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[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh javmaH: wovqu'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Mon Apr 9 19:26:56 2012
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:21:29 -0700
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
After a long recess I'm going to resume posting =
my serialized story, nuq bop bom. A recap for =
anyone who has forgotten, or hasn't been reading. =
If you'd rather read it for yourself, skip the =
spoilers below and see the whole saga to date, =
including reader corrections, at http://nuqbopbom.blogspot.ca
The Klingon patrol ship Dugh, captained by vajar =
HoD, was disabled in deep space by a nacelle =
explosion. Their vessel was detected by a =
Yelwitian merchant ship under the command of =
Captain Mahoun. Thirty three years earlier, the =
ship on which Mahoun then scrubbed decks was =
captured by the battleship lotlhwI', escorted by =
the ship on which vajar then served as a guard. =
Mahoun spent some time in a brig guarded by =
vajar. vajar called a doctor to treat Mahoun's =
gangrene and Mahoun left vajar with an =
unshakeable memory of a song he sang. Mahoun has =
enough knowledge of Klingon honour not to offer =
assistance directly, but instead gave vajar an =
opportunity to ask for a message to be carried to =
the planet gharben loS and given to a Klingon =
representative, without losing face, under the =
guise of delivering a recording of the song. The =
representative is agricultural researcher 'eSSIm, =
and despite the difference in species and =
Mahoun's previous bad experience with Klingons, =
the pair begin a relationship. Mahoun is fluent =
in Klingon, for reasons no one can figure out. At =
first Essim believes Mahoun to be a spy and is =
leading him on in order to help the Empire and =
redeem her family for her father's dishonourable =
acts, but eventually is dissuaded of that notion =
and the relationship continues sincerely.
After an encounter with pirates and attempts to =
maintain their failing ship systems, the =
surviving crewmembers of the Dugh (vajar HoD, =
helmsman Hota'ro' and Ensign ghutar) are rescued =
by the battleship veS, under the command of =
General qImyal. She uses both implied threads and =
implied bribery to grill vajar repeatedly for =
information he doesn't have and which she doesn't =
clearly specify, and accuses him and his crew of =
various crimes. ghutar makes lots of friends--he =
has a talent for making people around him feel =
honourable and act on that sense of honour. =
Hota'ro' used to serve on this ship but left =
under circumstances not yet quite clear, and is =
reunited with her girlfriend, qaH'eng, the =
assistant chief of engineering. vajar spends his =
time being frustrated with the bureaucracy and =
his failing hearing, but they do come up with a =
scheme to prevent qImyal from taking control of =
their ship or their duty assignments.
The battleship veS arrives at gharben loS, its =
mission to resupply 'eSSIm, and they stay a day =
to grant shore leave. The battleship's doctor is =
the one who assisted Mahoun in vajar's brig, and =
he reveals to Mahoun and 'eSSIm that he hid a =
data capsule from Essim's father in Mahoun's arm, =
and offers to remove it. Mahoun refuses, but =
tells Essim he will have it removed on his own =
planet by his own doctor and give it to her. No =
one, including Mahoun, seems to be able to answer =
the question of what the song is about.
We left off vajar's story in deep space at the =
rescue site, where the veS engineers are still =
working to stabilize Dugh for transport. The =
story now picks up back in the bar where we left =
the Dugh crew and qaH'eng, and a reasonable =
quantity of beer. A slight temporal rewind for =
the parallel story, as has been my habit here.
If you encounter errors, anything that doesn't =
make sense, or just need a recap of anything, let me know.
----
nuq bop bom 'ay''a' Hut
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wovqu'
tachDaq pay' jatlh ghutar, =93pebej!=94 vajar 'emDaq =
SIq. bejmeH tlhe'egh vajar. Hovmey cha'taH =
Qorwagh'a' 'ach Hovmey tlhopDaq HuSlaw' *Dugh*. =
tachDaq tlham tu'lu'mo' lolHa'law' *Dugh*. =
torchu'pu' 'ej bIngHey bej 'et. tlham Hutlhmo' =
logh, ram.[241] SomDajDaq yIt wovmoHwI'mey =
qengbogh nuvpu'. wovqu' wovmoHwI'meyvetlh. =
wovmoHwI'mey motlh bIHbe' pay' 'e' tlhoj vajar. =
pe'meH Sechmey bIH. *Dugh* lulaghchoHpu' =
jonwI'pu'. pay' pur vajar 'ej HughDaq chuS tlhuH.
=93Qo'!=94 jatlh Hota'ro'.
jatlh qaH'eng, =93peleS. poS HanDogh luchev neH. =
qaStaHvIS yaH poHwIj peQchem lIngwI' =
wIngaDmoHta'. nubmo' bIQSIp ngaSwI' *veS* SomDaq =
wIHIjbe'. *veS* pIrmuSDaq 'uchchugh luHwI' =
tIHmey, *Dugh* ngaSlaH *veS* pIvchem. cha' rep =
pIq gharben cha' wIghoSchoH. chorgh rep pIq =
wIpaw. pa' tejvaD luch wIHIjlI' ghIq Qo'noS wIghoS.=94
=93chong!=94 jatlh ghutar. "wo' vergh vI'av."
=93maj,=94 jatlh vajar, 'ach DujDaj lupe'lI'mo' =
loghSutmey tuQtaHbogh nuvpu' bItbej. yajHa'be' =
qImyal DaH 'e' Sov vajar. vajar tojpu' 'ej buQpu' =
'e' nID. jonwI' ghaHmo' Hota'ro' bang'e' *Dugh* =
Dotlh ja' 'e' Sov qImyal. vaj Hota'ro' ghaH je =
voqHa' vajar 'e' chup. wanI'vam rurbogh =
wanI'meymo', loghDaq yIntaH vajar 'ej Duj mach =
ra'taH. woQ Quj muSchu'. Suv neHchugh vay' vaj yISuv!=94
ja'chuqlaw'taH Hota'ro' qaH'eng je. latlh raSDaq =
taghlaw'pu' mu'qaD veS, jeStaH ghutar 'ach mu'mey =
QoylaHbe'mo' vajar 'ovlaHbe'. mogh 'ej qejchoH. =
tachDaq ratlh neHbe'. QumwI' ghajbe' 'e' tlhoj. =
tatlhlu'be'pu'. jatlh, =93Hota'ro', QumwI'lIj DaghajtaH'a'?=94
jatlh Hota'ro', =93ghobe'. jIchechtaHvIS =
vIchaghlaw'pu', 'ach *Dugh*Daq vISambe'pu'.=94
jatlh qaH'eng, =93naDev Qapbe'.=94 Hung pat bopbogh =
mu'mey jatlh ghIq QumwI'Daj lel. vajarvaD nob.
nobHa' vajar. jatlh =93jIHvaD Hung yIrI'. DorwI' vIpoQ.=94
rI' qaH'eng, ghIq jatlh, =93ghoSlI'.=94 =
chuSqu'choHpu' mu'qaD veS. Soj lujaDtaH 'op =
jeSwI'pu'. qejmo' vajar tIvbe'. Hu' 'ej tachvo' =
yIt. tugh chol be'. wuSDaj rIQmo' ghov. be'tlhar ghaH.
=93vajar HoD,=94 jatlh, =93DorwI'lI' jIH. nuq wIghoS?=94
SuchwI' chaw'Daj much vajar. jatlh, =93pa'wIjDaq. 'oHtaHbogh Daq vISovbe'.=
=94[114]
SuchwI' chaw' nuDbe' be'tlhar. jatlh, =93QongwI' pa' mIch cha'Daq tu'lu'. H=
a'.=94
pa'Daq vajar Dor 'a lojmIt lupawpu'DI' mevbe'. =
QongDaqDaq tlhej. tugh qejbe'choH vajar.
---
SKI: vajar is grumpy, and then the security =
commander named be'tlhar cheers him up.
---
[114] This might not make any sense, but then =
vajar has been drinking and is cross and grouchy, =
so I'm not too worried about mangling the line. =
jIHtaHbogh naDev vISovbe' =96 =93I don't know the =
here where I am.=94 So 'oHtaHbogh Daq vISovbe' -- =
=93I don't know the place where it is.=94
[241] By request of someone who was tired of =
ships having to be right-side-up in space. It =
still doesn't break the Star Trek universe rules, =
though, because seeing as Dugh is disabled, it's expected to be taH or yoy.
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