• aebletrae [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    Their physiology is barely diverged so their intellects are likely to remain similar. Espionage is frequently the theme of Romulan encounters, which would help keep them up to date. And if they procreate more frequently than every seven years, they might have a much larger population even with greater murderousness, with more people being advantageous for tech development.

    • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      They also have an empire with a large number of client species. Vulcan does not. If anything the romulans are more advanced than the Vulcans