ENT explored it as well with "Judgment," wherein we got to see how non-warrior careers like judges in the legal system are seen and treated as opposed to the warriors and soldiers in Klingon culture.
Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 1x04 - "Absolute Candor"
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Yes, for viewers this is definitely a change. And one I do not mind. I remember BnB explaining the Xindi arc instead of Romulan War arc in part because we had already seen the Romulans a number of times. (Among other reasons). That's true, but I dont think we actually knew that much about them. There is alot of ground to cover actually, and we are getting some of that here.
We know more about the Xindi than the Romulans.
Something I've been wondering since Picard started but can't find an answer to: what happened to the Romulan starfleet? Why didn't they evacuate the planets themselves? The Romulan fleet can rival the Federation & Klingon fleets. Why did it all fall on Picard and his mothballed rescue fleet?
We even met an offshoot of the Xindi - and an extinct one at that - the same year the species were introduced. We didn't know the Remans even existed until 36 years after the Romulans were first introduced into the franchise.
I suspect the Romulan fleet isn't designed to serve civilians as well as protect borders, etc.
We don't know the relevant variables precisely enough to see how much outside help they would need. 1. What is the size of the Romulan Military fleet and how many people could they hold? 2. Their Merchant fleet? 3. How many mothballed ships can brought into service? 4. How many Romulans live the "Blast Zone"? 1 billion, 20 billion? 5. How long do they have before the supernova happens? 6. Where are they being evacuated to?
If we knew all of that we could calculate how many people could be carried in how much time per round trip from Romulus to evac site and then back to Romulus for another pick up. Could x number of ships get x number of people to safe zones in x amount of time?
If their fleets couldnt carry that many billions in that amount of time I can see them needing help.
I think that the safe distance is 50 light years. I suspect that the Romulans colonized several worlds in that radius, not to mention those that they conquered. After Romulus and Remus were destroyed, there would still be other worlds that would need evacuation. It would probably take decades before the full effects were felt.
A quick calculation. If there were 1,000 available ships. And each could carry 1,000 people, and the round trip time to Safe zone and back was ONE day, that would mean evac rate of 1,000,000 per day. At that rate it would take over 54 years to evac 20 billion. They mentioned 900 million but I wasnt clear on whether that was the total number that could be saved in the alotted time, the total amount living there, or the total amount beyond what the Romulans could get. In any case it would be a big job.
I'm hoping they retcon the Remans into oblivion.
Even with Star Trek's fantastic physics, it's nigh hopeless.
Which could help explain Spock's plan with the Red Matter. Realizing that the only way to save billions could be to destroy the supernova with an artificial black hole may have been THE only option left by 2387, and when that failed...it was all over.
I've visited Nicaragua quite a lot and it reminded me of some of the poorer quarters of of the country I've visited.
And do you think people on Romulus would just calmly wait their turn, esp as the supernova got closer to happening? It would be pandemonium down there. People willing to pay anything to anyone get their family on the list. That could be the beginning of how Romulan law and order and government started to collapse.
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It's just people who've watched the show pointing out where you are factually wrong and where your conclusions are false and ridiculous as a result.
Who knows? Maybe some managed to get their hands on the kind of tech that they used on Sarpeidon to escape their own supernova blast.
Hmmmm...who is it that wont let this go? Is it me? I stand by what I said on all of those posts. If you dont agree, you dont agree. Moving on....
Go back in time so your descendants can die in the blast...
I imagine people got off however they could. I can see how many would make a killing on this. "Oh, you and your 4 kids on my ship? Sure! 1,000 bars of latinum. Each."
It's you pay 5,000 or you and your kids die. Supply and demand if you are the sort to profiteer on catastrophe. And many do. I can see lots of opportunities for those willing to screw desperate people.
You keep repeating things that are wrong. Opinions based in ignorance and inaccuracy are wrong. You can stand by inaccuracy and continue repeating it but it will still be wrong. You can try to hand wave your error however you like but you are still wrong. Cease repeating what is untrue and engage the show that is rather than the false statement filled opinions and conclusions you are throwing around without end.
Start with Raffi, what ship? If she ever had one why didn't she go to free cloud with it?
Where did Picard ask her to go? Provide the time point in the episode that he asked her to do so?
