Join The Mighty Klingon Empire

 

 

This is a viral video that's been making the rounds all over the interwebs this week. Most people are speculating that it's a viral video intended to promote Star Trek 2, but those people are idiots. It's far more likely that this is something that was made to promote the Star Trek MMO that will be coming out next year, which is a lot sooner than we'll be seeing Star Trek 2 (which doesn't even have a script yet).

 

Is it possible that it's a viral video for a movie that hasn't even gone into production officially yet? Yeah, but it's also possible that I made this video on my own in my basement over the course of 4 weeks of animating with no sleep whatsoever. Just because something is possible doesn't always mean that it's likely to be true. Consider that my personal bit of wisdom to you for today.

 

And for those of you who don't speak Klingon Fluently, the kind folks over at Trekmovie have gone to the trouble of translating the narration for you. Here's their rough estimate of what the video says.

 

We are members of the Klingon Empire!
We have argued with many dozen planets
and we expand to many more every day
Do you want to influence the planet?
But how?

 

Let's go, we are coming, join us!
Contribute to the enjoyment of Klingon planets
The Empire is good for everyone
The Civilization brings wealth, competitions and good food.
Our Klingon "yeni cheri" are brave, many and fair.

 

Take spoils from the invasions, and many solders join the Empire
The Empire powerfully protects the important planet from the influence and possible decaying that the dictator (brings ... does something with ....)
Put down your small weapons

 

Open your hearts
and join the Klingon Empire.
Get ready but conquer
Get justice now!

 

The very end of the video is actually a web address written in klingon. That web address is for a site called tlhingan.org. If you go there, you'll find some more Klingon propaganda stuff as well as some really cool desktop wallpapers taken from images in the video. Wallpapers like this.

 

 

 

I think we can all agree that's pretty damned cool. The site is definitely worth checking out, especially if you're a fan of Klingons and their glorious imperial propaganda.