Was AU Tasha Yar Stupid for trying to take Sela?

[Oddish]

You know... did Sela actually see her mother die?

Maybe the Romulan officer she ran out on still had feelings for her, so he arranged it so that she got sent to a labor camp somewhere. He just told Sela that she was dead, giving her a lifetime of survivor guilt.

Just a thought...

 

[FederationHistorian]

We don’t really know if Sela is aware if she has an aunt, or if Tasha was trying to get in contact with her. It never came up, and Ishara Yar has been an afterthought in general.

As for Sela’s father, being a Romulan general basically means he was either in the military or in the Tal Shiar. I would imagine that Tasha would have experienced enough of that life to decide that it would better if she tried to escape. Considering how she grew up on Turkana IV, it would have to be a terrible way to live to decide to leave.

I'm convinced this situation is what led to the Romulans cloning Picard. I think Yar wasn't just given a choice but they basically brainwashed her and she told them about Picard and the future stuff and her life with the Romulan on the outside did look happy to young Sela but eventually the programing wore off and she tried to escape so young Sela saw her trying to ruin their happy family lives. Which was no doubt one of wealth as well because your not talking about them being poor. Which is something that likely also helped Sela achieve high in that society despite being half-human.

Jason

That’s definitely a compelling theory to explain how the events of Nemesis came to be. Since Romulans have been familiar with captains of the Enterprise before (i.e. Kirk), but they never showed an interest in cloning them. Knowing the future though would change everything.