42c 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 : rgorman Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 19:14:35 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise On 4 Oct 2005 04:41:36 -0700, "masonReloaded" wrote: >electrictroy@gmail.com wrote: >> 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. > >If it's not time to evolve ridges then let's not even start on the >Remans... Nobody that I can recall said the Remans were Vulcan offshoots...any more than any other humanoid species. > . 0