Age of Expansion - Revision history

Ichaya at 21:35, 9 November 2015

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	The terrorism spread into space, but not as quickly as it might have, since Vulcan merchant ships by tradition were never armed, and military ones, oddly enough, had not yet been conceived of. (Earth historians who find this astonishing should also remember that, until fairly late in its history, [[Vulcan {Planet)\|Vulcan]] did not have the concept of the standing army ... simply because for thousands of years, there were not the resources to support such a thing. There was no way to feed such a monster, or give it water, and usually nowhere to keep it.^1 Technology changed this, much later ... but mercifully it did so very late.) Space stayed peaceful for a while, and many people who were able to, chose to live there full time, rather than on the turbulent surface of the planet.		The terrorism spread into space, but not as quickly as it might have, since Vulcan merchant ships by tradition were never armed, and military ones, oddly enough, had not yet been conceived of. (Earth historians who find this astonishing should also remember that, until fairly late in its history, [[Vulcan (Planet)\|Vulcan]] did not have the concept of the standing army ... simply because for thousands of years, there were not the resources to support such a thing. There was no way to feed such a monster, or give it water, and usually nowhere to keep it.^1 Technology changed this, much later ... but mercifully it did so very late.) Space stayed peaceful for a while, and many people who were able to, chose to live there full time, rather than on the turbulent surface of the planet.

	Their only mistake was in believing that they had left the warfare behind them.		Their only mistake was in believing that they had left the warfare behind them.

Ichaya at 07:26, 9 November 2015

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	^1 - for historical exceptions see [[V'Ket]] and [[Khomi#Rise and Fall of T'Velah\|The Warlord of Khomi]]		^1 - for historical exceptions see [[V'Ket#History\|V'Ket]] and [[Khomi#Rise and Fall of T'Velah\|The Warlord of Khomi]]

Ichaya at 07:24, 9 November 2015

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	The Vulcan historians' name for the period has always been Age of Expansion. Only much later did it begin to be referred to as the "pre-Reformation" or "pre-[[The Awakening\|Awakening]]" period. It was the time in which many of the petty kingdoms of the old world had been unified - mostly against their will. This process had, of course, been going on for a long time.		The Vulcan historians' name for the period has always been Age of Expansion. Only much later did it begin to be referred to as the "pre-Reformation" or "pre-[[The Awakening\|Awakening]]" period. It was the time in which many of the petty kingdoms of the old world had been unified - mostly against their will. This process had, of course, been going on for a long time.

	There are historians who will point out that from the ~~tome~~ of Earth's Bronze age, around 10,000 BCE, and the fall of the Spartans at Thermopylae, there was only one period of ten standard years during which as much as ten percent of [[Vulcan (Planet)\|Vulcan]] was ''not'' at some kind of war, economic or political. But in the Age of Expansion the process of "unification" sped up considerably.		There are historians who will point out that from the time of Earth's Bronze age, around 10,000 BCE, and the fall of the Spartans at Thermopylae, there was only one period of ten standard years during which as much as ten percent of [[Vulcan (Planet)\|Vulcan]] was ''not'' at some kind of war, economic or political. But in the Age of Expansion the process of "unification" sped up considerably.


	It was actually consolidation, rather than unification: larger territories and clans swallowing smaller ones, either by annexation or political blackmail. Vulcan technology, especially weapons technology, was becoming more and more advanced. Atomics had been achieved, were used a few times with results similar to those at Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Earth ... but the result was not the eventual disarmaments that Earth achieved. Instead, the [[Vulcan (Species)\|Vulcans]] retailored their atomic weapons to be less "dirty" - neutron bombs were an early "happy" solution to the problem - and there was also much research into chemicals, and artificial amplifications of such psi talents as the [[Killing Gift]]. The latter was refined until it could strike down thousands at a distance of thousands of kilometers. It usually also killed the adept, but since most of those with this talent were using it under threat of harm to their families, it did nothing to stop the gift, or the governments who bred for it.		It was actually consolidation, rather than unification: larger territories and clans swallowing smaller ones, either by annexation or political blackmail. Vulcan technology, especially weapons technology, was becoming more and more advanced. Atomics had been achieved, were used a few times with results similar to those at Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Earth ... but the result was not the eventual disarmaments that Earth achieved. Instead, the [[Vulcan (Species)\|Vulcans]] retailored their atomic weapons to be less "dirty" - neutron bombs were an early "happy" solution to the problem - and there was also much research into chemicals, and artificial amplifications of such psi talents as the [[Killing Gift]]. The latter was refined until it could strike down thousands at a distance of thousands of kilometers. It usually also killed the adept, but since most of those with this talent were using it under threat of harm to their families, it did nothing to stop the gift, or the governments who bred for it.
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			The terrorism spread into space, but not as quickly as it might have, since Vulcan merchant ships by tradition were never armed, and military ones, oddly enough, had not yet been conceived of. (Earth historians who find this astonishing should also remember that, until fairly late in its history, [[Vulcan {Planet)\|Vulcan]] did not have the concept of the standing army ... simply because for thousands of years, there were not the resources to support such a thing. There was no way to feed such a monster, or give it water, and usually nowhere to keep it.^1 Technology changed this, much later ... but mercifully it did so very late.) Space stayed peaceful for a while, and many people who were able to, chose to live there full time, rather than on the turbulent surface of the planet.

			Their only mistake was in believing that they had left the warfare behind them.


			^1 - for historical exceptions see [[V'Ket]] and [[Khomi#Rise and Fall of T'Velah\|The Warlord of Khomi]]

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 There are historians who will point out that from the tome of Earth's Bronze age, around 10,000 BCE, and the fall of the Spartans at Thermopylae, there was only one period of ten standard years during which as much as ten percent of [[Vulcan (Planet)|Vulcan]] was ''not'' at some kind of war, economic or political. But in the Age of Expansion the process of "unification" sped up considerably.
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'''Pal t`Sa'ovaya''' - refers to the era before [[Surak]]

The Vulcan historians' name for the period has always been Age of Expansion. Only much later did it begin to be referred to as the "pre-Reformation" or "pre-[[The Awakening|Awakening]]" period. It was the time in which many of the petty kingdoms of the old world had been unified - mostly against their will. This process had, of course, been going on for a long time.

There are historians who will point out that from the tome of Earth's Bronze age, around 10,000 BCE, and the fall of the Spartans at Thermopylae, there was only one period of ten standard years during which as much as ten percent of [[Vulcan (Planet)|Vulcan]] was ''not'' at some kind of war, economic or political. But in the Age of Expansion the process of "unification" sped up considerably.

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