tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 16 10:03:12 1995
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Re[2]: Calendar Ideas
On 16 Nov 95 at 8:52, Jarno Peschier <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 15:51 15-11-95 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >> If we could gather enough info on the Klingon Calendar maybe we
> >> could make one.
> > According to the second edition of The Star Trek: TNG Companion,
> >Kahless died 1,547 years earlier (A.D. 822). While these are earth
> >years, they are still much more helpful than the vague "1,500 years
> >ago" given in the filmed episode.
>
> And how long is a Klingon century anyway? In Reightful Heir the death of
> Kahless is stated as "15 centuries ago" and "1000 years ago" (if memory
> serves me right). This would imply a (Klingon) century of 66.666 (Klingon?)
> years...
That guy who did the Nitpicker's Guides made a big deal
out of this. I don't buy it. Early in the episode Worf says Kahless
died 1,500 years ago. Then later Gowron (in the middle of an
argument) says something like, "Kahless has been dead for a thousand
years". He clearly wasn't trying to be accurate, he was simply making
a stirring argument. It would have been a really clunky line if he
had said 1,500 years. IMHO, we shouldn't read anything into
this line. Maybe the CD-ROM will shed some light on this...
> De'wI'tej
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