Romulan in Star Fleet
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I wouldn't mind seeing a Romulan in Starfleet. T'Rul was as close as we're going to get for a long while I think though.
Well, technically, we did see a Romulan in Starfleet in TNG. Simon Tarses of the Enterprise's Medical Staff was a 1/4 Romulan and it almost got him kicked out of service.
Well, technically, we did see a Romulan in Starfleet in TNG. Simon Tarses of the Enterprise's Medical Staff was a 1/4 Romulan and it almost got him kicked out of service.
Worf anybody?
Well, in the NF novels we had one, Soleta.
I figure that if the Titan series can have a Cardassian cadet onboard, we can have a few Romulans. Especially now that the Romulan government has fractured into factions.
I figure that if the Titan series can have a Cardassian cadet onboard, we can have a few Romulans. Especially now that the Romulan government has fractured into factions.
In that case, I wonder--was the issue that he was part-Romulan, or the fact that he lied about it?
Incidentally, Tarses serves on DS9 during the Relaunch.
With the peace treaty between Romulus and the UFP, it's only a matter of time before somebody makes the jump. Starfleet Academy had no qualms about enrolling a Klingon or a Ferengi, after all.
If you were found to be a romulan in starfleet were you just automatically considerd a danger?
I suppose it would be like a north korean in the US army, but if they're a US citizen...
I suppose it would be like a north korean in the US army, but if they're a US citizen...
I'm sure it was a little of both. After all, if he felt he HAD to lie about it, clearly he at least thought there would be an issue with his Romulan heritage.
Personally...I suspect Starfleet would actually have accepted him more easily than they would have Bashir. Probably a more thorough vetting than for the normal candidate, which I think he probably would've found personally difficult to endure (the experience itself and what his classmates and professors might think of him if they know the truth)--but I have a feeling he would've been accepted. The irony to me being, that he endured far worse because he lied, than he would've if he'd told the truth.
Just a personal hunch, though.
Just a personal hunch, though.
this is why I love my 5 fan fics, its all been done for my own personal pleasure
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I think that one day you could very well see not only a romulan in Starfleet but the Romulans, Klingons and even Cardassians in the Federation.
.I think that one day you could very well see not only a romulan in Starfleet but the Romulans, Klingons and even Cardassians in the Federation.
I say it's time for them to do something new and bold instead of more rehashings of old ideas. IMO I believe the trend should go the opposite direction of what is described in the thread title & OP. For Romulans, and also for most other races too.
Let's have everyone start to not be in the Federation for once. Having it go the way described in the OP for the sake of being PC has become as much of a stale old cliche as holodeck malfunctions, time travel, space disease of the week etc. etc.
It's bad enough that they utterly ruined the Ferengi race in DS9 by turning them into carbon copies of humans. Time for them to start making amends for great fubars like this, and showing that not everyone can be sold on joining the Federation or becoming copies of humans of the Federation.
Let's have everyone start to not be in the Federation for once. Having it go the way described in the OP for the sake of being PC has become as much of a stale old cliche as holodeck malfunctions, time travel, space disease of the week etc. etc.
It's bad enough that they utterly ruined the Ferengi race in DS9 by turning them into carbon copies of humans. Time for them to start making amends for great fubars like this, and showing that not everyone can be sold on joining the Federation or becoming copies of humans of the Federation.
I say it's time for them to do something new and bold instead of more rehashings of old ideas. IMO I believe the trend should go the opposite direction of what is described in the thread title & OP. For Romulans, and also for most other races too.
Let's have everyone start to not be in the Federation for once. Having it go the way described in the OP for the sake of being PC has become as much of a stale old cliche as holodeck malfunctions, time travel, space disease of the week etc. etc.
It's bad enough that they utterly ruined the Ferengi race in DS9 by turning them into carbon copies of humans. Time for them to start making amends for great fubars like this, and showing that not everyone can be sold on joining the Federation or becoming copies of humans of the Federation.
AMEN.
This is exactly why at least in my fanfic universe, the Cardassian Union WILL NOT be joining the Federation post-Dominion War. And while there will be some reforms...let's just say that there will still be some pretty major bones of contention, culturally and legally speaking, between the two entities.
The idea that the Federation is the be-all-end-all of high civilization is something I, for one, am tired of.
The only way a Rommie could be in Starfleet in the established 22-24th C timeframe is for one to be a defector. That might be interesting. Would a Rommie defector be forced to adopt Vulcan ways? Would he/she resent it and rebel?
Hmm, I like this idea! I hope we see it sometime even tho with the 23rd C focus, I doubt we will, anytime soon.
Hmm, I like this idea! I hope we see it sometime even tho with the 23rd C focus, I doubt we will, anytime soon.
