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The only problem with the Romulans not having warp drive is that it makes the Earth Alliance, and later the Federation, look like the aggressors. Now, while they certainly could have been, I highly doubt that's what Roddenberry intended. So why would a warp culture ever have to fight a prewarp one? Even if their weapons could go faster than light, without FTL sensors it couldn't be aimed.
Personally, I lean towards Diane Duane's explanation of the whole thing, but that's not canon.
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I forgot to say I like my second theory more, because of the arguments that have been mentioned by PsyLiam and Sol.
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How the Romulans got Warp drive (Speculation about how Earth wound up fighting a war with people it should've been able to safely ignore).
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I like the idea that Romulans don't have WARP - but they use another FTL technology, i.e. that Forced Arcifical Quantum Singularity seen in "Time scape" - TNG
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Engineering Romulans operated sublight ships to the mid-2260's("Balance of Terror") Romulans didn't have warp drive until the 2270's ("Insurrection")
Celestial Icarus IV is a comet that is experiencing the full effect of a sun or suns ("Balance of Terror"). Evidence-prominent tail. In our system, a comet doesn't develop a tail until the orbital path of Mars has been passed (over 1 au). The first outposts were established on asteriods. Asteriods, as far as we know, exist within a sun system-the outer boundary (Kuiper Belt) and in space between Mars and Jupiter.
I have no explanation for the why? of the first Romulan War. The war has been mentioned, I believe, only twice.
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