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Ok, this is going to a bit long, so make a sandwich, get a drink, use the bathroom, whatever. This brings up some interesting questions about Kilrathi social structure. In many human societies, the poor or peasant class often had large families for two reasons: first off, infant and...

For some time now, I’ve had a little pipe-dream; making a Wing Commander prequel focused on the Pilgrim War. Granted the likes of this actually coming to fruition are nearly nonexistent, but indulge me for a moment as I spell out the CliffsNotes version. * * * * * * * * * * * THE...

I for one would laugh my ass off if the Russian Federation landed on the moon, walked around for a bit, picked up the flag left by Apollo 11, returned to earth with it and presented it to the U.S. while saying “Here, I think you forgot this.” ;)

It’s interesting that you mention this, because I did find such a title floating around: Kal Thak’hra - Clan Lord/Baron of a Clan. Granted it's probably a fan construction, but it appears to follow what we know of Kilrathi so far (literally, “Senior most noble-person”). Incidentally, nice...

Names and Honorifics I know it’s been a while since I’m updated, but life is life. :rolleyes: I’m still working on cracking some of the more complex Kilrathi sentences in hopes of providing a (brief) Kilrathi language lesson. Word to the wise, don’t hold your breath, but I’ll get you wingnuts...

“Mr. T don’t need no fool gun. Mr.T has the power of hella tough gold and chains.” Anyway, after a tough knife-fight, I managed to grab these still from Prophecy. There may be more, but these were the ones I could easily get without pulling my hair out. Note that they...

Greetings hrai and homeboys. Your favorite Leader of Tongues is back. I just want to state for the record that I am trying to translate the Tome of Sivar. But man, it isn’t easy. Here’s my translation so far. Now I’m not certain of a few of the character (which I’ll talk about...

Very astute analysis, Ilanin. I like. :D If “drak” means “to guard”, then “Drakhai” probably means (by implication) “We who guard” or “The ones whom shall guard” As for its use in an English sentence, well, I wouldn’t worky too much. Foreign words are used in English commonly out of their...

Awesome AD, I’m making you my personal finder of stuff and doer of things. :D (The rest of you also made the team, so no worries.) Now, I didn’t mention this character before as I was unsure of the source material quality. I feared that it could have been two character scrunched together as...

Ok, I’ve been working on this for a bit, and I’ve nearly gone crazy. Here are the only translated samples we have of the movie variety of written Kilrathi. Deciphering language is just like deciphering a code. You look for patterns. So I’ve done just that. I think the picture is self...

But the Wildcat WAS a military spacecraft, though it was old by 2634 (though not as old as the Scimitar, apparently). As for the financial vs. fleet damages for those three years, though they do appear to be low, they were before the Battle of Terra, where Confed nearly had its ass handed to...

OK, I know this has been brought up several times before: http://www.crius.net/zone/showthread.php?t=8488&highlight=dols http://www.crius.net/zone/showthread.php?t=4921&highlight=dols But since I’m a sucker for details, I thought I’d put in my two centicredits worth. Well, over the course of...

I completely agree with your assessments. It is indeed a fine line we are treading. The phrase “huma ta humas”, which is stated to be from an archaic form of the language. This might also be an example of comparing Old English to Modern English, which is sure to create problems itself...

Kilrathi Language Notes: Not Dead yet! Note in novel Action Stations, when a native English-speaking Human speaks Kilrathi, the Kilrathi themselves find the Humans to be “lisping and high-pitch”. Ok, so we gather that the Kilrathi generally speak in lower tones, and also communicate by...

Language update! First off, I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone for their warm feelings and show of support. You guys are the best. NOTE: Nice catch on the glyph similarity AD. While we (and by ‘we’ I mostly mean ‘I’) may be doing this for fun in my free time, let us not forget how...

Writing: Part 2 Well, we at least know the character for “Deathstroke” And possibly the character for “Glory”. But there are some bits of Kilrathi Cuneiform-Kanji that might be emblematic. For example: The Emperor’s throne appears to be engraved with red glowing glyphs, possibly eight, in...

Writing: Part 1 Funny thing, the word hentai. It’s a compound of “hen” (“weird" or "strange”) and “tai” ("attitude" or "appearance"). The term is used as a shortened form of the phrase “hentai seiyoku” ("sexual perversion"), but is usually used in slang as an insult meaning roughly "pervert"...

I was at the Museum of Flight that day! :cool: I had just finished my docent training course and stuck around to watch it land. We all had a good laugh that it just HAD to be cloudy and overcast the day that the news crews where there. Must uphold the myth of Seattle’s weather. :p

Hello fellow wingnuts! It’s been too long. How are you faring in these uncertain times? Long ago, (in two colleges actually) I majored in cultural anthropology and minored in linguistics. Hs this gotten me a decent career job yet? Not really. Granted linguistics is more of a hobby for me...

I’m up for some of that. I never had the pleasure of participating in a 16 player Capital Ship game, and long for a TCS Tiger’s Claw merit badge.