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  1. Posted · Edited by Beam me up

    This is a fun game where one person makes a wish, and the next grants it, no questions asked…

     

    ….but there’s a catch.

     

    Example:

     

    Person 1:

     

    I wish I could go to bed….

     

    Person 2:

     

    You may go to bed…. but you can’t sleep.

     

    I wish I had a million dollars

     

    Person 3:

     

    You may have a million dollars… but in monopoly money.

     

    And so on.

     

    Ok, here's my wish.

     

    I wish I did not have to gas up my car tomorrow.

  14. Posted

    Sooner or later, though I have a feeling it would be sooner, the Federation would be forced to choose between their alliance with the Romulans and their relationship with the the Klingons, or risk loosing both as allies.

     

    I'd probably pick the Romulans. For the most part the Romulans have left the Federation alone though. I believe at one point the Klingons actually tried to invade the Federation. The Klingons were often abrasive and downright rude to Kirk. The Romulans left the Federation alone for the most part. Sure, they occasionally forayed across the Neutral Zone. They wanted to learn about their enemies. Who would not want to do that?

     

    However, it seems like every time someone turns around a Klingon ship is attacking some Enterprise.

  17. Posted

    It depends on the scale of the war.

     

    If for example, it is some type of massive global conflict in which factories are destroyed and large scale destruction of cities takes place, then technology will probably not advance because all of the means with which to support is will be destroyed. I am talking something along the scale of destruction of Sherman's march to the sea.

     

    However, for example World War 2 spurred a number of technological advances. Take for example, penicillin. It had been known to be able to destroy bacteria since 1896. Alexander Fleming had been experimenting with it to cure diseases in patients. However, his group of scientists could not figure out a way in which to produce large amounts of it. The British were fighting the Germans at the time, so they basically sent Fleming's research over to the United States and asked if they could come up with a way to produce large amounts of penicillin. The U.S. guys actually were able to help the British out. Penicillin is something that saves lives even today.

  20. Posted

    I never thought of it as far as Wolfconfed took it, but that is a good point.

     

    The Romulans could also have claimed that Shinzon destroyed the Enterprise had the other two warbirds destroyed it. Destroy the Enterprise, blame the renegades and then crack down on the Remans. They could even have taken the plot a step further.

     

    For example, had they chosen they could have destroyed the Enterprise then waited for enough time to allow Shinzon to destroy Earth. Of course, before hand you have found or made a weakness in the the cloaking shield. That weakness should not be easily discernible. After Earth is destroyed, you give the Federation the technology to penetrate the cloaking shield. This should probably be something that will give them the general location of the ship but nothing specific enough to target it. A large portion of Starfleet is destroyed in the hunt for Shinzon leaving the Federation even weaker. The Romulans also have sent ships to help track him down. The do not wage a very zealous attack on Shinzon. After Shinzon's ship is destroyed, a substantial portion of Starfleet has been destroyed too. Based on what happened with the Enterprise E, that is not a foreign possibility. With Earth destroyed and an even greater portion of Starfleet destroyed, the Romulan Empire offers to help the Federation with by lending them ships. If the Federation accepts enough ships, the Romulans can keep a close eye on Starfleet. These ships also can serve to deter Starfleet from attack the Empire. Then the Empire is almost assured of being the dominant power in the quadrant. The Federation does not want to interfere with the Romulans because of the large Romulan presence in the Federation. Starfleet is too weak to interfere and thus the Empire rises to glory again. However, they did not do any of that instead they sent ships to help out the Federation. Truly, the Empire desires peace.