[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' cha'maH Soch

[Robyn Stewart]

Yesterday's installment concluded with the helmsman and the FO 
rabbitting on about the difficulty of accessing the physical 
adjustment panel on standard thrusters, after a rare thruster malfunction.

27

"ghaytan QapHa'mo' nuH HoS 'och, peQchem lIngwI' ngaDmoHwI' je qaS," 
jatlh HoD. "tInmo' nuH HoS 'och, Duj naQvaD HoS ngaDmoH. mayepnIS. 
batlh bIvangta' Hota'ro' lagh. qaSqa'chugh, ghu' DaghovDI' yIvang. yImImQo'."

jang DeghwI'. "lu' HoD," jatlh 'ej yaS wa'DIchvaD Degh Qayqa'. Sa'nID 
'uj'a' Saw'bogh ngeng'e' rur be'vetlh. yorDaq [2] motlh jot, 'a 
bIngDaq chaq ghargh'a'mey tu'lu'. *Dugh* muvDI' DeghwI', latlh 
Dujvo'  Qaylu'pu'. ngugh jatlhpu' lajHa'pu'bogh HoD "jeQbe'. 
qaStaHvIS may' lImchugh DabachnIS. 'a SunvaD QaQ Hegh 'ej Degh DaruQ 
'e' DatIv SoH vaj ghaH yItlhap." DeghvaD pov laHDaj 'ach rut gheD 
Dabej. reH DochHa', vuDmeyDajmo' tuHlaw'. QIb leghvIplaw'.

pIj Suvqu'laHbe'mo' vay' jeQbe', beq muvpu'DI' Hota'ro', ghuvvaD 
tonSaw' ghojmoHmeH HoD, HoD pa' qemta'. vangvIpbe'meH be', "maqeq" 
jatlhbe'pu' HoD. "yIHub'egh" jatlhpu' neH 'ej ghaHDaq Duvpu'.[1] 
SIbI' vangta' DeghwI'. moQbara' pIn'a' ghaHlaw'. tlhoS vIHbe'law'pu' 
be' Qup 'ach ravDaq DubDajDaq QotchoHpu' HoD. jottaHvIS QamtaH 
DeghwI', pu'HIch QeqtaHvIS. pu'HIch bejtaH HoD. chay' pu'HIch 
ghaj'a'? taghpa' qeq pu'HIch ghajbe'pu'. vaHDajDaq SIchpu' vajar 'ach 
chImpu'. HoD pu'HIch QeqtaH DeghwI' jay'. HaghchoHpu' vajar.

Saghqu'pu' DeghwI'. QeHchoHlaw' ghaH. Hagh 'e' mev vajar. jatlhpu' 
"majQa'. yIpe''egh."

SaghtaH be'. jatlhpu' "jIQujbe'. qabachqang. Duj'e' vI'ormeH neH beqvam vImuv."

ngugh pay' poSchoHpu' lojmIt 'ej 'elpu' 'ungya. "pu'HIch?" jatlhpu' 
"ghaHvaD tonSaw' DaghojmoH bIjatlhpu'. Duj SunvaD tonSaw' lI' law' 
pu'HIch lI' puS. tonSaw'vaD latlh SuvwI' bopoQchugh Samuv."

"vIbachqang," jatlhpu' DeghwI'. vIHbe'qu'pu' pu'HIch.
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SKI: The captain recalls an attempt to instruct his helmsman in 
self-defence, when she first joined the crew.

[1] I adore having vajar do this in all innocence, because of how 
completely idiotic it would be from a tera'ngan manager. He thinks 
alcohol policies are strange in the Federation. He will NEVER 
understand the sexual harassment policies.

[2] Yeah, yor is the wrong word. Better descriptive suggestions welcome.

Is it clear that the tonSaw' lesson is in a flashback, remembered by 
the captain as he considers the DeghwI'?

If you've missed any episodes, the full story to date is at 
http://nuqbopbom.blogspot.com , but I haven't been posting my 
self-indulgent commentary and footnotes there.