SkyBox Trading Cards for TNG Season 1

[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 first 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 SP1, card SP2, and card SP3. A transcript of these cards was also printed in Hol­QeD 3:4, pages 10–11 in .

SkyBox Trading Card SP1

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SP1: Qo’­noS wo’ – Empire of Kronos

tlhI­ngan wo’ Degh ’oH Degh­vam­’e’. tlhI­ngan Duj­mey law’­qu’ Som­mey­Daq batlh cha’­lu’. juH­qo’ Qo’­noS­vo’ logh­Daq leng­taH­vIS tlhI­ngan­pu’ ’ej qo’­mey Sar chargh­taH­vIS chaH Dat tlhI­ngan may’­Duj lu­legh­DI’ neH qIb ngan­pu’ buQ­pu’ may’­Duj ’ej ghIj­pu’ ’oH. nI­teb ghIj­pu’ je Degh­vam.

This marking represents the Klingon Empire and has been emblazoned upon the hulls of countless Klingon Starships. During the aggressive expansion of the Klingon people from their homeworld of Kronos into space, this symbol grew to become as feared throughout the galaxy as the menacing profiles of their battlecruisers.

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

SkyBox Trading Card SP2

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SP2: Suv­wI’ taj – Blade of the Warrior

lI’­qu’ tlhI­ngan may’ taj. not Hub­’egh­rup­Ha’ lo’­wI’. taj Dop­mey­Daq nargh cha’ taj­Hom. ghop lu­Qan taj­Hom­mey. pe’­laH je. moQ­Daq DuQ­wI’ Hom­mey jej tu’­lu’. pay’ HIv­DI’ lo’­wI’ pagh mup­DI’ QIH­chu’ bIH.

The Klingon battle knife is designed primarily for versatility of use, so that the user is never caught at a disadvantage. Two small, secondary blades eject from the knife’s sides, providing both a hand guard and another set of cutting edges. A brutally spiked pommel fastens the hilt together to provide a damaging surprise attack or give a devastating backhand stroke.

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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SkyBox Trading Card SP3

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SP3: tlhI­ngan wIy – Klingon Tactical Display

’ej­yo’ luch rur­be’­qu’ tlhI­ngan Duj luch. Hos law’­qu’ luch law’­qu’ je lo’ Duj nuH pat Hub pat je. motlh ray’ lu­Sam­laH­meH De’ Qatlh cha’ tlhI­ngan Duj jIH­’a’. motlh pIm ’ej­yo’ Duj­mey.

Klingon starship design is vastly different from Starfleet technology. A huge amount of the ship’s power and technology is devoted to its weapons grid and defensive systems. Unlike most Starfleet vessels, the main viewer on a Klingon ship is usually overlaid with a complex target acquisition grid.

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

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

TM, ® & © 1994 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. STAR TREK AND RELATED MARKS ARE TRADEMARKS OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES. SKYBOX INTERNATIONAL, INC. AUTHORIZED USER.