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Skriven 2004-12-04 02:01:00 av Kevin Karmann (1:278/230)
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From: "Tony Underwood" <tonyu@roava.net>
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> Mr Slimy Vulcan Administrator's behavior is now a bit more clear.   And
> what the Hell is going on in the catacombs?    I sorta wondered about Mr
> Administrator (still can't quite get the spelling of his name right)
V'lass
> (?)  in that it almost seemed like he was acting more like a Romulan than
a
> Vulcan, and then we see him in the "basement" after being run outta town
on
> a rail (figuratively) although not tarred and feathered, unfortunately.

It's V'Las, according to all official documentation.  Interesting that
Kuvak, the other Vulcan minister, didn't have his name mentioned until the
very end...

I wasn't surprised he survived the day, but I was kind of surprised that he
wasn't placed into custody for the obvious crimes he commited (although I
suppose a lack of physical evidence may be a factor).  But, even assuming he
had to be let go because he had covered his tracks too well (or simply
because the "true" story was kept from the populace at large), I'd think the
former head of the Vulcan state would have a hard time slipping away
unnoticed.

> And we have a whole new story arc to wonder about.    Earlier I'd made the
> argument about how it could NOT have been that much of a mystery as to
> whether Vulcan ever managed to "forget" about the split in their culture
> all those years before... likewise the Romulans wouldn't have forgotten
> about it either.   Logic suggests that regardless of whether or not time
> had passed, these people wouldn't have forgotten everything about one
> another to the point that during the first encounter in TOS "Balance Of
> Terror" we hear Spock speculating about Romulan ancestry.    YATI...

Even if certain elements of society is aware of something, that doesn't mean
the information is wide spread.  As far as that goes, V'Las could be a
Romulan himself.  He lacks the forehead (as did the TOS Romulans...), but
otherwise could pass for one, as could many of his ideological followers.
Think about it.  How many Vulcans have we seen before ENTERPRISE who
couldn't mindmeld?  Like anything else, I'm sure that there are some
disabled Vulcans in that respect, but there seems to be just too many in
(the former) High Command.  Which brings us to... T'Pol, who apparently has
none of these gifts either.  And T'Les' dying words about how she would come
to understand something about herself and her emotions...

Oh and as for Vulcan/Romulan theories, an article posted on www.startrek.com
the other week had an interesting theme.  It explained a lot of things about
the history of the two species, most of which has common knowledge to most
of us.  One little detail caught my eye, though.  The article theorized that
it would be infinitely more logical if the people we know as the Vulcans
migrated from Romulus, rather than vice versa.  The writer cites the climate
of the two planets (Romulus being more a more comfortable habitat), Romulan
warrior instinct (pushing off the more peaceful, logical people), and
Surak's teachings being geared (due to the limited nature of their new
life).  Of course, I could make some counter-arguements, such as Vulcan
biology is obviously geared toward surviving on Vulcan (as T'Pol
demonstrated a couple weeks ago).   (If you want to check out this article,
it's on their website under "The Vulcan Files.")

> And, if Trek history is being written as we speak, this incident in the
> "basement" with V'lass and his "associate" does answer a few questions and
> in fact lends some validity to points which would certainly have surfaced
> along the way before the Fed/Romulan War...  where nobody ever got to see
a
> Romulan.    That notion never really did make much sense... and there's
> such a rich Trek history in place at this stage of the game, TPTB should
> lend some rationality to the story as it unfolds in this time frame so as
> to tie up a bundle of loose ends that had dangled all the way through TOS.

Maybe we should put that particular conversation on hold for.... about three
months.

> By the way...  those who saw the Special Edition episodes of TOS with the
> interviews likely will have recognized Romulan Subcommander Tal's Jack
> Donner making another appearance in Trek, this time as the Vulcan Priest
> who takes Surak's Katra out of Archer.   Nice touch...

Not just a priest.  The same priest he played a few weeks ago when he
married T'Pol...

> And I am so smug in seeing my prediction about Koss come true.   He had to
> release T'Pol from the marriage one way or another, no way around it.   He
> even did it in a relatively honorable manner, thus redeeming himself as a
> not quite so slimy Vulcan out to achieve his purposes via devious
> activities.

Yeah, but as I recall, you thought he was one of the slimy ones.

And I still think that, for what it was, they really didn't do a heck of a
lot with T'Pol being married.  The marriage ceremony in "Home" lasted longer
than the amount of time it has been refered to since then!

> Enough of my ramblings... Kevin will be coming along with his detailed
> report and commentary which certainly will be more involved than my
remarks
> so I need not rattle onward.

Tomorrow, sooner or later....

Kevin





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