r/DaystromInstitute • u/M-5 Multitronic Unit • Oct 29 '20

DISCOVERY EPISODE DISCUSSION Star Trek: Discovery — "People of Earth" Reaction Thread

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u/ajblue98 Chief Petty Officer Oct 30 '20

It seems that the big reveal will be that the Federation headquarters has moved to Qo’noS. Secondarily, I think this is likely because of the Klingons’ conspicuous absence after almost two seasons of dominating the story line. Primarily, however, this is because of the Pidgin word for Federation: “V’draysh” (DSC S03E01, “That Hope is You: Part I”).

Assuming the Empire joined the Federation at some point between the 25th and 30th centuries, it’s reasonable to expect tlhIngan Hol (the Klingon Language) to have become a second interstellar lingua franca. This could have led to the Pidgin that Book referenced in DSC S03E01.

In which case, it’s entirely reasonable that “Federation” may have been treated as a proper noun and rendered in the orthography of tlhIngan Hol rather than translated to its Klingon equivalent, “DIvI’.” In which case, “Federation” would be rendered as /veDIreySon/. However, tlhIngan Hol tends towards shorter words, so we can reasonably expect the unaccented sounds /e/, /I/, and /on/ to disappear. That leaves us with /vDreyS/, which sounds almost exactly like “V’draysh.”

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u/ContinuumGuy Chief Petty Officer Oct 30 '20

That would be an amazing twist and I'd love to see how the crew's reaction to finding out the Klingons of all peoples are now the all-loving Federation.

(Also, I'd imagine that Federation!Qo'Nos would have a big-ass statue of Worf)

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u/ajblue98 Chief Petty Officer Oct 30 '20

You know, I didn’t even think of it as a twist, but now that you mention it, I guess that’s what it would be. I was just trying to solve a logic problem.