[88414] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: tractor beam
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Dec 14 11:15:18 2010
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:08:04 -0600
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Well, so much for that theory! Thanks for looking them up.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>
> ________________________________________
> 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
>
>
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