NAUSICAAN: Cultural Index
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ส.ค. 2020
- The Nausicaans are named after a Ghibli anime. They are about one of the most un-whimsical things in Star Trek. Bad attitudes, love of a fight and frequently met as both pirates and mercenaries, they have proven to be an issue for many a captain and other species of the Alpha and Beta quadrants.
This is the Cultural Index a series aimed at exploring various Science-Fiction species.
For outsiders to a series to get to know the basics and maybe even hardened Sci-fi nuts might discover something new.
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Mexican: *Kicks Nausicaan in the balls*
Nausicaan: “AY GURAMBA!”
That's good
I’m laughing too hard at this.
I’d like your comment, but I’m laughing too hard 😂
you talk and you talk, but you have no gandma
Ayieee
Nausicaans: smart enough to fool other species into thinking they're just dumb muscle.
generations passed and they forgot it was their plan. They`re just dumb since then
@@insertanynameyouwant5311 Actually it's the dumb-muscle ones that tend to take up work as bodyguards and such or be Thugs because they lack the wits to succeed at anything more important. Rare was the witless Nausicaan Captain, but intelligent Nausicaans make most of the leader positions in their society. A dumb Nausicaan who finds themselves in an important position that fails to get anything done properly due to a lack of intelligence or motivation but is too strong to be defeated in one-on-one combat gets assassinated instead.
@@LordProteus intelligent Nausicaans lol, can`t even imagine
@@insertanynameyouwant5311 Enterprise showed some of them
@@toomanyaccounts I don`t remember intelligent ones, but I watched long time ago
It never occurred to me they were named after "Nausicaa of the valley of the wind ", a fantastic Ghibli anime
Which also included Patrick Stewart in the English dub cast
My favourite anime movie of all time! However the Nausicaans don't seem to share many (or any) traits with the main character of the anime, Nausicaa herself.
The perfect Klingon vassal state indeed. Honor seems to be a malleable and circumstantial concept anyway in the empire.
" _In battle, there's nothing more honorable than Victory._ "
- Worf, DS9 S4E1-2 'The Way of the Warrior'
I kinda wonder if they have a shared ancestry. The formation of their cranial ridges is extremely similar, as is the way their hair grows. Both of their societies could be viewed as alternate visions of honor, and indeed we see the moral compass of the Klingon Empire decay in the Nausicaan direction.
I wonder, is there any sort of lost colony mythic in Klingon history? Perhaps an early space faring mission that was assumed lost?
Isnt it always?
They're different though. At their best the Klingons can keep their aggressive instincts in check and can be gruff but affable ''boisterous bruisers'' but the Nausicaans just seem to be vicious, violent, uncontrollable thugs.
Nausicaa was in fact referred to first in the Odyssey as an island nation that Odysseus had become shipwrecked upon.
I didn't know there was so much information about the Nausicaans!
Also talk about compensating, "This is my ship, it's a Balls of Steel class..."
What was that? Get off my vent or get bent!
Star Trek warships
Star Fleet: Defiant class
Klingons: D7 Battlecruiser
Romulans: D'deridex Class
Nausicaans: Testicle Class
Alastair Oxby is it really called that??
@@Sheogorath2077 more like "balls-class" but there's a Guramba-class siege destroyer in Star Trek Online.
Star Fleet " Picard bravery test" Stand up to one of these brutes and tell them off.
2 things. 1, Guramba means 'genitalia'. 2, I don't think we establish the gender of the Nausican that says that line in TNG so it could very well mean 'Pussy Class'
@@SampoPaalanen Computer! South Park _balls music._
Ha! Crom laughs at the Nausicaans and their Four Winds.
Your god lives below. The four winds tho. Does he laugh from his mountain?
None of this matters when you know the riddle of steel.
@@Mandolatron Steel isn't strong, boy, flesh is stronger!
just wondering if anyone in this comments section seeks jamaharon
Fun fact: in 1984, Patrick Stewart voiced Lord Yupa in that anime film you mentioned: "Princess Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind". 😊
i really wish someone would have the balls one day to make a star trek tv series focusing entirely on the Orion syndicate , klingons and pirates like the Nausciaans , so much potential .
I look forward to the Star Trek with a non-human captain as the star and as well as having humans being only a minority on board, no more than 2 humans total for the main bridge crew.
I always wanted a war with Sphere builders (ENT J era) and Temporal war in general. But that would be cool as well
With the stink of Kurtzman all over the IP, you won't have any studio of means undertaking that. CBS/Paramount no doubt has an extremely conservative reboot plan in mind before the property valuation is zero.
@@matthewjay660 Wow, as they say, go woke, go broke! Seems Alien Lives Matter!
@@DMSProduktions Lemme guess, you always play as a Human in any game that allows you to pick your race?
Actually, the anime character to which the Nausicaans are named after was herself named after a princess in "The Odyssey". It's also interesting to note that when "Nausicaa in the Valley of Wind" was reissued in an uncut form (It was originally shown in the US in 1986 as "Warriors of the Wind"), Patrick Stewart voiced the character Lord Yappa in the new version...
“Starfleet! You talk and you talk, but you have no grumba”.
'You have no GRANDPA.' 😉😁
"Nausicaan"
"The only constant is the fierce winds."
Heh.
The wind keeps the valley clean
Merrick be sure to wear your mask when you go outside the village
I've always seen the Nausicaans and Klingons as being similar enough that they could work together... somewhat. The Klingons would complain about the Nausicaan lack of honor and the Nausicaan would lament the Klingon rigidity. I would pay to watch a Klingon and Nausicaan in hand to hand combat.
I would love to see them battle
The Klingons do value honor. The Nausicaans only value getting ahead, no matter what the costs. I don't see the Klingons and Nausicaans working together at all. I see can them as bitter rivals.
@@jgunnels6773 Honor is very circumstantial in Klingon culture. If it fits they'll use it if not they'll disregard it.
"there's no greater honor than victory". Besides, most Klingons aren't really very rigid about their honor and only care for their reputation. The only klingon who adopts a guilt-based honor is Worf, who was raised by humans.
@@joaomartins9800 Worf wasn't 'created' by humans! He was created, (sexually I would assume by his genetic, KLINGON parents!) He was ADOPTED & raised by human parents when no living, Klingon relatives could be found!
If Nausicaa has 0.7G gravity, doesn’t that mean it has less than Earth? So... why are all Nausicans big and strong? Shouldn’t they be fairly weak having developed in lower gravity? I’m thinking Vulcans that are stronger because their gravity is stronger and Melora Pazlar’s people that had very weak gravity to the point she could barely walk in Earth-like gravity.
mb2000 I noticed that as well and was about to comment as such. Seems a bit contradictory, yes. I would have expected it to be 1.2 or 1.5g or something.
Could be that although there gravity was lower, the evolutionary process that occurred on Nausicca very competitive resulting in species evolution of higher than expected strength for their planets gravity. This theory could also contribute to their more aggressive cultural behavior.
Maybe they have the musculature of a primate. They generally have more muscles than a human even highly trained. So it must negate the effects of low g probably ?
I am with you, it would make sense if they were from a high gravity world.
Though even in lower gravity theres nothing preventing them from just being strong.
@@MrRurounismc if they were from a high gravity world they would be smaller in size . it would be more efficient that way
The name Nausica comes from The odyssey of Homer. She is a princess who finds Odysseus washed up on the beach after his ship is wrecked again.
I don’t see the connection. Just a coincidence I suspect.
Miyazaki borrowed the name from Greek mythology for his manga which was adapted into a movie which was borrowed by STNG.
I love Nausicaans, they are a Ferengi trader's best friend when it comes to body guarding
What if Ferengi with Nausicaans makes a deal with Romulan and Remans? should be facinating!
@@insertanynameyouwant5311 that wouldn't go well for most of them, considering that not a single one of them can be trusted. i'd say the romulan would probably come out on top since they are physically just as strong as vulcans.
@@windhelmguard5295 no, that`s not true completely. Romulans are close to humans` strength. The gravity on their planet is more or less normal. Only Vulcans are that strong. I understand why people tend to think so as JJ Abhrams portrayed them that way on 2009, but it`s wrong
@@insertanynameyouwant5311
romulans and vulcans are the same species and both groups evolved on vulcan before the sundering.
@@windhelmguard5295 oh boy, are you banned from Google or what? just type in Romulans Strength or directly Memory Alpha, there`s a quote there but it doesn`t copy properly
Everyone knows they were the same species long time ago but times change you know
play dom jot , human ? you talk and you talk , but you have no grandma
Somebody watches RLM
My grandma was an emissary, you take that back!
@@tawabunny lol mike
but i do have a grandma class siege destroyer
So... the Nausicaans fly space balls?
Can they go to plaid?
Ludicrous Speed
@@whirledpeaz5758 GO!
The only problem with this post is that I can only like to once.
"How many assholes we got on this ship anyhow?" Really applies to them
The Orcs of the Star Trek universe.
Nausicans seem to be a lot brighter than the standard issue Orcs. Perhaps they’re more the Uruk-hai of the Star Trek universe. While the Uruk-hai were considered part of the Orc race, they were far more brutal, cunning and just seemed to be much more intelligent that the ordinary Orc.
Indeed
Klingons-Orcs
Vulcans-Elves
Romulans-Dark Elves
Tellarites- Dwarves
Ferenghi- Goblins
Naussicans- Trolls
I did once read somewhere that Nausicaan space (meaning their planet and people) were under the domain of the Klingon Empire. Anyways, this was a very kool job. Thanks
Aye, it's in Stark Trek Online. The Klingons took over them and the Orions.
Inquiro Haqq Technically, they and the Orion Syndicate willingly signed on for mostly their own gains, namely having a bit of amnesty for raids and the like. For the Syndicate, Matriarch T’soni pledged cooperation with the Empire, as it allowed a far easier avenue to collect slaves to sell as the Klingons typically encouraged their ruthlessness in raiding. Many Naussicans are employed (and I use that term very loosely) by the Syndicate for use as mercenaries or bodyguards, much like the Ferengi do.
While they retain *some* autonomy, both groups, as well as the Gorn Hedgemony all have the same sort of partnership of sorts with the Empire. Don’t believe any of them were subjugated by the Empire itself, though of course there could be instances of it, even though I believe the Klingons aren’t dumb enough to actually try. They all share common interests, and it seems more like a case of mutual benefit for all involved.
Sorry, I’ll stop rambling on.
@@synthwendigo639 you are correct!
" _This is our Ship, The Mighty Guramba!_ "
The Hutt replies, " _Ho Ho Hoo_ "
Is pizza hut a pizza that is made by hutts?
This is one of those species where it is a massive leap of faith to accept that these people could have ever invented warp drive... or modern technology beyond pointy sticks for that matter.
You should do a video about which species can cross breed with humans.
if i'm not mistaken, almost all of the humanoid races can interbreed,either with some scientific help or without . There are some exceptions like the Vorta or the Jem'hadar which don't even have reproductive organs anymore(or just fake ones) because they are produced on demand
Good job like always.
Future video ideas? How about the races from Babylon 5. I would look forward to a Narn Race video.
Never seen a more direct reference for another piece of work. Nausicaa: Valley Of The Wind is a superb anime/manga work
@Amber Hoke 1984.
I would love a index on the Peacekeepers from FarScape
Yes!!! Or hynereans or the "not" skeksis. Just finished season 1 for the millionth time
you should do one on the Cat Species from Red Dwarf.
You should index the Caitlens ! 👍🏻
How the hell did they become an organised civilization? It feels impossible for them to do that.
maybe their females are the rulers and they are highly intelligence
@@NitpickingNerd they are never showed using females?
Probably they were enslaved by a technologically advanced race and then rebelled against their masters and stole the tech. It's a very common explanation on the ST universe including the Orions
@@edmundthespiffing2920 we never saw their females . so I think maybe it's the opposite of Ferenginar . that the females are in command and send the males to do all the heavy lifting / dirty works / intimidation while the females run the actual civilization and scientific community
@@NitpickingNerd feels right
On one hand, it is odd that the Hutts keep losing votes, but on the other, it makes sense since we all ready know quite a bit about them, and it stands to reason fans of this channel are more interested in hearing about things that are new to them. The obscurer races tend to win more votes.
They like fights, leather, and opera? No wonder the Klingons get on so well with them!
The Fedeeation couldcpound Nausica into asteroid fragments if the really wanted to. Speak diplomatically and carry a big club.
Technically not named after a Ghibli anime as the Miyazaki manga and movie were produced by Animage before Studio Ghibli was formed. The name is taken from the character in Greek mythology but some STNG writers were anime fans and incorporated what they could into the scripts and designs.
Now I'm curious about what the typical Nausicaan's Guramba looks like.
Thanks for making these videos. I listen to them to get through my work day.
It seems to me that they have a deep culture with a lot of meaningful traditions they just don't want other species to know about it
The Nausicans look like what would happen if a Klingon and Predator got it on. And they're just as violent as you'd think
Huzzah! As soon as one of these videos hits my feed, I hit play. Thanks Rick!
I've been suggesting the Votan Races from the Defiance series for a while. I would like to someday see you cover them.
I was thinking today about Defiance series, why almost no one mentions it, I think it was really great
@@spaceexpireaudio666 My best guess is because it's a SyFy Channel show, so maybe not that many people saw it when it first came out or have heard of it. Or played the video game. I didn't pay the game and I got into the show during its first season.
@@joshuawells835 I`ve just googled to see what SyFy has. Warehouse 13, Farscape, Stargate, Dark Matter,The Expanse, Battlestar Galactica and so on, all of them were rather popular, so i don`t think it has something to do with the channel. I watched it like a year ago or 2 because no one mentioned it untill I came across with an actual mentioning. Didn`t play the game as well, just like Star TreK Online, I`m not a fan of online games like those
@@spaceexpireaudio666 I've seen Battlestar Galactica and Dark Matter, I started season 2 of The Expanse a while back ago, and I've seen an episode of Warehouse 13. The rest I haven't seen.
@@joshuawells835 what, no Stargate? You`re missing a huge thing, I think. Anyway there`s enough being told about each of those, so let`s hope a Defiance will be recognized as well some day
I read their design was based on the Predator.
Finally! My favorite species!
Favourite, awesome!
What makes them your favorite 🤔?
@@nathanielbables8652 When I was a kid, they were my favorite because I thought they were basically nomadic klingons XD
@@Tanulis makes sense, correct me if I'm wrong. But I believe Quark refers to them as one of the three most dangerous species in the galaxy next the klingons and Breen.
>sees a Studio Ghibli reference in a Star Trek lore vid'<
Me: A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
There are other anime references as well. Nausicaä was produced by Animage, before Studio Ghibli existed.
@@fiveoctaves Technically yes, though the film is considered one of Studio Ghibli's formative works, alongwith the earlier 'Horus: Prince of the sun')
After watching this, I can't help but think that the Vorcha from Mass Effect would have ended up with a culture similar to this if their planet hadn't been so harsh.
The Nausicans seem like the Alpha Quadrant version of the Delta Quadrant Kazon species( or maybe the other way around ). They're both immature, have bad attitudes, and like to steal everybody's shit. They'd probably like each other if they met. Great video! Thank you for posting. 😆
Can't remember if you did a CI on the Caitians yet, but if not, I would love to see one in the future (They always struck me as an interesting species and are technically one of the oldest ones in terms of tv appearance too, I think). If you have, perhaps an update or further expansion, if there's any more to add?
You should cover one of the great houses of Dune. Bene Gesserit, Ixians, Tleilaxu, CHOAM, the Mentats, you know, one of them.
"Their non-copyright-infringing Predators..."
I see what you did there...
I see these guys based solely on their appearance as ghetto Yuatja(predators) seriously they really kinda look similar.
Thanks for the interesting look at one of Star Trek's more unseen races, I would have imagined they have had many battles with the Klingons and Romulans. I hope you are doing well this day, look forward to your next contribution to the insight of Star Trek.
Always got them confused with Letheans.
Damn I live for this shit ,great job Rick as always
Super neat thanks.
A few choices I think could be Wraith (Stargate), Hirogen, Sith, Trill, Asgard.
I told my Nausicaan bodyguards to not stab Picard again.
How would such a species reach the level of space travel?
Either they are currently in a dark age or they were shittly uplifted
The Heart of the Crypt gave it to them.
They probably had some sort of space race
Moar Star Trek! Yes! Can we get a video on the Age of Enlightenment from ancient Vulcan species?
How about the Kilrathi from the Wing Commander games?
When I first saw Tapestry I thought the nausicaan said grandma not guramba. "Like all Starfleet you talk and you talk, but you have no grandma".
Nausicaans always feel a little sick, 'cause, you know...it's in their name.
A criminally underrated species, my STO character is a Nausican
Looking forward for a Klingon Nausicaan war
They certainly have a impressive set.
We don't get a lot of info on their home planet, do we? My headcanon is that it's a tidelocked planet where the collision of hot and cold air on the border between the day and night sides creates massive, near-constant windstorms that have eroded a gigantic canyon system ringing the entire planet.
A valley of the wind, if you will.
I particularly enjoyed the info about Nausicaa! I’m also surprised to hear how much there is about them. Stay well out there everybody, and Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊
I'd always rather liked the Nausicaans as they were portrayed in Tapestry, with somewhat broken dialect and incomplete translation. I was disappointed that they ended up not keeping that in later canon appearances. (Did they go back to that in Enterprise? I don't recall, and it's a few weeks out in my rewatch cycle at the moment, but I suspect they didn't) It makes sense that the UT isn't always going to be perfect, and that some species might have unique speech patterns that aren't so cleanly translated.
Hope your foot is doing better. You’re my favorite Trek channel and I missed it.
How about a video on the Kzinti? They originally appeared on TAS, but were recently acknowledged by Riker on ST: Picard. Researching this one may be a bit tricky since they originally came from Larry Niven's Ringworld stories.
Not a cultural index request, but I'd like to see a video on unusual nacelle configurations. I've always been a fan of the 4 nacelle starfleet ships or the vulcan's ring.
you cant say you are a fan of a vulcans ring on a family channel surely
Now I really want to see a buddy cop movie but with a nausicaan and a Klingon
9:40 Imagine if Starfleet did that.
The USS Testicles.
Uncontrolled Klingons? 😆 Good video, thanks... 👍
Have you done a video on the Taelons from Earth: Final Conflict?
Can you please make a Cultural Index about Talaxians please?
Make a video on the ULTIMATE SPECIES: The Vorlons from Babylon 5.
Only the Q or something are more powerful than they are.
actually Q vs Lorien would be cool! Shoulda be rivals
Essentially a mix of honourless Klingons and yautja.
Nice alliteration at the beginning.
My cat must have been a Meowsicaan then. =D
A new GI Joe video game is coming out soon and I am a fan of GI Joe so maybe do Cobra-la?
I would normally not be that interested in Hutts but I know you will make them interesting.
The crazy version of Klingons. I like it.
That is a kazon on steroids
Have you done a video on the Star Trek Voyager species Horogen? If so I missed it, if not please do.
Can you do The Cybermen please.
Respect keep up the awesome work.
LoVE it RiC your the BEST
my ideas for future vids:
the predators/Yautja
Ionians and viddian in star trek
sith species and utapau's star wars
Pau'ans or utai?
So, angry Pakleds. Just say, "angry Pakleds."
We're heading through naussican space shields up captain we have no shields or weapons time to pray
A planet full of windy valleys I reckon
I laughed when watching the episode where Picard kicked one in the knee and inadvertently kicked one of his testicles which are apparently in their knees or shin.
Can you do one on the ancients/ori from the Stargate series? Or you could do a species from my favorite video game series sword of the Stars. Even though I highly doubt the last one. If you want I could point you to some good starting places.
I always wondered if the Nausicans were related as a species to what Esoc was in that Episode of TNG where Picard was captured with three other people, while duplicates played them back home. He always reminded me of a Nausican and actually found him interesting.
Thank you nosicans are the only background species I've seen in ent tos and tng I have not seen do but I assume they are there as well.
I suspect the language filters in STO would prevent any attempts to name a starship the USS Scrotum...
Anyway, how about a cultural index of the Yautja at some point? Completely unrelated to this video, of course.
Really though? Once I named my ship USS Balls without problem.
@@cmdrtianyilin8107 I once received a ship named the IKS Hor'kuk, which is a word best left out of polite conversations in my native language. I've never tried to give a ship an "obscene" name, but I did try to name a Boff "Wang" in honour of Garret Wang, and that was blocked.
@@patrikhjorth3291 I tried to name my Andorian boff (Tarsi) Th'ot and that got reported.
The Nausicaan's are scary looking.
Was that guy that was trapped with Picard, the completely pacifist guy and the blue ensign chick a nausicaan? He couldn't eat the -glycerine soap- food pucks they were provided from that tube in the middle
The Nausicaans look somewhat similar looking and perhaps sinlar culture to the Chalnoth
of Chalna. I wonder if there some ancestral or evolutionary link between these two groups. Please consider doing a cultural index exploration of the Chalna people.
you could always look into the "Greater Terran Union" from The Templin Institute
maybe you should take a crack at the Kilrati from Wing commander series.
I'm basically making fan fiction but the Nausicaans "tusks" grow out of their mouths, just like the lines of an Opera come out of your mouth...so that's why its "Tusk Opera"?
How to confuse ghibli fans: