Valeris

T'Son! I take back almost every time I have ever yelled at you (except if it is about Romulans). You made an Ode to Spock! I love you! I love Spock, actually. LOL I shall look for your Ode to Excelsior Class Starships.

I do realize that a lot of books are not canon. However, several of my best examples come from the Lost Era series- do you want to come over sometime so you can see what I mean? And on that note, I do think that you would trust me to discern whether or not a source is accurate. Really, T'Son, I thought you knew me better than that.

Wow, 7/10! I had no idea I knew you so well! LOL

That is a really good point. I always wondered why there would be a Batman emoticon on a Star Trek site. Your analysis is much more logical. LOL, pun intended.

Oh, T'Son, you are a devious Vulcan and you know me way too well. My darling best friend, that is not going to work. Much as I hate to admit it, if I had to choose between being married to Spock and being the empress of Romulus, I would have to choose being the empress of Romulus. I must say that as much as I am in love with Spock, my love for the Romulan Star Empire and its people and territory is greater. However, I do agree that that treaty is ridiculous and the Federation is much too peaceful. Also, why can I not use books as examples? Several of my best examples come from books! By doing this, you will definitely win, unless some other Romulan supporters have good examples from the episodes. You see, I read far more than I watch television. For you, on the other hand, it is the opposite. This gives you a rather unfair advantage. Please agree to looking in books; after all, you have several Trek books yourself.

Are you sure you can find space on your walls, Mrs. Picard? LOL And T'Son, I was actually thinking of Spock, but Kirk is good too! And do tell me when you get the Ode to Excelsior Class Starships up. Is that one of the ones you read to me on the phone?

That was really really stupid. Funny though!

Good poem, T'Son. I had no idea that you could write poetry, though probably not the kind I am thinking of.

And no offense to, Mrs. Picard, but Jean-Luc Picard is not the best captain in the UFP. Sorry!

Yes, I really want that funny money you plan on paying me, T'Son. Hahaha, no bets. I am still going to find examples of UFP violations.

Well, the quote in my signature is one of my favorites: "What you want is irrelevant, what you have chosen is at hand." -Spock, TUC

Another one from TUC, rather funny, in a morbid sort of way. But then, I like death too. "Let them die!" -Kirk, TUC

*gets out her copy of Quotable Star Trek* Let me find a few more...

I really, really love yellow mustard and cannot stand any other type. Yes, weird, I know.

I am a vampire. I love vampires. I love the dark. I love blood. I have pointed teeth.

I am so happy you finally came to this topic, after I have been urging you to do so for months now. Never mind the fact that we are on the phone right now.

To the contrary, T'Son, Romulans are very logical. Everything they do is for a specific purpose, ususally the furthering of the RSE. The Romulans go about quite doing such things quite logically. See some earlier posts by myself and Welfconfed.

Also, many times on the shows when we saw Romulans, they were invited. Some times they were not, of course, but the UFP has done that many, many times too.

I was merely showing you that post as an example of several of the UFP's flaws. Like you said, not all of them are violations, but there are a lot. I could name several, through various sources, and I am sure Welfconfed could too.

So please, do not insult Romulans agian until you have some specific examples. I shall use all my efforts, and I am sure some of my friends here will too, to bring specific examples of UFP violations. Jolan Tru.

I really wish Voyager came on around here. Maybe in Kansas...

The Romulans must keep their empire. It is for their own good, and the good of the entire galaxy (with the wormhole and all). Even (though I hate to say it) if they have to ask other powers for help controlling threats, they must stay a major power. Perhaps the UFP; they would be willing to help and the Romulans would be able to regain their power and still shake off the Federation afterwards.

I would not get bad grades if Trek was taught, that is for sure! Mr. Carter actually once used an example from Star Wars during chapel; maybe Trek is next! Unfortunately, I have no way to get a hold of Miss Godsey. Perhaps Mr. Jackson would know...

You and I always seem to dominate the Romulan threads. Interesting...

I love all my friends here. I just had a really bad day. Thanks.

I have not seen The Q and the Grey. Which series is it in?

You speak of a terrifying possibility. For as long as Star Trek has gone on, and back to a few millenia ago, the Romulan Empire has stood strong. With it facing such an uncertain future, the entire course of Star Trek, and history, could very well be extremely different. Which direction the Romulans go could affect the fate of the entire galaxy. If the Romulan Star Empire (dare I say it?) falls, this leaves a very large area of space for other races to claim, inviting even possible wars. The Romulans could defeat this challenge, making Trek go on as it always has. There could be some entirely new outcome that we do not know, making the entire course of Trek change again.

Despite that 88, I think Miss Godsey was right to drill cause and effect into our heads every waking moment. I must remember to thank her.

All I can really say is- I agree! We need more Romulans. There have been a number of episodes featuring Romulans, but we still do not really know too much about them. To have another movie really focusing on them would be brilliant. I certainly wish to see them more, and really find about more about them as a people, and not just an enemy.

I would love to go! That would be so much fun- and I have a remakable ability to stay awake during things like that.

One thing I want to do before I move to Kansas is have a Star Trek movie marathon (yes, all ten movies) with TSonofvulcan and my other best friend Rachel, but I doubt that will happen. :blink: Anyone else live in North Carolina who can come to something like that?

Not easy! I am actually sitting here in my room, crying, with the door locked, escaping to STF. They are driving me insane! If Christi had just shut up instead of singing that stupid commercial jingle... it was funny the first two million times... but I had to retaliate. :)

I do know that the titles of Emperor and Empress do exist in the RSE, because I have read books where they are there in person and not just talked about. (Vulcan's Heart, Voyager: Dark Matters) You are right though in that they are just symbols and they do not have much real power. However, it would be nice if they could get on screen in an eleventh movie. And it almost does seem as if they already are a "democratic empire," as we hear about the Senate all the time, but we almost never hear about the Emperor and Empress. It is rather like England (and I should know, as another thing TSonofvulcan is obsessed with is England! :blink: ).

Actually, if I was in charge, there would be a large could of space dust hovering above Earth. I think my family gets off easy sometimes.

I have not yet seen it, though I plan to!

When I am on my laptop, in my own account, I just close the window. Anywhere else, I log out.

I am in love. With Spock. *floats on fluffy clouds of happiness*

And then there is this one guy here (I mean who I know in person), but that is classified.

All three movies were pretty good, though LOTR has never been a favorite of mine.

I changed my wallpaper. I like this one better.

I am relaxing! I did not get up until one, when DS9 started, yesterday just because even though I was awake, I did not feel like facing my family, which is never exactly relaxing, considering that Mom and my sister, Christi, always think exactly the opposite of me. :o

It would probably take me a while to start watching the news anyway, as the only things I watch regularly are Star Trek and the Addams Family.

It is not like I would be alone in the shuttle. I would have to take TSonofvulcan, because even if he does hate Romulans, he is still my best friend, and then Rachel, and then a bunch of people off here and some of the other sites I am a member of, and then some of my teacher, if nothing else, they can serve as a distraction... LOL J/K

Whenever I go on this thread, I am brought back to my history class, because we are studying the Romulan situation just like we would some situation in history class. Did I mention that my teacher is obsessed with cause and effect? At least that class did one thing... it taught me how to help a friend try to predict the future of an empire most humans do not believe exist! LOL Miss Godsey would be so proud...

Really though, I do not quite like the idea of a RSR. Recently, I became quite interesting in the empirical style of government, and I found that I quite like it. I am not by any means saying that the RSE is perfect, but I do think that changing it to the RSR would help too much. I never really liked the idea of republics... I do know that if I was the Empress of Romulus at this time (and I wish I was; my screen names are almost always either Valeris or Romulan Empress!), I would retaliate very severely. I would also try to do things to pacify the people. Of course, these things would probably also tie in with the idea of a bit of a violent retort. Your moon example is brilliant, and I think that anyone on the moon would be lucky that not everyone on Earth is as quick to anger as I am.

That is possible, perhaps. Anomalies do have a tendancy to grow, and often at exponential rates. That would be interesting... hmmm... I should look more about that up on the internet.