[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' chorghmaH wej: <'e' tul pagh tlhIngan>

[Qov]

Hota'ro' has reported a flood of coolant fluid under the main deck.

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"'ar?" jatlh HoD. "nuqDaq 'el?"

"ravDaq wejmaH vatlhvI' 'uj Saw'. Hal vIleghbe'. jInejlI'." jatlh 
Hota'ro'. va. law'qu'. 'ej yoSvam DungDaq Qong Hota'ro'. pa'DajDaq 
'ellaw' tar teqpa' muD ngeb SeHwI' pat.

"lagh, DaH yISal," SIbI' jatlh HoD. letlhHom ghoS Hota'ro' 'ej 
SIchmeH Sup. Qatlhqu'law' letlhHom toSmeH Qu'. rav lojmIt 
veghqa'pu'DI' ravDaq QotchoH. tlhuHmeH vumqu' ro SomrawDu'. DaSmeyDaq 
bIrmoHmeH taSna' tu'lu'. rav lojmIt SoQmoHmeH HoD poS ghop lo'. 
Hu'meH Hota'ro' DeS luH 'ej yItmoHmeH volchaHDajDaq qat. meH lu'el. 
"mIch wejvaD yIntagh yImobmoH. mIch wa'vaD mIch cha'vaD je yInSIp 
yIghurmoH. cha'maH Hut vatlhvI' yIwIv." jatlh HoD.

vang ghutar. "mobta', wIvta', HoD," jatlh.[29]

ravDaq ba' Hota'ro' 'uchbe'choHDI' HoD. qIvDu' jojDaq nach HuS. 
tlhuHqu'mo' qetwI' tlhIb rur. ghutar 'Iw Hotlh HoD 'ej Hotlh'egh je. 
jatlh "nIjpu' bIrmoHmeH taS law'. 'IwmajDaq yInSIp botchoHlI' SIp SuQ 
tlhuDbogh. DaH pagh Datu' 'ach vI'lI'mo' pay' vay' SIghchoH. nom SablaH."

jatlh Hota'ro', "rav bIngDaq tar tu'lu'."

jatlh ghutar, "ghuy'cha'! naDev tu'lu''a'?" naw'meH lojmIt bejchoH.

jatlh HoD, "vISovbe'. Hota'ro', naw'meH lojmItvetlh yIpoSmoH."

"luq, HoD," jatlh Hota'ro' 'ej lojmIt ruQ. poSmoHDI' chol ghutar HoD 
je. nuH HoS 'ochmey, De'wI'mey je legh. Say'law'. lojmIt retlh ravDaq 
QotchoH Hota'ro'.

"yIHu', lagh!" jatlh HoD. HoD bejchoH Hota'ro' 'ach qeQlaHchu'be' 
mInDu'Daj. QammoHmeH DeS luH HoD. chechwI' Daqu' 'a jIj. meH lutlheD. 
chaH 'emDaq SoQchoHbe'meH lojmIt ngep ghutar 'ej meHvo bejtaH. mIch 
cha'Daq rav lojmItHom poSmoH Hota'ro' 'e' ra' HoD. vIHmeH qIvDu' 
tochDu' je lo' Hotaro'. lojmIt SammeH rav HottaH. leghlaHbe' Hota'ro' 
pay' 'e' tlhoj ghutar. lojmIt Sam Hota'ro' nItlhDu'. ngaQHa'moH 'ej 
pepmeH luH.[28]

"HoD!" jatlh ghutar. "vIta'laH. leS 'e' yIchaw'."

jatlh HoD, "meH yISeH. Duj toy'."
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SKI: The captain orders Hota'ro' to open and close access hatches, 
looking for more coolant.
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[28] I had a lung injury once. I remember crawling around on my hands 
and knees, gasping in exertion. I also now work in an environment 
where I must use supplemental oxygen and monitor my blood oxygen 
saturation. I suffered sympathetic shortness of breath for a week 
working on this story. Don't say I don't suffer for my art.
[29] This is a technical point. ghutar does not say <vIta'ta'> 
because while he has selected the control settings that do this, the 
controls have not completed the task of increasing oxygen. Pilots 
remember that selecting a setting and achieving it are not 
necessarily the same. This is not apropos of anything. I'm not 
implying that the oxygen setting on the *Dugh* isn't working right 
(because who would need a footnote to suspect that something on 
*that* ship was broken!)