It never occurred to me they were named after "Nausicaa of the valley of the wind ", a fantastic Ghibli anime

@LaurieKoudstaal

2 жыл бұрын

Which also included Patrick Stewart in the English dub cast

@onetrueevan6992

8 ай бұрын

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.

Nausicaans: smart enough to fool other species into thinking they're just dumb muscle.

@insertanynameyouwant5311

4 жыл бұрын

generations passed and they forgot it was their plan. They`re just dumb since then

@LordProteus

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@insertanynameyouwant5311

4 жыл бұрын

@@LordProteus intelligent Nausicaans lol, can`t even imagine

@toomanyaccounts

4 жыл бұрын

@@insertanynameyouwant5311 Enterprise showed some of them

@insertanynameyouwant5311

4 жыл бұрын

@@toomanyaccounts I don`t remember intelligent ones, but I watched long time ago

Mexican: *Kicks Nausicaan in the balls* Nausicaan: “AY GURAMBA!”

@thesinfultictac5704

4 жыл бұрын

That's good

@Restilia_ch

4 жыл бұрын

I’m laughing too hard at this.

@CAP198462

3 жыл бұрын

I’d like your comment, but I’m laughing too hard 😂

@TentaclePentacle

3 жыл бұрын

you talk and you talk, but you have no gandma

@toastedjawa3620

3 жыл бұрын

Ayieee

The perfect Klingon vassal state indeed. Honor seems to be a malleable and circumstantial concept anyway in the empire.

@Zeithri

3 жыл бұрын

" _In battle, there's nothing more honorable than Victory._ " - Worf, DS9 S4E1-2 'The Way of the Warrior'

@PhailRaptor

3 жыл бұрын

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?

@KuLaydMahn

2 жыл бұрын

Isnt it always?

@Empyreanabove

2 жыл бұрын

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..."

@TheProtronic

4 жыл бұрын

What was that? Get off my vent or get bent!

Ha! Crom laughs at the Nausicaans and their Four Winds.

@matthewmccoll185

4 жыл бұрын

Your god lives below. The four winds tho. Does he laugh from his mountain?

@Mandolatron

4 жыл бұрын

None of this matters when you know the riddle of steel.

@scockery

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mandolatron Steel isn't strong, boy, flesh is stronger!

@basteagui

3 жыл бұрын

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". 😊

Star Trek warships Star Fleet: Defiant class Klingons: D7 Battlecruiser Romulans: D'deridex Class Nausicaans: Testicle Class

@Sheogorath2077

4 жыл бұрын

Alastair Oxby is it really called that??

@SampoPaalanen

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sheogorath2077 more like "balls-class" but there's a Guramba-class siege destroyer in Star Trek Online.

@johnbockelie3899

4 жыл бұрын

Star Fleet " Picard bravery test" Stand up to one of these brutes and tell them off.

@tylerryan713

3 жыл бұрын

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'

@Bacxaber

3 жыл бұрын

@@SampoPaalanen Computer! South Park _balls music._

"Nausicaan" "The only constant is the fierce winds." Heh.

@Merrick

4 жыл бұрын

The wind keeps the valley clean

@TokyoXtreme

3 жыл бұрын

Merrick be sure to wear your mask when you go outside the village

“Starfleet! You talk and you talk, but you have no grumba”.

@johnharrison6745

3 жыл бұрын

'You have no GRANDPA.' 😉😁

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...

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 .

@matthewjay660

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@spaceexpireaudio666

4 жыл бұрын

I always wanted a war with Sphere builders (ENT J era) and Temporal war in general. But that would be cool as well

@MandoMTL

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@DMSProduktions

4 жыл бұрын

@@matthewjay660 Wow, as they say, go woke, go broke! Seems Alien Lives Matter!

@kulrigalestout

3 жыл бұрын

@@DMSProduktions Lemme guess, you always play as a Human in any game that allows you to pick your race?

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.

@truckfighter7669

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to see them battle

@jgunnels6773

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@alex_inside

4 жыл бұрын

@@jgunnels6773 Honor is very circumstantial in Klingon culture. If it fits they'll use it if not they'll disregard it.

@joaomartins9800

4 жыл бұрын

"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.

@DMSProduktions

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Decipher13

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@booniecap2839

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@edmundthespiffing2920

4 жыл бұрын

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 ?

@MrRurounismc

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@NitpickingNerd

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrRurounismc if they were from a high gravity world they would be smaller in size . it would be more efficient that way

I love Nausicaans, they are a Ferengi trader's best friend when it comes to body guarding

@insertanynameyouwant5311

4 жыл бұрын

What if Ferengi with Nausicaans makes a deal with Romulan and Remans? should be facinating!

@windhelmguard5295

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@insertanynameyouwant5311

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@windhelmguard5295

4 жыл бұрын

​@@insertanynameyouwant5311 romulans and vulcans are the same species and both groups evolved on vulcan before the sundering.

@insertanynameyouwant5311

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

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

@inquirohaqq1472

4 жыл бұрын

Aye, it's in Stark Trek Online. The Klingons took over them and the Orions.

@synthwendigo639

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@inquirohaqq1472

4 жыл бұрын

@@synthwendigo639 you are correct!

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.

@alienlife7754

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t see the connection. Just a coincidence I suspect.

@fiveoctaves

4 жыл бұрын

Miyazaki borrowed the name from Greek mythology for his manga which was adapted into a movie which was borrowed by STNG.

Never seen a more direct reference for another piece of work. Nausicaa: Valley Of The Wind is a superb anime/manga work

@Rafferty1968

3 жыл бұрын

@Amber Hoke 1984.

Good job like always. Future video ideas? How about the races from Babylon 5. I would look forward to a Narn Race video.

The Orcs of the Star Trek universe.

@kirkbolas4985

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@burgerking2242

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@hellsing507

3 жыл бұрын

Klingons-Orcs Vulcans-Elves Romulans-Dark Elves Tellarites- Dwarves Ferenghi- Goblins Naussicans- Trolls

You should do a video about which species can cross breed with humans.

@Eisenwulf666

2 жыл бұрын

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

I would love a index on the Peacekeepers from FarScape

@derrickallen8138

4 жыл бұрын

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.

" _This is our Ship, The Mighty Guramba!_ " The Hutt replies, " _Ho Ho Hoo_ "

@dibershai6009

3 жыл бұрын

Is pizza hut a pizza that is made by hutts?

You should index the Caitlens ! 👍🏻

play dom jot , human ? you talk and you talk , but you have no grandma

@tawabunny

4 жыл бұрын

Somebody watches RLM

@atomic_wait

4 жыл бұрын

My grandma was an emissary, you take that back!

@matthewmccoll185

4 жыл бұрын

@@tawabunny lol mike

@TentaclePentacle

3 жыл бұрын

but i do have a grandma class siege destroyer

Finally! My favorite species!

@GamingMagic3280

4 жыл бұрын

Favourite, awesome!

@nathanielbables8652

4 жыл бұрын

What makes them your favorite 🤔?

@Tanulis

4 жыл бұрын

@@nathanielbables8652 When I was a kid, they were my favorite because I thought they were basically nomadic klingons XD

@nathanielbables8652

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.

So... the Nausicaans fly space balls? Can they go to plaid?

@whirledpeaz5758

4 жыл бұрын

Ludicrous Speed

@GattToDaChoppa

4 жыл бұрын

@@whirledpeaz5758 GO!

@scottpresseault3959

3 жыл бұрын

The only problem with this post is that I can only like to once.

@whatisupmyfellowamericans8808

3 жыл бұрын

"How many assholes we got on this ship anyhow?" Really applies to them

How the hell did they become an organised civilization? It feels impossible for them to do that.

@NitpickingNerd

4 жыл бұрын

maybe their females are the rulers and they are highly intelligence

@edmundthespiffing2920

4 жыл бұрын

@@NitpickingNerd they are never showed using females?

@thesinfultictac5704

4 жыл бұрын

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

@NitpickingNerd

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@edmundthespiffing2920

4 жыл бұрын

@@NitpickingNerd feels right

They like fights, leather, and opera? No wonder the Klingons get on so well with them!

Huzzah! As soon as one of these videos hits my feed, I hit play. Thanks Rick!

Thanks for making these videos. I listen to them to get through my work day.

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.

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.

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. 😆

I've been suggesting the Votan Races from the Defiance series for a while. I would like to someday see you cover them.

@spaceexpireaudio666

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking today about Defiance series, why almost no one mentions it, I think it was really great

@joshuawells835

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@spaceexpireaudio666

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@joshuawells835

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@spaceexpireaudio666

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

The Fedeeation couldcpound Nausica into asteroid fragments if the really wanted to. Speak diplomatically and carry a big club.

Now I'm curious about what the typical Nausicaan's Guramba looks like.

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.

I read their design was based on the Predator.

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?

Damn I live for this shit ,great job Rick as always

I see these guys based solely on their appearance as ghetto Yuatja(predators) seriously they really kinda look similar.

You should cover one of the great houses of Dune. Bene Gesserit, Ixians, Tleilaxu, CHOAM, the Mentats, you know, one of them.

How about the Kilrathi from the Wing Commander games?

They certainly have a impressive set.

Moar Star Trek! Yes! Can we get a video on the Age of Enlightenment from ancient Vulcan species?

Always got them confused with Letheans.

Super neat thanks.

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

"Their non-copyright-infringing Predators..." I see what you did there...

>sees a Studio Ghibli reference in a Star Trek lore vid' Me: A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

@fiveoctaves

4 жыл бұрын

There are other anime references as well. Nausicaä was produced by Animage, before Studio Ghibli existed.

@jimtaylor294

4 жыл бұрын

@@fiveoctaves Technically yes, though the film is considered one of Studio Ghibli's formative works, alongwith the earlier 'Horus: Prince of the sun')

A few choices I think could be Wraith (Stargate), Hirogen, Sith, Trill, Asgard.

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.

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.😊

Looking forward for a Klingon Nausicaan war

Hope your foot is doing better. You’re my favorite Trek channel and I missed it.

How would such a species reach the level of space travel?

@jasonskeans3327

4 жыл бұрын

Either they are currently in a dark age or they were shittly uplifted

@Anon26535

3 жыл бұрын

The Heart of the Crypt gave it to them.

@dibershai6009

3 жыл бұрын

They probably had some sort of space race

Uncontrolled Klingons? 😆 Good video, thanks... 👍

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.

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

A criminally underrated species, my STO character is a Nausican

My cat must have been a Meowsicaan then. =D

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.

9:40 Imagine if Starfleet did that. The USS Testicles.

Nausicaans always feel a little sick, 'cause, you know...it's in their name.

I told my Nausicaan bodyguards to not stab Picard again.

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.

@rustykerr1501

Жыл бұрын

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

Nice alliteration at the beginning.

A new GI Joe video game is coming out soon and I am a fan of GI Joe so maybe do Cobra-la?

Have you done a video on the Taelons from Earth: Final Conflict?

Essentially a mix of honourless Klingons and yautja.

Can you please make a Cultural Index about Talaxians please?

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.

The crazy version of Klingons. I like it.

@dibershai6009

3 жыл бұрын

That is a kazon on steroids

Can you do The Cybermen please. Respect keep up the awesome work.

I would normally not be that interested in Hutts but I know you will make them interesting.

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

@moustachio05

3 жыл бұрын

Pau'ans or utai?

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".

Make a video on the ULTIMATE SPECIES: The Vorlons from Babylon 5. Only the Q or something are more powerful than they are.

@insertanynameyouwant5311

4 жыл бұрын

actually Q vs Lorien would be cool! Shoulda be rivals

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.

We're heading through naussican space shields up captain we have no shields or weapons time to pray

9:50 In Spain, however, we only call "cojones" to the Molotov cocktails.

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

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.

They are bad ass, no doubt about that

Have you done a video on the Star Trek Voyager species Horogen? If so I missed it, if not please do.

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.

A planet full of windy valleys I reckon

you could always look into the "Greater Terran Union" from The Templin Institute

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.

Kind-of like, 'Kazon on steroids'.

I believe they got their looks inspired from predators.

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.

maybe you should take a crack at the Kilrati from Wing commander series.