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Kzinti GlossaryThis page shall function as a glossary to articles relating to Kzinti.
Beta Lyrae (or Sheliak) is a contact binary star whose two components are of spectral class B7 and A8, and is the primary of the Beta Lyrae system, located 142°NE of the galactic plane about 882 lightyear from Sol. Its two main component-stars circling each other so close, that they are even touching. Spock once described Beta Lyrae as “one of the rare spectacles of the galaxy.” He further noted that “almost every ship that passes stops to see it.” While transporting a Slaver stasis box to Starbase 25 aboard the shuttlecraft Copernicus in 2269, a second stasis box was discovered circling the Beta Lyrae star on an ice-bound planet located in that star’s system. [MA] Chuft Captain was the captain of the Kzinti ship, Traitor’s Claw, who led an ambush on the Federation shuttlecraft Copernicus in 2269. The Kzin was eager to taste Human meat, something his species was not able to do since the defeat in the Earth-Kzin Wars. However he could not achieve his goal, because he was killed by the weapon found in the Slaver box. [MA] His rank is part of his name per Kzinti naming conventions used in the episode, which, while not explicitly discussed, correspond to those used by the species’ creator, Larry Niven in his various stories. The Copernicus, NCC-1701-12 was a Federation shuttlecraft aboard the USS Enterprise in 2269. On stardate 4187.3 the Copernicus was used by Spock, Sulu and Uhura to transfer a Slaver stasis box, discovered on the planet Kzin to Starbase 25. [MA] The Earth-Kzin Wars were a series of conflicts between Earth forces and the Kzinti in the mid-21st century. They ended in a decisive victory for Earth, who imposed many restrictions upon the Kzinti, including limiting their space fleet to a few patrol ships. Little is revealed of the details of the wars, but the date of the last of the four wars were stated as being “200 years ago” from 2269, placing it sometime in the late 21st century. Note that this contradicts information revealed in later Star Trek episodes and films, specifically Star Trek: First Contact. [MA] The planet Kzin is the homeworld of the Kzinti species and might once have been part of the Slaver Empire. Two Slaver stasis boxes were discovered by archaeologists on Kzin in 2269. Kzin was mentioned as a small note on a very large star chart graphic created for TNG: “Conspiracy”. It was the image behind the chair in the room where Dexter Remmick was killed. It appeared to be in or near Federation space at the time. In Larry Niven’s Known Space Universe the central star of the Kzinti’s homeworld is identified as 61 Ursae Majoris [MA] which – according to background information in “In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II” – bears the name Archer in Star Trek and thus conflicts with the original source. The Slavers were the founders of an ancient alien Empire, that was the master of all intelligent races in the Milky Way Galaxy about a billion years ago. In Larry Niven’s Known Space Universe the true name of the Slavers is Thrint. The Slaver weapon was a multi-function device built by an ancient civilization known as the Slavers. It was rediscovered in 2269 when the Kzinti opened a stasis box they had stolen from Federation crew members of the USS Enterprise. The Federation had removed the stasis box from the planet Kzin after the last Earth-Kzin War. The device was destroyed by itself shorly after its rediscovery, when the Kzinti failed to pass a security check. Lieutenant Sulu, a weaponry expert, speculated that the weapon once belonged to a spy, due to the fact that it had so many specialized settings. [MA] A stasis box is relic from the ancient Slaver civilization. A type of storage unit, the box generates a field which holds its contents in a state of perfect stasis. Nothing, not even time, can penetrate an operable stasis box. While excedingly rare, these relics often contain artifacts from the Slaver civilization. A stasis box glows when it is near (within a few light years of) another stasis box. This makes the stasis box the only known detector of stasis boxes. [MA] The Traitor’s Claw was a 23rd century Kzinti police vessel. It was described as a stolen privateer, but was actually authorized for use in violation of the Treaty of Sirius by the Highest of Kzin. In 2269, this ship was taken to the Beta Lyrae system by Chuft-Captain, in order to use an empty Slaver stasis box to attract a shuttlecraft of Starfleet officers carrying a second Slaver box. The ship was severely damaged when the contents of the second box, a Slaver weapon, was set to self-destruct outside the ship. [MA] The Treaty of Sirius was signed between the Kzin government and Earth at the end of the Earth-Kzin Wars. It covers the complete demilitarization of the government, with only a small police force allowed. It also allows Earth, and later the United Federation of Planets, complete and unrestricted access to Kzinti space. [MA]
PersonsLarry Niven (born 30 April 1938) is an American science fiction writer who wrote the Animated Series episode “The Slaver Weapon” and co-authored the Star Trek comic strip story arc “The Wristwatch Plantation”. Niven became involved in writing for the Animated Series upon the request of Dorothy Fontana. Being determined to make use of the animation advantage his first draft included the mysterious Outsiders of his Known Space universe, which story line was dropped because it was too science heavy and as such not suited for saturday morning cartoon shows. Same counted for his second pitch which Niven himself described as too bloody. When Fontana and Niven met with Roddenberry at his place, Gene suggested that the short story “The Soft Weapon” which Niven had published in Neutron Star should be re-written to become an episode of Animated Trek. Gene allowed Niven to leave out Kirk and only use Spock, Sulu and Uhura to replace the main characters of his short story. [MA] Jimmy Diggs is a freelance writer of several episodes of Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In 2003, he and D.C. Fontana pitched an H.G. Wells based series about the HMS Victory to the Fox Network. That same year, he wrote a feature length screenplay entitled Star Trek: The Lions of the Night which he intented to be the first CGI animated Star Trek adventure. The crew of the Enterprise-B under the command of Captain Sulu had to stop the Kzinti who started an invasion of Federation space. Jimmy repeatedly tried to pitch further stories to Deep Space Nine and Voyager using his screenplay and additional materials like ship and Kzinti sketches created by Court Jones to be used for production. Amongst the material was also a guide, written by Diggs, about using the Kzinti in Star Trek which also included a timeline approved by Larry Niven and D.C. Fontana. Further persons who granted him support were Majel Roddenberry and Nichelle Nichols. In April 2004 he wrote an article for issue #149 of the Star Trek Communicator in which he describes seven Star Trek villains. As number 7 lust he proposes Kzinti could fulfil that role. The article is illustrated with one of the images created by Court Jones. When Manny Coto became executive producer of Star Trek: Enterprise, he had Josh Finney from Glitchwerk Studios create a CGI model of a 2150s Kzinti starship adhering to the specifiations Jimmy Diggs created, with further input by André Bormanis, Manny Coto, Doug Drexler, Jim Vanover, and Mike Okuda. Furthermore, he commissioned sculptor Clint Burgin to create a 45 cm big maquette of a Kzinti and rewrote his 36 page long guide that he originally created for The Lions of the Night to be used in the new show. His script for season 5’s “Kilkenny Cats” was based on a story by Neal Hallford and Jana Hallford, and should have introduced the Kzinti in the show as another main villain. [MA]
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