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Why Is Romulan Ale Still Prohibited?

doffingcomradedoffingcomrade Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited August 2013 in Ten Forward
We have Romulans now. Why is Romulan Ale still not allowed?
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  • robeasomrobeasom Member Posts: 1,911 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    We still have romulan ale in fact it's not as rare as it used to be as well :(
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  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Romulus blew up, kinda hard to make.
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  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    The stuff they make on New Romulus is legal, it's just awful. Anybody who knows anything about liquor wants the good stuff, which is still illegal.
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    They make Booze on New Romulus??????:confused:....WHY AM I NOT DOING THAT MISSION INSTEAD OF TAGGING BUNNIES!!! I WANT TO BE A BOOTLEGGER !!!!:cool:

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  • cgta1967cgta1967 Member Posts: 86 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    too many dui starship crews......
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Rom ale from old Romulus was made from Reman blood. Rom ale from new Romulus is made from epohh blood. It's just not the same...
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • corethlcorethl Member Posts: 108 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    "Romulan Ale is people! Romulan Ale is made out of people!"
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    It's a cook book A COOK BOOK!!
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  • cgta1967cgta1967 Member Posts: 86 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    tuesday is romulan ale day .....

    oh goody ! it's tuesday today !
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,231 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    It's kinda odd in the shows. Romulan Ale has always been mentioned as being illegal in Federation space. This is true even of time periods where the Federation did NOT have a trade embargo on Romulan goods. However, it's such a stout drink that even Klingons get drunk off it.
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  • tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    edited August 2013
    Romulan Ale is illegal in the Federation because Cuban Cigars were (are) illegal in the US.
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    tacofangs wrote: »
    Romulan Ale is illegal in the Federation because Cuban Cigars were (are) illegal in the US.
    Because President Kennedy put an embargo on Romulus? :D
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • thegreendragoon1thegreendragoon1 Member Posts: 1,872 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    thecosmic1 wrote: »
    Because President Kennedy put an embargo on Romulus? :D

    The reach of that man is long indeed. :P
  • minmacdougalminmacdougal Member Posts: 182 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    "Stop liking what I don't like" is always spewed by morons, including Federation Politicians apparently. This is why 99.9% of the time Arguecat is always right.

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  • isthisscienceisthisscience Member Posts: 863 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I'd imagine the Federation would leave drug laws to its member states - must have been some pretty serious event to put a beverage on the same level as genetic engineering and for it still to be in force! Sounds like an interesting event to.

    The latest foundry challenge is on time travel, I challenge someone to explain why Romulan Ale was banned all those years back. I'll play and tip any mission that does so! :)
  • dalolorndalolorn Member Posts: 3,655 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    isthisscience wrote: »
    I'd imagine the Federation would leave drug laws to its member states - must have been some pretty serious event to put a beverage on the same level as genetic engineering and for it still to be in force! Sounds like an interesting event to.

    The latest foundry challenge is on time travel, I challenge someone to explain why Romulan Ale was banned all those years back. I'll play and tip any mission that does so! :)

    Ohhh, now you're giving me ideas...

    I'll hop into the editor and see if it's workable. If it is, then this Foundry Challenge has a new entry. :)
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  • tangolighttangolight Member Posts: 777 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    minmacdougal wrote: »
    (PS: Why don't we have BBcode for off-site images available?)

    We do. But only in the Art of STO forum. ie: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=522821
  • futurepastnowfuturepastnow Member Posts: 3,660 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Maybe it's made out of the blood of Remans or something.

    A trade embargo made some sense when there was the threat of open conflict, but it was stated outright in DS9 that the Dominion War ended the trade embargo ("Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges") and Feds were free to get sloppy drunk on blue booze again. Like, it's actually canon that the embargo was lifted. They said so on screen which is proof enough for a Star Trek fan.

    The Federation isn't the sort of society that would prohibit an alcoholic beverage when a magic hypospray can cure a hangover instantly. So unless something happened to cause them to reinstate the trade embargo, Romulan Ale isn't illegal anymore. Although it is probably in pretty short supply since the brewery got hit by a subspace shockwave shot out of a magic black hole. That's gotta hurt.
  • paxfederaticapaxfederatica Member Posts: 1,496 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    The funny thing is, I've had Romulan ale come up as a reward when completing the Confiscate Contraband DOff assignment... with my Republic toon.

    Apparently, Romulan ale is illegal even among the Romulans themselves! :confused:
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  • delsabereduxdelsaberedux Member Posts: 244 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    tacofangs wrote: »
    Romulan Ale is illegal in the Federation because Cuban Cigars were (are) illegal in the US.

    Just get a connecting flight in Space Toronto and you'll be fine.

    If you outlaw Romulan Ale, the only people with Romulan Ale will be outlaws. Think of the children!
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  • isthisscienceisthisscience Member Posts: 863 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    paxfederatica wrote: »
    The funny thing is, I've had Romulan ale come up as a reward when completing the Confiscate Contraband DOff assignment... with my Republic toon.

    Apparently, Romulan ale is illegal even among the Romulans themselves! :confused:

    Ahh, how unique the Romulan faction is. Hope the devs note that and replace it with Andorian ale or something :). What would the Romulans ban.... prune juice?
  • wobblesidewobbleside Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I love the Confiscate Contraband Doff assignment as a Romulan. Clearly what is actually happening is I'm sending a pair of security officers around to the crew to do collections so we can pay the Fed space toll or something. "Look at all this contraband we found! Thank you Mr. Fedlady for that diliuthium! Of course I'll make sure the crew doesn't buy any more of these horrible substances the next time we leave Fedspace! Of course Vulans never lie... no that's not my warbird! I'm a pacifist.."
  • cgta1967cgta1967 Member Posts: 86 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I heard it was legal to have up to 2 ounces of Romulan Ale accourding to local government.....but the feds keep coming in and busting people anyway....and incarcerating them in for-profit prisons for ungodly lengths of time as non-violent offenders.
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    neoakiraii wrote: »
    They make Booze on New Romulus??????:confused:....WHY AM I NOT DOING THAT MISSION INSTEAD OF TAGGING BUNNIES!!! I WANT TO BE A BOOTLEGGER !!!!:cool:

    the untouchables would have been a completely different story if Warbirds made the runs.

    I smell a foundry mission.
  • lonnehartlonnehart Member Posts: 846 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I can see it now... somewhere in out of the way forests of the Midwest, there are people out there who have the equipment to make Romulan Ale, hidden away in holocamo nets. And even now they're probably monitoring the fermentation process of the ale while staying one step ahead of the Federation Authorities who are looking for them...

    Or I may have watched those Moonshine reality shows too much...
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