tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Feb 15 11:57:55 1997
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Re: The Black Fleet
ghItlh Voragh:
>Dajqu' De'vam. SuStel pointed out a few days ago that Kira recently
>identified a old-style Klingon battlecruiser as a "D-7" (a FASA
>designation, I believe). Now, John Ford's "Black Fleet" appears in the
>Paramount-sponsored ST:Klingon CD.
I don't know about the timing of FASA materials, but my first encounter
with the term "D-7" was in a book printed in September of 1968, written
by Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry: "The Making of Star Trek".
In it, Roddenberry recalls an "argument" between Shatner and Nimoy:
>-> As soon as I walked up to the set, Bill and Leonard blew a scene,
>-> but they blew it on purpose and began arguing very violently.
>-> Bill was shouting at the top of his voice, "Leonard! What do you
>-> mean saying this is a D-7 Klingon ship! It's a D-6!" Leonard
>-> shouted back, "No, you idiot, the D-6 has four doors over here
>-> and the D-7 only has two!" Bill immediately shouted back, "No,
>-> no, no -- it's the other way around, you've got it all wrong."
>-> ... Gene Roddenberry, "The Making of Star Trek", page 367
>Have The-Powers-That-Be finally forgiven FASA/Ford for whatever
>indiscretion that prompted them to revoke FASA's license to produce their
>Star Trek role-playing game? Or maybe "the next generation" at Paramount
>just doesn't realize just where these very popular Klingon fan terms
>originated.
It looks like "D-7" started out as an official Star Trek production
term that was never actually used on screen.
>Hmmm... will we be hearing klingonaase soon?
Perhaps we already have. The post-battle exchange between Kahless and
Lukara is certainly not in tlhIngan Hol, at least not as we know it. :-)
-- ghunchu'wI'