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Originally posted by Sol System:
Almost certainly centigrade.

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Hmm, I wonder what keeps tholian silk from not burning up/melting. This also suggests that in order for them to be in a "normal" human tolerable environment like the tholian ambassador visiting DS9, for example, they would need to wear some type of environmental suit, like the Breen.

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I've always assumed tholian silk to be some sort of personal by-product!! and/or self-produced! Like Slurm.

I wonder what would happen to a Tholian on Breen or vice versa!?!

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Originally posted by Sol System:
Almost certainly centigrade.

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Hmm, I wonder what keeps tholian silk from not burning up/melting. This also suggests that in order for them to be in a "normal" human tolerable environment like the tholian ambassador visiting DS9, for example, they would need to wear some type of environmental suit, like the Breen.

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Why?
If Tholians are scilcon based, tempature extremes (or possibly hard vaccum) would not bother them until reaching near their body's material threshold. (either combusting or shattering)
If Data and Lore (androids specifically constructed to mimic humans, but with scilicon brains) could easily survive and function in space, I would think a Tholian could handle the same.....at least on a temporary basis and the temperate climate of DS9 would be no big deal.
Tholian ships hay be hot (not radioactive as I previously erred)to provide sustainance and crystal growth/regeneration.
Or Tholians don't bother to shield their spacecraft interiors from the excess heat generated by their engines.
Not much need of an A.C when you're a xzenephobic crystaline species prahaps.


...and I doubt Tholian silk is excreted from Tholians themselves. Particularly if they are crystaline/scilicon based.
Pottery from Betazed may come from that planet, but likely does not come out of the Betazoids' themselves. (god willing)
I'd imagine "Chinese Silk" is referred to as "Earth Silk" (how many merchants know all the continents and former countries on the various planets they buy merchandise from? Who'd have that kind of time?).
Tholian Silk may be so revered for it's resistance to tempature extremes.

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