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[QUOTE]Originally posted by jh: [QB] I think Cargile has come closest to what probably is the case and I want to bolster his explanation with two other points. One: Further evidence that the Romulan-Vulcan separation occurred in the distant past is supported by the fact that not even Spock had heard of the Romulans in "Balance of Terror". What's more, the Romulans were the ones to first say they were distantly related to the Vulcans, suggesting (as usually occurrs in society) that the ones who were forced to leave are the more likely to remember the parting. Two: There is one definite reference made by Spock (and I can't remember when) that the wars that nearly consumed Vulcan, just before their leader and founder of their faith (what's his name? it escapes me) began to teach them to rise above their emotions, happened nearly a thousand years ago. This is very close to being the amount of time the Romulans would have needed to get to their new home, forget how to use warp drive, and then learn how to use it again. Precedents for that are ample, how long was it before we discovered indoor plumbing again after the collapse of Rome? Too, the war provides good excuse for the Romulans to leave, especially if we consider that they rejected S's (the leader again) philosophy of logic above all. This war also, as devastating as it was, gives us reason to understand the Vulcans failure to begin exploring sooner. After such a war the technology, or at least the reason or will to use it, would have been lost. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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