SkyBox Trading Cards for TNG Season 5

[Collector’s list of all cards in this series]

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Three of the cards in the SkyBox trading card set for Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season had Klingon text specially translated by Marc Okrand. They are here faithfully reproduced with all errors occuring in the originals. For more details on which these errors are, see the plain text transcriptions of card S25, card S26, and card S27. A transcript of these cards was also printed in Hol­QeD 5:3, page 15 in September 1996.

SkyBox Trading Card S25

S25: tlhI­ngan vaS­’a’ – Klingon^TM Great Hall

juH­qo’­Daq vaS­’a’ tu’­lu’. ngoch lu­cher­meH ’ej wo’ San lu­wuq­meH pa’ ghom tlhI­ngan yej­quv Dev­wI’­pu’. DaH che’ ghaw­ran. yej­quv Dev­wI’ moj ghaw­ran ’e’ wuq­ta’ cho’ ’oD­wI’ Da­pu’­bogh jan­luq pI­qarD HoD.

On the Homeworld, there is a great hall where the leaders of the Klingon High Council meet to determine policy and decide upon the fate of the Empire. Gowron^TM currently presides, named leader of the High Council by Captain Jean-Luc Picard,^TM who was acting as Arbiter of Succession.

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TM, ®, © je te­ra’ DIS wa’-Hut-Hut-loS Pa­ra­mount Pic­tu­res. Hoch SeH. Pa­ra­mount Pic­tu­res mal­ja’ per­mey bIH STAR TREK pong­’e’ Degh­mey­’e’ je. bIH lo’ F­leer/SkyBox ’e’ chaw’. TRANSLATION PROVIDED BY MARC OKRAND, AUTHOR OF THE KLINGON DICTIONARY.

TM, ® & © 1996 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. STAR TREK AND RELATED MARKS ARE TRADEMARKS OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES. FLEER/SKYBOX AUTHORIZED USER. PRINTED IN USA.

SkyBox Trading Card S26

S26: lur­Sa’ be­’e­tor je – Lursa and B’Etor

Du­raS tuq tlhI­ngan yej­quv patlh lu­Dub ’e’ reH lu­nID­taH Du­raS be’­nI’­pu’ lur­Sa’ be­’e­tor je. ngoQ­vam lu­chav­meH ghaw­ran magh­pu’ be’­nI’­pu’. woQ lu­Suq­meH jIj­pu’ chaH ro­mu­luS­ngan­’e’ je.

The sisters of the House of Duras, Lursa^TM and B’Etor^TM are constantly seeking a higher standing for the House of Duras within the Klingon^TM High Council. To this end, the sisters have acted against Gowron,^TM going as far as to work with Romulan^TM factions in order to gain power.

Paramount^® SkyBox^TM

TM, ® & © 1996 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. STAR TREK AND RELATED MARKS ARE TRADEMARKS OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES. FLEER/SKYBOX AUTHORIZED USER. PRINTED IN USA.

TM, ®, © je te­ra’ DIS wa’-Hut-Hut-loS Pa­ra­mount Pic­tu­res. Hoch SeH. Pa­ra­mount Pic­tu­res mal­ja’ per­mey bIH STAR TREK pong­’e’ Degh­mey­’e’ je. bIH lo’ F­leer/SkyBox. ’e’ chaw’. TRANSLATION PROVIDED BY MARC OKRAND, AUTHOR OF THE KLINGON DICTIONARY.

SkyBox Trading Card S27

S27: Qo’­noS – Klingon^TM Homeworld

tlhI­ngan wo’ yuQ­mey chov­lu’­chugh Qo’­noS potlh law’ Hoch potlh puS. roD ’oH­vaD juH­qo’ pong­lu’ neH. pa’ ’oH­taH vaS­’a’ ’e’. tlhI­ngan qum waw’ ’oH. yoq yIn yuQ ’oH Qo’­noS­’e’. yIn­SIp voQ­SIp je ngaS muD­Daj.

The principal planet of the Klingon Empire, Qo’noS is usually referred to as simply ”The Homeworld.” This is where the Klingon Great Hall is located, the center of the Klingon government. Qo’noS is a class-M planet with an oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere.

Paramount^® SkyBox^TM

TM, ® & © 1996 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. STAR TREK AND RELATED MARKS ARE TRADEMARKS OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES. FLEER/SKYBOX AUTHORIZED USER. PRINTED IN USA.

TM, ®, © je te­ra’ DIS wa’-Hut-Hut-loS Pa­ra­mount Pic­tu­res. Hoch SeH. Pa­ra­mount Pic­tu­res mal­ja’ per­mey bIH STAR TREK pong­’e’ Degh­mey­’e’ je. bIH lo’ F­leer/SkyBox ’e’ chaw’. TRANSLATION PROVIDED BY MARC OKRAND, AUTHOR OF THE KLINGON DICTIONARY.