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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Masao: [QB] Hello everyone. This is my second post. I�ve been lurking in the shadows for the past few weeks but have decided to step forward to ask the membership for their opinions on pre-TOS history. I�m preparing some designs and commentaries for ships used in the Earth-Romulan war. You may have seen some of my earlier designs in the Starfleet Museum on Bernd�s website. (By the way, thank you to whoever pointed out the missing nacelle on my Wasp-class cruiser. You are the first person in 2 years to point that out!) I want my article and designs to be as consistent as possible with canon, as defined by material appearing on screen or in the �official� factual literature (ST Chronology and ST Encyclopedia). Since canon sources describe this era rather incompletely or are contradictory, I have several political and technological questions that I hope you all could help me with. 1. Did the Romulans have warp drive during the war? The Chronology says they didn't. But if this is true, how did they ever hope to win a war against a power (Earth) that did? 2. If we accept the fact that the Romulans didn�t have warp drive during the war, when did they get it? The Romulan ship in �Balance of Terror� didn�t seem to have warp drive but did have large outboard structures that look like warp nacelles. Is it possible that the Romulans didn�t have warp drive until they started using Klingon ships? 3. How did the Romulans get so far away from Vulcan after the Vulcan-Romulan Schism if they didn�t have warp drive? Supposedly, Vulcan is only about 10 light years from Earth. The Encyclopedia suggests that the diameter of the Federation is about 10,000 ly, and therefore, that the Romulan Neutral Zone might be as far as 5000 ly from Earth. If the Schism occurred about 2000 years earlier, the Romulans couldn�t have gotten that far without warp drive. One possibility is that the Romulans had warp drive 2000 years ago, settled the Romulan homeworlds and established the empire, then somehow �lost� the technology through civil war, a dark age, or disuse. The ST Dimensions website suggests that the Federation is only 1,000 ly in diameter, not the �official� 10,000 ly, which would make things easier to explain and might permit establishment of an empire at speeds less than light speed. 4. Where was the front line at the start of the War? Was it near the present Neutral Zone, which is only a few light years from the Romulan homeworlds, or was it closer to Earth? Were there other Romulan worlds between Earth and the present neutral zone that fell to Earth forces during the war? 5. Was Earth ever attacked during the war? DS9's "Homefront" suggests that it was, but the actual dialogue is not really clear about this. But how can Earth have been attacked if the Romulans didn't have warp drive? Maybe they bought or stole or developed it during the war, or hired mercenaries or agents to attack Earth for them? 6. Were the Earthlings good guys during the war? If the Romulans didn�t have warp drive but the Federation did, the Federation must have been the aggressors. 7. According to canon, Earth alone fought the Romulans. But what did the Vulcans and other known races (Tellarites, Andorians, et al) do during the war? Were they Earth�s allies, were they neutral, did they sell arms to the Romulans, did they try to make peace? In particular, what did the Vulcans, who are related to the Romulans, do during the war? Were they willing to stand by while the Earth stomped on Romulus and killed a few billion relatives? What were the Klingons up to? Could they, unknown to Earth, have been simultaneously fighting the Romulans? 8. Why was the Federation established? DC Fontana suggests it was to guard against Romulan aggression, but this doesn't make sense if Earth was the aggressor. Could the UFP been formed to prevent further aggression by Earth? 9. Can a ship traveling at warp speed be detected by a stationary observer before the ship gets there? For example, if I'm a Romulan sitting on some planet minding my own business, can I detect an Earth attack ship before it arrives and kills me? How about if some sort of warp "pressure wave" preceded the ship and could be sensed before the ship itself? Could the Romulans have subspace sensors (allowing near instaneous remote viewing) but did not have warp drive themselves? 10. Did the Romulans have subspace radio during the war? Supposedly the Earth didn't have subspace until sometime after 2168, but the treaty ending the war was supposedly negotiated by subspace radio. Also, how can you hold together an interstellar empire without either warp speed or subspace radio? If anyone has an opinion about any of these problems I would be glad to hear it. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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