[89513] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Listening device
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Sep 8 14:48:17 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 13:42:20 -0500
In-Reply-To: <CAFgJOr05Vq0aa9F0F=rWgA_fz8SwJ4Gd3poxrY1d6e=nANgN_Q@mail.gmail.com>
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qomeQ:
> I am writing my first short story in tlhIngan Hol...so far so good (I think) but I am
> searching for the correct term for basically a "surveillance device"...like the
> monitoring device seen in "Errand of Mercy". I am assuming that such devices
> would be found throughout a ship...they are important to my story.
bIreng:
> As for jIHwI', while it might suggest surveillance, it doesn't seem
> covert to me. For example, a muD jIHwI' might be a weather station.
>
> As for ethics, even human laws of war are unkind to spies. A spy who
> infiltrates an enemy's ranks and is captured is not considered a
> prisoner of war, but an offender against the law of war, and is
> subject to a military tribunal. Such tribunals give out harsh
> punishments, because they *really* want to discourage other spies. I
> doubt Klingons would be gentler.
Indeed not. Special Occupation Order No. 4 required that 200 local hostages be killed every two hours until a spy/saboteur is given up. (TOS "Errand of Mercy"). As to what happens to the spy himself:
AYELBORNE: What are you going to do with him, Commander?
KOR: What is always done with spies and saboteurs. He will be killed,
after he has had first-hand experience of our mind scanner.
> On the other hand, I also doubt Klingons would feel the need to lie to
> themselves with euphemisms. If they're going to eavesdrop--whether for
> espionage, internal security, or gossip--they'll probably just call it
> eavesdropping.
The surveillance device installed in Governor Kor's office on Organia wasn't hidden at all. Kor nonchalantly pointed it out to Kirk who hadn't noticed it, presumably because he had never seen one before. In fact, Kor commented proudly:
KOR: Do you know why we are so strong? Because we are a unit.
Each of us is part of a greater whole.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
