tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 01 10:53:35 2009
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RE: Klingon cardinal directions
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Klingon cardinal directions
- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:50:37 -0500
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- Thread-topic: Klingon cardinal directions
naHQun:
>>> FWIW, that was the orientation of the Klingon symbol in TOS.
>>> It was changed to it's modern "upright" position for TNG (and
>>> the later TOS movies). I can picture a Klingon compass using
>>> the symbol as it's pointer. Magnetic East?
DloraH:
>> Perhaps towards the sun rise in the east. And maybe the circle
>> in the background of the symbol is the sun.
ghunchu'wI':
>It is shown upright in the animated episode "More Tribbles, More
>Troubles".
Does anyone remember its orientation on Koloth's ship, the IKV Groth, in DS9 "Trials and Tribble-ations"? Did they include a CGI version of the ship? (For that matter, what about the new digitally-enhanced versions of TOS "The Trouble With Tribbles" etc.?)
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Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons