The USS Enterprise Escape From the Romulan Ships

[@conscience-commenter]

Joanne Linville who played the Romulan Commander recently passed away in June 2021 aged 93. Thank you for your contribution to the arts Joanne .

[@scottbittner5504]

she taught acting technique wrote books on it and inspired lib mark ruffalo

[@pjd4268]

wow..cool to know.

[@kurtsnyder4752]

Sad another Trek beauty has, as another franchise would say, gone beyond the rim. Only a precious few left, just like the cast leads. Like Tina Louise is the sole Survivor of Gilligans' Island now.

[@Cognaxance]

Have you seen her daughter, Amy Rydell? She played the Romulan Commander in an episode of Star Trek: Continues. She looked identical to her mother in the role.

[@scottbittner5504]

@@Cognaxance ST: TNG had a similar twist. Data's Day episode where Data created his daughter. The makeup department made her look almost exactly as her own actress Mother. The same actress who played Rob and Laura Petrie's Neighbor on the Dick VanDyke Show. of the early 1960's.

[@johnford5568]

Scotty's "no idea its going to work" is worth more than most company's these days "I guarantee it".

[@sailorman9403]

Remember when he told LaForge, "you told him the truth!, how else would he think you're a miracle worker."

[@Cam-cb4io]

I work for as an Engineer for American Automotive company in Detroit. That is what the engineers say about their designs, when they get ordered to put the design into production without proper validation. Ahh well.. The original Star Trek inspired me to go into the engineering field and Scotty is my favorite character. Can't pair your phone with your car? That is because the Romulan technology was cheaper.

[@georgehenderson7783]

@@sailorman9403 From Star Trek 6 - Spock: Ah, Mr. Scott. I understand you're having difficulty with the warp drive. How much time do you require for repair? Scotty: There's nothin' wrong with the bloody - Spock: Mr. Scott. If we return to spacedock the assassins will surely find a way to dispose of their incriminating footwear and we will never see the captain or Dr. McCoy alive again. Scotty ( without hesitation ): Could take weeks sir. kzbin.info/www/bejne/opDEY3qEZa6ratE

[@georgethomas6744]

Yes.

[@kurtb8474]

I love how Spock can ramble on for 20 minutes without stopping.

[@laser170323]

Just like my wife.

[@sid2112]

@@laser170323 Yours too? Hehehe they are crazy, but you gotta love em.

[@NunyaBizznaz]

@@sid2112 no we don't, I divorced my rambler.

[@sid2112]

@@NunyaBizznaz Mine has qualities that make the rambling worth it.

[@Noisycowonline]

@@sid2112 never

[@zacharyfett2491]

It was a nice touch that Chekhov said the sensors couldn’t readily tell the difference between Vulcan and Romulan physiology. Plus, of course, it added suspense to the moment!

[@mxplixic]

"Ah vait. Dat vone's half human." :)

[@chissstardestroyer]

Well, according to the novel "Star Trek: Vulcan's Heart", they are essentially the same species; and Star Trek basically confirms that they're the same species, just different cultures. The Romulans are basically a breakaway colony of Vulcans in their mutual history.

[@kingsman8475]

Spock is half-human and that should have been another marker to locate our favorite first officer. The writers never explained how the Enterprsie could operate at warp 9. Again, the context of the story.

[@chissstardestroyer]

@@kingsman8475 About the warp-speed problems: they must've changed the definitions between Classic and Next Generation; or the Enterprise under Kirk was actually faster; but weaker and had less technology. As for identifying Spock's DNA; that is a good observation.

[@kurtsnyder4752]

@@chissstardestroyer DID change the warp scale.

[@reelsoffortuneslotsplay4267]

RIP, Joanne Linville!!!!

[@riverphlegethon6661]

Wah Chang (special effects guy) designed the original Romulan Bird of Prey. He also did other stuff for Star Trek like the communicator, salt vampire and tribbles. He was a non-union contractor so they had to return the model to him after they filmed The Balance of Terror. He thought it was a one off, so he threw it out. The people running the show went back to Chang to get the model for this episode, but he no longer had it. That's why they had to put the Romulans in Klingon ships.

[@FP194]

If there was only one then he still would have had to make two more

[@benvolio15]

According to the Star Trek Compendium by Allan Asherman, Chang never received proper credit for his work, unfortunately.

[@takashitamagawa5881]

I understand that the show had restrictive budget limitations in its third season. And CGI was nowhere near what it is today.

[@caironiancanuck482]

Wow, can just imagine the value of that model if it had survived, and the sentimental value to us Trekkers 😢

[@paullee7467]

@@caironiancanuck482 yeah, you think that’s something that would you just throw in your attic for sentimental reasons.

[@mierpaul]

Fun fact: the cloaking device that Scotty was working on was the Nomad prop from the episode , The Changeling.

[@georgehenderson7783]

I thought the top of that thing looked familiar!

[@benvolio15]

Yep. And the bottom part is one of the spheres from "Return to Tomorrow."

[@mierpaul]

@@benvolio15 I guess Roddenberry was on a tight budget that season.

[@benvolio15]

@@mierpaul Oh yes. In addition to other well-talked about issues, NBC had reduced Star Trek's special effects budget by at least half, and you can figure out what that means pretty easily.

[@robinwalkins5453]

"I am Nomad".

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

1:57 A shout-out to Eddie Paskey over at the engineering station. He passed on this last August, age 81. Just a day after this video was posted.

[@CellCixx]

😞🙏🙏

[@JohnSmith-zk8xp]

good call

[@keithallver2450]

Does anybody else think that the Romulan Commander is very beautiful?

[@konradx498]

In this episode Joanne Linville looked spectacular. I have always considered her to be my personal favorite of all women in the original series. What a graceful lady. She was 40. Costume designer William Ware Theiss, makeup artist Fred Phillips, and hair stylist Pat Westmore knew how to make Star Trek women look fabulous. Ms. Linville died 20 June 2021.

[@billlombard9911]

Super hot

[@chrisubias7135]

She’s freaking smoking hot. I agree

[@billlombard9911]

@@chrisubias7135 look up Star Trek continues , the daughter played her mother in the continuing episode . Amazing very hot too

[@kellyrayburn4093]

@@billlombard9911 The first time I saw that episode, I was astounded. She looked *exactly* like her mother. I thought, 'How did they shave off that many years?' When I saw the credits and it said the Romulan Commander was portrayed by Amy Rydell, looked up Ms, Rydell,. When it said she was the daughter of Joanne Linville, I was not surprised. I'm sure Rydell doesn't look that much like her mother, but the magic of the screen can definitely change appearance.

[@SheldonAdama17]

FYI: Star Trek Continues picked up where this ep left off and got Joanne Linville’s daughter to play the Romulan commander role for two episodes!

[@termateo6700]

I loooved Continues.

[@beepthemeep12]

Really good too.

[@markshaw7253]

Anybody know if she was related to Larry Linville of MASH?

[@ResidentBob79]

Great stories from STC and Phase II.

[@francisphillips53]

Would have been awesome!

[@thomashill6347]

The power of a woman is great BUT an alien woman is more alluring, The actress played the part wonderfully, One of my favourite episodes of TOS

[@akaJughead]

@MoronicWaterBuffalo WTF ⁉️🤷‍♂️

[@NormAppleton]

AKA, Spock gets laid for a change.

[@edwardhickey5185]

She just passed away I think last year.

[@zahrans]

She was mighty fine. RIP Joanne.

[@chissstardestroyer]

You know the really interesting thing: they kept tabs on eachother, Spock and her, and in the novel "Vulcan's Heart", the reader learns *why exactly* she survived the hearing: she's not a nobody in Romulan society; but rather one of their emperor's bloodline- not a nobody at all; but that was the last frontier command she has for many decades... possibly due to her presumable daddy's views on the cost of her survival and missions cost to the life of their state.

[@tomf3150]

Also The romulan trap

[@chissstardestroyer]

@@tomf3150 I'll have to look that one up; but her story in the novel I cited does help to explain how she survived her return: her regal kinsman kind of stepped in and threw sufficient clout into the matter that the Praetor had to back down or risk embarrassing riots that would end up costing him his job.

[@kevinknight9950]

Kirk and Spock were under orders from starfleet,section31 put them up to it.look for a "star trek novel called"section 31"with Kirk on the cover.

[@chissstardestroyer]

@@kevinknight9950 I don't doubt it, and as neither that (technically, as "Vulcan's Heart" novel confirms) Rihannsu princess was no longer a combatant, and also as their states weren't duking it out anymore at the time, they repatatriated her through some diplomatic channels; though no doubt Uhura did chat her up to try to deduce some elements between their states, and who makes what kinds of decisions... she's technically their emperor's cousin. The Romulan Commander in that episode, that is. For instance, why'd she have *3* battlecrusiers of high technology under her very *first* personal command if she's really not extremely highborn in their society?

[@johngregory4801]

A good book! She still had command of this ship, named "Honor Blade".

[@LGranthamsHeir]

Joanne Linville's voice is so similar to Kate Mulgrew (Captain Janeway).

[@kurtsnyder4752]

Command voice.

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

The same thought occurred to me. I wonder if Kate Mulgrew watched this episode when preparing for her Capt. Janeway role.

[@easyalpha1]

One of the best episodes ever.

[@aldolajak1267]

at 4:05, "Sulu, come about, 318 mark 7." = "Crazy Ivan".

[@3Rayfire]

You gotta love that haul ass shot of the Enterprise peeling away from the Romulan Squadron.

[@russdow8753]

My question is, if the Enterprise went to warp 9, how fast was the Romulan ship going?

[@MichaelNNY]

@@russdow8753Apparently just a tiny TINY bit faster. Theres a chart that does estimates on warp speed, and in one show they traveled .032 light years in 20 minutes, which works out to 250 MILLION miles per second, and it took the romulans like a full minute to catch up, so the difference is technically not measurable, comparatively speaking. 😆

[@reghunt2487]

All dressed up in her best, hoping for a night of some Vulcan strange.

[@sid2112]

Beautiful woman, good actress. Thanks for the memories, Miss Linville. She's in Heaven and enjoying the party with my Dad, who is no doubt making his famous gumbo, the likes of which shall not be tasted on this Earth again.

[@lovipoekimo176]

Can you imagine if they were able to secure this actress to be the Romulan Commander in Troi's "Face of the Enemy" episode. That wouldve been more awesome to have Liviana Chavranek back.

[@patrickwilson1459]

Judging by Mr. Spock saying the Romulan Commander told him the Romulan’s sensors could not track the Enterprise, it seemed like she knew all along Captain Kirk and crew would successfully escape and they did. That, in my opinion, makes her the most unusual Star Trek enemy to surrender to an enemy of hers. Was she that lucky Kirk and crew let her and the two Romulan prisoners in the brig off easily where they would be taken back to Romulan Space?

[@takashitamagawa5881]

What did happen to those two Romulan exchange prisoners? They could have been beamed back onboard the flagship at the same time they got Spock off, that would have avoided any charge of hostage taking by the Romulans in the aftermath (not that they didn't have bigger things to complain about.) As for the commander, I doubt she would have wanted to return to the Romulan realm.

[@patrickwilson1459]

@@takashitamagawa5881 You might be right. The Enterprise obviously let them off at the nearest Federation outpost as their commander. Normally a stowaway like she was would be taken to the ship’s brig. How many starfleet commanders would make an exception to offer them a quarters instead unlike their crewmen?

[@ocatled3000]

Her daughter played her role in the remake of Star Trek TOS

[@TTony-tu6dm]

Plot holes in this ep were as wide as the Grand Canyon, but it’s still a lot of fun

[@Phrancis5]

Romulan captains issue orders from a desk LOL! Warp factor 9, Klingon D7 cruisers, the NOMAD prop and just lots of inconsistencies shows how much of a shoe-string budget TOS was.

[@JohnSmith-zk8xp]

nice catch

[@FP194]

That’s also why all aliens are humanoid They did not have the budget for elaborate make up and the tradition carries on to this day

[@rharris4736]

Kirk, 3 seconds later: "Security, escort the commander to a holding cell. And by 'holding cell' I mean my quarters. I'll begin, eh, 'debriefing' her later."

[@magsteel9891]

Hey she was on Columbo too, as was Nimoy and Shatner

[@harryinoklahoma1866]

She sounds like Capt Janeway.

[@ogdocvato]

RIP Joanne Linville.

[@Bynk333]

1:55 Holding on warp 9. Wow they have better speed then Enterprise next Generation! :-)

[@AlexandarHullRichter]

Different speed scale. TOS warp 9 is equivalent to TNG warp 5, or something like that.

[@johnmcneil9164]

Good God, how did I not notice Chekhov has one of the greatest comb overs the galaxies has ever seen!

[@bak-mariterry5180]

TRUMP has the best !

[@johnmcneil9164]

@@bak-mariterry5180 or the worst depending how you look at it.

[@bak-mariterry5180]

@@johnmcneil9164 True .

[@beyourself2444]

@@johnmcneil9164 OP was being sarcastic…

[@soylentteal]

Linville was superb. The thrifty prop department made the cloaking device from Nomad and Sargon.

[@FredPlanatia]

never fear Sargon, err Cloaking is here.

[@altha-rf1et]

Still think she was one of thebest looking co stars on the series

[@dskyyksd]

Twilight Zone fans will recognize Joanne Linville as the Confederate widow in "The Passersby" episode.

[@getplaning]

Joanne Linville, such a beauty

[@johnharrison6745]

Is it just me, or did the Romulan commander seem kind-of..... AROUSED? 😉😁

[@RoundenBrown]

She was down bad and DTF!

[@og6951]

So was Spock. This was a scene that somehow 1966/67 censors let slip by. Us young boys were also. Wink..wink…😊

[@johnharrison6745]

@@og6951 Yeah; but, she seemed turned-on by the VIOLENCE. 😉

[@Shadow25720]

Starflleet be like: Let's risk our best ship and it's entire crew to get the romulan cloaking device, just to never use it again.

[@lenblack1462]

The Treaty of Algeron made it illegal according to Capt. Picard.

[@blppt]

I think it was more to figure out how it worked and develop some kind of defense to keep the Romulans from cloaking an entire fleet and sacking Earth.

[@edutainme7265]

So frustrating the Federation didn't use this moment to get ahead in cloaking technology, or later when they began developing (an ultimately successful) metaphasic cloaking system before the Romulans.

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

As I recall in an earlier encounter with a Romulan Bird of Prey, the cloaking device was a real energy hog and their ships couldn't go as fast with it operating. Hence, their adoption of the Klingon warship design which could handle the demands of the cloaking device.

[@mimsnshine]

Linvilles daughter is beautiful too almost a twin that plays commander in star trek continues

[@larrycopeland2413]

Just wondering how the Romulan flag ship had its shields down when in close proximity to an enemy vessel? If shields are up, they can't beam Spock out.

[@FredPlanatia]

they had hostages aboard both ships to ensure security.

[@richardgregory3684]

It doesn;t really ad dup though: at the start of the episode, the Enterprise is intercepted almost as soon as it enters Romulan space and yet in this scene it is unable to return to Federation space in time even tohugh it is travelling at Warp 9. Moreover, the Romulan ships are apparently not only able to ctahc up with Enterprise, but to overtake her!

[@andysahs1599]

The cloaking device is the top of Nomad and Sargon's life container . .

[@alansmithee183]

Commander Hotness

[@Michael-wy2iz]

My favorite episode, except I dont understand the script using Romulan ships with Klingon design, when They had an entire fleet of badass warbirds.

[@zebra1915]

The practical reason was the original Romulan BOP was lost/damage/destroyed. In ST universe there is canon information that states the Klingons and Romulans had a brief alliance which technology was shared. Thus the swap was Romulan Cloaking Tech for D7 battle-cruiser Tech. This was somewhat ret-con'd with the original story of ST III and the BOP used in the film was originally to be the replacement/upgrade for the Romulan BOP from the TOS era and it was stolen by the Klingons as a tech grab for both ship design and cloak tech. However this ST III TSS back story was scraped and the B'rel call BOP was simply the scout class on the Klingon fleet line. While this last comment is conjecture I think the ST III TSS ret-con idea was the better one as you notice its the first time the "green" hull/armor color scheme was in place and this was after ST I TMP with upgraded D7 to the K'tinga for the Klingons with standard no pant gray/sliver hull color, Thus I think the "green" hull/armor color scheme was the start for the Romulan color scheme we see afterwords, in addition until ST III TSS only the Romulans in lore had the BOP type/class ship and it follows their style of small strong strike craft not heavy class navy like the Klingons.

[@theflorgeormix]

Romulans maybe did not have warp engines. This solved that problem

[@lukeskywalker2116]

She’s so beautiful, classy and exotic at the same time. It’s hard to find a woman like that anymore.

[@viccolantonio1691]

Female romulan commander too emotional to be in charge. Mark Lenard who played the 1st romulan was very professional. After the fierce combat with the federation , he didnt take it personally. Under different circumstance him and kirk would have went for a cold one

[@rogerdorn38]

Shatner is so good as Kirk

[@soundpaulo]

R.I.P. Joanne. Still the sexiest Romulan ever

[@rharris4736]

Until Donatra came along.

[@JedEkert]

Something gives me the impression that the cloaking device could also increase the enterprise's engine efficiency 57%.

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

The Romulan cloaking device is an energy hog. Previous episodes have confirmed this. The Enterprise was fast but, the Klingon ships have always been faster. Probably have no governor on their engines! Otherwise, as in past battles, trying to get away from the Klingons was always a gamble.

[@trollop_7]

Am I right in thinking that the cloaking device was played by the same actor who played Nomad?

[@JLee-rt6ve]

According to Memory Alpha, he (or at least parts of him) appeared in two other episodes as well ("Requiem for Methuselah" and "Return to Tomorrow"). In other words, proto-Jeffrey Combs.

[@FP194]

Yes it was a way to save money

[@trollop_7]

@@JLee-rt6ve More versatile a performer than even I'd imagined. I'm becoming intrigued by this body of work.

[@pscully1969]

Yes, but he seems to have put some weight on around the belly. 😀

[@jacksonheathen2092]

They used Klingon ships for Romulans ships in the episode because they were too cheap to build different little model ships.

[@wesmantooth5908]

Yes lol. I’m shocked that they didn’t just use the model of Enterprise and paint a bird of prey on it: “The Romulans are using a Federation design now.”

[@jacksonheathen2092]

@@wesmantooth5908 Yep. I remember Spock saying that the Romulans were using Klingon design. But it was apparently just cheaper to have Nimoy say that line instead of actually building different little ships. Either way, Startrek recycled a lot of props and this was a great episode. 😁

[@Oceanic2409]

pretty sure there was some lore behind it (Non Canon), That the Romulans and Klingons secretly traded cloaking devices for better ships. However your right, it was just cheaper. But wasn't there a Romulan warbird from season 1?

[@jacksonheathen2092]

@@Oceanic2409 Yep. There was a single Romulan warship in an earlier episode "Balance of Terror" with a giant bird painted on the underside of its hull. But Spock did say in this episode that the Romulans were now using Klingon design. Someone in the comment section said that they accidentally broke the Romulan ship models & had to substitute the Klingon ones. I don't know if that's true. But it would make sense. Either way, TOS, TNG, & DS9 actually reused a lot of ships. The Promellian battle cruiser on TNG was also the Skreean refugee ship on DS9. The Tamarian warship in "Darmok" was used in several other episodes. Other times it looked like they just slightly tweeked one of the ships and passed it off again as something different.

[@aaronjg682]

The cloaking device is a remodel of Nomad

[@uchimata2540]

I'm in love with a Romulan 💘

[@coffee_drinker2912]

I see the Romulan is wearing a sun dress.

[@janetsbrick]

That is a slice of genuine 60s style right there, I would totally buy that dress and lose the weight to fit into it if I found it.

[@TheVagolfer]

I always thought the "cloaking device" was bogus, to simple to remove and too small.

[@tiffsaver]

I wonder if Joanne even realized that she was making history...

[@jessiejenkins6213]

Which Seasons/Episodes/Movies Are In Star Trek:TNG Opening or Closing Credits/Theme Music & Starfleet Uniforms-Division Colors Changes is?

[@lazyhazeldaisy9596]

She was well peed off with Spock wasn't she, poor love!

[@harryfox3139]

Scotty was always under pressure.

[@victorwilson6826]

Okay. So . . . both ships can travel at warp 9 (729 times the speed of light). Within the first five seconds after jumping to warp 9, the Enterprise would have traveled approximately 677,970,000 miles. The Romulan sub-commander did not began pursuit until ten seconds after the Enterprise warped away. At that point, the Enterprise was approximately 1.4 billion miles away, nearly the distance from Earth to planet Uranus. At 3:11, Spock indicated that the Romulan ship had closed to within 150,000 kilometers (93,206 miles). Now how did the Romulan ship do that? From 93,206 miles away, the Enterprise bridge crew could see the Romulan ship on the visual screen? Am I nitpicking? Well . . . possibly.

[@camscics]

You are........ but it's a fun read anyway! :)

[@jamesfunk7614]

And, if Enterprise sensors zoomed in on the Romulan ship at that distance, the Enterprise warp nacelles should not have been visible in the image.

[@takashitamagawa5881]

Aren't Klingon warships supposed to be slightly faster than Federation starships? Just asking.

[@FredPlanatia]

what i didn't get is how the romulans caught up. Bird of Prey goes warp 8.2 for max 12 hrs. Or does it have a higher maximum warp speed than the enterprise.

[@takashitamagawa5881]

It's interesting how in Season 1's "Balance of Terror" Scotty tells everyone in a conference room that the Romulan's engines are no match for those of the ENTERPRISE and that they can easily outrun their adversary (even though they must have had more than "simple impulse".) By Season 3 the Romulans appear to have Klingon warships that can overtake ENTERPRISE.

[@robertthomas5736]

It's Great How The Romulan Commander, Grabs Spock at Beam Up,just like Gillian Taylor in Star Trek 4,With Admiral Kirk

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

I never knew Belinda Carlisle was a Romulan.

[@hectorvasquez8079]

Captain Kirk looked great as romulan! 👍

[@lenblack1462]

The original Romulans wore stylish uniforms, the TNG ones were silly looking.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

TNG quilts. By DS9 they knew how silly they looked & worn more fitting uniforms.

[@1DougBeard]

Linville was hot!😍😍

[@theomegaman218]

You can imagine the Romulin Commander and Spock beaming over dressed in the traditional sex attire. Boots, Teddy and a whip. Spock with a ball in his mouth.

[@ti994apc]

01:19 How did the Romulan commander know Spock was beaming out? The noise? 03:35 The Romulans stole part of Nomad to make the cloaking devise ? 01:50 why would the Romulans call the Federation vessel "the enterprise" to his fellow Romulan? A special respect?

[@bobastu]

It has been said there is a noise, but I wound also think the air becomes charged, almost like how it feels during a lightening storm. Maybe even a slight smell.

[@FP194]

The “ noise “ of the transporter was put in for dramatic effect just like noise in space She would have seen the beginning of the transport and jumped on

[@bobastu]

@@FP194 in TOS and TNG they both discuss hearing the transporters as being a reason to not use them in certain situations.

[@highstepperARF]

Starfleet captains have The Chair. Romulus’s have a desk.

[@shakazulu9332]

Funny how the Vulcan Commander, the beautiful Joanne Linville, wore a miniskirt that barely covered her behind.

[@spuwho]

Several fanzines have the Romulan Commander later being pregnant due their shared "secret". The stories of their offspring vary, but they all attribute Spocks fascination with Romulan to this episode.

[@kenneth69]

Vulcans may be hard to detect among Romulans, but the Starfleet uniform, it's fabric for example, would show up like a Christmas tree in the dead of night.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

According to the 1970s animated series it was made from a unique organic composition.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

0:01 - 0:34 Sub-Commander Tal must be the hottest Romulan Commander in the history of Trek-verse. Even General Oh from 'Picard' wasn't this attractive. Also, I noticed her voice resembles that of Captain Janeway :)

[@benvolio15]

Um...Sub-Commader Tal was her male first officer. The Commander herself had no official name, at least not until the novel "Vulcan's Heart", by Josepha Sherman and Susan Schwartz.

[@jacksonheathen2092]

They used Klingon ships for Romulan ships in this episode. I know Mr Spock mentions that the Romulans were using Klingon design. I guess having Nimoy say that was just cheaper than building different little model ships.

[@geoffwilliams4478]

@@jacksonheathen2092 actually it was because somebody in the props department accidentally broke the 3 ships, so they decided to use the Klingon ships to save money.

[@jacksonheathen2092]

@@geoffwilliams4478 Cool. I didn't know that. But it makes sense. I remember in an earlier episode ("Balance of Terror") they actually had one Romulan warship with a bird painted on the underside. The base of the cloaking device in this episode also looks identical to the head from the Nomad probe in "The Changeling" and the bottom of Mr. Flint's M4 sentry robot in "Requiem for Methuselah".

[@geoffwilliams4478]

@@jacksonheathen2092 you're correct on Nomad and so forth. However, the producers wanted to show more than the Bird of Prey, which is why we originally saw the Klingon D-7 battlecruisers

[@galaticemperor9881]

Romulan vessel is faster than the Enterprise

[@JCERecordsTV]

No one questioned why Spock was close enough to a female for the transporter to beam them both 😂😅

[@eldandonsmith5372]

Spock, you have the bridge. I'll be escorting the Romulan commander to my quarters for a deep interrogation... Undistured!

[@davidcraig9938]

Romulan honey.

[@jasonbourneistreadstone]

I always thought she was beautiful.

[@zhongwa]

Romulans sure took their sweet time about attacking.

[@The.Man.WithAPlan]

i assume the Romulans and Enterprise have the same technology. If the Enterprise surprised them and gained few seconds headstart and warp factor 9. I don't see how the Romulans could catch up so quickly and have them in weapons range.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Warp 9 wasn't instant on the Kirk era ships. They had to build up the speed.

[@Wizardof]

Why didn't the bridge lighting go dark when they cloaked?? The power consumption is enormous!

[@rescue270]

...and how could they maintain warp 9 with that much of a power draw? This was the fastest I ever saw the TOS Enterprise go, and without peep from Scotty. Usually at warp 8, Commander Scott was yelling that his "engines can't take much more of this!"

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

The Connies have more power than Rommie ships.

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

The Romulans adopted the Klingon warship design. Yes, the Klingon ships were always faster per previous engagements. They also seemed to tolerate the cloaking device better. When Scotty engaged the device, I have no doubt it pulled a lot of juice out of the engines and that's one reason why Kirk ordered hard to port to get out of the way of the Klingon ships.

[@glenbolderson9279]

SHE WAS HOT!!!

[@davidcook5705]

Romulans using Klingon ships? Fascinating!

[@j_a_n_i_c.]

Joanne Linville was the best!!!

[@keithrees4755]

i think what has kept the peace between the feds and the roms is the roms respect gutsiness and bold moves and its because of this they are unsure what the feds are going to do in a war

[@Martin_Hermann]

when did they start to use warp?

[@mosesgutierrez-qk3ze]

Scotty always under stress

[@Ginger-u4e]

She was beatiful

[@ronniepemberton1942]

Since one of the romulan ships faster than the Enterprise

[@titanhades4331]

The Enterprise is only going Warp 9. Romulan ships still have a lot of leeway to go faster then them. Warp 9.1-Warp 9.9

[@billwipperman9492]

Warp 9 and the Romulan ships are closing fast? I didn't realize they were that much faster than Starfleet ships?

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

The Romulans adopted the Klingon warship design. Yes, the Klingon ships were always faster per previous engagements.

[@nole8923]

I’ll say one thing for Gene Roddenberry. He liked having curvaceous women on his show. He was a man of culture.😅

[@GeraldDrake-p4r]

WARP FACTOR 9!

[@billwipperman9492]

I wonder what ever became of the Romulan commander? Was she imprisoned by the Federation, or eventually returned to the Romulan Empire?

[@17FiveTires]

If they stay at warp, the r Romulans can’t attack can they?

[@rjtharp2]

Warp 9....

[@LikuteiAmarim]

Thank Q someone noticed it.

[@azurerainbow4637]

If there were any children on the Enterprise at that time while getting the cloaking device from one of those Klingon ships with Romulans aboard, would that Lady Romulan who went aboard the Enterprise as Spock was being beamed back still order her 1st officer to attack the Enterprise?

[@FandersonUfo]

316 mark 7

[@Macbille]

3:56 "Huh? O.o"

[@slojoe58]

I still don't see how they were able to catch up to the Enterprise! I can almost understand why the Romulans wouldn't have their shields up...almost!

[@Euripides_Panz]

Under the circumstances, the Romulans would happily burn up their engines if achieve their objectives.

[@allanpedden9519]

How friggin fast are Romulan ships??? Enterprise makes a surprise away from them at Warp 9…. And they have little trouble gaining on them…

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

The Romulans adopted the Klingon warship design. Yes, the Klingon ships were always faster per previous engagements. They probably had no engine governors! Better for a Klingon ship commander to blow up his warship in pursuit than face court martial for letting a Federation Starship get away. Don't forget that the earlier Romulan Bird of Prey ship was hampered by the cloaking device. It was a real energy hog and limited that ship's performance. As I recall, the Klingons and the Romulans formed an alliance and I surmise that both figured out that the Klingon ship was far more capable; especially with the cloaking device operating. When Scotty flipped the switch, it put a real drain on the Enterprise's engines and Kirk ordered a hard to turn to port to let the Klingons go past because it was losing power with that device on.

[@nosuchthing8]

These distances seem wonky. If they were traveling at warp speed then they would be going much faster than the speed of light. They seem too close.

[@centrist1008]

Warp 9. How are they catching?

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

The Romulans adopted the Klingon design. Yes, the Klingon ships were always faster per previous engagements. They probably had no engine governors! Better for a Klingon ship commander to blow up his warship in pursuit than face court martial for letting a Federation Starship get away.

[@robertpolityka8464]

Warp 9! Yikes!

[@anandmorris]

Is this the intergalactic equivalent of "blackface" 🤣🤣🤣

[@The_House_Velaryon]

I must have missed something. Why do those Romalan.... (oh my bad it's pronounced RomUlan) ships look like Klingon ships?

[@lovipoekimo176]

They mentioned it early in the episode--the Romulans and Klingons have a treaty at the time.