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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cargile: [QB] This has been on my mind for a while and since I sketched a UEDF warship just for the purpose of participating in the war, I had a few thoughs on the subject. Romulan warp drive (or the lack thereof): Sources indicate that upon discovering the Romulan system, the Romulans (named after the Romans I speculate) had no warp drive. A lot of fans envision that the Romulans stole the warp drive after capturing an Earth Force ship. I shall endeavor to leave the realm of fantasy and say this most likely didn't happen. I think the Romulans were near creating their warp drive, and even had a prototype being developed. [b]Speculation 1) Captured alien technology will not yield advantageous products in a short timespan.[/b] Captured alien technology must be translated acurately and spin-off technology tested rigorously before a working product can be used. This could take decades if not a full century. Anyone who has firm faith in that the US government has a captured alien ship (of which I DO NOT) can see that we don't have starships yet. I do not beleive the Rosewell Incident, so that makes my arguement pretty unsteady in that regard. But if the Romulans were less advanced than the humans in starship design, would they have been able to understand human language enought to crack the technical code? We are talking two seperate cultures with two very differing paradigms. That is a leap of faith to assume the Romulans could create warp drive off a captured Earth ship so soon. [b]Speculation 2) Who said the Romulans had warp drive throughout the war?[/b] No one. But if the Romulans didn't, then what explains the final victory for the Earth at the Battle of Cheron? Or think of it this way, why would Earth seek to conquer a solar system that they knew was home to an indigeous intelligence (at that time it was unknown that Romulans were descendants of Vulcan.) Say the Romulans fired first and destroyed an Earth survey ship. Is that means to wage a war solely on Romulan "soil" whereas a warp culture has the advantage? A more cilivilized culture would take their losses and try to find out more about these aliens that shoot first and ask questions later. And if Earth fired the first shot, that makes matters even worse: A violent warp culture attacks a sublight culture for reasons unknown! What threat would a sublight culture impose? [b]Speculation 3)The war was fought over an misunderstanding and territorial claim.[/b] This makes the most sense. I don't see Earth trying to take territory that they knew wasn't theirs. Human history should have that point well driven across. I believe the first or second contact with the Romulans was disasterous, which spurred both sides to defend themselves against an unknown enemy. The Earth forces built military ships while the Romulans tested their warp drive, and upon finding it a success, built their warships as well. And finally war was waged on the outshirts of territory. And finally, in the Cheron System, Earth won. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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