I think the intention was that Earth had conquered Vulcan.
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I think the intention was that Earth had conquered Vulcan.
Seriously???
I guess "regime change" was all the rage on Earth in that part of the 23rd century.
Yes, I think Vulcan was supposed to be like Japan or Germany post WWII. The enemy turned ally. Obviously things went in a different direction. The guys behind Trek were tossing a lot stuff at the walls in those early days. Not all of it stuck and sometimes the wall was hosed clean.
I always took the line as meaning that Vulcans couldn't conceive being conquered. YMMV.
The best way I was able to figure this is that Spock's use of the term "race" wasn't referring to Vulcans in general like we'd use race today (the Vulcan race), but rather the way the term race way commonly used in the mid - late nineteen sixties when the episode was aired, a subdivision within the Vulcan species. We know from the examples of Spock and Tuvok that Vulcans do possess at least two (or more) "races." and we know historically that the Vulcan fought between themselves a lot.
Spock's father's race, was conquered by a different Vulcan race (who perhaps DID drink alcohol).
At least that how I figure it. YMMV.
It's not entirely impossible that they constructed new ones, though. But of course, it's somewhat unlikely.
Voyager designed and built the Delta Flyer from scratch in the space of one episode. Compared to that, replicating standard shuttle parts and welding them together is more than feasible.
It's one thing to fabricate a part or two when needed, but to be able to essentially replicate entire spacecraft just stretches believability.
In the episode they got most of the "pieces" for the Delta Flyer out of storage, they only replicated a small portion of the new ship. That's likely how they built it so quickly.
Still, whether it's shuttles or torpedo casings or battle damage, Voyager can obviously manufacture (or trade for) what they need. It isn't a case of making due with what they arrived in the Delta Quadrant with.
Still, whether it's shuttles or torpedo casings or battle damage, Voyager can obviously manufacture (or trade for) what they need. It isn't a case of making due with what they arrived in the Delta Quadrant with.
With all the shuttles they've rebuilt, in addition to the two Delta Flyers, I'm thinking they might have had enough material to build their own starship eventually.
Also, the Professor managed to create a very high standard of living on the island.
I think the Star Trek Chronology tries to explain that by way of people who serve in the military have multiple names they apply to the service. Also, United Earth Space Probe Agency has since been retconned as something Starfleet was a division of.
Well, I wasn't sure if that's what they were trying to imply or that Vulcan had been conquered by someone else, perhaps still was an occupied world.
Why would it be a case of "Making due"? It's not like they were in an empty area of the Galaxy, the Trekverse is LOADED with intelligent spacefaring life.
The only way NuBSG was able to get its premise to work was the have its universe be totally empty, that just wasn't going to happen with Trek so if you were expecting every single episode to be some "We're all starving and have no weapons or heat" scenario for seven years straight, you were fooling yourself. It just wasn't going to be like that.
Yet, we never really see Voyager trading for their basic needs very often.
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