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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mars Needs Women: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by HerbShrump: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by dbutler1986: [QB] Here's my major question...Spock explicitly states these 'primitive space vessels' allow 'no quarter' to be given and 'no captives' to be taken...[/QUOTE]One definition of quater is: Mercy or clemency, especially when displayed or given to an enemy. This definition has nothing to do with room to hold people. The constraints of the ships in terms of power and food, and the voracity of the combatants may have made it a bloody war with little to no effort to take prisoners. I still don't see how they could have engaged in any ground combat and the Romulans still remain relatively unknown. If they used Remans as ground troops, then wouldn't Humans (and everyone else) assume the Remans WERE Romulans? I can hear it now... "No... we're not Romulans, we're REMANS." Of course, the Founders remained a mystery during the early stages of the Dominion War. Vorta and Jem'Hadar used as front line combatants. Everyone knew the Founders existed, but didn't know what they looked like. But if that was the case, then why didn't they assume the Romulan ship in "Balance of Terror" would be manned by Remans. Unless the standard tactic was that Remans were the ground troops and Romulans were the "naval" officers. Remans... stupid idea anyway... messes continuity all up. [/qb][/QUOTE]Well maybe this is where nuclear weapons comes into play. Since the Romulans may not have wanted to be seen, they could just launched nukes at ground forces from ships in orbit. To be honest though, I never liked the idea of Romulans being an unseen enemy. I mean what if a Romulan ship had a hull breach and a bunch of crew members got blown into space during battle? What if some humans(or allies)managed to board a Romulan vessel? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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