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   Message 26,969 of 28,343   
   Tim Bruening to Ralph Barbagallo   
   Re: BEEFS WITH STAR TREK VI.   
   18 Feb 15 21:05:21   
   
   From: tsbrueni@dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   On Wednesday, November 9, 1994 at 8:17:33 PM UTC-8, Ralph Barbagallo wrote:   
   > In article <1994Nov7.212803.1@ccsua.ctstateu.edu>,   
   >   wrote:   
   > >First of all, the Klingon Empire was supposed to be dead in 50 years, but in   
   > >Star Trek - The Next Generation it is anything but!   
   >   
   > 	Well, I'm sure that whole thing will be explained somehow in   
   > a book or something.  Maybe they re-colonize some area, I dunno.   
   >   
   > >They claim the Klingons will have to evacuate their worlds to come into   
   > >Federation Space, but why?  The Klingon Empire is an empire, they have   
   > >thousands of their own worlds to choose from.   
   >   
   > 	No kidding.  Well, maybe they mean that without this nerve center   
   > they will be forced to join with the Federation in order to survive as   
   > far as materials production etc.   
   >   
   > >When the Ambassador is wounded by the assassins, McCoy beams over and offers   
   > >aid, even though he knows nothing about the Klingon anatomy.  Why arn't the   
   > >Klingons using their own doctors?   
   >   
   > 	Maybe all the doctors on the ship were killed?   
   >   
   > >   
   > >The Enterprise comings streaking through Klingon space to rescue Kirk, and   
   gets   
   > >away with passing itself off as a freighter?  Come on.   
   >   
   > 	Yeah, I know.  And considering this was quite a secure prision   
   > base, you'd think they'd have some sort of defenses against spacecraft.   
   >   
   > >No one knows how to speak Klingonese and they can't make use of a translator   
   > >even though common sense dictates that their computers should know   
   everything   
   > >their is to know about Klingonese, since the Klingons are a major power in   
   the   
   > >known galaxy.   
   >   
   > 	They say in the movie that the Universal Translator would be   
   > recognized.  The thing I don't get is why are they using BOOKS?   
   > Shouldn't they have an on-line dictionary?   
   >   
      
   Valaris had deleted the Klingon language files.   
      
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