dwyer@inmet.UUCP (10/28/85)
What is the relationship between Romulans and Klingons? I recall in series-episodes that romulan ships were called 'Romulan bird of prey' and they had the cloaking device. In 'Search for Spock' Kirk calls it a 'Klingon bird of prey' and it has the cloaking device. Have they joined forces? Do they have a common ancestry (do the vulcans fit in there anywhere)? thanks -matt
quint@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Amqueue) (10/31/85)
In article <8500031@inmet.UUCP> dwyer@inmet.UUCP writes: > >What is the relationship between Romulans and Klingons? > >I recall in series-episodes that romulan ships were called >'Romulan bird of prey' and they had the cloaking device. >In 'Search for Spock' Kirk calls it a 'Klingon bird of prey' >and it has the cloaking device. > >Have they joined forces? >Do they have a common ancestry (do the vulcans fit in there anywhere)? >-matt You seem to have missed some episodes. Romulans and Vulcans were once the same race. Before Vulcans bacame logical, some of their people were taken by the Protectors (? no relation to niven, I may be wrong on the terminology) elsewhere. This race became the Romulans. I believe this is talked about in The Enterprise Incident... maybe Balance of Terror. In Balance of Terror, the Romulans had Birds of Prey. In the Enterprise Incident, the Romulan ship looked like the Klingon ships... they have joined forces and are exchanging technology. The Bird of Prey makes a great scout ship. Some of this information may be from Spockanalias, or the Blish novelizations... most of it is mixed in my brain... Die Young and Be Sterile /amqueue
ccrdave@ucdavis.UUCP (Lord Kahless) (11/01/85)
> > What is the relationship between Romulans and Klingons? > The Klingon Empire sold the Romulans some D6 cruisers for certain classified pieces of information, as well as negotiables. You see, the Romulans didn't have warp drive. > > Have they joined forces? Sure. > Do they have a common ancestry (do the vulcans fit in there anywhere)? Don't be insulting. Lord Kahless
jody@inuxd.UUCP (JoLinda Ross) (11/02/85)
> > What is the relationship between Romulans and Klingons? > > I recall in series-episodes that romulan ships were called > 'Romulan bird of prey' and they had the cloaking device. > In 'Search for Spock' Kirk calls it a 'Klingon bird of prey' > and it has the cloaking device. > > Have they joined forces? > Do they have a common ancestry (do the vulcans fit in there anywhere)? > > thanks > > -matt I can't give you an episode, but I remember a someone saying that the Romulans and Klingons had a trading pack or technology exchange or something like that, which was the reason the ships were simular. I think the episode may be the one when the Romulans are first introduced, but I am not sure. I am sure the series told of the conection between the two. Joland
john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) (11/05/85)
<<<<<< You don't suppose that the Klingons designed their scout ships so that if they were observed in Federation space that the Romulans would get the blame? John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john