That's why Michael Dorn Worf preferred the mek'leth.
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I like the theory that was brought forward in this thread:
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I always figured the batleth was a troll on the trekkies, to get force them to spend all their time defending the indefensible and thus keep them out of adult conversations. It looks cool but is clearly (to anyone not blinded by excessive fandom) a silly design for a weapon.The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty…we will be remembered in spite of ourselves… The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the last generation… We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
- A. Lincoln
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Yeah, I think basically they wanted something distinctly exotic, totally unlike any human weapon. That is, something that nobody in thousands of years of blacksmithing across three continents had ever bothered with. Sadly, the only reason for nobody to have bothered with it is because the design fundamentally sucks. Unless Klingons had a dramatically different anatomy from humans, like maybe if they were fifteen feet tall so the batleth was just like a sickle to them.
Proteus, cf. "[–]Baronzemo 1 point 13 days ago
Perhaps it is a limited use weapon in a real battle, it could be used as an initial stabbing weapon,(much like a spear) and dropped. Due to it taking a lot of expertise to wield without the result being self-inflicted injury. The Roman Javelin bent after use and had to be repaired before it was used again. The Bat`leth could be like that. Klingon battle formations could be designed for its use."
I love the ingenuity involved in pardoning a warrior civilization for its invention of an incredibly crappy weapon.
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Alternatively, perhaps the Klingons are such a violent race because they're really, really dumb, or at least uncreative (like, they got a double pick of the version the Klackons got in Moo2, in exchange for getting all the combat buffs). So Kahless made the first batleth by dropping a hair into a volcano by accident, and for years after nobody thought to maybe improve the design a little by changing it in basically any way imaginable. Is there maybe an episode where some mischievous Q-type being travels back in time and drops a gladius hispanica at a random spot on Qonos? Then the sudden availability of a melee weapon that's actually very good at killing people causes a radical change in Klingon history.
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Originally posted by grumbler View PostI always figured the batleth was a troll on the trekkies, to get force them to spend all their time defending the indefensible and thus keep them out of adult conversations. It looks cool but is clearly (to anyone not blinded by excessive fandom) a silly design for a weapon.
Kind of like lightsabers and warsies.Libraries are state sanctioned, so they're technically engaged in privateering. - Felch
I thought we're trying to have a serious discussion? It says serious in the thread title!- Al. B. Sure
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Originally posted by Elok View PostAlternatively, perhaps the Klingons are such a violent race because they're really, really dumb, or at least uncreative (like, they got a double pick of the version the Klackons got in Moo2, in exchange for getting all the combat buffs). So Kahless made the first batleth by dropping a hair into a volcano by accident, and for years after nobody thought to maybe improve the design a little by changing it in basically any way imaginable. Is there maybe an episode where some mischievous Q-type being travels back in time and drops a gladius hispanica at a random spot on Qonos? Then the sudden availability of a melee weapon that's actually very good at killing people causes a radical change in Klingon history.
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Kind of like lightsabers and warsies.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La Rochefoucauld
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Originally posted by Lorizael View PostThe lightsaber is an excellent weapon if you have supernatural reflexes and can see the future.It looks cool but is clearly (to anyone not blinded by excessive fandom) a silly design for a weaponLibraries are state sanctioned, so they're technically engaged in privateering. - Felch
I thought we're trying to have a serious discussion? It says serious in the thread title!- Al. B. Sure
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Originally posted by Lorizael View PostYou spelled Qo'noS wrong.
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Originally posted by Thoth View PostWarsies.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La Rochefoucauld
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