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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] That's crap. Starfleet had zero contact with the Romulans for decades and no idea what (if any!) knowledge they had of the Iconians. Varley had no evidence that anything of value was on Iconia at all. All he had was a randon pices of tech that did nothing and they could'nt even figure out what it was! He got (historically) lucky that there was anything left there at all: If the Warbird HAD destroyed the Yamato the Romulans could have easily claimed self defense- A Galaxy class starship violates the Zone, makes a beeline toward the Romulan homeworld and gives them NO eplanation as to why? Who would have said Varley's flimsy "evidence" was reason to risk billions of lives in a war with the Romulans? Even if he'd managed to evac his crew and somehow survive his ship's destruction he'd probably have been courtmartialed and lost his command. Again, Varley had the leisure of time on his side to contact Starfleet (or a LEAST his pal Jean Juc!) for advice and backup prior to risking a war. If the Romulans DID destroy Yamato and start a war, starfleet command would have been clueless as to why Varley was in the zone at all! It would have become an unprovoked war by the federation and cost any rep the Federation had with it's neighbors. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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