ja' quljIb:
>Hmm...Just a guess, but a possible pun on Lt. Yarr, methinks.
qID 'oHchugh, ta'be'bej Okrand'e'.
The word {ya} "tactical officer" is in the original 1985 edition of TKD.
The names of the TNG characters were not yet known. So if it's a pun,
blame Gene Roddenberry.
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh