Is it 'Worf' like 'Cher' or is his full name 'Worf Roshenko"?

If Alexander's surname is Roshenko then surely his dad is the same?

In that case, why isn't it 'Commander/Lt Roshenko"?

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usernamefactory@lemmy.ca · 97 pts · 90d (19 replies)

Worf, son of Mogh, House of Martok, son of Sergey, House of Rozhenko, bane to the Duras family, slayer of Gowron.

https://youtu.be/onnBmZQk-q0

jobbies@lemmy.zip · 46 pts · 90d (9 replies)

Bit of a mouthfull tbh. Starfleet probably went with 'worf' cos the surname field was 25 chars max

taiyang@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 90d (1 reply)

Centuries in the future and government is still using a 25 character maximum for string data. Actually yeah, that tracks.

Dionysus@leminal.space · 2 pts · 90d (6 replies)

So the isolinear chip stores a lot of data...

Hell, Enterprise D's 3 Core computers we suspect to hold ~483,840,000,000 TB to 3,870,720,000,000 TB depending on which canon reference you use.

They could store Worf's full name.

usernamefactory@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 90d (1 reply)

Had to make room for Riker’s porn folder.

popekingjoe@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 89d

And his music sheets for his trombone.

RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 89d

It's not so much that the computers are incapable of storing it. Turns out the Starfleet records system just depends on a schema an intern implemented at the UN in 1997, and no one's had time to migrate it since then.

UpperBroccoli@feddit.org · 4 pts · 89d

Yeah but then they have to fax it to corporate, and with such a long name, it's such a bother.....

med@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 90d (1 reply)

ZFS could manage that. You might have to split his name over a few files though :/

jobbies@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 89d

BTRFS and immutability might be better, given how unwieldy it is and how often it changes.

thessnake03@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 90d

Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, Heir to the Holy Rings

Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 90d (3 replies)

but that raises further questions. Why isn't it "Alexander son of Worf, house of Martok, house of Rozhenko"?

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 8 pts · 90d (2 replies)

Because Alexander rejected his Klingon birthright.

Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 90d (1 reply)

this continues to raise further questions. When? At what age is he allowed to do that? Source?

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 3 pts · 90d

When he turned 18.

Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 89d

As of now I'm deciding that the Rozhenkos are from Vinci, Tuscany

Worf, son of Mogh, House of Martok, son of Sergey, House of Rozhenko, bane to the Duras family, slayer of Gowron da Vinci

kieron115@startrek.website · 4 pts · 89d (2 replies)

Chamomile tea? Laaaame, what is he a Vulkan? Shoulda offered her prune juice. A warrior's drink.

ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 89d (1 reply)

He's working on his Zen thing, man.

ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 89d

homes@piefed.world · 26 pts · 90d (1 reply)

Worf, Son of Mogh

Through TNG/Early DS9. Later DS9

Worf, of the House of Martok

ulkesh@piefed.social · 9 pts · 90d

100% accurate.

autonomous@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 90d

The warrior formerly known as Worf, now just the symbol of a Bat'Leth

Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 89d (1 reply)

He is Worf, son of Mogh, father of none.

jobbies@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 88d

Worf, son of Mogh, house of child abandonment.

valar@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 90d (1 reply)

Alexander identifies more with his human upbringing, so he uses a more human name

jobbies@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 89d

Fair but he's missing out on 'Alexander, son of Worf, house of none as he keeps getting shuttled about, bane of all that is interesting and fun... "

Nomad@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 89d (1 reply)

Maybe its a warrior name you get when you pass into manhood. Nom de guerre... Son just has not earned his?

jobbies@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 89d

I suspect you are correct.