Starfleet, Admiral Komex came to believe that the war was hurting the Empire, those under his command, and himself. If Starfleet decimated the Empire, then it would be a great loss of status for himself and all Klingons. He felt the war had to be stopped now, so that the Klingons would still be strong enough to fight the next war against the Federation. Against that, he cared little for what would happen to himself afterwards.