tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 08 08:32:38 2001
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Re: Klingon WOTD: yaS wa'DIch (n)
: Klingon word: yaS wa'DIch
: Part of Speech: noun
: Definition: first officer
... regardless of their official ranks, those closest to the captain
of a ship are called {yaS wa'DIch} (first officer) and {yaS cha'DIch
(second officer). Unlike the terms associated with specific duties,
however, these may be used as titles as well. It is correct to say
both {qImlaq yaS wa'DIch} (First Officer K'mlak) and {yaS wa'DIch
ghaH qImlaq la''e'} (Commander K'mlak is first officer). (KGT 53)
"A ritual of a less majestic sort occurs on a Klingon vessel when a
new set of officers takes over and a mission is about to begin.
With the bridge crew assembled but the captain not yet present, the
first officer states his or her name and then says {DaH yaS wa'DIch
vIgheS} "I now take my place as first officer." ("Now I assume the
responsibilities of first officer" or, literally, "Now I assume the
responsibilities of first officer.") (KGT 183ff.)
As used in canon:
Qagh yaS wa'DIch
The first officer errs. KGT
QaH yaS wa'DIch
The first officer helps. KGT
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons