tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 08 16:19:58 1999
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Re: cheb'a' to the Kg. was (Re: Higher math)
> >I have with me a copy of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual
> >(ISBN: 0-671-01563-X) by Herman Zimmerman, Rick Sternbach, and Doug
> > MASS: 236,000 metric tonnes
>
> : * Mass: 8.7KT
> :
> : This is *very* different from the DS9 manual information. It's also a
> : little hard to reconcile with its being a translation of 375 thousand
> : {cheb'a'mey}, since we already knew that a {cheb'a'} is 9 {cheb}, and
> : we were told earlier that a {cheb} is close to 5 pounds or 2.25 kg.
> : [snip] Something is a bit off either
> : in our knowledge of weights, in the translation of this value, or maybe
> : in the printing of the value itself. It *could* just be a typo.
>
> I'm shocked! Who would have possibly expected that one
> Paramount-authorized publication would contradict another? We all know the
> pains the Paramount writing staff takes to ensure that all the movies,
> episodes and novels are consistent!
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
Yes, I agree the discrepency is disturbing. I note in the Introduction to
the DS9 Tech Manuel that the author comments "no matter how much you enjoy
this book, I need it more," and goes on to explain that he constantly
refers to the manuel when writting DS9 episodes. Still, for the purposes
of the KLI, I'll go with Okrand's statement of 1 cheb=2.56 kg/5.16 lbs.