[Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding

Prince Charon · 02-10-2020, 08:14 PM

Who did the Solar Cooperative have wars with before the Romulan War?

This will be a two-question post, each in a different format, for ease of counting.

First question:

As mentioned, the Romulan War happens in roughly the 2150s or 2160s, while first contact with the Vulcanians happened in the 2110s. The latest I'd want to set the Romulan War is somewhere around 2166-2169 or so. Below is a list of races and alliances that the SC might have fought wars with. I'm including the Xindi, since they did commit acts of war against Earth in Star Trek: Enterprise, and some of you may actually want to help adapt that plot to this setting. The options that don't have links are from GURPS Aliens.

Please include the number when you vote. You may vote for more than one race/group. I will be totaling up the votes for each, and if there's a tie or anything close to a tie, the SC had wars with two or more races/groups in the period before the Romulan War.

1. Kzin

2. Tellarites

3. Andorians

4. Kaa

5. Orions

6. Gormelites

7. Nausicaans

8. Xindi

9. Crystal Computers

Second question:

Did these early wars consist basically of 'short shooty periods interspersed with longer periods of high tension?' That would be fairly consistent with Star Trek, as both TOS and DS9 were clearly set during periods of political tension, and TNG was effectively retconned into also being set in a period of high political tension, though we saw little of this in the early seasons. Please vote either YES in all caps or NO in all caps.

EDIT: The results are that there were wars with the Kzin and Crystal Computers (who have two votes each) before the Romulan War.

The Kaa, Xindi, Andorians, and Orions have one vote each, so while the SC won't have gone to war with any of them in that period, there were political tensions, spying, smuggling, skirmishes, piracy, 'deniable operations,' and other things that adventures are made of.

There also seems to be a YES on 'short shooty periods interspersed with longer periods of high tension.'

02-10-2020, 08:14 PM	#11
Prince Charon Join Date: Dec 2012	Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding Who did the Solar Cooperative have wars with before the Romulan War? This will be a two-question post, each in a different format, for ease of counting. First question: As mentioned, the Romulan War happens in roughly the 2150s or 2160s, while first contact with the Vulcanians happened in the 2110s. The latest I'd want to set the Romulan War is somewhere around 2166-2169 or so. Below is a list of races and alliances that the SC might have fought wars with. I'm including the Xindi, since they did commit acts of war against Earth in Star Trek: Enterprise, and some of you may actually want to help adapt that plot to this setting. The options that don't have links are from GURPS Aliens. Please include the number when you vote. You may vote for more than one race/group. I will be totaling up the votes for each, and if there's a tie or anything close to a tie, the SC had wars with two or more races/groups in the period before the Romulan War. 1. Kzin 2. Tellarites 3. Andorians 4. Kaa 5. Orions 6. Gormelites 7. Nausicaans 8. Xindi 9. Crystal Computers Second question: Did these early wars consist basically of 'short shooty periods interspersed with longer periods of high tension?' That would be fairly consistent with Star Trek, as both TOS and DS9 were clearly set during periods of political tension, and TNG was effectively retconned into also being set in a period of high political tension, though we saw little of this in the early seasons. Please vote either YES in all caps or NO in all caps. EDIT: The results are that there were wars with the Kzin and Crystal Computers (who have two votes each) before the Romulan War. The Kaa, Xindi, Andorians, and Orions have one vote each, so while the SC won't have gone to war with any of them in that period, there were political tensions, spying, smuggling, skirmishes, piracy, 'deniable operations,' and other things that adventures are made of. There also seems to be a YES on 'short shooty periods interspersed with longer periods of high tension.' __________________ Warning, I have the Distractible and Imaginative quirks in real life. "The more corrupt a government, the more it legislates." -- Tacitus Five Earths, All in a Row. Updated 12/17/2022: Apocrypha: Bridges out of Time, Part I has been posted. Last edited by Prince Charon; 02-17-2020 at 09:06 PM.