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[Star Trek] Are the ships owned by individual Klingon Houses separate from the Klingon Defense force or are they the defense force?

When the Klingon Empire goes to war does it have it's own fleet that the government runs or does the government call up all the House Heads and have them bring thier ships? Or is it both?
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Both. There is a national defence force paid for by taxes but at the same time the more powerful houses possess their own fleets to defend their own assets and further their own aims, and those may be used during war as well. Kinda like Japan used to have, but actually functional.