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I am considering it, but I often do so, don't get your hopes up...Stofsk wrote:I'll echo that sentiment, and add: "perhaps someone should consider this as a fanfic idea?" I'd consider it, but my knowledge of Voyager and the Delta quadrant universe isn't up to it.
No Sela - she's the "Admiral Daala" of the Star Trek universe.NecronLord wrote:I am considering it, but I often do so, don't get your hopes up...
Right folks, we need Romulan characters!
). Of particular note was a raid against a Klingon outpost. The Rommies came in cloaked, and had intel that the outpost wasn't defended. When they began their attack a Klingon squadron decloaked and opened fire. Taris took command and turned what could have been a rout into a stunning Rommie victory. (the intel operator - a Tal'Shiar operative - was executed for his fuckup - a point of pride for Taris)
. I picture him being an Admiral by this time in the story. Not sure where you can go with him.
AFAIK, he's a senior commander...Stofsk wrote: Tomalok, (played by Andreas Katsulas - G'Kar to us B5 fans) was a regular Rommie character and was more competent than Sela; but that doesn't say much
Yah, original characters are good...Those three are the immediate ones I can think of, and they're ones that have appeared before in the show. If you want help designing original Romulan characters I can help there as well. There are other Rommies that have appeared throughout ST. Nemesis is one possibility - but I foresee the characters from that film being only used if you are truly desperate.
Actually, the Intrepid class is faster even than a war GCS. But I fail to see how it can maintain any speed indefinitely. Black holes do not simply radiate unlimited energy without decreasing in mass. The QS drive does need fuel - to inject into the singularity. The singularity releases microwaves, which are harnessed to power the ship.evilcat4000 wrote:The Warbird is slower than a GCS and probobly slower than Voyger. However it has a quantum singularity based warp core which means dilithium or anti-matter is not going to be a big problem. It may even be able to maintain maximum warp indefinately giving it a higher speed in the long run.
There would have to be some connection between the Romulans and the Maquis, as the Caretaker took ships out from the Badlands (at least, Chakotay's and Janeway's ships were in the Badlands when they were scooped up). Perhaps the Romulans were secretly funding the Maquis with weapons and military advisers against the Cardassians and Federation? The Warbird was en route to deliver supplies when they receive a bizzare distress call from a Maquis raider.Gandalf wrote:Learning Curve
I doubt there'd be Maquis (Wouldn't it be cool if there were though)
) no exploding-consoles-of-death which means less if any at all casualties to the Romulan ships. They hook up with the small Maquis raider, take on the Caretaker and, assuming that the Array can't be salvaged (let's say the same contrived events occur to strand the Rommies and Maquis in the DQ - that's if you want to stick true to the Voyager premise) the Rommies have a warbird and a small raider. I don't think the Kazon are that smart.Stofsk wrote:Superior firepower and surprise tactics can do wonders to discourage pursuit.Gandalf wrote:The one thing Voyager would have on the Warbird is that it was much faster, this would be an issue becasue Voyager tended to be just faster than the Kazon.
I guess either way it's funny. The cloak would confuse the hell out of the Kazon.Stofsk wrote:Which is one of the reasons why they will be destroyed so easily...Gandalf wrote:I don't think the Kazon are that smart.
Fed ships have ramscoops for picking up material (various eps) the romulans could just funnel that material (assuming their tech is similar in that department, and given the nacelles, I believe it to be) into the singularity, and wouldn't need to process it. Also, they can simply stop at a planet, and transport up vast amounts of iron ore (Scotty could manage 400 tons of mateiral on a BoP in ST4) to use. They could do this while cloaked (Scotty did it while cloaked) negating any risk or neccessity to interact with the locals.Metrion Cascade wrote: Actually, the Intrepid class is faster even than a war GCS. But I fail to see how it can maintain any speed indefinitely. Black holes do not simply radiate unlimited energy without decreasing in mass. The QS drive does need fuel - to inject into the singularity. The singularity releases microwaves, which are harnessed to power the ship.
We have a pilot I think...Stofsk wrote: There would have to be some connection between the Romulans and the Maquis, as the Caretaker took ships out from the Badlands (at least, Chakotay's and Janeway's ships were in the Badlands when they were scooped up). Perhaps the Romulans were secretly funding the Maquis with weapons and military advisers against the Cardassians and Federation? The Warbird was en route to deliver supplies when they receive a bizzare distress call from a Maquis raider.
When they investigate (under cloak, of course) they get scooped up to the DQ. There the same thing happens to the Rommies that happened to the Maquis, but because Romulan engineering is more sound than Starfleet (I know it's an assumption.
Yah. Also there's the scout ship, which is about the smaller than a Marquis raider IIRC.The raider maintains it's usefulness in events where some subtletly and stealth are required (where it would be impractical or unfavourable to risk the Warbird). Due to their alliance the Maquis raider now sports a cloaking device (if their shuttles can have cloaking devices there's no reason why they can't rip one out and put it on the raider - it might be a jury-rigged job, which could serve to increase tension on those cloak&dagger missions where the field could go out at anytime).
I don't think even the voyager crew did that...Also, no stupid touchy-feely missions which have the Romulans stopping to investigate a nebula because it looks pretty.
I don't see much chance of a mutiny succeeding. Hell, if it were to happen, the marquis would likely be decimated (Roman theme after all) which could make some rather good drama. And I wouldn't skimp on killing the likes of Chakotay.The maquis crew might be more ambivalent towards the Romulans as well. After all, given the risks of the unknown I doubt a Romulan commander will necessarily risk the Warbird when he can get the Maquis to do the dirty work. The Maquis might begin to resent this, leading to a possible mutiny. Perhaps at the same time the Romulan crew is 50/50 on the politics, and some feel that the Maquis are worthy allies while others feel they're expendable etc.
That would be good...I'm not sure if there should be any starfleet infiltrators. But if there are I'd put them on the Warbird - the initial assumption to an infiltration will automatically fall onto the Maquis crew (them being the most obvious). Once again it would be cool and atypical to view the Starfleet infiltrator as a villian in his own right - something we rarely see is the Starfleet officer or operative who's a villian not for being a rogue or renegade but for being exactly what he's supposed to be, what he was trained to be.
Our warbird needs a name...The differences between the Romulans and the Maquis will be more pronounced than they were depicted with the Voyager crew. The Maquis will think like guerrilas, while the Rommies will think "we've got a massive capship, we don't need to hit-and-fade etc." In any case I should think the dynamic would be greater than the one on Voyager, that had Chakotay advocating a strategy, then getting rebuffed by Janeway for no good reason other than "'Coz I'm in charge, that's why!"
How about the M'anveru. It sounds kind of cool.NecronLord wrote:Our warbird needs a name...
Humm...Gandalf wrote: How about the M'anveru. It sounds kind of cool.
I'm not sure what you're on about.NecronLord wrote:Humm...Gandalf wrote: How about the M'anveru. It sounds kind of cool.
How about the Imperial Romulan Warbird Khazara from 'Face of the enemy?'
The captain was Commander Toreth BTW...
And the admiral mentioned above was MENDAK, a Romulan Admiral
(I've been doing some research...)
Me going nuts, you ought to know better than that. I'm already nutsGandalf wrote:Ah ok, my bad, I thought you were just going nuts.
Explains a lot.NecronLord wrote:Me going nuts, you ought to know better than that. I'm already nutsGandalf wrote:Ah ok, my bad, I thought you were just going nuts.
Of courseGandalf wrote: Explains a lot.
Don't think so. N.B. runner up names will be used for shuttles...Any other name contenders?
This must be starting to look silly to the normsNecronLord wrote:Of courseGandalf wrote: Explains a lot.
Cool.Don't think so. N.B. runner up names will be used for shuttles...Any other name contenders?
I like the idea of having it initially disabled, so in the start they can only bring in smaller vessels, then have them bring the big stuff.So if it were to be written in the same format as the series, after the pilot, would we have the array disabled, and the warbird stranded, and the romulans trying to get home, or would we have it work, and the RSE start setting up in the delta quadrant?
Humm... I think we could work that angle...Gandalf wrote: I like the idea of having it initially disabled, so in the start they can only bring in smaller vessels, then have them bring the big stuff.