TheDarkling wrote:The Romulan ship was never said to be non warp capable - the very idea of it being sub light only is rather stupi indeed (how could earth have a war with the Romulans if the romulans would need generation or sleeper ships with which to attack).
The ship was said to only be powered by "simple Impulse" wbhich could be taken to mean it didn't have a warp core (Romulans often stray from the standard power generation methods) and possibly some kind of Fusion which only allowed low warp speeds.
Okay, so you're saying that the phrase "simple impulse," means that the ship MIGHT be able to enter warp? The problem here is that the other Romulan power cores have been shown to be as advanced, or even more advanced, than UFP power cores. EVERY other time someone has used the phrase, "Impulse," it has been in contrast to the FTL speeds offered by warp.
Added to the fact that it didnt traverse a long stretch of the border plus the fact that the border could have increased in length and you have no grounds for saying the border is short.
What do you mean? It travelled a considerable portion of the border. It traversed the entire distance between two outposts, and destroyed them both. The UFP does not have many outposts there, and so unless you are implying that the UFP ignored the rest of the border while protecting the small section of it, you have no case. Moreover, provide evidence that the border has grown since then.
Did you think possibly Picard was told that SF had sent a battlegroup (maybe after Shizon didn't contact him for so many hours) or maybe Picard was briefed on the closest battlegroup on patrol in the info Janeway sent him.
WHAT? I don't even understand the point, here.
Picard knowing that this was the closest gathering of ships (and having told his crew this) simply refers to it as the fleet since he has already told them that there is a battle group nearby when he had one of his meetings.
Provide evidence that this is the correct interpretation of the dialogue. It relies on the existence of other ships, which has not been proven. Moreover, you are STILL trying to evade the point. My theory clearly explains everything that we see on screen. The alternative theory does not have any predictive qualities, and therefore fails as a theory.
Or he could simply be refering to it as "the fleet" as I have already put forth reasons for and Alyeska just covered.
He said that Star Fleet has rerouted THE fleet to rendezvous with them. Star Fleet would not send THE fleet. It would send A fleet, or a portion of a fleet. You would be correct, if the quote was in reference only to Picard or an individual admiral. Star Fleet sent THE fleet, out. Thus, Star Fleet sent the only fleet available out to help them. This is the proper, grammatical way to interpret the quote.
Your opinion of "the fleet" is what your theory rests upon since another opinion of that dialogue fits in with the other theory you have no more evidence than the other theory thus there isn't enough evidence to draw a conclusion.
But my theory also provides predictive qualities that your theory does not have. In order for this theory to be wrong in order to be usurped by another theory, you must first show that the new theory has better predictive qualities than my theory. Since your theory predicts things that are clearly incorrect, your theory is less correct than mine. Besides, my theory is based on the proper grammatical interpretation of the quote, given the context of STAR FLEET sending the ships, as opposed to an individual person. This is not the only group of ships available to them, but rather is the only group of ships available for Star Fleet. As I have stated (and you guys have summarily ignored) numerous times, your theory MUST show first that it has better predictive qualities than my theory. Since my theory has better predictive qualities, it is more correct and useful, at least until further evidence is brought up that shows its predictive qualities to be incorrect.
