ins_adlk@jhunix.UUCP (Darren Lee Kadish) (11/10/85)
For the uninformed out there, here is a little note about the
true relationship of the Romulans and the Vulcans. In "Balance
Of Terror", when the crew of the Enterprise first sees the Romulan
Commander, they are shocked that he looks very much like Mr. Spock.
(his race anyway).
When Kirk holds a conference, Spock informs all present that
the Romulans could very well be an offshoot of the Vulcans. He says
that before they turned to their ways of pure science, the Vulcans had an
agressive colonization policy.
Spock uses this to explain the agreesiveness of the Romulans. They
are the way the Vulcans used to be before they were converted to the
ways of non-violence and logic. The Romulan colony was cut off and did
not become less agressive, they retained all the martial spirit of the
early Vulcans. That is why Spock argues that they should stop the
Romulans ( in the episode) because the represent the darker side of the
Vulcan psyche. They represent everything that hte Vulcans turned their back
upon when faced with destruction.
Flames etc. invited.....
"Sir, there is a multi-legged creature on your shoulder"
--
Darren Kadish