SkyBox Trading Cards for TNG Season 3

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


Three of the cards in the SkyBox trading card set for Star Trek: The Next Generation third 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 S13, card S14, and card S15. A transcript of these cards was also printed in Hol­QeD 4:3, pages 4–5 in .

SkyBox Trading Card S13

S13: tlhI­ngan qor­Du’ potlhKlingon Family Values

qor­Du’ lur­Dech­mey­na’ pab tlhI­ngan­pu’. qor­Du’ SaH­lu’­chugh ’ej matlh­lu’­chugh vaj wa’ tlhI­ngan ghob potlh­qu’. tlhI­ngan qor­Du’ pong potlh law’ Hoch potlh puS.

With strong family traditions, devotion and loyalty to family is one of the most important Klingon virtues. Above all, the Klingon family name is highly valued.

Paramount® SkyBoxTM

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’ SkyBox In­ter­natio­nal, Inc. ’e’ chaw’. TRANSLATION PROVIDED BY MARC OKRAND, AUTHOR OF THE KLINGON DICTIONARY.

TM, ® & © 1995 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. STAR TREK AND RELATED MARKS ARE TRADEMARKS OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES. SKYBOX INTERNATIONAL INC. AUTHORIZED USER.

SkyBox Trading Card S14

S14: tlhI­ngan nIS­wI’ beHKlingon Disruptor Rifle

nIS­wI’ HIch motlh HoS Hal qeng­wI’ naQ tIq je lu­rar­lu’­bogh ’oH tlhI­ngan nIS­wI’ beH­’e’. Suv­wI’ vI’ Dub naQ­vam ’ej ray’ Hop­Daq bach­lu’­meH chuq­na’ ghur­moH naQ­vam.

The Klingon disruptor rifle is a standard hand held disruptor, attached to an extended power supply stock. This serves to steady the aim of a warrior and increase the effective range for distance targeting.

TRANSLATION PROVIDED BY MARC OKRAND, AUTHOR OF THE KLINGON DICTIONARY.

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’ SkyBox In­ter­natio­nal, Inc. ’e’ chaw’.

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TM, ® & © 1995 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. STAR TREK AND RELATED MARKS ARE TRADEMARKS OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES. SKYBOX INTERNATIONAL INC. AUTHORIZED USER.

SkyBox Trading Card S15

S15: tlhI­ngan may’­Duj, qI­tI’­nga’Klingon Battlecruiser, K’Tinga-Class

wa’­DIch tlhI­ngan Duj­mey lu­legh­lu’­pu’­bogh rur qI­tI’­nga’ Duj. te­ra’ vatlh DIS poH cha’­maH wej Hoch­Hom lo’­lu’­taH. te­ra’ vatlh DIS­poH cha’­maH loS bong Qong­meH qI­tI’­nga’ Duj tI­’ang ghom­pu’ DI­vI’ ’ej­Do’ ’en­tep­ray’.

Similar in configuration to the first Klingon vessels encountered, the K’Tinga-Class remained in use for most of the 23rd century. A sleeper ship of this class, the T’Ong, was encountered in the 24th century by the U.S.S. Enterprise.TM

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TM, ® & © 1995 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. STAR TREK AND RELATED MARKS ARE TRADEMARKS OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES. SKYBOX INTERNATIONAL INC. AUTHORIZED USER.

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’ SkyBox In­ter­natio­nal, Inc. ’e’ chaw’. TRANSLATION PROVIDED BY MARC OKRAND, AUTHOR OF THE KLINGON DICTIONARY. ILLUSTRATION FROM THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA