Ladiesman^
Spaceman
Originally posted by junior
Actually, there wouldn't be anything surprising about that one. Romulans and Vulcans are the same basic species. In fact, there was an entire two-part episode of TNG based around this premise (the one with Spock).
Yeah, I know....but Vulcans and Romulans are quite different, ref TNG "The Enemy"...Dr. Crusher assumed working on a Romulan would be the same as working on a Vulcan, but she was quite mistaken and was unable to save the Romulan...
The general theory behind the differences between Romulans and Vulcans is that as the Romulans were searching for a world, we know they stopped on a few others. They probably picked up a few generations of cross-breeds with the natives.
Can't happen, leastways not by conventional (natural biological) reproduction. It has to be some fraction evenly divisible by 2, since only 2 parents are involved in producing offspring the "old" (read: FUN!) way...
3/4, 5/8, etc. MAYBE, but not "2/3's" human... Even though this is fiction, certain tenets must be adhered to, unless some plausible reason exists why NOT to:
Now, if the "other" race was some anomalous species that requires 3 separate genetic (ahem) "contributions" to produce offspring, THEN maybe you're barking up the right tree; but AFAIK, Klingons reproduce the same way we do, so that's a non-starter, unless the critter was made in a lab somehow...
Ok...so maybe Tom and Beylanna's kid was something else...
I just guess 2/3 because Beylanna is half-Klingon, half-Human. Paris is human. Assuming Beylanna's lineage is pure klingon and pure human, and Paris' lineage is pure human, I just guess 2/3...(because the kid would obviously be more Human than Klingon)
i'm probably wrong...i'm not good with numbers