[88412] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: tractor beam
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Tue Dec 14 11:05:56 2010
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:56:15 +0000
In-Reply-To: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A60218ADBD5773@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
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There have been several known Klingon ships in canon that used tractor beams:
DS9: "Way of the Warrior": The Klingon Bird-of-Prey IKS M'Char locks on to the Xhosa (Kasidy Yates' freighter) with a tractor beam in order to search it.
DS9: "Return to Grace" - A Klingon Bird-of-Prey under the command of K'Temang locks on to the Groumall (Gul Dukat's Cardassian Military Freighter) with a tractor beam.
ENT: "Unexpected" - Vorok's battle cruise was equipped with a tractor beam.
ENT: "Borderland" - A Bird-of-Prey uses a tractor beam on an Augment transport shuttle.
...and probably some others, too.
//loghaD
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From: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org [tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org] on behalf of Steven Boozer [sboozer@uchicago.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 16:17
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Subject: RE: tractor beam
Quvar:
>>>There was a question about whether {tlhaptIH} was a good way to say
>>>"tractor beam." Maltz said he'd never heard that before, but he has
>>>heard {luHwI' tIH}. (Marc Okrand's Email of November 15th, 2010)
Voragh:
>> I wonder... does Maltz's comment imply that Klingon ships aren't
>> usually equipped with a tractor beam? Does anyone remember seeing
>> a Klingon tractor beam in the episodes or films?
naHQun:
> I took the comment as he had never heard {tlhaptIH} before.
> But no, I don't recall seeing a Klingon ship use one before.
> It should be noted that this was not included on the BoP Poster.
Not labeled as such, but look at the little {tepqengwI'} "cargo lift" on the poster. Some see it as a type of crane but IIRC this could be a waist-high, possibly pivoting, tractor beam emitter - the 24th century functional equivalent of a forklift used for moving large, heavy cargo. There's a similar waist-high tractor beam emitter on the Enterprise-D shuttle deck used for moving shuttlecraft around, especially when they're powered down. I wonder if this is what the artist had in mind?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
