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Offline Don Karnage

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kzinti tas
« on: December 31, 2006, 08:22:25 pm »
i was listing to tas and i was wondering about the Kzinti, there feline race but there not lyran, so i was wondering if LT.mrell was a lyran and who are the kzinti?

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Re: kzinti tas
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2006, 09:34:58 pm »
Are you talking about M'Ress?  She was a Caitian.  Roddenberry actually tried to get Majel Barret to play her in the motion picture, but she didn't feel like wearing Cat makeup.  They did have several cat-like humanoids throughout the movies that are supposed to be Caitian (although their name wasn't actually mentioned).

The Kzinti were borrowed from another sci fi series, since the writer of that series wrote the episode.  Basically, Earth fought a war with them a long time ago and won, so the Kzinti have been demilitarized and only allowed to have small police ships.

The Lyrans were invented for Starfleet Battles and I believe are supposed to be related to the Kzinti (although they hate each other and would probably kill you if you suggested that).  The Mirak from Starfleet Command are the Kzinti, renamed for legal reasons.

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Re: kzinti tas
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2007, 10:56:01 am »
ok

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Re: kzinti tas
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2007, 02:53:25 pm »
No problem.  I think the Kzinti are pretty cool, but I'm by no means an expert on them :)
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Re: kzinti tas
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2007, 04:04:10 pm »
The Kzinti are also a race in Star Fleet Battles, and the Mirak from Starfleet Command II are basically the same race with a different name attached because of copyright issues.

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Re: kzinti tas
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2007, 05:33:49 pm »
The Kzinti are also a race in Star Fleet Battles, and the Mirak from Starfleet Command II are basically the same race with a different name attached because of copyright issues.

Niven had sold an exclusive computer game right to the Kzinti to the makers of Ringworld.
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