Subj : Re: Why do Romulans have ridges? To : rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise,alt.tv.star-trek.next-gen,alt.tv.star-trek.ds9 From : ANIM8Rfsk Date : Sun Oct 02 2005 07:48:11 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.ds9 in article WzK%e.4830$U51.4192@news-server.bigpond.net.au, Fozzi at efor6920@bigpond.net.au wrote on 10/1/05 10:51 PM: > > "ANIM8Rfsk" wrote in message > news:BF647972.54B99%ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net... >> in article 8TD%e.4516$U51.2027@news-server.bigpond.net.au, Fozzi at >> efor6920@bigpond.net.au wrote on 10/1/05 3:14 PM: >> >>> >>> wrote in message >>> news:1128202806.955133.136280@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... >>>> 2000 years ago, the Romulans left Vulcan. They thought Surak's "no >>>> emotion; pure logic" preaching was nuts, so they left Vulcan & carried >>>> the warring culture with them. Fast-forward to the "present" and we >>>> see Kirk & Picard & Sisko fighting against or allying with those Vulcan >>>> descendents, but calling themselves Romulans. Same species... >>>> different names. >>>> >>>> So why the ridges? 2000 years is NOT a long enough time to evolve a >>>> whole new species. >>>> >>>> troy >>>> >>> >>> Actually 20 generations are more than enough to evolve a whole new >>> species, >>> (and 2000 years would be about right for that with such a long lived >>> species) especially if there was any selective breeding policies during >>> that >>> time, which with what weve seen of romulans is not at all unlikely. >>> Intensity of selective pressure is more important than time passed, per >>> se. >>> >>> >>> cheers >>> fozzi >>> >>> >> 2000 years? Try 78. Romulans don't have ridges in TOS, but they do in >> TNG. >> And Spock is supposed to be able to pass for a Romulan in TNG even though >> he >> doesn't have ridges. Chalk the ridges up to the idiot make up supervisor >> who decided every alien need a bumpy forehead and forget about it. >> >> -- >> >> You Can't Stop the Signal >> > > So, shock horror, there is more than one race among the romulan species, You > do realise that this is actually extremely likely for a species distributed > around even a single planet, let alone the dozens possibly hundreds that the > romulan empire has been implied to have dont you? > > cheers > fozzi > > Too bad they never showed anything like that, or said anything like that. -- You Can't Stop the Signal .