Why do Romulan ships suck?

[T'Girl]

Nothing says that the Shinzon and the Remans built the Sicimitar, the movie simply shows that at some point they obtained control of it.

It seem more likely to me that it was built in a Romulan ship yard. Shinzon got control of it just prior to the coup, or subsequent to it.

 

[DWF]

I liked the look of the Romulan ships and we saw plenty of action from the D'Deridex during the Dominion war and they held up rather well.

 

[cwl]

Nothing says that the Shinzon and the Remans built the Sicimitar, the movie simply shows that at some point they obtained control of it.

It seem more likely to me that it was built in a Romulan ship yard. Shinzon got control of it just prior to the coup, or subsequent to it.

the scimitar doesn't resemble any known type of Romulan warship and it was called a Reman Warbird. the dual shielding and firing through cloak technology plus the thaloron weapon was highly advanced and not seen on any Romulan ship. clearly the ship was an advanced prototype of some sort, it would be interesting what happens in the Star Empire once they get a look at the Reman ship yard that built it the technology was impressive. the ship definitley wasnt built at a Romulan shipyard.

 

[Maurice]

narada, urgh I hate that design. at least the nemesis warbirds looked good.

talking of nemesis. how was the Scimitar so good? a ship built by slaves.

The Great Pyramids were also built by slaves...

In popular myth, anyway.

 

[Gary7]

It has been a while since I've seen the Romulan encounter episodes in TNG... but the impression I have from what I saw was that the Romulans could give the Enterprise a serious fight. There were a few times when a Romulan warship (D'Deridex class) fires upon the Enterprise, weakening her severely. Case in point, in "Tin Man", the Romulans fire on the Enterprise, causing her to take some casualties and disabling 78% of the shields (cited from Memory Alpha). 78% in the first salvo? That's HUGE! Picard realizes it is futile to continue the engagement, else risking total loss of shields, so they back off and let the Romulan push through to their target (the Tin Man bioship). Sure looked to me like the Romulans were coming from a stronger position.

In DS9, the Romulans definitely appear weaker. Maybe they just haven't kept up with Federation technological advances.

In any case, I find the ship designs in TNG and DS9 to be very unappealing. All that open space in the midship section just doesn't look right. The Romulans are the only species that have this design. Then there's also this "artificial quantum singularity drive". It sounds pretty amazing, almost like a perpetual motion machine. I remember something about it never being able to be shut down. Kind of a strange idea, especially when it comes to performing maintenance.

One other thing... always hated the TNG bridge sets of those Romulan warbirds. Looked like something inspired by a clothing boutique.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Nothing says that the Shinzon and the Remans built the Sicimitar, the movie simply shows that at some point they obtained control of it.

It seem more likely to me that it was built in a Romulan ship yard. Shinzon got control of it just prior to the coup, or subsequent to it.

"From building the Scimitar at a secret base to assembling my army"

Right outta his mouth. Verbatim.

 

[cwl]

what surprised me about nemesis was why shinzon hated earth so much. if anything he had more beef with romulus.

 

[F. King Daniel]

He hated humans because they were privileged. He hated Picard because that's the life he should have had.

It's amazing what a lifetime of abuse can turn someone into.

 

[Rojixus]

narada, urgh I hate that design. at least the nemesis warbirds looked good.

talking of nemesis. how was the Scimitar so good? a ship built by slaves.

The Great Pyramids were also built by slaves...

The great pyramids didn't require advanced microfacturing, rare metals, and spacefaring abilities (contrary to what those silly ancient astronaut folks may say).

Oh yeah, and they weren't built in secret.

They also weren't built by slaves.