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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [QB] Wow. You couldn't start off with something simple, like "What is the meaning of life?", could you? [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/wink.gif[/IMG] Anyway, these questions are pretty much all up for interpretation. But I might as well toss my ideas out there. 1.) While we do have statements that seem to indicate that the Romulans had no warp drive, it seems very hard to construct a scenerio in which they would provide a plausible threat to an FTL civilization. Hence, I'd have to say that they did have one. Now, it might have been vastly different from warp drives now. No ability to change course or take sensor readings while in flight...etc. 2.) That ship has to travel faster than light in order to cross the Neutral Zone and hit multiple targets on the other side. It's a case of the dialouge being at odds with what is actually seen. I lean towards FTL. 3.) Well, first of all, we don't know that Romulus is all that far away from Vulcan at all. In fact, if we assume that the primitive warp drives of the day were much slower than "modern" ones, the distances would have to be short. It seems to me that the Romulan Empire is quite close to Vulcan, and hence to Earth. On a side note, this, to my way of thinking, explains why the Federation was willing to give up cloaking technology for a treaty with the Empire. The Romulans are a threat because of their proximity. 7.) If I recall correctly, "Balance of Terror" specifically mentioned "Earth and her allies". It has been my impression, and I believe the fandom interpretation in general, that the Romulans were at war with a sort of strategic military alliance made up of Earth, Vulcan, Andor, Tellar, etc. It was out of this alliance that the Federation was born. The subspace radio thing is harder to figure out. I explain it thusly: Primitive subspace radios did exist, but they required huge facilities to run and maintain, and were only marginally faster than light. Hence, Earth and Romulus could communicate via subspace, but a starship could not. I hope this helps. I'm trying to work this out too, in the hopes that one day I can get around to my Federation Constitution project. [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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