tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 28 11:03:34 1997
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Re: Klingon Anthem
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon Anthem
- Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 14:03:26 -0400 (EDT)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (message from Scott Inman onMon, 26 May 1997 12:03:35 -0700 (PDT))
>Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 12:03:35 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Scott Inman <[email protected]>
>
>>mujang ~mark
>>>>By the way, what exactly are "attitude-control thrusters"? They're in TKD.
>>>
>>>Er, thrusters that control the attitude of the ship?
>>>
>>
>>I had always been confused by the word "attitude," and wondered if it was a
>>misprint of "altitude--" I mean, the way a ship is pointing isn't the first
>>concept that comes to mind with the word "attitude--" or indeed the second.
>>Qapla'
>>qoror
>
>No Mark and qoror. You are both wrong. "Attitude," as used in describing ship funtions,
>means which way the ship is leaning. EX: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
>When the KBOP that could fire when cloaked fired upon Chancellor Gorkon's ship,
>Qonos' 1, it caused the ship to list and spin almost out of control. THIS is "attitude."
>I.E.: The "attitude control thrusters" were subsequently disabled. I hope this explains
>what "attitude control trusters" means
Like I said, thrusters to control the attitude of a ship. In what way was
I wrong?. It was qoror who said it should have been altitude.
~mark