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Il dottor Phlox mostra a Hoshi Sato un tribolo nel 2153
I triboli (Polygeminus grex) sono piccole forme di vita non intelligente, originarie di Iota Geminorum IV. Conosciuti per il loro prodigioso tasso di riproduzione, queste tonde, pelose creature emettono suoni dolci quando toccati, che hanno un effetto calmante sul sistema nervoso umano. Nati incinti, con cibo sufficiente un solo tribolo può velocemente moltiplicarsi esponenzialmente, prosumibilmente con riproduzione asessuata, facendo nascere una cucciolata in media di dieci piccoli ogni dodici ore. Sul loro pianeta natale, la popolazioni di triboli è tenuta sotto controllo da un grande numero di predatori rettili. (DS9: "The Nagus"; TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles"; ENT: "Il recupero")
- Il pianeta natale e il nome scienfico dei tribolo appaiono su un monitor in un'aula di Keiko O'Brien su Deep Space 9.
I triboli vengono visti per la prima volta dagli Umani all'inizio degli anni 2150, quando il medico denobulano Phlox ne porta un piccolo numero a bordo dell'Enterprise NX-01 come cibo per i suoi animali domestici. (ENT: "Il recupero")
Kirk sommerso dai triboli nel 2268
I triboli vengono poi incontrati dalla Federazione a bordo di Deep Space K-7 nel 2268, quando Cyrano Jones ne porta un piccolo numero a bordo per venderli. Comunque, un solo tribolo a bordo dell'USS Enterprise si moltiplica velocemente. I triboli si rivelano essenziali nello scoprire il piano dei Klingon di avvelenare un carico di quadrotriticale in partenza per il Pianeta di Sherman, quando i triboli che si sono nutriti del grano vengono trovati morti. (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles")
Al tempo stesso, l'equipaggio dell'USS Defiant, trasportato indietro nel tempo da Arne Darvin, riescono a fermarlo quando cerca di usare un dispositivo al tricobalto nascosto dentro un tribolo per uccidere James T. Kirk. (DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations")
I triboli sono una minacca ecologica per i Klingon, a cui i triboli reagiscono violentemente. I Klingon cercando di selezionare un predatore per eliminare la minaccia. Il glommer viene usato solo una volta nel 2269, a bordo dell'USS Enterprise e si dimostra incapace di far fronte al grande numero di triboli che si trova bordo. (TAS: "More Tribbles, More Troubles")
La poltrona del caitano Kirk occupada una colonia di triboli.
Durante questo periodo, Cyrano Jones cerca di alterare geneticamente i triboli così che non si riproducano. As a result of his dabbling, he deemed them to be "safe" so as to be compatible with humanoid ecologies, making them "great pets and profitable, too." Unknown to Jones, at the time, and as was later discovered by Doctor Leonard McCoy, Jones' genetic engineering was described as being "very slipshod," as the resulting tribbles appeared to grow in immense size, in place of rapid breeding. McCoy later discovered that the so-called "giant tribbles" really were not as they appeared, but rather colonies tribbles. McCoy was able to remedy the situation by giving them "a simple shot" of neoethylene, which caused the tribble colonies to break down into their individual units with a slower metabolic rate, and finally becoming "safe tribbles". (TAS: "More Tribbles, More Troubles")
Tribbles on Earth (2285)
The Klingons' final solution to the tribble menace was to wipe the species out entirely. Klingon warriors were sent to hunt them down throughout the galaxy, and the tribble homeworld was obliterated in the late 23rd century. When told of this, Odo dryly remarked "another glorious chapter in Klingon history. Tell me, do they still sing songs of the Great Tribble Hunt?" (DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations")
In spite of the destruction of their homeworld, many humans continued to have the small creatures as pets from late century, well into the late 24th century, as several children aboard the USS Enterprise-D appeared to have them as pets in 2364 and 2371. (Star Trek III: Alla ricerca di Spock, Star Trek Generazioni)
A graphic of tribbles
Information about tribbles was displayed by the computer in Keiko O'Brien's schoolroom on Deep Space 9 in 2369. (DS9: "A Man Alone", "The Nagus") Tribbles were displayed in an LCARS graphic in one of the USS Enterprise-D's science laboratories when the ship crash-landed on Veridian III in 2371. (Star Trek Generazioni)
- Like the graphic seen in Deep Space 9's schoolroom, this image was taken from the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual.
DS9's promenade overrun with tribbles in 2373
Tribbles were reintroduced into the 24th century when Captain Benjamin Sisko and his crew brought at least one of the creatures back to 2373, following a time-traveling visit to the tribble-infested space station K-7 of 2268. The promenade and Quark's bar on Deep Space 9 were subsequently overrun with the creatures. According to Captain Sisko, the Federation's Department of Temporal Investigations was not told about the reintroduction of the tribbles because "they didn't ask". (DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations")
Miles O'Brien later recalled seeing the tribbles on the Enterprise with Julian Bashir when he was leaving Deep Space 9 at the end of the Dominion War. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
- It was never explained on screen how the tribble infestation was removed from Deep Space 9.
Appendices
Background
- In the audio commentary for "More Tribbles, More Troubles", David Gerrold explains that the idea for tribbles came from the fuzz-ball keychain of a college girlfriend of his, named Holly Sherman, for whom Sherman's Planet is named. He also mentions that Wah Chang hired a woman to make 500 tribbles for "The Trouble with Tribbles", and explains the procedure for making them.
- Tribbles are made from a piece of "figure-eight shaped" fake fur, sewn up to make a ball about five inches in diameter. The ball is filled with foam rubber; some tribbles were made by sewing a decapitated walking toy dog inside the fur skin, and the toy activated to make the tribble crawl, as revealed in the DVD commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda for "The Trouble with Tribbles".
- In "More Tribbles, More Troubles" the tribbles appeared pink in color. Unknown to the rest of the production staff, the director, Hal Sutherland, was color blind, so to him, pink was light gray.
- In the audio commentary for "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth", David Wise mentions that Kukulkan's zoo was to have tribbles.
- Two tribble fur balls were sold together as Lot #776 in the 40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection for $4,800. The lot had been estimated to bring in only between $800 and $1,200. These tribbles were made for the Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations".
External links
- [EN] Tribolo su Memory Beta, una wiki di Star Trek per i prodotti non canon.
- Tribolo su Wikipedia