Talk:Medusan

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[edit] Removed

Jacqueline Lichtenberg in her Kraith series depicted a Medusan named Thilien who assisted Kirk and McCoy on a spy mission into Romulan territory, interpreted by a human telepath. She also mentioned that Newsnet, the interplanetary news service headquartered on Babel, had a Medusan outlet and at least one reporter.

The [above] [was] removed as we do not include fan-written fiction in articles, not even in the apocrypha sections as far as I know. --From Andoria with Love 09:00, 15 May 2006 (UTC) (editing formatted by Alan)

[edit] Spelling

According to the story outline and script that I own, the spelling is Medeusan. Now, I can certainly understand why people use the more common spelling, so I don't really know if this needs to be changed. Perhaps a note would suffice to show Aroeste's original intent? Sir Rhosis 18:26, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I do not have access to a script, but if Jean Lisette Aroeste spelled it Medeusan, than so should we. Given that she has a BA in English, a Masters in Library Science, and was a reference librarian at both Harvard, and UCLA; she certainly would know what she intended vis-a-vis spelling. —MJBurrage^(T•C) 00:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree that the page should be moved.– Cleanse 10:09, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I fail to see why this hasn't been moved already. Isn't a script considered a more nearly canon source than a published manual? Commodore Sixty-Four^(talk) 09:46, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Federation/Medusan contact

The entry on Medusan asks how contact was ever possible between Federation members and Medusans, given the effect that the latter has on the former. I would offer the possibility that the Medusan homeworld was rich in dilithium. During the days of the Original Series, the need for dilithium often drove the Federation (and the Klingons, and other races) to attempt contact with races they might have normally bypassed. --Setebos