Early Saru Design

[Locutus of Bored]

More foolish than Kirk and Spock look for thinking cloaking devices were theoretical in "Balance of Terror", when they were widespread just 10 years before?

I would simply imagine that the Romulan cloaking device in BoT represented a quantum leap forward in the sophistication of the technology versus previous versions from DSC and ENT which were more about basic visual/thermal/"radar" stealth using holo-projectors and such.

Like the difference between our stealth technology today and that of ENT is equivalent to the difference between the cloaking tech of ENT/DSC and that of the Romulans in TOS. Their's may involve gravity manipulation to bend light using their artificial quantum singularity cores, for instance. To Kirk and Spock, that might come off as completely new and unfamiliar technology if we're willing to be a little flexible with the dialogue.

They don't care. If they want Borg or Romulans, they'll do whatever they want and "future" generations be damned.

With so much drama in the D-S-C it's kinda hard bein' King-D-aniel-B.

 

[Lord Garth]

Regardless of whether they actually do care about the rest of Star Trek, the creators say DSC connects to it. This is what they're saying. If they said something else, it wouldn't effect my enjoyment of the show, but I'm going along with what they say.

I like to think if the Romulans appear in DSC, it's something that's not ship-to-ship battle. The Romulans are all about espionage, intelligence, and manipulation. Battle is too blunt, unless they're serious about making a blatant stand because subtler methods aren't working.

In a game of Chess, you don't start out guns-a-blazin'. I don't play Chess but I assume anyone skilled at the game will try other approaches first. All-out attack is a last resort. And showing your hand is something you never do until it's too late for the other side.

Who even says the Romulans have to encounter Starfleet? What if the Romulans are part of the reason for why the Klingons are so divided? Not every alien we see has to deal directly with the Federation. If the Klingons have their own subplot, this can be part of it. If the Vulcan Extremists have their own subplot, the Romulans can be part of it.

 

[XCV330]

Who even says the Romulans have to encounter Starfleet? What if the Romulans are part of the reason for why the Klingons are so divided? Not every alien we see has to deal directly with the Federation. If the Klingons have their own subplot, this can be part of it. If the Vulcan Extremists have their own subplot, the Romulans can be part of it.

That would make a lot of sense.

 

[Tuskin38]

They could just pull another Enterprise and have the Romulans disguised as Vulcans again, but only the audience knows.

 

[XCV330]

They could just pull another Enterprise and have the Romulans disguised as Vulcans again, but only the audience knows.

they could nod at one another in public spaces and say "hail space hydra"

 

[EmoBorg]

I would like to see a conflicted Romulan spy on Vulcan. He spies on the Vulcans but he gradually comes to understand the Federation. He is torn between royalty to the Romulan star empire and accepting that the Federation are not the bad guys that he was taught that they were.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I would like to see a conflicted Romulan spy on Vulcan. He spies on the Vulcans but he gradually comes to understand the Federation. He is torn between loyalty to the Romulan star empire and accepting that the Federation are not the bad guys that he was taught that they were.

At the risk of contracting a bad case of small universe syndrome, you could even have him turn out to be Saavik's father, since she was originally intended to be half-Romulan.