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- ADMIRAL'S THOUGHTS -
By Fleet Admiral
K'Zhen epetaii-Zu-Merz
Spring has come, and we
see new life all around us. It lifts the
spirit and refreshes our interest in life.
The great outdoor calls, and distant places beckon. Let some of that revitalizing motivate us
into putting more effort into our club.
It is time to go forth and conquer.
So many of you have shown great dedication and interest that we have the
longest list of promotions and commendations I believe that we have ever
had. The KSF lives and prospers! It is evident that many enjoy the fellowship
and activities here. Would it not be a
dishonor not to share it with others?
The efforts of those who have recruited new members is greatly
appreciated as well as those who have made efforts without positive
results. We can make ourselves known in
fandom and in our surroundings, to keep our club growing and strong. We welcome the new members into our midst;
they have brought great new life and enthusiasm with them. If we had a dozen more like them, nothing
could stop us from conquering the galaxy!
Always
remember that if you have any ideas or suggestions for the club, you are
encouraged to send them to your Sector Commander, or directly to the Admiralty
if you have occasion to write us. A club that remains static is in danger of
growing a bit stale, and we don't want that to happen.
The
New Worlds project that I started on the listserv is one that I hope will spark
the interest of a number of members. To
Creating a new planet together, where everyone that will contributes ideas can
be a unifying factor for those involved.
This is something that can continue on, as we make use of it in
roleplay. Is there something you would
like to encounter in the game? Send
in the idea to the list, or directly to me, FAdm. K'Zhen.
Have
you an idea for any other project? Let
us know. Those projects that we have
are not receiving many submissions. I
hope to display what we have on the Web eventually, where your efforts and
contributions can be viewed by all, and not just by our members.
If
you are not involved in the roleplaying game because you feel a bit uncertain
or have little time for it, we understand your concerns. If you would like to play but haven't taken
the plunge, we are ready to accommodate whatever needs you have, in limited
time, guidance, and any help you need.
We can arrange it so you would only need to write one sentence if that's
all you have time for. If you have any interest at all in getting
involved, we are ready to help.
I
wish for all of you a happy spring summer season and vacation time!
E E E E E E E E E
By K'Obol K'Onor/Doug Welsh
What is ambition, and what
does it really mean, to ourselves, and to others?
In some areas of our lives,
we each of us have a desire to "do well". It is natural. It is deeply ingrained in our ancient responses
based on instinct. We desire, as
naturally as we breathe, to achieve.
Somewhere. In some aspect of
life. It is not given to all of us to
achieve greatly. It IS given to each to
excel once, at least. The difficult thing in life is to find where!
This club is unique in many
ways. We tie together people from many
different places in the world, from many faiths, from many backgrounds,
different education levels, different skill levels, different approaches, different
responses. Most of the time, we get
along reasonably well. Occasionally, as
in most families, we squabble.
Recently, on an email list
that many members receive daily, a few members forgot that we are all family,
and allowed a discussion to become very harsh, to such an extent that feelings
were hurt beyond repair, and we have lost members who were welcome here,
because of their many different talents.
It is not my purpose to
throw rocks at anyone, to suggest anyone was out of line, or carrying a
grudge. What I want to do is remind everyone
of why we came here, in the first place - to have fun.
Most of us have adopted a Klingon personality, one for which we have
varying degrees of many different characteristics. We are prickly, proud, arrogant, quick to
anger, slow to cool. What that all means
to us is that we often speak before fully considering our words, and, whether
intended or not, someone gets hurt. And
make no mistake, folks, words can hurt.
Badly. Now, I am not going to suggest silence, nor am I certain that
more than one or two would go along with that suggestion from me only!
I am going to suggest that,
as adults, or teenagers, whatever we are, we owe it to our friends in the Club
to THINK first, consider second, and reconsider third before we push an ENTER
key on a keyboard, stick a stamp on an envelope, or speak harshly to a friend.
Please remember an injunction that has been with the human race since
the beginning, in many forms, as many different quotations, but always with the
same intent: As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
Treat others with respect and consideration, and you have a right to expect,
to demand it from them in return.
Durgath's Blessing upon you
all, and may the chocolate Demon deliver large supplies to your house.
E E E E E E E E E
- EDITOR'S DAGGER -
E E E E E E E E E
-
ANNOUNCEMENTS -
: NEW CORPS
COMMAND APPOINTMENTS :
K'Lay
Chang (Margie
McDonnell) - Executive Operations Corps
K'Obol
K'Onor (Doug Welsh) - Military
Operations Corps
Volar
K'Zota (Chris Gable) -
Galactic Operations Corps
Azel
Tavana (Adrienne
Paradis) - CIVILIAN ENTERPRISES
Q'Rul
DuppIm (Karl Holtz)
- KIRA CORPS
: DIVISIONAL
APPOINTMENTS :
K'Lay
Chang (Margie
McDonnell) - C.O. of Internal Intelligence
M'Red
Nor'Deth (Sean Prosser)
- C.O. of Imperial Marines, Online CO
of Imperial Military
qe'San
be'rawn (Jon Brown) - C.O.
of Diplomatic Services, Inspirational Media
Katalyia
K-Tore-Jiraal (Lynda
Phillips) - C.O. of Internal Operations (expanded from Starbases
Operations to include all logistics)
PROMOTIONS:
Sector 1
Kosh Pallara Zu-Merz / Curtis
Martin - for taking
command efficiently when his CO was temporarily unable, for active participation in the rpg during
past quarters and for listserv participation, and time in service.
Sector 2
Kulec Tera'weH (George Naylor) - promotion to Commander
for ongoing Sector 2 Command duties in spite of
diffuculties, and time in service
Sector 3
Markhet Khaler K'Onor (Ann Collings) - promotion to Lieutenant
- for
participation in role play, listserve, time in service and mingling in
chat area
Sector 4
T'Lara JuriSS-Rashmeiler (Susan Wyss) - promotion to Commander
for information retrieval, diplomatic efforts,
participation in role play,
Sector CO duties performed well, time in service,
willingness to help and
mingling in chat area with other members
Dennis Higgins (Mordok JuriSS) - promotion to Lieutenant
for assuming GM Command, diplomatic efforts, role play
and listserve
participation, and time in service.
Sector 5
Richard Heckert (Rakqor K'Mpec) promotion to Lieutenant ***
(check with K'Obol about his participation levels in
CGC)
Sector 6
Sarena ZuMerz (Debbie Green) - promotion to Captain
for retaking command of MOC and continued role playing
efforts, for staying
out of politics
in this last crisis, time in service, roleplaying with other divisions,
participation
in chat areas and on line presence, encouragement to
Sector CO and others.
Kriger DuppIm (Karl Holtz) - promotion to Commander
For high level of participation in II XO duties and
coordinating role play work, CCC discussions, listserve
help, time in service, Rak room maintenance, listserve
help, roster work
Sector 7
Kadin Katia (Jon Rowe) - promotion to Ltjg
for assuming command of Sector 7
on short notice and going to work immediately; elevation in rank
required in this instance.
Sector 8
Borg K'Mpec (Mike Robbins) - promotion to Fleet-Captain
for BL work, maintaining good behavior, diplomatic
efforts in the blood bar and in all role plays where he participates, time in
service, dedicated and consistent maintenance of Sector duties...and causing no
trouble in spite of being in trying conditions.
Adrienne
Paradis (Azel
Tavana) - Commendation for diplomatic efforts and technical and personal help
offered during all times of need and CCC website management
Volar K'Zota (Chris Gable) - promotion to Fleet-Captain for assuming GSA XO duties, attempts to
arbitrate for the good of the club, cyberSector XO duties, role playing work,
website maintenance, setting up listserve, and for being called upon in an
emergency to aid and assist us in whatever needed.
GSD
K'Obol K'Onor (Doug Welsh) - promotion to Commander
for continued work in CGC and in playing with other
divisions, for project work completed and pending including the religion
project and the KAG Kanada /KSF pop tabs for charity project, the promote the
KSF and member relations, on the
listserve, in Rak room, blood bar and in chat area to keeping as much control
as there was in the GSD people when
recent problems began, for
refusing to quit in spite of trying circumstances and for his ability to
apologize when he knows he is wrong.
K'Logh Chang (Mike Wager) - promotion to Commander for continued
work in the Triangle and for playing with other divisions, for maintaining
objectivity and as little involvement as possible during a very trying time
over divided loyalties during the recent crisis, and remaining with us when
they quit, for his Pirate's chat room and his cheer ful and constant presence
in other public areas and lists
GSE
qe'San be'rawn (Jon Brown) - promotion to Captain for exemplary work
on BL, for diplomatic relations to all and support to the Admiralty, listserve
participation and distribution of BL to GSE
Stephen Kronsei (Stephen Humphrey) - promotion to Commander
for active role play in NI and correspondence with
others, activity on listserve and for diplomatic efforts.
T'Var Byle (Liam Boyle) - promotion to Lt jg for active
participation on listserve and in Kookbook project, role playing activities in
IS , working on new projects, efforts in artwork, interest in learning tlhIngan
Hol.
David Falagan promotion to Lt jg - for staying true in spite of
several shifts in IMC command, for his beautiful art contributions for the
cover of BL, and time in service.
Kargo K'Mpec (Patrick Bills) / to Lt jg - for time in service.
KISara – commendation.
The above announcements were
correct at the date for the issue. Although you may be aware of further changes
these will be published in future Issues
E E E E E E E E E
- Post
Reports -
Compiled by Admiral Katalyia K'Tore-Jiraal
GSA Commander
U = 1st quarter / i = 2nd quarter reports
Compiled by Admiral Katalyia K'Tore-Jiraal
A Note from GSA
Commander, Admiral Katalyia K'Tore-Jiraal: I am happy to see that all the
Sectors are represented in the NL this quarter. Congraduations to all Sector
Commanders for making the effort.
Filed by Cmdr. K'Eherang
K'Shontan-Jiraal
Sector One Commander
U Commander K'Eherang K'Shontan-Jiraal: Have still been toiling away at my job, which I
love but wish I got paid a little more. Went with my friends Abbey and Mike to
a Star Trek Convention on January 9, where Robert Picardo was the GOH. We found
him quite delightful.
i K’Eherang K’Shontaon-Jiraal: Nothing has really changed since my last post report—everyone
seems to have more exciting lives than me! I’m still at the same job, doing the
same thing, and trying to keep track of the funny things the kids at work say
to me.
U Lt.-Cmdr. Kosh Pallara-Zu-Merz: Have been very busy with my job as well. I am
considering a vacation. Have continued to work on the club rpg, and enjoy the
new KSF listserv.
i Lt.-Cmdr. Kosh Pallara-Zu-Merz: Got a promotion about a month ago. Went to Bend, Oregon to spend
some time with his mom around Mother’s Day—they did some traveling around
Oregon.
Sector Two:
Filed by Kulec
Sector Two Commander
U Kulec: Not too much to report. Trying to get caught up after the Christmas
season and just starting to get ready for Lent. I was in Ft. Wayne for a
theological symposium at one of my church body's seminaries. Despite the
weather, I had a pretty good time. Some of the presentations were very helpful
and thought-provoking. I got to see a lot of old friends and acquaintances,
plus I met a few people.
i Kulec: All is quiet on the Sector Two front. The last month or so I’ve
been busy with Lent and then with Easter Week services. I also spent most of
April having my computer worked on. I got terribly behind on e-mail and other
projects because I was without it for days at a time, besides making about
three trips a week to the computer store, which is an hour away. So I’m really
glad to have one working again. I’ve still got one in the shop, but it’s not as
important right now. So between Lent and computers, I haven’t been doing much
in the last quarter. Things are finally starting to quiet down a bit. I’ve got
a couple of pastors conferences coming up here in May and early June, but
overall things will slow down for the summer. I hope.
U Helen Ruback & Karl Holtz: All is well, nothing new to report from Duncan
OK. Qapla' y'all.
Sector Three:
Filed by Admiral Katalyia
K'Tore-Jiraal
Sector Three Commander
U Admiral Katalyia K'Tore-Jiraal: Have accepted the new position of List Moderator
on the KSF Listserv. Received the video of the Bonanza Convention I attended
and watched it. I was able to find myself at least nine times on it, which was
a surprise. I am looking forward to attending the Star Trek convention in March
and the possiblity of meeting Kragtowl there, as he is planning on attending.
i Admiral Katalyia K’Tore-Jiraal: I enjoyed the Memorial Day Weekend very much. I mostly stayed
home and enjoyed myself. My dog Cybil has received her first haircut for the
year and she is as cute as a button. I also have seen the animated movie ‘The
Road to El Dorado’ which was pretty good. I am looking forward to the 4th
of July weekend as they are giving us Monday before off. But, I decided that I
was going to take the full week off as well. Am looking forward to that.
i Trekken: Only thing to report is in March, hosted a party which was a
“birthday” party for Chancellor Martok (J>G> Hertzier). He and former
Chancellor (Robert O’Rielly) were in KC for a convention. They both came and
showed how well they are as true fans of the fans. Also in attendance was the
Borg Queen (Heavily watched), Alice Krieg. The Chancellor received many a
unique gift and had a great time! The party was hosted by House Trekkan and
House of Martok without the knowledge of the “Slanted Fedora” influence. A
future note, both Chancellors are scheduled to be at VisionCon 2001 in
Springfield, MO. This is a fan run convention and it should be a great time. I
will keep everyone posted!
U Fleet Admiral K'Zhen Epetai Zu-Merz: It's been much the same at KSF Headquarters,
except for a major crash of this beast I call "Paqi", which
necessitated wiping the hard drive and starting over. Fortunately, I had backed
up all the KSF data files a couple of weeks ago so I didn't lose too much. I
lost about 1200 emails in the inbox alone, and nearly as much in the 'sent
file', and I haven't missed them at all. Most were just being kept there for
reference and reminders. I had backed up many other files as well; fonts,
graphics, sounds and MIDIs. I don't trust hard drives. They are like honorless
warriors, prone to desert you when you need them most...
U 2nd Lt. Kane Vestai Gre'Ndel: Other hobbies I enjoy are cooking, playing with
my Sony Playstation, role-playing games, and surfing the net. My Christmas and
New Year's were great and thankfully, uneventful.
U Kragtowl: Effective November 15th, I was given the position of wa'DicH(Vice
President)of the House of Martock, the Official JG Hertzler Fan Club. I have
also taken over as webmaster for his site as well. On February 18-20th in
Springfield, MO, the convention known as VisionCon will be held with the
following guests: Michael O'Hara(Commander Sinclair of Babylon Five), Richard
Hatch(Apollo of Battlestar Galatica), Jack Stauffer(Bojay of Battlestar
Galatica), and Don Pedro Colley(The Black Mutant from "Beneath the Planet
of the Apes). Should be a fun time for all. Here is the URl for the convention:
http://www.visioncon.net/. On March 11th & 12th in Kansas City, MO, Slanted
Fedora Productions is holding a convention that will have the following guests:
Alice "The Borg Queen" Kriege, JG "Gowron" Hetzler, Robert
"Martok" O'Reilly, John "Q" DeLancie, Andrew
"Garrick" Robinson, James "Vic Fontain" Darren, Robert
Duncan "Paris" McNeil, Armin "Quark" Shimmerman, Gates
"Dr. Crusher" McFadden, and a surprise "Highlander" guest
to be announced. The URL for this convention is: http:''www.sfedora.com./kansas2.htlm.
HomeWorld is still going and more individuals are participating. Also, JG
Hertzler is writing two pocket books about Martok as Chancellor of the Klingon
Empire. He has these in the works right now.
Sector Four:
Filed by Lt.-Cmdr. T'Lara
Juriss-Rasmehlier
Sector Four Commander
U Lt.-Cmdr. T'Lara Juriss-Rasmehlier: Hello once again! The holidays came and went
around here rather quietly. There hasn't been much new in the real-life area of
this Klingon. The job is the same, and although I worked a couple months on the
day shift, and got to see more of my son for awhile, I will be going back to
the evening shift on February 4. My son is doing better in school, and although
he is going through the 8 year old stage of being impetuous(bg), it has been
great to spend some time to get to know him again. Most of the time, I get to
see him an hour every morning and every other weekend, due to my work hours and
his visitation with his father. Life has had it's ups and downs, and the
finanaces have been kind of "down" BG. On the personal side, I have a
new boyfriend, and that is really good! Well, that's about it from this end.
Q'apla!
i T’Lara: Here is a little report based on my Klingon activity this Spring
which was getting to Galacticon 2000. A cool trend I’m seeing is that science
fiction conventions have been around for years have started featuring throngs
of Klingon fans as a special attraction. Lots of Klingons in full battle kit
and strong Klingon fannish programming
add a lot of style to cons. At Galacticon in Chattanooga (weekend of April 1,
2000), writers and filkers and dealers all acknowledged our presence and the
energy and fun the Klingons added to the fray. The Ramanda Inn was especially
suited. Taysir of the KAG Demon Fleet set up his jail and bail behind this
balcony in front of a big window which overlooked the patio in back. Friday and
Saturday night parties in the Klin-suite run by the glorious Cincinnatti
contingent (Carol Bockelman and Joel Nye, aka Kerla and K’Wist) were made magic
with a star-scape backdrop, white lamp bulbs changed out for Klingon command
deck red, chocolate in infinite diversity and peculiar varieties of hard liquor
ever self-renewing. I felt like we had discovered the Big Rock Candy Mountain
for Klingons. It was great to be able to hang out with the filkers and drag
butt back to the room I was sharing with four others at 3:30 without getting
scolded or even groaned at. (We’ve got to get the words and music to Teri
Wachowiak’s chest-burning ‘Song for Odin’. She herself agrees it calls for
Klingon voices. A high point for me was the charity auction. Josepha Sherman, a
writer guest who is interested in the popularity of Klingon fandon, had written
a paper about it for a folklore conference and she put it up for auction. I
WANTED it. So did another in the room, a fully kitted Klingon warrior. I was in
bellydance clothes, with only $35.00 in hand. We got into a bidding war, and my
worthy opponent soon had me outbid. That’s when I decided I had to dance for my
honor and it was the ladies in the audience who piled on the dollars until I
won the damn auction! Later, I got sold off at the slave auction for a bargain
rate. At least my master was a very attractive gent of military bearing who
might one day make a fine Klingon. You haven’t lived if you haven’t been
shackled and hauled off to jail. Guess I’ve lived! I very much enjoyed
condemning a darkly handsome stranger to ten minutes injail the next day. His
cries of ‘Hi, Dad! I’m in jail! I LIKE it here’ were, well, music to my ears.
Looks like he’s a Klingon-to-be as well. I am impressed that costumed active
Klingon fans continue to grow in numbers. I had wondered if the fandom would
weaken as ST series peter out. Looks like not-and I’m gonna guess it’s kind of
vision of anarchic fun a lot of our comrades have. it is truly weird and
wonderful.
U Lt.Jg. Mordok Juriss: Real Life for me has been a bit of a hassle since
May. I drive 150 miles down to Princeton, NJ on Mondays and get home on Fridays
between 9-10. During the weekdays, I spend my nights at my Mom's house in
Cherry Hill, NJ. That is 50 miles from the lab where I work. Most of the time,
in the evening, I help my mother prepare for her MCSE exams. When I'm not
helping her with her exams, I spend time working on her systems to keep them in
shape. I set her up with a 3 node network so she can get hands on practice
instead of relying merely on simulation. I'm pretty proud of what she's done.
Of her original class of 34 people; only 4 are left! She's the only woman left
and she's the oldest person there at 61. Inspirational isn't it? That has been
it for me for quite some time. The family is doing well. My brother in law is
recuperating from 2 surgeris he had in December. Once surgery was to remove his
gallbladder and appendix, the other was to clean out the site of the surgery as
it had abscessed internally. He wasn't doing too well for awhile and he still
has some recuperating to go before he's out of the woods. He came home just a
few days ago.
U Ensign KlySa'ra Vestai VeleH': Last quarter was a bit hectic, to say the least.
I work for a pharmaceutical company, part of which was bought by another.
Luckily, the new company considered all of the existing employees as part of
the deal(we were sold along with the equipment), so only a few lost their jobs.(I"m
not sure how I feel about being bought and sold, but since I'm still getting a
paycheck, I think I'll get over it!!!<VBG>)Since the fall of 1999, I have
been more or less immersed in the subsequent corporate sort-out, and 2YK, along
with everybody else. I will be fore some time to come. On a happier not, I
really like to garden, so I have spent a lot of time this winter planning for
the coming spring.(My husband, who gets to do all of the heavy digging and
lifting, etc., is not quite as enthusiastic as I am.)Our house sits on what was
formerly a soybean field. The only interesting architectural feature on our lot
is our septic mount. I'm trying to spruce things up a bit, but we have a big
deer problem over here, and that always provides an interesting design
challenge<sigh>. Downtown Princeton has a REALLY BIG deer problem.(I
actually live a short distance outside Princeton itself.)They will come right
up to a house and stand on the porch--which looks really funny(probably because
it's not MY porch<grin>). With all of the 8-12 foot electric fences
people have put up around their properties in recent years(in a futile attempt
to grow something), the area is beginning to look more and more like
Sing-Sing<chuckle>. Creative suggestions are always welcome. I've tried
everything. I joined the KSF in December and am having a great time, especially
in the RPG, which I was allowed to sneak in on the tail end of last quarter. To
date, my communication has been a bit limited, since I only had access to my
computer at work(the company tends to frown on such things). I'm happy to
report that I just got a new home PC, and will be hooked up to the net soon, so
that ought to facilitate things quite a bit.
i Ensign KlySa’ra Vestai VelaH’:
Unfortunately, I don’t have much to report this quarter as some rather serious
and unpleasant family matters in RL have occupied most of my time and
attention. Thankfully, things seem to be settling down now and hopefully I can
get back into the normal routine of things. On the brighter side, in my last
report I had mentioned that I was planning some major landscaping projects at
my home. I’m just about to get started on a good one—a big enclosed garden
complete with a pond and gazebo. This will be a multi-year project, but it
should be something really special when complete. I’m pretty excited about it.
(Surprisingly, so is my husband who will be doing most of the construction.) It
has to be enclosed to keep the deer out. I want to have some fancy and exotic
flowers and trees in that garden. We’ll see if the fence works. I got to do a
bit of traveling for my job in early April and spent a glorious four days in
Wrightsville Beach, NC. If you’ve never been there and you like the seashore,
by all means GO. The dolphins were coming in really close to the shore and were
playing with the local surfers. That was something to watch. (Being a Jersey
girl, I don’t get to see stuff like that very often. The water is too cold.)
There were plenty of brown pelicans about as well. The beaches are so clean
there, and being that it was before the summer crowds descended, we practically
had the whole beach to ourselves. It was great—I wish I were still down there.
As far as my KSF activities are concerned, I’ve been busy trying to recruit
some new members. I hope to have at least one in the very, very near future—I’m
keeping my fingers crossed. I’ve been putting in my two-cents worth here and
there on the New World Project, but nothing terribly noteworthy on account of
those other matters occurring in RL as I mentioned earlier. I am hoping to
change that soon, too. That is basically my report for this quarter. I’m really
looking forward to participating in the RPG again—I’m anxious for another
battle! My Klingon blood is starting to boil, and I’m ready to go again in
service of the Empire!
U Kishin Kurkura: Greetings from The Philadelphia zone of Sector 4, with thanks to our
noble Sector Commander, T'Lara., who so patiently reminds us to report!
Bulletin: Raider Rogue has revived AGONIZER ! It looks great! Anyone who would
like to see the reborn 'zine of Empire, contact Rogue by email: lowtech@hotbot.com or snail-mail: Rogue, 516 Connecticut Avenue,
Norfolk, Virginia 23508-2706. This issue, #12, has a theme of "Klingon
Games". It contains many interesting articles and boodless or great art.
The next issue is scheduled to appear this coming July, with a submissions
deadline of May 21, 2000. The theme is "Klingon Performing Arts and the
Heroic Age". Be a part of it! All are welcome to submit items of Klingon
interest to Rogue for future issues. Subscriptions cost $5 per issue(add $1 for
Canada, $2 for overseas). I have also just had the pleasure of renewed contact
with our comrade K'Tura of the Imperial Mounted Guard. Any who might enjoy
sharing news and views on the subject of horse-equipped Klingons can contact
her by email at: wolfmoon@ecenet.com. Here in Philly, I have received a letter
from the librarian who accepted my gift of Klingon zines to Temple University's
Special Collections Department.(For once, I'm glad to be part of something
special). He has cataloged them thoughtfully. Someday soon, the information
will be available to online seekers of Klin-zines. And I am looking forward to
attending Galacticon at the end of March in Chattanooga, TN. Any KSF-niks
planning to be there? I hope to be on panels dealing with Klingon fan
publications and filks. Should be a blast since this con historically has been
heavy klingon participation. I'm taking my bellydance kit. Till next time, I
salute you all. From Strength to Strength!
U Krysythe
QI'mpeq (Ingrid Maack): For the past year, I've been living in a hospital,
as I have no where to go. Things aren't too
bad, as I'm active in letter writing again, and want to be active in the KSF
again. (Krysythe wants to go on a mission!) I have a huge limited edition
poster of a Klingon Bird of Prey up on my walls, and a friend told me about a
Klingon version of Hamlet. I want to get that. I finally saw
Insurrection, and thought it was great. I wish "Q"
would've
been in it. See everyone next time!
i Cmdr. Reyna Kor-Zu-Merz: I have a new job! I work at Richmond Children’s Center in
Yonkers, NY. I am a Team Program Coordinator/Psychology Specialist. It is a
combination of Management and behavior Modification programming. We work with
developmentally disabled and physically disabled kids and young adults. I’ve
been working long hours there, though I’ve gone back to my regular schedule
(Mon.-Fri., 9-5 pm). We recently had an excellent sudit, so my job is secure
for the time being. My Uncle Jack died. I wasn’t close to him, and I’d only
seen him once in 1994 at my sister’s wedding. His funeral was still a sad and
stressful situation. I’ve had a lot of trouble with my 9 year old car. I’ve had
to get multiple maintenance and repairs (“wear and tear” variety) attended to.
i Cmdr. T’Lara JuriSS-Rasmehlier: Hello all! Well, not a lot has been happening since last
report. I have heard from K’rai G’orgh-JuriSS (Eric Clemmer). He says he is
very busy with school, his job, and his family. I am finally going to be moving
in August, although not to PA where I had thought. I had wanted to transfer to
a PO there, but there were no openings. My son can’t wait for school to be
over, and the swimming pool to open. He is also taking Karate lessons, and is
starting counseling. Things are beginning to settle down a little. I have
gotten a promotion, and am now a full Commander. Well, that’s all for now
folks! Til next time!
Sector Five:
Filed by Capt. Volar
Zantai K'Zota-K'Onor
GSA Sector XO, for Sector
Five Command
U Capt. Volar K'Zota-K'Onor: The quarter has had its up and downs, as I am
currently trying to struggle through the latest of the happenings now. Sector 5
seems to be quiet during the time that Lushy rejoins us from her leave. Welcome
back Lushy! Continual progress is being made in ensuring there is good show of
reports from this sector, and we here in GSA Command are looking forward to
naming a new Sector CO here shortly. Until then, I am your point man!
U Krowgon Drexa: Well the holidays went well for myself, busy as I could be, seeing all
the people in my office asking about Y2K and worried about the outcome. I had a
wonderful Xmas and must say it was very nice.(Sure wished it would have snowed
here, it was cold enough.)I have been so busy that I wish things would have
slowed down just for a moment for me to take a breath. I did get a new Car
which was very nice and since my last one was stolen only have 8 months of
having the car. Well the new one has an alarm and I want to make sure it would
be tough to get this one. You have more than a alarm--it has the Lo-Jack system
on it as well and the Club is also staying on the Car whenever it is parked.
The New Year went wonderful here in the US Capital and the Fireworks were
wonderful! After hearing everyone get good and water and put themselves in a
place they felt safe, I had a feeling all things would go well for Y2K. As we
know it did nothing happened. Well the New is starting and I find myself
already busy with work. I do hope to be able to catch up and stay active in
KSF.
U Lushiouslips: Well, Lushy's back! After a long break with health probs..Luschy's
back---sooo hold onto yer battleships...'cos CHAOS-on-legs is back and kicking
butt.,
U Rakqor K'Mpec: The last quarter of 1999 is over. Many
changes took place. Good and bad. My lab business is not doing too well and had
to take a pt job, trying to make a decision on the future. I lost a potential
sponsor on my race care and won't be doing any serious racing this spring, hope
to get back on track by fall or spring 01. I was called in to testify on a
civil action and almost ruined my trip to England. But lucky the judge released
me after my testimony just one day before departure. The trip was great! Went
to Chester, Wales and the Lake District. Got to explore some great castles and
rock circles. Got to drive on the M6 at over 100mph with out worring about a
ticket! Found some really coll little english pubs that had some great local
brews and had fun playing darts with the regulars. They treated me and my
family as long lost relatives...especially my son Bill who is 8, they wanted to
know his favorite soccer team!(We were there during the England/Scottland matches,
much like our superbowl). We had a great "Pokemon" Christmas and a
smashing New Years party. I got a Hallmark Klingon talking globe with a bird of
prey inside. The Cherryville Shooters(I live in NC Cherryville) came on New
Years Eve and shot! It's an old german tradition to ward off evil spirits and
bring good luck for the New Year, they shoot black powder muskets..they even
let me shoot! They travel around town from 6p.m. New Years day shooting every
hour. So our family is looking for an exciting, healthy and profitable New
Year...Now if I could only get in some racing...hmmmmm!
i Rakqor K’Mepec: Things have been slow here
in Sector 5. qljvaj ghechoq Dupplm has been working on some graphics for Sector
5, we have yet to put together a sector chat meeting, but will keep trying. We
both have joined the tech guild that Volar/Chris has started. I have made some
e-mail friends from Japan and am trying to find a Japanese font for my machine
and learn the language. Possible new recruits. Life has been very busy and
getting busier. I spilled ale all over my keyboard and that took me off line
awhile. I am leaving on pleasure/work trip for the next month. Starting off in
Charlotte for the Winston, then on to Clemson University, then Chicago, Philly,
and finally home for a 4th of July party. The worst part is I may
miss the final Voyager episode. We just got a new swimming pool installed and I
have been spending much of my free time landscaping around it. I think it will
be a 3 year project before I finish! Needless to say our racecar was not
finished for summer, maybe we can make a few fall runs, if not there is always
next year. I hate that this is so short. I wanted more but am pressed for time
and wanted to report something before leaving tomorrow and missing the
deadline. I will be asking my XO to forward any other reports to you that may
come in during my absence. That’s it for now.
U qljvaj ghevchoq Dupplm: My new e-mail addresses are: qljaj@klingons.com
or qljvaj@erols.com. i prefer all Klingon stuff going to the Klingon address. I
have just began creating the House of Dupplm, site addy is
http://www.geocities.com/duppim1. It is not nearly finished yet. Currently
role-playing in Imperial Intelligence with Karl and others. Looking to buy new Truck/Jeep.
My Ferengi mobile died finally, I killed it. Attended my first
Convention(Farpoint)with Qor'ethl and the IKBF, a few months back. We'd dressed
as Klingons. Roomed with 2 others, pll'o' and Rosa. Got a few things signed by
Marc Okrand and purchased a copy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark--signed while I
was there. Daughter is about to graduate in June.
Sector Six:
Filed by Hlruback
Sector 7 Commander
i Hlruback (Karl Holtz): Another uneventful quarter here in Oklahoma. We never
had a winter, and now the Summer heat is two months early. Zanna and I wish
everyone a good summer.
Sector Seven:
Filed by SoghHom Kaiden
Vestai Katia
Sector 7 Commander
U SoghHom Kaiden Vestai Katia: The last few months have been very busy for me. I
have been seeing about starting school again and trying to balance my life
between taking Mom to chemo therapy, work, a girl friend, and the NSF. I have
turned in submissions to the Heraldry Project regarding the ship crest for the
'Iw Jev and turned in a clain history for clan Katia. I have just recently
finished my second RPG submission and have just a month ago taken command of
Sector 7. I have tried to get into contact with each of the officers and even
had to resort to the old fashioned postal system to let some of them know about
the command change. Although, I have only three officers anymore, I am
confident that I can create something that we can all work on together and then
submit to the KSF as a whole. I am currently looking into moving up to
Clearfield that is after I can find a good job up there. As a result, my email
address may change and I may be out of contact for a few days. As the days
start to get warmer I am planning to start working on my German Shepherd again.
I am also looking into starting up my Aikido Classes again.
i Sogh Kaiden Vestai Katia: The last few months have been an ordeal between constant sinus
infections and mom’s cancer treatment. I have not had time to do much except go
to work. Take care of mom and come home and try to get better. But mom is
finally done with her cancer treatment and I am trying to get my life back to
the way it was before the whole thing started. I have been looking for a new
job and hoping for RPG orders but have received none. I would think that I was
forgotten except T’Var has been waiting for orders and has not received any
either. I began working my dog a week ago and have been trying to get things
packed up to move. I have continued work on my character background in the
small amount of free time I have had. I am currently trying to set up a
Dungeons and Dragons game. I hope to have the first game run by the end of the
week.
Sector Eight:
Filed by Captain Borg
Zantai Ql'mpeq
Sector Eight Commander
U Captain Borg Ql'mpeq: Let me see...I went to be with B'Etera(Carrie)for
New Years(From 12/28/99 to 01/13/00). Me and B'Etera did get to see the movie,
"Galaxy Quest". I have also earned my third Founder's Status at another Star Wars Yahoo! club. Just a side
note: Adrienne Paradis/Azel Tavana is the GSA Sector Eight Executive Officer.
Also, as of 01/22/00 is the start of my eighth year in the KSF. Geez! Has it
been that long?? Time really flies when you're having fun!
i Capt. Borg Epetai Ql’mpeq: Let me see…what did I do this past quarter? Not much! The only
thing close to exciting was I got selected for Jury Duty, unlike other USA
states, California has enacted a 1 Day or 1 Trial Jury Duty service system.
Other than that, I am been getting ready to attend the Shore Leave 22 convention
(July 7-9) with Carrie. I’m taking two costumes; my Klingon costume, and my new
Star War Costume (Emperor Palpatine) for this convention. Hopefully, I see a
KSF member or two there. I also recently gained another Ql’mpeq/K’mpec
Linemembers serving in the KSF; from the USA, Germany, England, and Australia.
U Azel Tavana: Well, the New Years offered me about the three days of peace and quiet
and then things went sour again. But, in true Klingon style, I continue.
Hightlights of this past quarter include the movie "Galaxy Quest" and
TV shows like Farscape and EFC. OK, I know, just TV, but I take my highlights
where I can find 'em! Activities have included major landscaping in order to
create a livable enviroment for all the strange species that manage to come my
way and a reawakened interest in horticulture, which in California, is not much
of a challenge, since almost anything grows here with a little enticing. Not
much else to report, I seem to be in deep space as is my character. Few if any
communications. Just the me, the stars, and whatever aliens I encounter along
the way.
i Azel Tavana: All is quiet on this front, too quiet, like the calm before the
storm. There IS the army of Triffidls waiting to take over the world in my back
yard and the constant, daily, overhead surveillance by beings in black.
However, I feel both the Triffids and Black ones have different agendas. I am
attempting to create a more comfortable water world for those who live with me
and need it, but everyone who has done any work in enviromentals knows what a
chre it can be to adapt a place to other beings. All of this is an attempt to
make a reading about a difficult life and time more interesting. Details would
be depressing, so I’ll skip them.
U maw'qu Karizan: I have been trying to graduate early, to go into the Navy. I finally
did, and I will be leaving mid-January. I'll try to keep in touch with people
from the sub when I can. I'm still a part of the KSF and I will send in post
reports when I can and be watching to how things go.
U Khaufen JurISS: Most of what has happened to me is personal; so will not be mentioned.
I shall be leaving California within the next three weeks. No mention of my
location shall be announced accept to my superiors in the club. I have much to
consider. Meanwhile, I salute you, members of the Klingon Strike Force! May
Kahless guide you to your respective rewards.
i Captain Khaufen zantai-JurISS:
Greetings All, Finding me'self in an unexpectedly accelerated situation; this
Captain in his rush to set coordinates for a planet with suitable life-support
qualities was pulled into one of the famous Trek space anomolies and
materialized here.
This one found, to his dismay; that he needed to assume the mantle of 'chief
cook and bottle washer' as well as singular person to maintain the current
environment in which he exists. ( A situation I am positive that several of you
are well acquainted with!) This, in conjunction with his
duties as a Captain, and attempting to secure his own personal maintenance
necessities. I be learning to dance in highly pressed circumstances!
Needless to say; that's what happens when one is in a rush.
The Organians are not overly pleased! >:) However, as it
has been in the past, this one shall overcome and fullfill his Klingon Duties
and hang on until the living situation settles into a form that is completely
understandable and decide upon my future and hopefully permanent RL situation
and habitat. Until then, the Klingon persists. The
human......has been scratching his head (in the best Laurel and Hardy
tradition) and endeavoring to keep all in order and maintain a non-Collective
type of mind set.
To all out there in the KSF; I send my greetings and offer appologises for not
being able to answer all emails. There is simply not enough time in the
day and/or night to accomplish all with adequate proficiency. This
one WILL survive and find the sub-space conduits and conditions suitable for
optimum performance in both arenas! Kai
the members, officers and Klin of ALL of the KSF! Captain Khaufen
zantai-JurISS (at least last time I looked! LOL)
Cyber Sector
Report:
Filed by Admiral K'Lay
K'Onor-Chang
Cyber Sector Commander
U Admiral K'Lay K'Onor-Chang: This past quarter has flown by quickly and I've
spent most of it trying to get Maw'qu (my RL son, homas)graduated from High
School early so that he can go into the Navy, transferring my daughter from one
school to another so she can graduate early, doing the usual day care job, and
talking to realtors about selling my home. K'Lay has been doing what she can to
keep matter from anti-matter in other areas, and is currently dealing with nearly 800 e-mails.
You may see the wicked daughter of Chang
some time in February when she digs
herself out from fall out.
i Admiral K’Lay Epetai K’Onor-Chang: It’s been an incredibly busy quarter for me, repairing, selling,
and packing to move from my house of 17 years (with all the expected glitches
in escrow, movers and paperwork), relocating my day care children, my daughter,
and myself with all of our belongings from a 1300 plus square foot four bedroom
house (with garage) into an 800 square foot apartment. I am still writing to
you from within a cubby of wall to wall boxes, some of which are doubling as
computer stands and chairs! A vacation in the middle of the move to Nova Scotia
for sanity maintenance was highlighted by a visit to KAG Kanada’s
headquarters where I was suitably treated to gourmet Terran food, good scotch
and delightful company, and two weeks in the Abbot’s company, for R&R and
strategy meetings. Ahhhh, it’s GOOD to be Chief of Staff! I have also been
busy, with Admiralty and Division personnel, in reworking the RPG Division
Structure, a time consuming and complicated business, attending to secret
Internal Intelligence matters, and conducting/overseeing more than one
successful recruitment campaign. It seems to be the beginning of a good year
and a new era for the KSF, and I am so far very pleased with the results. Kai Kassai
fellow warriors.
U Capt. Volar K'zota-K'Onor: By the Klingon Gods, the holidays are over!
Starting off the quarter I ended up changing jobs, and now am working for
Disney making more cash! Wahoo! Not to mention I'm now a performer in the park
at Epcot. So I spent the New Year at ground zero of the celebration. If you
watched on ABC and when they showed off the "big ball" at Epcot, I
was right beneath it with everyone. If you look real close, you might see
me<g>. But also since starting at Disney, I've had the chance of seeing
LeVar Burton and performed for a Delegation from the Government of China and
the Florida State Agriculture Commissioner. Looking further ahead there's a
chance of my getting a chance to shadow in Entertainment Production as well as
performer in Tapestry of Nations(the original thing I had wanted, but get paid
more now). So things work wise have seen their way out and all is good there!
Am planning as I write this, for my birthday in March to take a cruise out into
the Bahamas on the Disney Cruiseline. Would rather go on their boats than the
competition...no fear of it sinking! So expect to hear a lot more about this
when I get back. So everything is going along well, except it's SO FREAKING
COLD! Only days after this segment was written and sent in for my report, I
ended up getting myself involved in a very costly car accident. My poor Fiero,
not altogether a bright car, but still transportation, decided to spin around a
few times while a bus came hurling towards me until I slammed into a curb. I
shattered the brake rooters, shredded the CV joing, busted the axel, and bent
to controler for the wheel. That there was about $1800+ in repairs, and there
was a lot more besides that the tire. The impact force was so great that the
mechanics were surprised that I'd only had a severe migrane that's not going
away. I am now the proud owner(inser sarcasm here, not enought strength for it
myself)of an 86 Audi 4000S...where everything you can think of doesn't exactly
work, but still less to fix than the other one. For $400 what did you expect in
an emergency, but things will be going back to as normal as they can get. If
anyone has any idea of Audi's, I'm available to listen. Thanks!
i Fleet Captain Volar Zantai
K’Zota-K’Onor: The last few months have been
very hectic here in my “office”. From the creation of the Klingon Technology
Guild (with a great team of people to boot) to assisting K’Lay with various
issues, mostly ranging from onboard Klingon Therapist for stressed Admirals, to
being the wonderous poet of the Rak Room, I have otherwise been swamped! The
KSF may see a large increase of members in Sector Five as communications
continues with a group of lost Klin who need a home. With all of the changes
and the busy schedule both on and off line, I will be attending college
(Finally) in August for Film Production. A tough program, but an incredible
ride! So much happening lately, I need to take it in stride and hope all the
money comes in for this new feat of mine. I will also be moving to accommodate
school, so look out for a new land mail address. Email will always remain the
same. As I seem to have a disruptor at my head: nice K’Lay nice: I must get at
more work before my desk is unrecognizable! On top of this my computer has had
a nervous breakdown, and is in the midst of being put back together…just as
soon as I figure out what went wrong. Oopsy. that’s my soapbox for this
quarter. See you in Cyberspace!
i Maw’qu Karizan: The Navy is keeping me busy. I graduated from boot camp in Great
Lakes, Illinois and am now in school before being sent to my first assignment.
I bought my first car, a 1992 Chevy convertible and I will be driving it home
to California after getting leave on June 16. I’d stop and visit people on the
way but I won’t have a very long leave. And I have a girlfriend in California.
I’ll try to keep up with post reports, but from where I’m going it could be
harder. Consider me in deep space! Maw’qu out.
GSD Sector (Summer)
Filed by K'Obol sutai-Chang-K'Onor
U K'Obol/Doug
Welsh: The last quarter has been very interesting
for me. As some of you are aware, I have not been in absolutely top form for
some months, and that continues, but the three new specialist I have seen this
quarter are hopeful of being able to assist in restoring my health. I
hope they are right. Family continue as before. My employer
continues to be supportive, so I keep looking at things with a positive attitude.
U Report
for nagh gor K'Onor and teh hel Mo'Klar K'Onor: We spent a very
quiet Christmas, with our children spending the holiday with their opposite
parents. New Year's was quiet, but what else would you expect when you
are celebrating the occasion with 4 children ranging in ages from 9-13?
We would not have had it any other way! To all our friends and family in
the KSF, from our house to yours, a very Happy New Millennium! May all
your hopes and dreams come to fruition and may all your problems be little ones
easily resolved!
U Lt. Jg.M'Red vestai Nor'deth: M'Red here, CGC, life has been weird, both
personal and Klin related. The much
touted engagement is off, I have been dealing with the psycotic husband of a
close friend in Klin-dom, and I have started working full time (Which is why my
post, and RPG segment are late). All in
all though, I'm alive, and that which does not kill me, had BETTER pray I do
not find it!
i K'Obol
sutai-Chang-K'Onor: This will be a combined post
report for all known members of GSD.
Real Life reared its ugly head. My life was shaken by a significant
change
as I moved from my home of 18 years to an apartment shared with another
uprooted member, Sean Prosser. Ethel Swinamer and Gord Mackinnon were
almost buried under a series of family pressures and health issues for
both. Mike Wagar relocated to the West Coast of Canada, and later left
the club. Our numbers are thus down a little in the Frozen North.
We have several recruits in various stages of being processe...I mean, in, um..
various stages of uh...completing paperwork, Yeah, that's it! Paperwork,
right! At any rate, your Canadian contingent are now recovering from the
earlier upsets, and will be starting fresh next Monday, so, look for better
work from us then.
Doug Welsh, for Sean Prosser, Ethel Swinamer, Gord MacKinnon
GSE Sector
Filed by qe'San GSE XO
U Captain qe''San sutai be'rawn (Jon Brown): Things have been very busy and hectic hence this
Issue being soo late. Work have been taking more and more on and I've been
taking more and more on in the club. On the other hand I've been enjoying
myself which is what counts. Hope you all had a happy New Millennium I for one
was working but that has enabled us to have a holiday this year which will be
great and the Kids are really looking forward to it.
U Lt
jg. Kargo Vestai K'Mpec (Patrick Bills)
: I am really looking forward to this year
because I am going to Spain for the first time which I am really looking
forward to.
U K'Tor K'Mpec
(Christine Preston): I sat watching DS9 episode: "Tacking
into the Wind" . Being a Klingon I
was upset at seeing Worf kill our great leader Gowron. Martok is now our leader, he will never be
like Gowron who was a great leader, he believed in all that is Klingon. Glory to the Empire. (Ed: A lot has been happening in the life of
K'Tor but that is another story).
i Lt.jg. Korgath Dupplm: Things in Imperial Intelligence are going smoothly, and I’m
enjoying every bit of the RPG. Karl Holtz (Kriger Dupplm) is an excellent GM,
and he accommodates me very well, even though I live in a timezone that is 12
hours ahead of most of you. I’m also very encouraged by my fellow I.I. agents,
K’herang, ValQis, K’ehleyr, T’Lara have all been very active in the RPG and it
spurs me on. Karl has just let the new I.I. team practice in the holodeck, and
we are now exploring a new star system. Outside of the KSF, things are pretty
smooth going. I am a teenager after all, and schoolwork and friendships occupy
much of my time, and so far, nothing’s really coming out of place, just the
usual ups and downs. I have a major exam at the end of this year, the Cambridge
‘Advanced’ Level, something like SAT but requiring a lot more studying and
memorizing, but I don’t think that it’s going to affect my KSF participation.
GSF Sector
i Lt. jg. Korgath DuppIm (Peter Lin): Things in Imperial
Intelligence are going smoothly, and I'm enjoying every bit of the RPG. Karl
Holtz (Kriger DuppIm) is an excellent GM, and he
accomadates me very well, even though I live in a timezone that is 12 hours
ahead of most of you. I'm also very encouraged by my fellow I.I. agents,
K'herang, valQis, K'ehleyr, T'Lara have all been very active in the RPG and it
spurs me on. Karl has just let the new I.I. team practice in the holodeck, and
we are now exploring a new star system.
Outside of the KSF, things are pretty smooth going. I am a teenager after all,
and schoolwork and friendships occupy much of my time, and so far, nothing's
really coming out of place, just the usual ups and downs. I have a major exam
at the end of this year, the Cambridge 'Advanced' Level, something like the SAT
but requiring a lot more studying and memorising, but I don't think that it's
going to affect my KSF participation.
Qapla' E
U Mike/Karg
To
all members and friends in the KSF, It is with deep regret and for various
resons that I must resign from the KSF. I have enjoyed your company and working
with you. I am going to remain active in Klin fandom so our paths may cross
again. May Kahless smile upon you,
Mike/Karg
E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Admiral Katalyia K'Tore-JIraal
Greetings!
Just a few things
that I want to say and bring to the attention of everyone, especially the
Sector Commanders.
As you all know, the
Sector Reports for the KSF have been sent to the GSA Commander for compiling to
be included in the Newsletter, for the past two years. This was done to prevent
confusion during the changes taking place in the club during that time. Now,
that the changes have been weathered and the confusion is now in the past, it
is now the responsibility of the Global Sectors to submit their reports to the
editor of the Newsletter.
Effective February
1, 2000 (All Global Sector Commanders were notified of this previously), Global
Sector Commanders are responsible for submitting the Sector Report to the NL
editor, to be included in the NL. I will still be sending the reminders out
that the Sector Reports are due, but it will be your responsibility to send it
to the editor, Jon Brown, Woodside, Withycombe, Milton Keynes, MK4 1ET,
England.
To clarify what this
means, the following procedure should be followed.
1. I will remind all
Global Sector Commanders that it is time to file their report and when the due
date for the report is.
2. When the Global
Sector Commander receives the reminder, he is to remind all Sector
Commanders under him, that it is time for
them to file the Sector Report.
3. When the Sector
Commanders receive the reminder, they are to notify all members in their sector
that their post report is due.
4. Once the Sector
Commander receives the post reports from their members, they are to file their
Sector Report with their Global Sector Commander.
5. Once the Global
Sector Commander receives the Sector Reports from their Sector Commanders, they
are compile a Sector Report and submit it to the editor of the NL.
If, as a member, you
do not know who your Global Sector Commander is or your Sector Commander is, or
it is unclear, please contact one of the members of the Command Staff and we
will be happy to assist you in filing your post report. The members of the
Command Staff are: Fleet Admiral K'Zhen Zu'Merz, Admiral K'Lay Chang, and
Admiral Katalyia K'Tore-Jiraal.
There is one other
change. In the past, filing a Sector Report has been on a Voluntary Basis.
However, after due consideration, that effective March 1, 2000, it will be
MANDATORY for all Sector Commanders to file a Sector Report. Even if you do not
receive any post reports from members in your sector, you will still need to
file a Sector Report. If you have any questions regarding this, please feel
free to contact me.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E
v THERE'S
MORE TO HOL -
- THAN JUST WORDS -
I believe the majority of the following have come via
Glen Proechel of the ILS
joy' =
torture
val =
smart (valedictorian)
qul =
fire (cool)
tIq =
heart (ticker)
pI' =
fat (pig) (also ror = fat)
Sut =
clothing (suit) &
loD =
man (lord)
blr =
cold (brrr)
'IH =
beautiful (ick)
tlhaq =
chronorneter (clock)
pIn = boss (kingpin)
Reverseries:
synonyms
or antonyms by saying the words backwards:
megh = lunch - ghem = midnight snack
puq = child - Qup = young
mol = tomb - lom = corpse
SIm = calculate - mIS = confuse
Shortening the English:
Dargh = tea (Darjeeling tea)
HI' = dictator (Hitler)
Changing the middle vowel:
SeS = steam - SIS = rain - SuS = wind
ghur = increase (go up) = ghIr = descend
Synonyms varying the initial consonant:
HIjol = beam me up - HIQol - beam me down
Qorgh = to care for - Sorgh = to sabotage
Related words share the same initial consonants:
ngem = forest - ngeng = lake - ngech = valley
puq =
child (puke, spit up).
Ha’DIbaH> Let’s go! We shoot them!
Saw - (man to marry) Serman Schau = to
look
nay - (woman to marry) German dialect;
nm/English nay for No!
mir = You have nonthing to lose
but your CHAINS. Russian "Peace"
ghop = hand - nogh> = glove
lom = corpse “loam”
mol = to bury, or 'tomb' "Mole", an animal that likes to dig
in the dirt
reverse it: lom "corpse"-
going from m to n gives you "nol "funeral."
“ghoch” means both “destination”
and “to track down". If you fly <ghoch> (coach) we may have to track
down your luggage.
jaq = bold (Jock)
Onomatopoeia:
bech = suffer (bitch)
'argh get worse
‘ugh heavy
Hagh = laugh
'Iw = blood
'oy = it hurts
yay' = shocked
yIQ = wet (ickY vIH = tribble.
HuD - mountain (Mt. Hood)
yIH - tribblebIgh = prison (big house)
rhIrgh = temple (church)
chIp cut hair (chip’)muD f ~s shsre
(mood)
Dor = escort (show someone to the door)
HuS - mountain (Mt. Hood)
ghu = baby (goo)
Hat = illegal ("hot")
HeD - retreat (head back)
HeS = crime (Rudolf Hess, Nazi)
HoS = power (horse power)
Hot = touch
Hu' = zoo (Dr. Seuss "Who's in the zoo?_
jab
- serve food (job)
jar
= DIS - (month, year (jar, dish)
jIp
= penalty (gyp)
lIm = panic (out on a limb)
luj = fail (lose
mul = stubborn - (mule)
muv = join (move into)
nglp = borrow (keep)
lon = abandon (loan)
lay’ = promise (lie)
paw' = collide (pow)
pIp = spine (a pipsqueak is someone spineless)
puq = fed up (puke)
Ha’DIbaH = animal (Let’s go! We
shoot them!)
Saw - (man to marry) German Schau = to look
nay - (woman to marry) German dialect - English nay for No!
mIr = chain
-Russian: peace (You have nothing to lose but your CHAINS.)
ghop = hand - pogh = glove
mol = to bury (mole, an animal
that loves to dig)
Reversing gives you lom - corpse
Going from m to n gives you
nol = funeral
ghoch means both “destination”
and “to track down. If you fly ghoch
(coach) you have to track. down your luggage.
jaq = bold (jock
E E E E E E E E E E E E E
- GRAFFITTI
-
This message was
found scratched on the hull of a B'rel Class BOP, adrift. There were no survivors.
"The Klingon that strikes from
behind will only use one stroke; while the Human uses many."
E E E E E E E E E E E E E
v
THE TWO FACES OF KOR -
|
|
E E E E E E E E E
STRENGTH THROUGH HONOUR -
**Poem
by lagh T'var quless vestai Byle**
Strength
through honour and war is all a Klingon needs!
Remember
this well you warriors, in battle remember
this,
and victory will always be yours!
Remember
your home! remember this well young warriors,
and
victory will always be yours.
Remember
you family! remember this well young warriors
and
victory will always be yours.
Remember
your honour! remember this well young
warriors
and victory will always be yours.
Remember
your Empire! remembr this well young warriors
and
victory will always be yours.
Remember
yourself! remember this well young warriors
and
victory will always be yours.
Never
forget anything you are taught by anyone! or
else
defeat will only ever be yours!
E E E E E E E E E
- KLUB BIRTHDAYS -
|
M/D/Y |
Month/Name |
D/M/Y |
JANUARY
|
1/2 |
K'Eherang K'Shontan-Jiraal (Sara Tate) |
02/01 |
|
1/?? |
Kai Kargo K'Mpec (Patrick Bills) |
??/01 |
|
1/29 |
Krysythe K'Mpec Ka-el zi (Ingrid Mack) |
29/01 |
|
1/30 |
Avakhon Khinsharri (Robert W. Cunningham)
|
30/01 |
FEBRUARY |
2/5/62 |
Mara K'Nera-K'Mpec (Susanne Schell) |
05/02/62 |
|
2/8/83 |
Vit'quv Mim (Jessica Saxton) |
08/02/83 |
|
2/8/61 |
Keisi Katia (Caterina Campagnero) |
08/02/61 |
|
2/14/65 |
Kea'Dec Ceadagon (Declan Kearns) keadac@yahoo.com |
14/02/65 |
|
2/11/61 |
qe'San be'rawn (Jon Brown) |
11/02/61 |
|
2/22 |
Katalyia K'Tore-Jiraal (Lynda Phillips) |
22/02 |
MARCH |
3/1/74 |
Tytlh'om Xarr (Pascal Teva BORDRON) titom@caramail.com
|
01/03/74 |
|
3/4 |
Pok Chang-Martok (Christopher Petersen) |
04/03 |
|
3/10 |
jatlh K'Mpec (Apocolypse Lee) |
10/03 |
|
3/12 |
Borg K'Mpec (Michael Robbins) |
12/03 |
|
3/20/68 |
Markhet Khalar Nor'Deth (Ann Collings) |
20/03/68 |
|
3/21 |
Azel Tavana (Adrienne Paradis) |
21/03 |
|
3/23 |
KLINGON EMPIRE DAY/DAY OF HONOR |
23/03 |
|
3/25/54 |
K'Lay Konor-Chang (Margie McDonnell) |
25/03/54 |
|
3/25/64 |
Stephen Kronsei (Stephen Humphrey) |
25/03/64 |
|
3/25 |
Qo'neS K'Mpec (Samantha Gyseman) |
25/03 |
|
3/27/44
|
Kolar Rasmehlier (Earl D. Jones) |
27/03/44 |
|
3/29 |
Volar K'Zota (Chris Gable) |
29/03 |
APRIL |
4/2/73 |
B'Etera K'Tral-K'Mpec (Carrie Williams) |
02/04/73 |
|
4/6/62 |
A'qmarr ramHov quvHubvI' (Anne Zecca) |
06/04/62 |
|
4/7/84 |
T'var quless Byle (Liam Boyle) |
07/04/84 |
|
4/11 |
Koloth K'tama (Nick Muehlenthaler) |
11/04 |
|
4/19/75
|
Korvan K'Mpec (Paul Alan Stephens) |
19/04/75 |
|
4/22/57 |
Kadak (David Kraklow) |
22/04/57 |
MAY |
5/13/76 |
Jacen Kas-Chang (Chris Rogers) |
13/05/76 |
|
5/14/67 |
Chris DeHart (Steven Chris Nibbelink) |
14/05/67 |
|
5/21/59 |
Blackheart (David Yates) lostpoet@webtv.net |
21/05/59 |
|
5/24/55 |
T'Lara K'Uhlig (Susan Wyss) |
24/05/55 |
JUNE |
6/9 |
Khaufen Juriss (Ron Moore) |
09/06 |
|
6/11/60 |
Debra Lynn
Stanley
mds@ufl.edu |
11/06/60 |
|
6/12/65 |
Kulec Tera'weH (George Naylor) |
12/06/65 |
|
6/13/57 |
Steven P. Holdren |
13/06/57 |
|
6/16 |
T'Ernama Dok'Marr (Geneva Anderson) |
16/06 |
|
6/16/59 |
Kelvor Krudak (Kelwyn Cruddace) kelvor0@aol.com |
16/06/59 |
|
6/18/63 |
Kordon Dok'Marr (Gordon Pittsley) |
18/06/63 |
|
6/29/52 |
Morath Ben'Dai (James Polanco) |
29/06/52 |
|
6/30/63 |
KIySa'ra VelaH' (Paula Peacos) |
30/06/63 |
JULY |
7/4/56 |
joH SamwI'quvHubwI' (Michael D.
Stanley) mds@ufl.edu |
04/07/56 |
|
7/16 |
Sarena Zu-Merz (Debbie Green) |
16/07 |
|
7/17/73 |
K'Arvon Dok'Marr (Phil Campbell) klingonsandmore@hotmail.com |
17/07/73 |
AUGUST |
8/2 |
K'Zhen Zu-Merz (Gennie Summers) |
02/08 |
|
8/4/69 |
Kaiden Katia (Jon Rowe) |
04/08/69 |
|
8/13 |
Lusciouslips Ghlanx-Chang (Gill Curry) |
13/08 |
|
8/17/52 |
Rakqor K'Mpec (Richard Heckert) |
17/08/52 |
|
8/26 |
Kosh Pallara (Curtis Martin) |
26/08 |
SEPTEMBER
|
9/7/62 |
Min-Kwak Zu-Merz (Mary Frances Berry) |
07/09/62 |
|
9/10 |
Kobol Konor (Doug Welsh) |
10/09 |
|
9/11/57 |
Kragtowl Trekkan (William "Bear"
Reed) |
11/0957 |
|
9/14/69 |
Ju'Ngah Chang (Ryan Williams) |
14/09/69 |
|
9/19/82 |
Korgath, son of Ta'Grah, of the House of Le'en
(Peter Lin) |
19/09/82 |
|
9/25/66 |
K'Ila Kurn (Paola Chiavalin) |
25/09/82 |
OCTOBER |
10/19/63
|
Kriger DuppIm (Karl Holtz) |
19/10/63 |
NOVEMBER |
11/2 |
Malakore Noraxlycus-K'Mpec (T. Anne Heyer) |
02/11 |
|
11/2/67 |
Kang Koshang (Bill Lee) |
2/11/67 |
|
11/16/55
|
K'Ken T'Relak-qaqen terelaq (Ken Traft) |
16/11/55 |
DECEMBER |
12/12 |
K'logh Chang (Mike Wagar) |
12/12 |
|
12/14 |
Vekma K'Mpec-Makai (Ann Bingley) |
14/12 |
- ROLE PLAY REPORT -
cCAMPAIGN
COORDINATION COMMANDc
Role-play
report to the KSF
Edited
by Fleet Admiral K'Zhen epetai-Zu-Merz
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*IMPERIAL INTELLIGENCE* (wo' lIndab) : Cmdr. K’Eherang sutai-K’Shontan-Jiraal: |
The S.S.
Thor's Hammer, a commonly used name for an Imperial Intelligence Spy Trawler, responded to reports of a secret
retreat in uncharted space beyond Cardassia’s borders by the Jem'Hadar. Thor’s
Hammer to pick up agent’s along the way that might assist and help fill out
its crew. Lt. Commander Kriger DuppIm of
the IKV Qib Veqlargh, now first officer of the S.S. Thor’s
Hammer, has been able to narrow the search down to a few hundred
possibilities. The new captain of the S.S. Thor’s Hammer, Cmdr. K'Eherang K'Shontan-Jiraal, transferred over
from the IKV Do’HoS. Special Agent valQIS DuppIm was the
lead agent on this mission and would act as the chief engineer. Lt. jg.
Korgath Ta'Grah poses as the vessel’s gunner in combat, Science Officer
otherwise; Dr. T'Lara
JurISS-Rasmehlier would serve as ship's doctor, and finally, t'Arra Khithat
ch'Lorn, one of two communications officers on this vessel and an I.I. computer
hacker filled out the remaining Player crew positions of a total of 40 crew
members.
As
the vessel began its long journey into deep space, the crew was called to a
series of holosuite simulations to help pull the agents for this mission into a
team.
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INTERNAL
INTELLIGENCE: (botlh
lIndab ra’ghom): Adm. K’Lay K’Onor-Chang: |
Civil
war has broken out on Qo'noS and
nearly every high ranking officer and important civilian NI knows is involved
somehow! One of the most pressing
"wildfires" is the white hot dispute between House Chang and House
DuraS.
Finding
out that Admiral K'Lay K'Onor-Chang's heirs have been kidnapped, that she has
taken Toral DuraS hostage in retaliation, and realizing she may kill him and
thus fire the opening shot for real civil war hostilities to break out if her
heirs aren't returned, NI sends a special agent to Qo'noS at best possible
speed and takes K'Lay aside to question her about the whereabouts of the heir
to House DuraS. After she refuses to
tell NI anything, Internal Intelligence agents begins to search secretly for
Toral. The whereabouts of Toral are
discovered only in time to follow K'Lay to the council floor and after using
every threat at NI's disposal, Admiral Chang is finally convinced not to kill
Toral. He is then taken into NI's
protective custody.
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IMPERIAL SECURITY:
(wo' Hung): Cmdr. Koloth sutai-K’Tama: |
KETH: tlhIngan HIvbeq
The following report contains the full and undisclosed actions, of all the
brave and honorable SuvwI'pu' of the tlhIngan wo', and some unexpectedly
honorable Cardassians
Aboard
the 'cloaked' IKV Hov veS, orbiting
the third planet of a planetary system claimed by the Cardassians (Designated
887658.4, by Starfleet), awaiting next movements of Cardassian freighter, which
the crew of the Hov veS tracked to
this system. The freighter landed on a small moon orbiting the planet, and I
placed the crew at Alert Two. I then sent three scrambled transmissions from my
cabin, one to Koloth la' (informing him of the situation), and two to T'Var
lagh (ra'wI' of the Imperial tlhIngan shuttle IKV KORNILOV) and Kaidin SoghHom (ra'wI of the IKV ‘Iw jev,
a B'Rel Class Duj).
Returning
to the bridge, our sensors reported movement on the planet's surface...some
kind of installation, a Jem’Hadar encampment... and vessels launching from the
surface.
I
ordered Alert One. When two Dujmey came
into closer sensor range... they were Jem’Hadar Strike Ships. They were able to sense our cloaked Duj
...like they could have easily. I
reasoned they must have scanned our Duj from the planet’s surface.
The
two vessels crept closer, and then I ordered decloaking procedures and firing
the disrupters on the lead craft. The
battle ensued, the first vessel being damaged, and finally disintegrating. The second vessel was also damaged and out of
the fight.
The
sensors had scanned both vessels before combat; both were undermanned, holding
only a small "skeleton" crew.
The sensors detected four more vessels approaching from the surface,
more Jem’Hadar Strike Fighters. When the
two vessels were in range, I ordered the same tactics as before. We fired upon
them... but the disrupters encountered extra shielding. The sensors sensed an outer shield
surrounding the vessel; our disrupters couldn't go through. We launched torpedoes at them, and they
attacked us, making hits on our shields.
We still fired our weapons, as we lead them on a chase.
The
sensors reported a vessel coming out of warp, as we took a strong hit on our port
shields, bringing them down. The
arriving vessel turned out to be the IKV
KORNILOV, a tlhIngan warp-shuttle. I
ordered our Dujmey wings to "salute" in response, which was not easy
while in battle.
Then
our vessel was hit by concentrated fire from behind, causing the Hov veS to
flip end over end. After the crew
repaired the gravity systems, I contacted the KORNILOV, informing them of the extra shielding of the Jem’Hadar
vessels. My science officer broke his
arm; he indicated a possible solution to our dilemma... remodulate the
disrupters. I ordered the crew to do so,
and the KORNILOV had started to take
a beating from the Jem’Hadar as well.
While
the Jem’Hadar still "pounded" us, and the KORNILOV, as the crew worked on remodulating the weapons. After the tasks were complete, I ordered all
weapons brought to bear on the Jem’Hadar, the disrupters passed through the
"extra" shielding. At the same
time, the IKV ‘Iw jev (Bloodstorm, a
B'Rel Class, SoghHom Kaiden HoD) arrived in system. I then had the data for remodulating the
disruptors transmitted to the KORNILOV and
the ‘Iw jev.
As
the Hov veS and KORNILOV damaged two
Jem’Hadar ships, destroyed the other one, and the ‘Iw jev destroyed the one
that attacked it and badly damaged the other Jem’Hadar vessel, a force of five Galor Class Cardassian vessels; came
from the other side of the moon. The
Jem’Hadar vessels were finally "put out of commission", and we
readied ourselves for the Cardassians.
A
communication was received from the KORNILOV
informing us of a tlhIngan HIvbeq
Battle Fleet on its way here (consisting of wej Vor'cha Class, wej K'Vort, and wa' Negh'Var Class), that they had
passed by them in responding to my communication, and that some Jem’Hadar
vessels had been also dispatched by them.
As we readied our
vessels, I ordered the Comm officer to transmit a copy of the Alliance/Dominion
peace treaty to the Cardassians, informing them of the surrender of the
Dominion, and the massacre of over 800 million on Cardassia Prime. We awaited the actions of the Cardassians,
wondering if they were going to attack us, or if they were going to stand down.
Then
the Cardassians started attacking each other.
It appeared that two had accepted the treaty, and the other three had
not accepted it. I ordered the Hov veS
into the fray, to attack one of the three, the KORNILOV held back, affecting repairs to their Duj; while the ‘Iw jev sped toward one of the other
three, which were firing their weapons at the Hov veS.
At
this time the Battle Fleet arrived as well, with Koloth la' in command,
on one of the Vor'chamey, on the IKS
Dragon's Tooth. One of the
non-accepting Cardassian vessels were destroyed (As it was treated by weapons
fire from the tlhIngan Battle Fleet) , one severly damaged (the ‘Iw jev put
their impulse engines out of commission) and one slightly damaged, while one of
the accepting Cardassian vessels was broken apart, and the other severely
damaged.
The
Hov veS attacked the remaining
slightly damaged Cardassian vessel, and as their shields were disabled, I
beamed aboard with an Infiltration Specialist Team, as Koloth re-took command
of the Hov veS; we to control of
their bridge and vessel, having one member of the Team slain. We also found some tlhIngan P.O.W.'s onboard,
releasing them to help take the vessel.
With
the combat in orbit finished, Koloth signaled for the ground assault to begin,
and T'Var communicated he was leaving the KORNILOV in orbit and transferring to
the newly arriving IKV qevllghopDu' (a B'Rel Class toQDuj)
to
be joining the ground assault; the ‘Iw jev would also be joining, with the
troops from the wej K'Vortmey and troops from the Vor'chamey.
The
peace treaty was transmitted to the Jem’Hadar on the surface of the planet,
after waiting an alloted time, the ground assault began. With the Battle Fleet conducting a
bombardment from orbit, the ‘Iw jev
also conducted an aerial assault of it's own, strafing the base with its
disruptors, causing considerable damage and causing a barracks to go up in a
ball of fire.
A
lone Jem’Hadar Fighter attempted to bring them down, but was itself brought
down upon meeting a canyon wall, when it was lead on a merry chase through a
canyon. T'Var commanded his new Duj on a
strafing run of the enemy installation, also destroying a barracks, and two Ketracel White storage facilities. After the ‘Iw jev returned to orbit, Kaiden
beamed down to the surface with troops.
They
surprised, and then quickly dispatched, a group of Jem’Hadar, who were manning
a ground-based beam weapon. Kaiden was
victorious, but one SuvwI' of his crew, went to Sto' vo' kor.
After
an initial strong defense by the Jem’Hadar, the bloodthirsty, honorable
tlhIngan Assault Troops quickly gained a foothold upon the planet’s surface,
surrounding the Jem’Hadar base and dispatching the resisting Jem’Hadar. Others
were taken as prisoners; as they were of wounded and surrendered troops, to be
given possibly over to Starfleet for transportation back to the Dominion.
With
the enemy base destroyed, the ‘Iw jev,
the KORNILOV, and the Hov veS agreed
to adjourn to Deep Space Nine for repairs to our honorable vessels, and
some well deserved R & R (as the tera'ngan saying goes.). Hmm... I wonder if any HoDpu' DIvI' in
command of "garbage scows" will be present...
Soghla'
Kosh sutai-Pallara-Zu-Merz, reporting from bridge of captured Cardassian Duj.
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GLOBAL SECURITY
(qo' Hung): Captain Khaufen zantai-Juriss: |
The Global Security fleet took up positions around the Klingon Homeworld.
Some vessels cloaked: Liberator, Hov Hoj, the Silver
Tooth and the lot.
The visible vessels: The Tong, the Death Bird, the
Stormwalker's Sun and later the IKV Striker and the Merciless.
The Liberator
was the vanguard for the cloaked vessels; and carefully shadowed any vessel
with similar mass and shape to escape the Homeworlds Tachyon net. The cloaked vessels took position, as
ordered, and with their best officers at the helm were prepared to avoid
accidental collision and stay within target range. Surprising enough the old passive mass
detectors gave them much help in avoiding detection.
As Khaufen beamed
down to acquire some special equipment; Kovan Kas Chang reflected upon
the events of the war, the cooperation, deaths and potentials for the Alpha
Quadrant. If the Alliance held with the
combined Empires; the possibilities were that nothing could stand against them! Kovan also thought of the loss of his first
officer and of Jacen, his former host.
After his first trip
to the First City of the Homeworld; accompanied by Kwen and K'reger as
bodyguards; they squeezed the G'dayt Ferengi for the equipment and
information. Then they beamed back to
their respective vessels to dress for the Council Chambers, and ones befitting
the Honor Guard of the JurISS; who represented two Houses and had a voting seat
on the council. Kovan also did the same;
slowly, as his thoughts perused the events of the last year.
As he pulled on the
formal dress armor and cloak, Kovan ended his reveries with thoughts of the
destruction of the House of Chang and of his support for Martok. His thoughts were interrupted by Sharok,
telling him the Honor Guard was ready for the beam down.
Kovan did double-time
and took his place on the transport pad.
Moments later they all stood in the lower Council Chambers; the only
part of the building not shielded from transporters. Khaufen, Kovan, Kwen and K'reger began their
search for Admiral K'lay Chang or Abbot K'Onor.
Tier by tier they elbowed or bowled over Klingons in their haste.
Finally,
they located K'lay. She barely had time
to notice their presence before K'lay dragged Toral out on the Council floor;
thanks to K'logh. The Admiral would not
submit to blackmail, and made it plain: return my heirs or I'll cut Toral's
throat here and now!
Bedlam took life, and
Khaufen and his Honor Guard moved as quickly as they could toward K'lay; Kwen
and K'reger still in pursuit on the assassin who tried earlier to end the
JurISS vote. Mere meters from the
Admiral and Toral, the assassin reemerged, she was headed for K'lay.
K'reger brought her
down, but the assassin once again disappeared into the crowd. Khaufen, his Guard and many others took a
protective position around the Admiral.
Khaufen and Qothari, a beq mercenary, made it clear that the first
Klingon that drew a weapon was dead.
Khaufen's crystal phaser, undetectable by the Council scanners, punctuated
the point. His Katana dripping blood
made clear their sincerity. The next
move was up to the Admiral; while the now arrived Abbot and the head of
N.I. tried to talk K'lay into releasing
Toral.
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GLOBAL MILITARY
(qo'QI' ra'ghom): Cmdr. Reyna zantai Kor: Lt. Jg. Mordok JurISS, XO: |
No
summary was received. To read the full
reports, go to the CCC website at
http://www.crosswinds.net/~cccommand/qapla.html
|
TroubleShooters
TaskForce Command: Captain
Borg zantai K'Mpec: |
A new year is apon
us...it is the start of the 2376th Year Of Kahless. The war against the Dominion has passed, but
a new war is brewing on the homefront.
I had
rescued two of my three missing consorts, who appear to have been kidnapped by
some of those who support Martok for Chancellor. There has been unrest amongst the High
Council. Among many High Council meetings and through
reliable sources I did finded out that B'Etor, not Toral is head of DuraS
House. And that Kerrod Chang and B'Etor
DuraS have secretly become bondmates.
I had also slowly gained enough support through the rank
and file of the High Council to be nominated as Chancellor. My supporters on the High Council have
informed me, they think that a Klingon Civil War can be averted as long as I
accept the position of Chancellor. Some
of the High Councilors stepped forward, denounncing Martok as Chancellor and
suggesting me as Chancellor, which caught Martok and his supports by surprise.
Councilmember
STaVanES, K'Nera, L'Down, K'Temoc, Vagh, K'Vada, Reshtarc, Simparri, Subaiesh,
Koord, Kargan, Limmni, Solazarn, Roshka, Valkris and K'Tral support me as Chancellor (I did the honorable thing by
abstaining) so it looks like a three way fight between me, DuraS and Martok, if
I accept the nomination.
Toral DuraS' clone was handed over to N.I. without
incident. I just didn't have the heart
to mention that. That cloned Toral will
just lead N.I. on a wild goose chase.
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IMPERIAL MARINE COMMAND: (wo' bIq'a ghom): Lt.jg. Mordok vestai-JurISS: |
In the wake of the Dominion war, and
having lost two commnders, IMC has been placed under the aegis of Global
Military until such time as a suitable candidate may be found.
|
STARBASES
COMMAND: (‘ejyo’waw’
ra’) Adm. Katalyia zantai-K’Tore-Jiraal: |
While heading to Qo'noS at top speed, Volar informed me of the situation and the
escalation of a civil war. I agreed to
add my voice to those in support of Martok and accompany Volar to the
Conference. I then headed down to the
shuttle bay to check on the security of my ship.
Upon arrival at Qo'noS, I accompanied Volar to the
transporter room and beamed down. As his
Commander materialized next to us, I saw that Volar stiffened, and before the
Commander could say anything, I stepped forward saying 'Commander, let me
congratulate you on your choice of Officers.
This one broke rank to assist me in getting out of a very difficult
situation. I commend him.' When it
appeared that he would protest, I stated 'I would advise you to remember an
Admiral's orders out weigh those of a Commander's.' Then nailing him with a
glare 'Do we understand each other?' The Commander continued his glare for a
few moments, then nodded curtly to me.
Motioning for us to follow him, we entered the conference chamber.
I stood and listened
to the others voice their support of General Martok to retain his chancellor's
seat in the High Council. I added my
support by voicing that there was not one here that had not fought harder to
maintain control over the situation than Martok and dared anyone to disagree
with me.
At that moment, a
noise in the back of the room drew my attention as well as everyone
else's. I turned and watched in surprise
as the door burst open and K'Lay entered the council chamber, dragging Toral
with her, to claim the floor. Stepping
back, I proceeded to watch the display, keeping my eyes open for trouble. If K'Lay was here, so was the assassin.
I watched as K'Lay
forced Toral to his knees, only mildly surprised to see the dagger at his
throat. I glanced at Volar, who was
standing next to me, keeping a vigilant watch of the officers in the room. Seeing that we both suspected something to be
amiss, we separated, keeping each other in sight.
K'Lay proceeded to
tell those gathered, that Toral had taken her children and that she would do
anything to gain their return. I hoped
this did not include Toral's death, as we needed him alive to gain further
information to stop the war. But knowing
K'Lay, I knew this would not stop her.
Just as a noticed a suspicious movement, she let out with a yell 'Cry havoc
and let slip the dogs of war!' A moment later, chaos broke loose. I headed toward Martok, aware that he would
be a target, and found myself under attack.
Not knowing who was the aggressor, I drew my knife and thrust it at him,
feeling it hit the target.
Pushing the now dead
body out of my way, I forced my way to Martok's side.
Seeing one of his
honor guards go down, I immediately took his place and said in a loud voice to
the survivors 'Get Martok out of here! I
will assist!
Move!' Seeing that I
was in charge, we slowly fought our way out the door. Seeing that Martok was wounded, I ordered his
remaining guards to take him to Sarena's hospital. I then re-entered the room and took up a
guard position at the door. Who ever
decided to start this mess, had picked the wrong time to mess with the line of
K'Tore!
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DIPLOMATIC CORPS (rIvSo’ ra’ghom): Adm.
K’Lay Chang epetai-K’Onor: |
In an uncharted region of
space, Azel Tavana's ship has been found, and the once Commander of
Medical Operations is given treatment herself by a race of beings she cannot
now remember, any more than she can remember who she was, or what events
triggered all the pain that had driven her to seek the Long Night of the First
Death. Pain that had driven her to the
stasis chamber and subspace for what she expected to be forever. But the beings who had changed all that had
also reversed her course, and had redirected her back home...
But home was not peaceful now, and from the looks of it, a bloody civil
war would still be raging when she returned.
So far the sides were simple:
Martok's
supporters against a faction or factions who believed that the rulership of the
Empire belonged in the hands of the older, noble Houses and not in the hands of
a simple military leader. The tactics
they used, however, were far from simple...blackmail, extortion, betrayal and
kidnapping...in the latter case, the heirs of House Chang, Krell, Morag and
Morath, and, in retaliation, the heir to House DuraS...Toral.
Admiral
K'Lay K'Onor-Chang had come home as Diplomatic
Corps Commander to find a diplomatic way to end the hostilities and found
herself neck deep in the middle of the war!
Search parties had failed to find either the attackers of her House or
her children, and she did not even know who had betrayed her from within until
Abbot K'Obol's training and past contacts in intell led them to her cha'dich
Kerrod who had not only orchestrated her children's abduction but was plotting
with DuraS to assassinate Martok as well.
Luring him to council chambers on the premise that someone else was
going to be named as traitor and given discommendation, K'Lay confronted him,
and surrounded by House Chang members and Allies alike, conducted a
discommendation ceremony before pronouncing him to death. Kerrod tries to escape, but is prevented from
it by K'Reger Chang, the newest member of House Chang, and K'Mund Jaj
who cut out the traitor's lying tongue before handing him over to the Abbot for
execution. The sentence is carried out
swiftly and artfully, the Abbot skilled in such things, and oaths of fealty to
Martok sworn again.
But
victory is short, as when they return to the Abbot's castle in the First City,
a ransom note from house DuraS awaits them there. The heirs to House Chang will be killed if
K'lay does not withdraw her support of Martok, and now the stakes have been
raised. K'Logh Chang has been taken hostage
too, being held incommunicado, and he will also die. Knowing that she cannot succumb to blackmail,
K'lay sent GM, CGC and beq forces out to hunt for her family, sends Krowgon
Drexa out to negotiate and buy time with the DuraS', and waited in hope that a
miracle would occur. When it did not,
when even Krowgon's renowned diplomatic skills and persuasive abilities failed,
she was left with only one choice.
Beaming
directly into council chambers with the captive Toral DuraS whom K'Logh had
managed to procure for her before being himself captured, K'lay threatened to
slit Toral's throat if her family was not returned, backed up by K haufen
Juriss, Kovan Chang and GS forces as well as by the beq. Abbot K'Obol, who has been searching
for a miracle himself, burstsinto the room along with N.I. Commander Stephen Kronsei just as she was
holding the knife to Toral's throat, both telling her not to kill
Toral...K'Obol because he had learned that her children have been found and are
on the way home.
Just
then Mordok JuriSS, KlySa'ra VelaH', Karg Qul MupwI' and other GM forces
burst into the room, her children with them.
Taking the opportunity to escape while her concentration is elsewhere
for that split second, Toral did not get far before Mordok felled him with a
paralyzing agent, and left him for NI to deal with. K'Lay ran for her children and reached them
just as the shooting began. The room was
in chaos. Covering the heirs to House
Chang with her body, she saw Katalyia and Volar gathering equally protectively
around chancellor Martok, the apparent target of an assassination attempt, and
saw a wounded Khaufen JuriSS taking off running after someone who appeared to
be...herself!
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TRIANGLE
OPERATIONS COMMAND (wejweH yIS
ra'ghom): Lt.
K’logh sutai-Chang: |
Triangle Command - supplemental (Adm. K’Lay Chang)
::As
The admiral touches the padd, it activates , recognizing her heat and genetic
signatures as they were entered by her brother...it reads :: personal log:
K'logh Chang::
I
have once again double-crossed the DuraS; you will find an arms shipment that
was supposed to be delivered by me to the DuraS. It was the reason behind my abduction. They kidnapped me in order to secure arms for
their house, as I had emptied their war chest in my last raid, they felt that
they needed to acquire weapons one way or another. Some had wanted to execute me for what I had
done but cooler heads prevailed and decided to use me and my contacts with the
underworld, to acquire the weapons for them;
Triangle
Commander K'Logh Chang, who was abducted by House DuraS and is being
held incommunicado and for ransom by them.
Their purposes with him are as yet uncertain, but their intent is clear,
as can be seen from the ransom note sent to Admiral K'Lay K'Onor Chang:
We
are the Duras we have abducted your brother, the one known as K'logh. no rescues are to be made, any attempts will
result in his death. we will release him
when he has fulfilled his purpose. as
long as you follow our instructions he will not be harmed. no communications will be received from this
point on. you will be informed. The
DuraS
We
await information about our brave pirate brother, and vow that we shall not
forget who is responsible for his loss.
The DuraS and their allies will be held responsible.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
COMMAND: (Qed cham je ra’ghom): Capt. Volar zantai-K'zota: |
HovpoH: 0001.19
From the start of
things, Capt. Volar easily picked up on the wagings of nearing civil war. At the beginning, Adm. Katalyia and Capt.
Volar's entrance seemed to be surprising, especially when it came to additional
votes to the council floor. As soon as
General Martok took position and Adm. K'Lay drug out Toral DuraS, the fighting
ensued.
Finally finding his
way through the mess, Volar nearly tripped over the object of the chaos,
Toral. Confronting the still green young
man, Volar uncovered the obvious and tossed him back into the fray. He had not the ability nor the gall to pull
off a shunt as incredible as K'Lay's missing children. In nothing more than a few minutes, a shot
arced across the council floor and brought down an Honor Guard, an apparent
misshapped assassination attempt on Gen. Martok.
Leaving the council
floor during the Klingon political process, Volar dispatched both Lt. Qra'kyn to the Science and Technology
Commission and Lt.Cmdr. K'Thug to the
MOC Medical Center. Turning up the
murder of one Honor Guard and the apparent financial backing of House DuraS by
another major Line House of the council in the process. Keeping both planetside for further
investigation, Volar left orbit for the return of Maj. Lauryn and Specialist
Mikel, along with two new temporary additions.
Weighing the balance
of things, only one threat remains...that everything Volar has feared is about
to break the Empire wide open.
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CHAPLAIN
GENERAL CORPS (lInDab
ra’ghom) Abbot K'Obol Chang-K'Onor: |
The Abbot having dealt finally with Malkuth the Rebel,
and having closed the Cetagandian Episode with great satisfaction, he decided
to take some time in the near future for himself, to get to know his mate and
his new children in a more peaceful setting than a military base, or the cold,
sterile confines of a monastic order of clerics. He searched his schedule, and spoke with his
senior officers, identifying a few things which required his personal
attention, and then advised his staff that he was going on leave to Qo'noS with
his family. For a month, NOTHING could
be serious enough to disturb him, as he very clearly informed them. Among the matters requiring his hand were the
ordination of Dintro TakBeta, a student of the Order who had completed his
years of training, and was ready for assignment as a Field Advisor to a Marine
detachment, to act as a Voice of the god in all necessary matters, and also to
ordain his brother, M'Red, as a Priest of Durgath and Claw of Veqlargh. The ordination of a Claw was an event that
the Order had not seen for some years, as the practise had been out of favour
during the long "peace" which had started when the
"Organians" had imposed their limitations on actions which the Empire
and her opponents could take against each other. The Claw was a special "Order within an
Order", highly trained in tactical and strategic sciences, and gifted with
special powers that stemmed from the study of those mental sciences, which were
ordinarily forbidden to the Klingon peoples.
Those event safely concluded, K'Obol boarded ship for Qo'noS, where his
mate and children already rested. On the
way, he received reports of unrest in First City, of open rebellion in some
quarters, and of the edges of civil war, as a result of the political
infighting on the High Council. A
faction of Councilors opposed to allowing General Martok to hold the
Chancellorship had formed among some of the older noble Houses, not yet strong
enough to seize power, but gaining steadily as they bought their allies. The Abbot, knowing his mate's opinion, was
prepared to support her choice, and instruct his Proctor to support Martok, as
he was certain she would do. As he got
closer to the Homeworld, the reports increased in the levels of violence
detailed each hour; the situation was swiftly deteriorating. Two days out, he received a coded message
from K'Lay; her three eldest children, the established heirs of Chang, had been
kidnapped from the House Chang stronghold in First City, the estate near
destroyed, and dozens of faithful retainers slaughtered. She had been left with a ransom note - If she
supported Martok, her children would die.
She had immediately established a Command Centre at Castle K'Onor, since
hers was laid waste, and had sent thousands of Chang retainers, as well as the
Bortas Beq, in search of not only her children, but also of those who had
perpetrated such a villainous crime as attempting to extort a Klingon.
Instructing his crew
to increase their leisurely pace to maximum warp, he informed K'Lay only that
he was on the way to her side.
Privately, he contacted several old agent friends, from his days in
active II service, and gave out specific assignments, according to his
particular suspicions.
Arriving at First
City nearly a day and a half ahead of his expected landfall, he spent that time
with his agents, watching and listening, storing information away, and learning
much that would be of benefit to Martok's cause, but nothing about the
locations of the hostages. He did, most
importantly, learn who in her household had betrayed her. He eventually disclosed his arrival to K'Lay,
and together they made plans to defeat those who hoped to steal the honour of
both Chang and K'Onor. In front of the
High Council, later that day, the Abbot made clear to the miscreant House that
he not only knew they were behind the attack, but that he had identified the
formerly honest Klingon whose faithfulness they had suborned; he knew it all.
In fact, he executed
the traitor right in front of the House Duras station in the Council
Chamber. Chang was out for blood! The Abbot and his now-bloodthirsty mate left
the Council chamber, then, to return shortly with the titular head of House
Duras - Toral the minor. Just before
K'Lay extracted revenge by slicing Toral in half, her children appeared in the
hands of trusted members of the Bortas Beq, and Internal Intelligence
intervened to take Toral for their purposes.
A busy time for the
Admiral and the Abbot!
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MEDICAL OPERATIONS CORPS (pIvmoH ra’ghom): Cmdr. Sarena zantai-Zu-Merz: |
No
summary was received. To read the full
report, go to the CCC website at:
http://www.crosswinds.net/~cccommand/qapla.html
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CAMPAIGN
COORDINATION COMMAND (Dupjij
ra'ghom botlh): FAdm.
K'Zhen epetai-Zu-Merz: |
After
speaking to the High Council on behalf of General Martok’a bid for the
Chancellorship, Fleet Admiral K’Zhen stood in amazement as Admiral K’Lay fought
like the tigress she was for her children.
Ready to act at any time and command her personal guards, she waited to
see if she or they would be needed. She
was relieved when K’Lay’s allies had come through, and the children were
rescued and returned to their grateful mother.
The KSF worked well, she observed, in any crisis.
Now it was a matter of averting civil war, or if that was to be impossible, winning it. She was very much annoyed at Borg K’Mpec’s move to gain the chancellorship for himself. She would regret killing him, he was otherwise a good and valuable officer, but it was he that had placed himself in the path of danger. Martok would rule the High Council, no matter who had to be sacrificed. Fadm. K’Zhen made this known in a loud voice just after Martok declared that it would be civil war…
E E E E E E E E E E E E E
- Journey into
Destiny -
Pt
IV - The Conclusion
by
Kovan
Smoke curled around the darkened chamber in
thick tendrils as it rose from the incense urn on the altar. A feint orange glow from the large white
candles on the altar.
In front of the altar sat the large, imposing
figure of Worf. Sat perfectly still,
eyes closed and breathing in shallow slow breaths. He was deep in meditation. His recent imprisonment by the Breen, and his
encounter with Ezri Dax had played on
his mind more than he had wished.
Meditation on how to proceed was the only way to make sense of events.
The war had taken a turn for the worse, the
alliance between the Breen and the Dominion was more than the alpha quadrant
alliance could cope with.
All these years the Breen had been a quiet
race, very little was known about them.
Everyone who had entered their space was not seen again. But now they had made their presence
felt. The energy weapons on their ships
crippled their opponents allowing them to pick an enemy off at will. They had a attacked Starfleet Headquarters,
showing the alliance that they were not afraid of taking offensive action. And only the Klingon ships were immune. Things did not look good.
On top of this, he and Ezri had coupled. It was an enjoyable experience, but it was
not a relationship they could pursue, for one she was bound by the rules of
Trill society not to carry on the relationships of past hosts. Then there was the revelation during their
imprisonment that she had feelings for Doctor Bashir.
Worf took a deep breath and settled further
into his meditation, clearing his mind, allowing silence to crawl over him like
a warm blanket.
After several minutes an image shimmered into
existence in his minds eye. It was a
barren waste land, in the distance he could see a city in ruins. The blackened carcasses of building poured
acrid black smoke into the sky, the smell of charred flesh flooded his
nostrils.
At first his mind returned to his childhood on
Khitomer but something was not right.
The architecture of the buildings was different, they were Cardassian.
"This is the future Worf." a voice
said behind him. In a split second Worf
had spun round and dropped into a casual defensive stance. On seeing who had
spoken he relaxed.
"Darvin." Worf said. The Time Guardian leaped down from an outcrop
above him and walked towards the Klingon.
"It's been a long time my friend." he
said. Worf grunted and turned towards
the ruins of the city.
"You said this is the future, what do you
mean? This is Cardassia Prime isn't?" he said. Darvin came up level with
him to overlook the city.
"It is.
The final legacy of this war. The
carnage will be massive." he said, disgust lacing his voice.
"If you have come here to ask me to
convince the Federation to stop this war you will be disappointed. These are the enemy and deserve no
mercy." Worf growled. "They betrayed the Alpha Quadrant and let the Dominion establish a
foothold." he continued.
Darvin raised his hand to calm the Klingon.
"Hang fire Worf." he said. "I'm
not here to do that. The Allies don't do
this, the Dominion does." a confused expression crossed Worf's
face..".
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I shouldn't tell you. But, you win
the war. Right at the end the
Cardassians realise the error of their ways and open fire on the Dominion and
Breen ships." Darvin said in theatrically low voice for the effect of
secrecy.
"You mean they realised they were on the
loosing side and switched mid battle like sniveling Ferengi." Worf spat on
the ground as though the words were
poison.
They stood in silence for several minutes. Worf was taking in the scene with a renewed
sense of exhilaration. The Cardassians
would at last be punished for their misdeeds.
There was a perverse sense of justice to the whole scenario. He snapped away from his thoughts and turned
to face his companion.
"So why are you here. You only ever visit when you have some hoop
for me to jump through."
"You're right." Darvin answered.
"But I'm hurt you think that they are hoops. I thought you'd be honoured to help things
remain calm in the galaxy." he said.
Worf sighed heavily.
"OK. Well, you already know you win the war, but what do you think
will happen afterwards?"
"I don't know what you mean. If we win we
win. The honour will be
ours.." Davin smiled
"A typically Klingon reply. Try thinking like a Romulan instead." He
said, Worf snarled at the thought. Davin
continued.
"Once this is over all the major powers
will be heavily weakened to a point where you'll all be vulnerable. The two strongest powers will be the
Federation and Romulans. Can you imagine
the Romulans sitting back quietly and not taking advantage of this."
Worf shifted his stance as he mulled the idea
over in his mind. There was a long
history of distrust and blood between the Romulans and the Klingon Empire.
"I see your point. The Romulans would
almost certainly take advantage of the Empire's weakness if they could. They
are without honour." He said to the Time Guardian.
By now darkness had fallen over the Capital
city of Cardassia. The two men sat by a
small fire and eating strips of eat from an animal Worf had caught and was now
slowly roasting over the flames.
In the distance fires that were burning up what
remained of the decimated buildings cast an eerie orange glow on the horizon as
the light reflected of the thick smoke that hung over the city like a funeral
shroud. At irregular intervals
explosions pierced the silence as the flames found isolated plasma conduits
that were still live.
Worf finished eating and looked up to face
Davin who was sat on the far side of the fire.
"So why am I here." he asked.
"That's simple. Before war was officially declared with the
Dominion the Klingons and the Federation
ended their treaty and began fighting.
That must not be allowed to happen again." Davin said in reply to
Worf's question.
"I
agree, together the Federation and the Empire can maintain the balance and
peace that existed before. But what does
this have to do with me?" the Klingon asked. Davin looked at him through the flames for a
long while then replied.
"Do you remember when i first visited you
as a child on Khitomer?"
"Yes"
"And that I told you that you were an
important key for the future?"
"Yes I do remember" Worf said as
the memory of that first meeting after the bombing of his home world by the
Romulans came flooding back.
"Well this is that future Worf. You will be the key to the continued
alliance. After the battle is over Martok will ask you to be his Ambassador to
the Federation. You must agree."
Davin said.
Worf stood in silence as he assimilated the
information. So, this was the important
role that was promised to him all those years ago. It was an honourable task and he would make
sure he would be ready.
"When will this happen?" he
asked. The Time Guardian gave and feint
smile and replied,
"I can't tell you when exactly but it is
soon." he paused for a second to look towards the city then turned back to
the Klingon.
"It's time to leave, our time here is
done. Your journey into destiny is about
to begin Mr. Worf, it will be a long hard road, but don't waste the
opportunities that will present themselves."
Worf's eyes snapped open, he was back on Deep
Space Nine where his meditation had begun.
The room was still dim but the candles had burnt out.
"Computer, what is the time." he
called out. Immediately the harsh voice
of the Cardassian computer replied.
"The time is 0200 hours." with quick
calculations Worf realised he had been in his meditation for seven hours. But it had seemed longer.
Standing, he walked over to the replicator and
ordered a prune juice and blood pie. He
set them down on the table and ate in silence contemplating what Davin had told
him, and what the near future would bring.
It was good to know that they would win the war. He just wished he could
tell the others.
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The war had been over for three months. Worf looked out across the Klingon
capital. It was a great morning. For days the City had been shrouded with
thick cloud and pouring rain. Today it
had lifted and the sky was clear. He ha
decided early in the day that he would go hunting after he had carried out his
duties.
In the after days of the war he had seen to it
the alliance between the Empire and the Federation had been maintained. It had not been difficult. The camaraderie felt on both sides was great,
they had fought side by side during the war and done it well. The fact that the alliance had been
victorious had only served to strengthen the alliance.
But now things did not look so well, there were
rumours of unrest. With the death of
Gowron the Durass were once again on the move, scheming behind closed doors,
planning to seize power for themselves in the empire.
They had worked with Romulans twice before, it
would only be logical that they would do so again. The Romulans would stop at nothing to see the
empire fall. He had spoken of hi
concerns with Martok and Admiral Ross, they had both agreed with his assessment
and that extreme vigilance would be needed.
Both Klingon and Starfleet intelligence agents had been assigned to keep
an eye on events in the Klingon and Romulan Empires to look for signs of
treachery.
However, today he would go hunting. He need a
distraction to clear his mind and focus his thoughts. The door chime signalled that a visitor was
waiting to be admitted.
"Enter" he called out loud enough for
the comm unit to pick up. The doors
hissed open and Chancellor Martok entered the room.
"Worf my friend it is a great day for the
hunt." he said as he threw a spear to his friend. Worf caught it and a smile played across his
face as the thought of the hunt raced through his mind.
"It is indeed. My duties for the day are complete. I am ready to go." he said as he threw
his pack over his shoulder.
The two Klingons left the office and headed to
the waiting transport in the street. It
sped of the forest to the north of the city.
It was a great hunting ground well stocked with the fiercest of animals
on all of Qo'nos.
Leaving the transport at the edge of the forest
Worf and Martok put on their packs, picked up their hunting spears and walked
into the thick foliage.
The light was dim under the thick canopy above
them, it made it more difficult to see.
This was a favourable situation among the Klingon schools as it forced
students to rely heavily on other instincts, smell, sound, touch. It made them stronger warriors.
The pair walked quietly through the undergrowth
looking for any signs of a worthy prey.
After ten minutes they heard the sound of a Targ in the distance. Stooping low they moved towards the noise.
Stopping at the edge of a clearing Martok moved
a shrub aside to allow them a clearer view.
To the left side of the clearing they could see an adult male Targ. It was ripping the flesh from a small mammal
and was noisily swallowing it down.
The creature looked up from it' meal and began
to sniff the air. From their vantage
point the Klingons could see the crimson blood of the creature's meal dripping
from it' snout. After a minute of sniffing
the air it turned and looked diretly at their hiding point. The wind had betrayed their presence.
Detecting the presence of the hunters the Targ
abandoned it's meal and raced into the foliage on the opposite side of the
clearing. Martok slammed his spear into
the ground in anger.
"We must give chase." He said to
Worf. "We will spit up. You flank
right, I will take left. Circle round
and cut of the creature's escape route." he continued. Worf nodded his agreement. They split up and headed into the forest
after the Targ.
For twenty minutes he had walked through the
forest following the Targ's scent. It
was a clever beast, eluding him. Stopped
for a minute to drink some water from his canteen.
"I will never understand the Klingon
obsession with hunting lower life forms.
It's not as if they are worthy prey, they have no intelligence to
provide a challenge".
Worf turned to look in the direction of the
voice. As he had suspected Davin stood
leaning against a tree, this time wearing his normal uniform of a Time
Guardian.
"I've been keeping an eye on you Worf
since our last meeting. You've done well
for yourself. Need to keep a close eye
on that Durass problem though." he said.
"What do you know of the Durass?"
Worf demanded, the burning of the hunter's spirit was still coursing through
his blood making him more aggressive than he intended to be towards Davin.
"Keep your temper my friend. That I can't tell you I'm afraid. It is something that you must deal with
without our help I'm afraid." He
moved away from the tree and picked up the spear that Worf had laid on the
ground. He examined the tip.
"Nasty looking weapon" he said as he
tossed it back to Worf.
"That's the intention" the Klingon
growled in reply.
"Indeed.
Well, I'm here to say goodbye my friend." Davin said.
"Goodbye?" Worf responded, clearly
confused.
"Yes.
We must part company now. My job
is done. I was assigned to put you on
the right path and make sure you had all the necessary information to lead you
to this point. What you o now, how you
carry on the journey is up to you. But
I'm sure you'll do well." he answered.
"I see. Well, goodbye." Worf
responded in his usual Klingon manner.
Davin removed a control pad from his belt and
activated that controls. Behind him a
portal opened and he walked towards it.
"Will I see you ever again?" Worf
asked. Davin stood his approach to the
portal.
"I doubt it. I'll be re-assigned to a new project. Besides, you don't need me anymore." he
replied.
"In that case, it has been an honour to
know you." Worf spoke. Davin
gave a feint smile and nod in Worf's
direction.
"Thank you." he said and walked into
the portal. Worf was left alone in the
Forest. The future was waiting for
him. In the distance he heard the cry of
the Targ and continued the hunt.
THE END
©2000 Chris Rogers
E E E E E E E E E E E E E
- KLUB CHANGES
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NEW MEMBERS
GSA |
GSB |
GSE |
GSD |
Phyllis
Smith - deannatroi@smithville.net
GSA |
Larissa Lansdown |
Lt
Ka'at Sutai Jo'el (Bart Temming) - albertus.temming@wanadoo.nl Kea'Dec
Ceadagon (Declan Kearns) - keadec@yahoo.com Kelvor Krudak (Kelvvyn
Cruddace) - kelvor0@aol.com |
Lynda Bates |
ADDRESS CHANGES
Maw'qu Karizan - |
SA
McDonnell, Thomas E |
EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGES
lagh T'var quless vestai Byle-Chang
(Liam Boyle) Tvar_00@yahoo.com. |
Kovan Chang (Chris Rogers) cdrogers@talk21.com |
E E E E E E E E E
- BITING DEEP
-
By
LT Ruthar
A Klingon, a Cardassian, and Bajoran are out riding horses. The Klingon pulls
out an expensive bottle of Bloodwine, takes a long draught then another and
suddenly throws it into the air, pulls out his disrupter and shoots the bottle
in midair.
The Cardassian
looks at him and says, "What are you doing? That was a perfectly good
bottle of Bloodwine!"
The Klingon says,
"On Qo'nos, there is plenty of Bloodwine and the bottles are cheap."
A while later,
not wanting to be outdone, the Cardassian pulls out a bottle of Kanar, takes a
few sips, throws the Kanar into the air, pulls out his blaster and shoots it in
midair.
The Bajoran can't
believe his eyes, "What the heck did you do that for? That was a perfectly
good bottle of Kanar!"
The Cardassian says, "On
Cardassia, we have plenty of Kanar and bottles are cheap."
So, awhile later,
the Bajoran pulls out a bottle of Recantha Province Champagne.
He opens it,
takes a sip, then another, then chugs the whole bottle. He then puts the bottle
in his saddlebag, pulls out his weapon, turns around and shoots the Cardassian.
The Klingon,
surprised, says, "Why in the name of Kah'less did you do that?!"
The Bajoran
replies, "On Bajor, we have plenty of Cardassians and the bottles are
worth 5 strips of latinum."
E E E E E E E E E
v
vavwIjvaD gha'tlhlq
-
- An Ode of
Respect for My Father -
By QIS Torak (Christopher
Torak) HovpoH 99.0210
no’mat DlSmeyvo’ ‘uqra’ HuDmeyvaD SIQa1
blQtlqvo’ chu’paq bIQ’a’vaD lurSor rIgeng QIStaq HuD je Daq Sar ngechvaD
Qo’rioSvo’ boretlh wovvaD tlhlngan Hoch HIQoy bIQ’a’ DoqDaq ‘oHtaH
‘etlh’e’ Sonchly yuSlv ‘epetay toraq tuq vaj puqloD
no’toDuj ngaspu’ val; Huy’ rur~1ugh; Sor rur.Sagh; Ho”oy’ rur
batLh Dujmey law’ chljpu’ may’ law’Daq betLheH yanpu’ DeSDu’Daj HoS jagh
ghljmoHtaH qu’ tlqDaj ‘1w blQtlqDaq jaHpu’ jagh lucharghlu’ta’bogh HuH lungaSpu’
ghopDu”Daj tlqDaj ‘uy batlh law’ narghpu’ qa’Daj ‘ach taH may’ reH yo’ qljDaq
batlh tu’jaj reH wlqawbejtaHneS ‘ej qaStaHvlS puq poHmey puqloDpu’Daj
puqloDpu’chaj je quvmoHtaH chal jachmeymaj’e’ luQommoHjaj qa’mey
DlghuHmoHbejjaj: “peghuH, peghuH! ghoS Suvwl’. Qapla’!” |
From
the caves of No’mat to the Uqrah mountains From
the River Skraal to the Chupaq Sea From
Lake Lursor and Mount Kri’stak to the sSar Valley From
Kronos to Bright Boreth All
Klingons give ear: the sword is cast into a crimson ocean A
Warrior is dead: Yussif Epetay, House of Torak, Warrior Son. He
was full of the courage of the ancestors He
was clever as an eyebrow, correct as a tree, serious as a toothache He
has navigated many Warrior’s ships with honor In
many battles, His arms were strong to lift the Bat’tleh high His
heart was fierce to keep the enemy afraid He
has travelled the river of blood His
hands bathed in the gall of his enemies His
heart is burdened with many honors His
spirit has escaped, yet the battle continues May
he find honor now with the Black Fleet, my father We
shall always honor his memory without fail And
he shall honor his sons and their sons for generations Let
our screams shake the heavens Let us warn the dead: “Beware,
Beware! A warrior comes. Success!” |
E E E E E E E E E
- BERMAN TALKS UP NEW SERIES -
05.04.00 Production
Dispatch @ startrek.com:
Rick Berman,
Executive Producer of Star Trek: Voyager, confirmed that a new Star Trek series
is in the works, and will premiere after Voyager concludes its seven-year run,
as reported last night on UPN affiliate KCOP in Los Angeles.
"I think
we've come up with a concept that's dramatically different from Voyager or Deep
Space Nine, but at the same time it's going to definitely be Star Trek at its
core," Berman said. The new series will likely debut in
September 2001, according to the news segment. Berman also spoke about the
final season of Voyager, saying that the series will conclude either with the
U.S.S. Voyager returning home, or remaining lost in the Delta Quadrant.
"There are a great number of repercussions in either scenario," he
said, pointing out that the fates of certain characters come into question if
they reach Earth. For example, what will happen to the Maquis crew members who
are outlaws to the Federation, the Doctor whose holographic program has far
exceeded its original design, and Seven of Nine, whose Borg heritage will be of
great interest to Starfleet? If the crew remains stuck on the other side of the
galaxy, Berman said, "there are numerous interrelationships between our
characters that might be dealt with in very unique ways."
Berman promised
that fans can expect some major surprises from Star Trek: Voyager in the next year. "I would
always like to believe that, with one
season left, the best episodes are yet to come," he said.
- BOOK REPORT
-
lagh
T'var quless vestai Byle
The
'Star Trek Sticker book.' is quite a useful book depending upon what you use it
for.
I
received this book for Christmas, which was ummmmm sometime ago now!!
I
find it quite useful; it has stickers from every Star Trek series, from TOS, to
VOY, and everything in between.
It
includes the sorts of labels that were used to label the doors on TNG,
Starfleet equipment from early TOS tricorders, to modern VOY communicator pins.
Most
of the famous Starships are in here, the TOS Enterprise, the A, D, and E, and
the USS Excelsior, Voyager, and Defiant. I was a little disappointed though
that it doesn't include the Enterprise B, and C,
because
after all this is ment to be 'A history of Star Trek in stickers.'
It
has insignia of Starfleet, and many other races. Romulans, Cardassians, Borg,
Breen, Jem'hadar, Trill, and some other minor races from TNG, and
Voyager. Of course it has the best part
sticker from the Klingon Empire,
including birds of prey, Vor'cha class attack cruisers, the Negh'var, and much
more.
To
back this all up, and to prove the people at Paramount didn't just make this
all up as they were going along, they have also included many pages of history,
which include things such as: Where each logo was seen first, what it ment, how
it was used, and of course how at paramount created it.
The
artwork and colouring of the stickers, and indeed the whole book is very good,
I wouldn't say amazing, because its not, but any keen Star Trek fan must at
least see this book, if not buy it.
I
give it a good 6.5 out of 10.
E E E E E E E E E
- DEEP SPACE NINE: DOMINION WARS -
From Star
Trek: Continuum.
Okay,
fellow Klingons, you're sorry the war is over with its opportunityfor glorious
battles? Never fear:
The
war isn't over yet and the Federation has not yet begun to fight.
Simon & Schuster Interactive has announced today that "Dominion
Wars," their newest Star Trek title is due to ship in Fall 2000. This real
time strategy game will focus on tactical space combat. The game will be
developed by Los Angeles-based Gizmo Games.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars allows gamers simultaneous control
of up to six different ships from either the Federation, Klingon, Cardassian
and Jem'Hadar in real time combat. Players are able to recruit a range of
different ships and Captains through the use of a point system and engage in
both single and multi-player battles. The game provides an unprecedented level
of control over each ship for a space combat game. Each mission is designed with multiple
objectives, thus challenging the player to come up with unique strategies for
victory. Game interface and player controls are designed for flexibility,
facilitating creative tactical thinking in an action setting.
Dominion Wars is being built using the QUANTUM engine, developed by Mass Media
Inc. The QUANTUM engine represents the
state of the art in real time graphics for PC gaming, incorporating
sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) functionality.
"As long-time as gamers and Star Trek fans, we here at Gizmo are very
excited to have the opportunity to
contribute another great game to Simon and Schuster's ongoing line-up of Star
Trek products," Said Gary Wagner, president of Gizmo Games.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars takes its title from the epic story
line of the last seasons of the television show. The Federation and their
allies the Klingons battled for control of the Alpha Quadrant against the
Cardassians and the invading Dominion Alliance.
Executive Producer of the game Ken Gordon of Simon & Schuster Interactive
produced the company's recent Star Trek release "The Fallen." He was
quoted as saying, "In approaching the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine licenses,
we realized that the Dominion War's story had the potential to be a great
tactical space combat game. With Gizmo, we feel we have the perfect team to
make "Dominion Wars" an engaging game for both fans and gamers alike.
"Dominion Wars," is going to be a huge title for us next
Christmas."
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars will be available for the PC
(Windows 98/95).
- tlhIngan wo' SarI' -
by catmon@usa.net HovpoH 200003.09
nuqneH? When I read of the passing of John Colicos, I was filled with great sadness. So I put pen to paper and wrote a gaTH'k for the character for which we may remember him best. It's in tlhIngan Hol with English below. Qapla'!
qor DaHar pInvaD gha'thlIq mova' 'aqI' ruStaq!
|
GaTH'k to Dahar-Master Kor Today is a good day to die! |
E XIFAN HIVBEK
E
BAX HOS YICUV E
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -
Cover Artwork by Bobbi Hawkins and reprinted by
permission of Randy Landers Zine, ORION 27,1998, (http://www.mindspring.com/~randylanders/), "qelaS – cheers ©"
by Heather McCoy (qe'pIS 'artIS)
Credits for individual articles appear under the
relevant titles - retlho'
Other Artwork by Ke'reth Makura, K'Zhen Zu-merz or
created/modified by qe'San be'rawn.
Last
but not least everyone who has contributed to the club.
nIteb Qob qaD jup 'e' chaw'be' SuvwI' - A warrrior doesn't let a friend face danger alone.
NITEB QOB KAD JUP 'E'
CAW'BE' SUVWI'
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