Originally Posted by Ozymandias

In complete agreement here, Fvillha. The issue I see with Sela's longevity is - she's a survivor. She failed to have the Klingon governor assassinated (TNG: "The Mind's Eye"), failed to keep the Duras family in power (TNG: "Redemption, Pt II"), and failed to successfully invade Vulcan (TNG: "Unification, Pt II"). Such high-profile failures would have been literal suicide for most anyone else, but Sela still manages to become Proconsul? That speaks volumes about this woman's ability to survive by any means necessary - and bodes ill for Donatara's fledgling government should she actually become Praetor (under normal circumstances I wouldn't think a half-human/Romulan would qualify, but after the Shinzon debacle and Tal'aura packing the Senate with her supporters, these are anything but normal times for the Empire).

As for playing for the Romulan faction at startup, I'm all for that obviously... Yet, even if the Romulans aren't playable at startup, I'm very glad to see the Romulans who normally take such back seats in the various series, take such a center stage here... though I have to wonder what the Empire will actually look like by the time we get to officially play for them.

Originally Posted by hypnotoad

Been lurking on the timeline stuff. Kinda was hoping for some enhanced humans showing up with their own empire.

Originally Posted by KirksOtherSon

Polt, my friend, it was never said that the novels would be treated as true canon (like the TV shows and movies) but rather as "soft canon", meaning that Cryptic would pull ideas and elements from these sources as it suited the game they're making, while feeling free to leave the rest. Some ideas will be ported in whole (the Romulan political crisis, post-Nemesis); some will be modified (the circumstances of Bajor's Federation admission); and some ideas may not be imported at all.

Not picking on you in the least, Polt, merely using your post as a place to speak up, since I've noticed lately that a number of people seem to believe that the novels = canon script for the game, and it was never meant to be so.

If you see some of the other video interviews with Jack Emmert after the Las Vegas game reveal, here or on YouTube, he does clarify this, since pretty much every interviewer asks him about it.

I can only imagine that it's enough of a nightmare making sure all the official canon elements get properly accomodated while creating a game which builds on same -- to try and factor in all the novels and their "soft" continuity as gospel -- especially when said novels are ongoing beyond what's now in print -- well, it could easily become a game-breaking nightmare, I'm sure.

As I said elsewhere, best to think of the novels as suggestions or possibilities, while only the TV shows and movies are guaranteed.

Cheers,

KOS