Hi Dark, Hmmm.....I have to admit those are some new and interesting plots. It really would and could fill in some of the history following Deep Space 9 and Voyager. Not much is known about that period, and out side of a couple of books that speculate a possible future it is wide open to interpretation.
For instance, according to Star Trek Beyond the Romulan Empire is destroyed around the year 2385, and it caused rogue elements to go back in time and attempt to alter history as we know it. That is how Paramount decided to reintroduce Kirk,, Spock, Scotty, and all the rest of the original crew back into the movies. However, there is virtually nothing known between the end of Star Trek Nemesis where the Romulan senate is assassinated and the destruction of the Romulan homeworlds in Star Trek Beyond. Obviously, from a game or story perspective that's about 12 to 14 years of unknown history of what transpired between Nemesis and Beyond. The Romulans triditionally had a government similar to the Roman Empire with an emperor and senate. Once that government fell in Nemesis its hard to say how the new provisional government was structured and weather it was based on a free democratic society like the Federation, or weather the military or Tal Shir moved in and set up a dictatorship. Without a doubt there would be several factions fighting for power which would be a great plot device. For instance, clear back as early as season 6 of TNG we got a look into the Romulans political state. In the two part episode, Unification, Spock goes to Romulus to help the dissidence who wanted to unify with Vulcan and apply for membership with the Federation. That's one faction who would be in favor of the alliance, and might possibly try to sese power. Later in the season there was a show, Face of the Enemy, where Troi goes undercover to help some of Spock's dissidence escape to the Federation. In that episode it is made clear that the general military and the Tal Shir, the Romulan Intelligence, are both politically and ideologically opposed. After the central power fell in Nemesis I'm sure both the military and Tal Shir would attempt to sese power. Who knows how many other factions would attempt to move in and fill the vacuum. Besides the cannon races we know of like Romulans, Klingons, Cardassians, etc there are plenty of non-cannon races from the books that could be used in a game. Take the Fury as a case in point. Back in the mid 90's there was a series of books called Star Trek Invasion that spanned the Classic, Next Generation, Deep Space 9, and Voyager series, and could be continued in another book or game. Bottom line, you have a good point.There are a number of possible plot lines that can be explored here as we pretty much have a good idea of went on during TNG, DS9, and Voyager, but after the close of Voyager little is known of the state of the Federation, Borg, Romulans, Cardassians, Dominion, etc. The way DS 9 and Voyager ended there were more questions than answers. That would be a pretty ritch environment to explore. Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
