Subj : Re: Rumor thread
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise
From : Wandering Wastrel
Date : Thu Sep 22 2005 17:06:18

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise

In article <ea84j1552htvbqh5sr1idj65ucrv8lsd5i@4ax.com>, 
merry_piper_YOUR@COATyahoo.com says...

> I always sort of saw the Klingons as having inferior weaponry but in
> superior quantities.  

And greater ruthlessness. I always had the impression the Feds could have 
kicked the Klingon's butts anytime they wanted to (though at a very high 
cost) -- especially in "Undiscovered Country". In TOS it probably would 
have been a tough battle since the Klingon's were a "take no prisoners" 
sort of species and the Feds tended to be more "touchy-feely". But in the 
end I think the Feds would have prevailed.

> Had TPTB wanted a race with superior technology feeding tech to the
> Terrans little by little, the Andorians would have been a perfect
> choice.  We know next to nothing about them as far as canon goes, so
> B&B could have had free reign.  The Vulcans would not have intervened
> because it would not be logical to allow an immature race such as the
> Terrans to have "too much too quickly."

The only justification for Vulcan behavior in ENT was the influence 
Romulans were exerting on central command. It could be argued that 
Romulus wanted to keep Earth weak and out of the game, so they had their 
Vulcan agents issue orders to that effect. And I guess it could be argued 
that the more sensible Vulcans were off meditating somewhere while all 
this was going on. 

Still, the idea of crotchety Vulcans and some great conspiracy -- and 
having that lame-ass character Archer turn out to be the one to restore 
Vulcan integrity -- just flew in the face of what I would have expected 
of the Vulcans. It just didn't ring true.

The Andorians would have been a more -- ahem - logical choice since you 
could see how they were driven by their emotionalism and perhaps their 
drive to secure their position in the quadrant by helping to improve the 
military technology of humans (who were more temperamentally similar to 
them) whom they could then rely upon as allies

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