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Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message: HTML is enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Bernd: [QB] Masao, Here is what I already discussed with you, maybe a few more arguments: Theory: The Romulans didn't have warp drive in the Earth-Romulan War Contra: A) This would mean that Earth forces first attacked outposts in the Romulus/Romii(Remus) star system, or the planets themselves. They would have no reason to do so, unless Earth followed an aggressive doctrine. I don't like this idea. B) The theory that the Romulans first had warp drive when they left Vulcan and then abandoned it, sounds a bit too complicated. Why should they lose this key technology, while their civilization must have been thriving for most of the time? C) If the NZ is very close to Romulus, then its size must have changed from TOS to TNG. TOS doesn't explicitly mention planets in the NZ, but TNG does several times. Why should the Federation abandon part of their territory? D) Moreover, who should have hindered Earth to occupy all star systems around Romulus after the war in 2161? There would have been no chance to establish a Romulan Empire, if Earth/the Federation already holds all the key planets. E) If Earth was attacked during the war, it was most likely done by the Romulan space forces and not by someone else. Moreover, the war must have been fought mostly in ship-against-ship battles, for either side didn't know anything about the other side. F) While superluminal sensors and subspace radio may exist without warp drive, it is unlikely that the Romulans did have both above subspace technologies, but no warp drive. The Federation seems to have developed subspace radio much later (the Horizon still had a light speed radio beacon), while the Ferengi obviously didn't have FTL sensing capability in the 2330's (Picard Maneuver). G) I wonder why all the other founder planets of the UFP, most of all the Vulcans, should join with an aggressor, unless they have been allies already during the war. Pro: A) The NZ seems to be rather close to the planet Romulus. It is not excluded that it's in the same star system. B) The fact that the Romulans kept calm until 2161 can be easily explained by the fact they just couldn't come close to the NZ that - for some reason - was drawn in favor of them. C) The revelation that Vulcans are related to Romulans seems to be surprising in BoT. Maybe the Romulans are unknown outside their star system, for they don't have the technology to leave it. [/QB][/QUOTE]

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