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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] tlharghDuj
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Holt)
Fri Jan 4 09:39:24 2013
From: David Holt <kenjutsuka@live.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org"
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Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 08:38:52 -0600
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I don't believe there has ever been such a thing as a "scout ship" in real =
Terran history. However=2C it seems to be modeled after the real military =
action of a scout. The job of a scout is to break away from the main group=
of soldiers=2C so as to be more stealthy=2C and see if he can collect a li=
ttle information on the enemy and report back to the main group what they s=
hould expect. You can't call him a "spy" because in English that carries t=
he implication that he is embedded amongst his enemy and probably disguised=
as one of them. The scout is just gathering a quick bit of info and retur=
ning to his troops so it's more about moving silently and quickly and less =
about disguise and full understanding of the enemy.
So=2C a scout ship is one which is mostly engines with perhaps a few stealt=
h items (such as a cloaking device). It is typically lightly armored and l=
ightly armed=2C reducing its mass and increasing it's acceleration and perh=
aps even increasing its top speed (though in Star Trek=2C they are actually=
limited by warp limits=2C so almost everyone has the same top speed). Thu=
s it can get ahead of the fleet and if there's trouble=2C escape from the t=
rouble and report back to the fleet what to expect.
Google translate gives me the words "auskundschaften" or "erkunden" as a tr=
anslation for "to scout". I hope this has been helpful.
janSIy =
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<body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>I don't believe there has ever b=
een such a thing as a "scout ship" in real Terran history.  =3BHowever=
=2C it seems to be =3Bmodeled =3Bafter the real military action of =
a scout.  =3BThe job of a scout is to break away from the main group of=
soldiers=2C so as to be more stealthy=2C and see if he can collect a littl=
e information on the enemy and report back to the main group what they shou=
ld expect.  =3BYou can't call him a "spy" because in English that carri=
es the implication that he is =3Bembedded =3Bamongst =3Bhis ene=
my and probably disguised as one of them.  =3BThe scout is just gatheri=
ng a quick bit of info and returning to his troops so it's more about movin=
g silently and quickly and less about disguise and full understanding of th=
e enemy.<div><br></div><div>So=2C a scout ship is one which is mostly engin=
es with perhaps a few stealth items (such as a cloaking device).  =3BIt=
is typically lightly armored and lightly armed=2C reducing its mass and in=
creasing it's =3Bacceleration =3Band perhaps even increasing its to=
p speed (though in Star Trek=2C they are actually limited by warp limits=2C=
so almost everyone has the same top speed).  =3BThus it can get ahead =
of the fleet and if there's trouble=2C escape from the trouble and report b=
ack to the fleet what to expect.</div><div><br></div><div>Google translate =
gives me the words "auskundschaften" or "erkunden" as a translation for "to=
scout".  =3BI hope this has been helpful.</div><div><br></div><div>jan=
SIy</div> </div></body>
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