Re: Kahless

[david joslyn <joslyn63@matrix.newpaltz.edu>]

On Mon, 3 May 1999, Jeffrey P Morgan wrote:

> > defining feature.  The early description of Romulans comes much closer to
> > what the Klingons eventually turned into.
> > 
> > -- ghunchu'wI'
> > 
> > 
> 
> And vice-versa. How ironic...
> 
> ~Jeffrey
> 
> 
As I recall, the Romulans represented the Soviets and the Klingons stood
in for Communist China. The switch occured in STVI:The Undiscovered
Country. Praxis goes up in a Chernobyl-esque blast, and a period of
{ghIlaSnoS} opens up between the Federation and the Empire. Interestingly,
Spock makes wry mention of the fact that "...only Nixon could go to
China." 


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