Anybody think alternate reality Spock would support unification with the Romulans after the events of Nero? One would argue that Spock would find it logical to unify with the Romulans in this reality because there are so little Vulcans left. Or one could argue that unification in this reality could be disastrous for Vulcans.
Alternate Reality Spock Supporting Unification?
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I am certain Spock-Prime would continue to support unification of some kind. He would just be more careful about whom he trusted this time around.
It would undoubtedly be a long slow process, though. Not like all of the remaining Vulcans could or would all simply emigrate to Romulus.
I was referring to Alternate Reality Spock, young Spock.
I guess that depends on future wxperiences with the romulans or klingons. remember, a major part in spock primes diplomatic biography was the khitomer conference. would he have dared to dream about unifaction before that? how important was his relationship to sarek or sareks part as a rolemodel?
My mistake.
I think the long-term possibility might be of interest, but I don't see him actively pursuing it at this time, if ever. Too much to do closer to home, and relations with the Roms will have to improve enormously first. In the mainstream Trekverse, there was about 70+ years between TOS and the start of TNG. A lot can happen in that time (for and against this goal), and it arguably did.
All that time (and the experiences that come with it) is not something that can be simply leapfrogged over - kinda like hopping back to the early 20th century and trying to convince Imperial Germany or Imperial Japan to mend their ways on your say-so.
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Good points, people.
Nero had nothing to do with the Romulans of Spock's 23rd century, so why would what he did affect Spock's attitude towards the Romulans of his time? Would that even be logical? It would the the ecological fallacy, really.
That said, I'd think unification is a moot point, anyway with only 10,000 Vulcans left around to be unified with the Romulans. Even with a sustained sci-fi like population growth of 25% a decade, it will take over 100 years for there to be even 100,000 Vulcans.
For what it's worth, the same can be said for unification in the Prime universe. After the destruction of Romulus, it's a moot point. Except in that universe, the political and social climate is probably far more conducive to the Vulcans offering the surviving Romulans a place on Vulcan than the Romulans offering a home to surviving Vulcans in the JJVerse.
That said, I'd think unification is a moot point, anyway with only 10,000 Vulcans left around to be unified with the Romulans. Even with a sustained sci-fi like population growth of 25% a decade, it will take over 100 years for there to be even 100,000 Vulcans.
For what it's worth, the same can be said for unification in the Prime universe. After the destruction of Romulus, it's a moot point. Except in that universe, the political and social climate is probably far more conducive to the Vulcans offering the surviving Romulans a place on Vulcan than the Romulans offering a home to surviving Vulcans in the JJVerse.
It wouldn't really be unification. There are so few Vulcans that they would basically be absorbed and assimilated into Romulan culture within a few generations.
Surak started with a small group of followers, and his vision eventually overran the planet Vulcan. It could happen again, and the Romulan way may be what's ultimately rendered extinct.
How do you unify with a bunch or corpes blown to smithereens?
The Romulans are gone brother
Spock Prime should go Unify with Zarabeth
The Romulans are gone brother
Spock Prime should go Unify with Zarabeth
Because they're Romulans. It's what they do.
Assuming Spock is being as logical as he should be. But considering the trauma he's been through, that's open to question.
Great topic for a story, really.
The Romulans are only "gone" in the Prime universe ( and according to Path to 2409 they're not totally gone, as other Romulan worlds survived ), and Spock Prime is no longer in that universe. The thread question is about the Abramsverse where Romulus is alive and well.
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