Did B&B Avoid the Romulan War Altogether?
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Well, I took your advice and read the novels. I started with Last Full Measure and just wrapped The Romulan War: To Brave the Storm. And I've amended my earlier opinion somewhat. The first three books were fantastic. The latter two were somewhat less so, with too many interweaving plots for my taste, and not enough focus on Enterprise and her crew. That said, I enjoyed them a lot more than I expected to, and -- like with Voyager's Kristen Beyer -- I was grateful for the consistency in style that a single author brought to the series, and find it a pity that Michael A Martin didn't participate in any subsequent books in the Enterprise line (which are next on my list).
I do have one question, however, if I may.
The early novels framed the series of events within the context of Nog bringing Jake Sisko newly unclassified documents concerning what "really" happened during the Romulan War. But once the series moved into The Romulan War: prefix, Nog and Jake disappeared from the story. Do they make any return in the Rise of the Federation series?
I lied. I have a second question also:
I'd also love to find out what 24th century folks make of the revelations that Vulcan, Andor, and Tellar effectively abandoned Earth for years of bloody fighting. And it'd be nice to find out what happens to Trip (besides knowing he lives happily with Ambassador T'Pol and their children on the Federation's 25th anniversary) and is still in hiding by the time of the 100th anniversary, and more. Are any of these threads picked up?
I lied. I have a second question also:
I'd also love to find out what 24th century folks make of the revelations that Vulcan, Andor, and Tellar effectively abandoned Earth for years of bloody fighting. And it'd be nice to find out what happens to Trip (besides knowing he lives happily with Ambassador T'Pol and their children on the Federation's 25th anniversary) and is still in hiding by the time of the 100th anniversary, and more. Are any of these threads picked up?
I remember seeing interviews several years back that signaled the Earth/Romulan War was going to be a introduced in season 5 and they were going to ride that story all the way to season 7.
Also keep in mind what Berman said about TATV. That TATV was always going to be a flash forward that included Trip's death (TATV was originally slated to bookend season 3), BUT Berman and Braga were going to undermine TATV with wibbly wobbly in the later seasons. Thus rendering TATV null and void, and Trip alive.
Also keep in mind what Berman said about TATV. That TATV was always going to be a flash forward that included Trip's death (TATV was originally slated to bookend season 3), BUT Berman and Braga were going to undermine TATV with wibbly wobbly in the later seasons. Thus rendering TATV null and void, and Trip alive.
To answer the OP's question, I think that they intentionally avoided any specific mention of the Romulan war in TATV because by the time that abomination of an episode was made, ENT was over. Why confuse viewers with something like this?
But since I've excised TATV from my canon (yeah, yeah, call it fanon if you like) I prefer to think that had ENT continued we would have seen the NX-01 fight in that war, probably in the last season. Had I been in charge, I would have had a season 5 with more prequel stories like season 4, season 6 leading up to the war and season 7 the war itself. This of course presupposes the "normal" 7 year run of Trek shows.
But since I've excised TATV from my canon (yeah, yeah, call it fanon if you like) I prefer to think that had ENT continued we would have seen the NX-01 fight in that war, probably in the last season. Had I been in charge, I would have had a season 5 with more prequel stories like season 4, season 6 leading up to the war and season 7 the war itself. This of course presupposes the "normal" 7 year run of Trek shows.
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I guess I can see that. The last two books were overloaded as it was. I actually think they might have worked better as three books -- and with Jake's and Nog's commentary.
You could see the build-up to the Romulan war coming in the show, but in the end I think it was wise for TPTB to avoid mentioning it altogether, even in that abortion of a finale. The reason it was a good idea is that Enterprise was over, and by not introducing any material on the Romulan War at the very end, it prevented injecting more 'canon' material that would have to be worked around/integrated if someone else was tasked down the line of handling the Romulan War as part of a new series or even a movie or something. So in hindsight, ignoring it at the end was probably a good call and good for Trek overall.
Not sure about Braga, but I just assumed that the season 5 finale would have been the start of the war (like Call to Arms).
The ones that alluded to the war was done under Manny Coto, not Berman or Braga.
My current personal project is to watch the whole Star Trek series according to the in-universe chronology (i.e. ENT then TOS, TAS, TNG/DS9 as per this site:
http://thestartrekchronologyproject...now-we-present-complete-star-trek_19.html?m=1
I have just finished re-watching ENT (except TATV, which I do not consider as part of my head canon) and began on TOS. And again, as before, I felt very disappointed by the whole void/gap that was left by ENT not continuing with the Romulan War and then eventually the creation of the Federation. So I filled this gap by re-reading the ENT relaunch novels, which talk about both The Romulan War and the forming of the Federation. These novels are part of my head canon now.
http://thestartrekchronologyproject...now-we-present-complete-star-trek_19.html?m=1
I have just finished re-watching ENT (except TATV, which I do not consider as part of my head canon) and began on TOS. And again, as before, I felt very disappointed by the whole void/gap that was left by ENT not continuing with the Romulan War and then eventually the creation of the Federation. So I filled this gap by re-reading the ENT relaunch novels, which talk about both The Romulan War and the forming of the Federation. These novels are part of my head canon now.
I recall Mike Sussman once said in an interview that The Aenar was originally going to end with a big Romulan fleet and the coalition fleet staring each other down, but the people behind the aborted Star Trek: The Beginning told them not to because they wanted to have a big Romulan fleet as a major moment in their movie.
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