tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 03 02:45:15 2002
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Re: Who is Maltz?
>Stephan wrote:
>>if Maltz knows... who is Maltz, by the way?
>
>Quvar:
>>DaSovbe''a'?? mu'ghom nIv yIlaD! TKD p.12:
>>"Finally, a great deal of credit must be given to the Klingon
>>informant who provided all of the data upon the Dictionary is
>>based. Although a prisoner of the Federation, he worked long, hard
>>hours to make his knowledge available to citizens of the
>>Federation. Maltz, we thank you."
>
>
>Qugh QeDpIn ghaH matlh'e'.
>Maltz was Kruges science officer.
>
>Maltz was the only surviving member of Kruge's crew, taken prisoner
>by Kirk and company when they seized Kruge's Bird of Prey ("Star
>Trek III: The Search for Spock").
>
>According to "Federation linguist" Marc Okrand, Maltz was apparently
>taken either to a Federation starbase or to Earth, where he became a
>captive native informant for the Federation linguists assigned to
>study the Klingon language and create "The Klingon Dictionary".
>(Whenever Okrand needs time to figure some apparent contradiction
>out, he says he has to go "consult with Maltz".)
>
>We can only hope that Maltz was eventually allowed to return to
>Kronos after the Khitomer Conference ("Star Trek VI: The
>Undiscovered Country").
:) lutvam vIparHa'qu'.
(very nice story.)
vIqaw.
(i remember it.)
bye,
stephan,
sts.