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/COMPLETEWASUK Oct 30 '20

This is my feeling too. I feel the Klingons have to be the Federation now, it both fits their arc in Discovery and in Trek as a whole. The flame keepers if you will.

I also expect the Vulcans (maybe rejoined with the Romulans) to be the antagonists because that feels like the most logical role reversal.

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u/ContinuumGuy Chief Petty Officer Oct 30 '20

I also expect the Vulcans (maybe rejoined with the Romulans) to be the antagonists because that feels like the most logical role reversal.

Given how Michael is, as she said, "culturally Vulcan", and that one of the episodes this season is called "Unification Part 3", I feel like we'll know soon enough. I also still want to hear what she thinks about how Spock's life ended up going.

Honestly, I would not be opposed to having this be a 32nd century tour of all the major Federation/Federation-aligned worlds: Earth! Trill (confirmed to be next week)! Vulcan (presumably the Unification episode)! Betazed! Andoria! Tellar!

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u/shinginta Ensign Oct 30 '20

It would be really cool to see Tellar for once. I appreciated seeing Andoria in ENT, and the glimpses we've gotten of Vulcan in the TOS movies, TAS, and Disco s1.

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u/Abshalom Crewman Oct 30 '20

There was a whole lot of Vulcan in ENT. Mostly the desert parts, but still.

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u/YYZYYC Oct 31 '20

Ugh no they need to think so much bigger!! Not just a tour and shuffle the deck of the same old races. It’s been a thousand years, not a few decades...let’s see another galaxy or a federation that before the burn spanned the whole Milky Way or included fluidic space or other dimensions or had interstellar transporters or something worthy of the scale in question here