Did Starfleet have a facility on Vulcan?
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Of course, none of these analogies are exact.If the UN had offensive war making capabilities.
Maybe, if Starfleet is basically an Earth organization as suggested in that other thread, and Earth is to the Federation as the USA is to the UN, then Starfleet is more akin to the American armed forces. And there are lots of allied or friendly countries with no US army or navy bases. England and Canada, for instance.
Kor
The UN went to war against North Korea in 1950.
Some of the info on the interwebs is confusing. France is probably a better example. France is the Vulcan of the UN. Or something.
Kor
Wouldn't France be more the nation that took itself out of NATO, which removed American troops from the area, as it is NATO that has US troops in Europe, not the UN (unless US troops happen to be part of a specific peacekeeping mission in say Yugoslavia or someplace). But US bases tend to be part of alliances, most of them designed to prevent the spread of Soviet influence into regions, or in more recent decades, to combat Islamic extremists and pirates. Or supporting UN resolutions in unstable regions.
I wasn't under the impression T'Lar had political power.
Official Political power (as in a political office) perhaps not, but the idea that Vulcan priesthood (like the Bajoran vedeks and the Kai) have a tremendous amount of political influence is entirely of merit IMO.
The Vulcan who officiates the ceremony at the end of Trek III.
Ah. Thanks.
Your Star Trek fan card is hereby revoked!
You would think that it would be stuck in my brain somewhere, as many times as I've seen The Search for Spock.
I suppose the Vulcans could always play their "we made it out to space before you did" card. Along with the "we saved you from yourselves" card.
You mean they aren't like American religious figures, constantly butting into politics?
Or they could simply play the "we'll leave" card.
With an "and we'll demand back everything we gave you, plus interest" postscript.
Earth can always play the "You sat on your logical asses while aliens plotted our destruction" card not to mention the "the race you claimed was evil did more to help us than you" card.
More than likely yes they did-Vulcan was a founding member of the Federation after all.
And I'd say a lot of the Federation's ideology stated or unstated comes from Vulcan.
And I'd say a lot of the Federation's ideology stated or unstated comes from Vulcan.
