[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh chorghmaH wa': narghbe'chugh SuvwI' qa' taH may'

[Qov]

Gore alert!  This 'ay' contains carefully researched gruesome 
violence, copious amounts of blood, and death.  Also large blocks of 
text, because there's almost no dialogue.

Also the footnotes are spoilers--don't read them first. Unless you 
want spoilers.
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vajar and crew are witnessing a betleH duel between Commander 
be'tlhar and her superior, the chief of security on veS.
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181: narghbe'chugh SuvwI' qa' taH may'

Dop chob machvo' ghoS chang'eng. wej rIQ SuvwI' 'ach HoHmeH 'eb 
lujonqu'ruplaw'. Doy'choHlaw' 'ach tonSaw' Dun lu'aghtaH. much rur 
'ach ghetbe'mo' much rurbe'. ngol HungpIn 'ej chuQ. way'Ha'DI' 
be'tlhar woS bIng DuQchu' HungpIn betleH pach. purDI' qev wa' Hugh 
rur wab. jachpu'chugh be'tlhar Qoybe'pu' vajar. Hugh SIjbe'pu' 
betleH. woS neH DuQ. narghmeH nach pep 'e' nID be'tlhar 'ach 
ta'choHDI' betleH SalmoH HungpIn. qaStaHvIS may' pIj HoH wa' Qagh.

bIQtIqHom moj 'etlh ghoSlI'bogh be'tlhar 'Iw. jatlh HungpIn, 
"bIjeghrup'a'?" janglaHmeH be'tlhar loQ betleH chuQHa'. nuj poSmoHDI' 
be'tlhar jatvo' jeq betleH QIn net leghlaH. nujvo' 'Iw tuy' 
jatlhlaw'taHvIS 'ach chuSmo' bejwI'pu', mu'meyDaj QoylaHbe' vajar. 
jeghbe'law'. nuj SoQta'DI' loQ betleH jIrmoH HungpIn. HoHmeH Hugh 
nejlaw' 'etlh. junmeH nogh be'tlhar 'ej betleHDaj'e' jopqu'. HungpIn 
chor DuQpu'. DoH HungpIn 'e' nID 'ach be'tlharvo' betleH yuvmeH 
chuQHa'nIS 'ej bot chor DuQtaHbogh 'etlh. ' nargh 'e' nIDqa'DI' 
be'tlhar, pumchoH 'ej HungpInDaq betleH raD porghDaj. ravDaq pum cha' 
yaSpu'. 'Iw lughaychoH. HungpIn 'uSDu' jojDaq 'aD'a' SIjpu'law' 
be'tlhar betleH. chuSqu'be'choH bejwI'pu' choQ nguvmoHtaHvIS tlhIngan 'Iw.

wej HeghmoH be'tlhar QIH. reghtaHvIS HungpIn SIQlaHlI'chugh 'ej Hugh 
QanlaHchugh QaplaH. nach tlhabmoH 'e' nIDqa' 'ach ravDaq chuQqu'qa' 
HungpIn. be'tlhar QoghIj DuQlaw'pu'. SupchoH ghIvDu'Daj nachDaj je 
'ej betleHDaq puy'eghchoH. SuvwI'pu' QaHruplaw' bejwI'pu' 'ach wej 
Heghpu'mo' jeSwI'pu' pagh jeghpu'mo', taHtaH may'. mI'taHvIS be'tlhar 
porgh bejtaHvIS vajar, HeghlI' 'e' Sov, 'ach cha'Hu' ram bel qawmoH. 
ngugh voqbe'pu'. 'Il'a'?

betleH chaghDI' HungpIn 'ej vIHbe'choHDI' tlhabchoH be'tlhar nach. 
nujDaj teb 'Iw. jatlh 'e' nIDlaw' 'ach mu'mey vo'laHbe'. poStaH 
mInDu'Daj 'ej vIH'eghtaH ghIvDu'Daj 'ach tlhuHbe' 'ej ghupbe' 'ej 
tuSbe'. tlhuH 'e' lIjlaw'. HeghtaHvIS poStaH mInDu'Daj. cha' 
SuvwI'pu'vaD jach bejwI'pu' 'ej chobmeyvo' chuSqa' beymey. lut Dun 
luQoy qorDu'chaj.[150][151]
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SKI: The duel ends either gruesomely or gloriously, depending on your 
cultural alignment.
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[150] First writethrough of this scene had the Klingons continuing 
into the next scene without watching the gruesome, predictable and 
already explained conclusion of the battle, but if we're going to 
accept a culture that glorifies death by violence, then damnit they 
had better have an appreciation for the final convulsions of a 
warrior with a spike in her medulla oblongata, half lying on a man 
who is bleeding out from the femoral artery.
[151] Never sleep with a Star Trek captain. Romantic involvement with 
the commander always spells death. Was 'eSSIm loyal to Mahoun or did 
she just know that basic safety precaution. But wait, Mahoun is also 
a ship's captain. Uh-oh.
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That's the end of  'ay''a' Hut!  On to wa'maH!  Probably tomorrow. 
Weather has been unsuitable the last few days and I've finally solved 
a problem where I had them all stuck in engineering.  Took me 
weeks.  Don't worry, no technobabble. I moved the scene elsewhere and 
presto, it worked.