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    Speculations on Bajoran Orbs

    I noticed the new CODA supplement Aliens featured a description of the various Orbs, and that some of them were only given a name. I wondered if we could try to come up with some ideas for the unknown Orbs (including some ideas from this very interesting thread).

    For a quick recap, here are the Orbs from the Aliens supplement (note to Mods : please warn me if this is a copyright violation so that I delete it) :

    Orb of Prophecy (grants prophetic visions)
    Orb of Time (allows time travel)
    Orb of Wisdom (enigmatic advice)
    Orb of Contemplation (unknown)
    Orb of the Emissary (Empowers other Orbs)
    Orb of Realms (Dimension travel ?)
    Orb of Peace (unknown)
    Orb of Thought (unknown)
    Orb of Mystery (unknown)

    I had an idea for the Orb of Thought : it could provide metaphoric visions about the viewer's situation. For instance, a starship captain would see himself as the captain of a sailing ship, and his present dilemmas would be translated into this time as well.
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    Oh come now, what ever happened to the "Orb of Weekly Plot Device"
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    Well, we have seen this speculative list before (when there was an unpublished list)... And since that time the list has been made. Two differing lists in fact.

    All 9 (original) Orbs are now named in the DS9 relaunch books, and only 9 Orbs are named in the Aliens sourcebook... Incorrectly.

    After all, if you count the Orb of the Emmisary, there are now TEN Bajoran Orbs. They already knew of 9, and had kept them in religious possesion until the Cardassians looted the majority of the Orbs. The Orb of the Emmisary was clearly a previously unknown Tenth Orb...

    Here are the other previous discussions;

    Bajoran Orbs (1)

    Bajoran Orbs (2)

    Bajoran Orbs (3) The Silly, joke thread,

    Orbs! Orbs! Orbs!

    hmmm, we dont have a good record on original thread titles do we, of 5 threads, 3 have exactly the same name!

    Anyway, as I said. the DS9 relaunch also named the orbs... And thus their list runs (page 357 Mission Gamma, Book 3);

    Orb of the Emmisary (c)
    Orb of Time (c)
    Orb of Prophcy and Change (c)
    Orb of Wisdom (c)
    Orb of Memory
    Orb of Truth
    Orb of Destiny
    Orb of Souls
    Orb of Unity

    hmmm, looks like they too count the Orb of the Emmisary as one of the 9, never noticed that... Oh well, that still gives me a lost Orb in my game then!
    Last edited by Dan Gurden; 06-02-2003 at 06:16 AM.
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    As much as I love the new DS9 book series out now, however, Decipher our god posted the Orbs in Aliens page 21. This is their list.

    NAME________________POWER__________LOCATION
    Orb of Prophecy--------Prophetic Visions--------------Deep Space 9
    Orb of Time-----------------Time Travel---------Temple of Iqonu, Bajor
    Orb of Wisdom---------Enigmatic Advice----Temple of Lo-Pana, Bajor
    Orb of Contemplation-----Unknown--------------------Deep Space 9
    Orb of the Emissary---Empowers other Orbs---------------Tyree
    Orb of Realms----------Dimensional Travel?----------------Unknown
    Orb of Peace----------------Unknown------------------------Unknown
    Orb of Thought-------------Unknown------------------------Unknown
    Orb of Mystery--------------Unknown------------------------Unknown

    Last edited by T'lara; 06-03-2003 at 12:49 PM.
    Hey my opinion

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    As has been pointed out in the other threads, the Orb of the Emissary is not one of the original 9 Orbs held by the Bajorans, 8 of which were stolen by the Cardies. Also, the correct name of the Third Orb is The Orb of Prophecy and Change, not just the Orb of Prophecy.

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