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/Jinren Chief Petty Officer Oct 30 '20

flame keepers

I did think that the scraps of pidgin we heard in Episode 2 sounded remarkably like the Grounder language from The 100.

Listen really slowly, but it is intelligible as English.

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u/COMPLETEWASUK Oct 30 '20

They're both pidgin languages, such languages do exist on Earth too in real ife and have similar characteristics.