tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 28 13:12:49 2010
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
RE: 'u': the first authentic Klingon opera on earth
Joris Favie (on behalf of the 'u' team):
>> Here is the response of the director with regards to the location of
>Qo'noS: http://www.u-theopera.org/official-position-qonos
>
> "Based on the available knowledge we have they deduced that Qo'noS
> is an M-class planet orbiting the star Arcturus aka Alpha Bootis.
> This is a giant orange K2 star 36 light years away."
Felix:
>Thank you for this response, Joris. You'll probably have to expect to
>defend the choice in the future, though, as it is rather an odd choice
>for several reasons:
>
>* The Arcturus system is far closer to Earth than most expect Qo'noS to
> be.
>* Most believe Qo'noS - along with most of the Klingon Empire - to be in
> the Beta Quadrant, whereas Arcturus is in the Alpha Quadrant (it has a
> longitude of about 15° in the galactic coordinate system; everything in
> the Beta Quadrant has a longitude ranging from 180° to 360° by the most
> common definition of the Quadrants).
>* This system inhabited by the Arcturians (and Arcturus IV is apparently
> a member of the Federation): http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Arcturian
>
>It's certainly not the worst of crimes, and the video is still great, but
>you'll have to be prepared, as all Trekkies are compelled by law to
>nitpick about such things ;)
I thought Alpha Bootis sounded familiar. We've seen what is apparently another planet in that star group:
Federation catalog name Zeta Bootis III, a.k.a. "Tyree's Planet".
While serving on the USS Farragut, Ensign James Kirk visited the planet Neural in 2254 commanding his first planetary survey mission. Later, in 2267 Klingon agent Krell advised the village people on the manufacture of primitive flintlocks in their conflict with the nearby hill people; he was also grooming Apella to be a governor in the Klingon Empire. (TOS "A Private Little War")
"This Class M world is the third of ten that orbit a brilliant, moderate-size yellow star in a binary system. The planet is quite Earth-like, with vast oceans and desert, moderate, and tropical climate zones. Neural is the only planet in the Zeta Bootis system to have a moon, which has been named Asetia by the native population of Neural's lower desert. The native inhabitants of the planet are humanoid, possibly the descendants of a Centaurian exploration mission that disappeared in the area some two hundred years ago. The population was once one of tranquil, peace-loving hunters, but a serious breach of the Prime Directive has resulted in their development of war and comparatively advanced projectile weapons. Direct Klingon interference, countered by Federation involvement, has divided the inhabitants into five major factions, each of which is feuding with the other four. One of the more notable native animal forms on Neural (Zeta Bootis III) is the *mugato*, a large, white, ape-like creature with dorsal spines and a cranial horn." (_Star Trek: The Worlds of The Federation_, p. 140-141)
"Tyree's planet is not named in the episode, although an unfilmed line in the script hints it might have been Neural." (_Star Trek Encyclopedia_) In Klingon, the relevant nouns are {nural} "Neural (planet)" and {nuralngan} "Neuralese (person)"; there's even a word for *mugato* {mughato'}.
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons