Tales of the Mak'Tar
LEGENDS OF THE MAK'TAR GODS
GRABTHAR
Grabthar is the king of the gods. With his mighty hammer, Grabthar forged the world of Trev'meck and all life that resides there. Grabthar is revered by the Mak'tar as their creator and hold his hammer as a
symbol of life and strength.
WARVAN
Warvan, the god of wisdom fell in love with a Mak'tar woman, as legend tells. He assumed mortal form and romanced the young woman. During their engagements the woman became pregnant with two sons. The two boys grew up with the warrior spirit of the Mak'tar and the divine wisdom of their father. With this blend of intellect and savage instinct, the sons of Warvan founded the Mak'tar society we know today.
IPTHAR
The goddess Ipthar is the protector of all who partake in battle. Some humans think she is their god of war, but they are mistaken. She does not endorse war, but she realizes they necessity of it. This is why if a loved one returns from battle their friends and family will "Thank Ipthar"
Special thanks to Stefanie Fleck for writing and donating the stories.
Galaxy Quest Episodes that tell a little about the Mak'Tar
"Friends Never Forget"
- In this tear jerker about friendship and commitment Dr. Lazarus finds himself pregnant with his mother's child. (His species carries the fertilized embryo in a volvac sac until certain hormonal changes brought on by behavioral patterns occur.) The good doctor has to choose between the service he loves and fatherhood. The Commander is torn up when he receives his friend's resignation, only to be relieved when he learns that the suspected pregnancy were merely stomach cramps brought on by batch of bad Bloodticks.
"Escape from Tev'Meck"
- Dr. Lazarus is tortured by nightmares of his harrowing escape from the planet Tev'Meck. The visions become more acute as the Protector approaches the Mirad'llah Constellation. There, the true source of Dr. Lazarus' despair becomes evident. A pocket of evil Meechans have set up camp in one of the moons of Doras. Of course, the Meechans were the species that conquered and destroyed the peace loving Mak'Tars back when Dr. Lazarus was a child. Overcome with anger, Dr. Lazarus sets off on a mission to avenge the bygone holocaust. Stopped by the Commander before recklessly violating the Galactic Peace Accord, the crew of the NSEA Protector manage to arrest the despicable Meechan warriors for armament and biologic transgressions.
"Return to Planet Amexon"
- Stricken by a space virus, Dr. Lazarus is bedridden and hallucinating while the onboard computer has been mysteriously switched off. As his condition worsens, Lt. Madison, who is nursing him, begins to comprehend the nature of his mutterings. She tries to convince Capt. Taggart that the gods of Tev'Mek are speaking through Lazarus, trying to tell them how to save the warrior-diplomat from certain death. The Commander finds her prognosis ridiculous andthinks nothing further on the matter.
Soon the voices of the Tev-Mek elders contact Lt. Madison in a dream. They tell her how to save Lazarus by taking him to the planet Amexon and bathing him in the Spring of Adirolf. To direct the Protector to Amexon Lt. Madison has to temporary take command of the Protector and put the crew in a state of stasis. Once the vessel arrives at Amexon, the beautiful Lieutenant realizes that she unwittingly led the Protector into a trap set by Rulfian separatist in their constant guerrilla war against the Galactic Peace Accord. With the rest of the crew in stasis Ms. DeMarco battles the troop of bestial Rulfian soldiers. Once she unravels the bio-telepathic ruse used against her and Dr. Lazarus, she is able to awaken the doctor. While he takes control of the ship and steers it away from Amexon, Lt. Madison brings the rest of the crew back from stasis. The episode ends with the onboard computer coming back on-line and Lt. Madison cheerfully repeating status information from her chair on the command deck.