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From: frdish@aecom.UUCP (Larry Freund)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Cat-People in any episodes?
Message-ID: <771@aecom.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 14:05:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 14 14:05:20 1984
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Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY
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> As to the Farrendahl...  If the nomenclature serves (the definition definitely
> does), they are one of the oldest spacefaring races.  The entire race now
> resides in various mobile planetoids scattered throughout the galaxy.  They
> keep mostly to themselves and only interfere in galaxy-wide emergencies.
> They are portrayed humanoid cats with stooped shoulders (it looks extremely
> uncomfortable and with all their knowldge you think they could fix it).
> They once enlisted the aid of the Kirk and Spock (and other races) to retrieve
> a holy symbol belonging to another culture (name escapes me) before that race
> began a holy war with the galaxy.
> 
> This is from an animated episode of Star Trek (I seem to recall the words
> "Jem" and "Bem". "Bem" is wrong and "Jem" may just be from the episode with
> the deaf-mute empath...)

The animated story referred to is called "Jihad" as far as I remember.
"Jem" is the empath (or is it "Gem"). "Bem" is yet another animated
story, about a planet of intelligent colony creatures.
-- 

		"It's either believe that, or else believe we're 
		 only characters in a series of stories being 
		 written by a couple of hacks who need the money."

Larry Freund
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