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Originally Posted by Cynosure
Just saw it, this past weekend.
Questions I found myself asking, while viewing...
Spoiler: Where were Vulcan's defenses when the Romulan starship showed up and commenced to invade their air space and attack their planet with a gigantic, piercing tube that was many, many kilometers long (and thus that much exposed to attack)? Even if Vulcan's orbital defenses wouldn't have stood a chance against the advanced technology of the Romulan starship, surely Vulcan's ground forces could have cut that tube off by damaging it (if not outright destroying it) at its entry point into their planet's mantle.
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After the second awakening, which occurred when the Kir'Shara was discovered in 2154, most Vulcans embraced pacifism as a part of their logical philosophy. As such, the Vulcan High Command, which was militaristic, was dissolved and replaced by a more science and exploration-centric governmental organization.
Even if they did have an armada, judging by how quickly the Narada destroyed the Federation fleet, they wouldn't have stood a chance.
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Originally Posted by Cynosure
Spoiler: Okay, so maybe Vulcans are such pacifists, they didn't have any orbital or ground defenses to speak of. (Although, that would be supremely stupid of them; illogical, even.) But surely the Earthlings did, when the Romulans showed up on their doorsteps to begin boring into their planet. And the Earthlings already knew how horribly cataclysmic that mantle-piercing tube could be, so they would've spared nothing to destroy it, even if that resulted in annihilating the city and the surrounding area at the point of the tube's entry.
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I think you're underestimating the Narada. In the 24th century, where the Narada is from, the ship was able to take on a massive fleet of Klingon ships and really didn't have any trouble with them. It's a massive mining ship, which isn't that impressive, but it's been augmented significantly with Borg technology. I'd be willing to bet it could easily destroy the Enterprise E.