Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
They couldn't really do much to build up to the Romulans, though, since in TOS the Federation largely didn't even know what the Romulans looked liked, much less anything else about them (Vulcans aside).
Plus, the Earth-Romulan War didn't start until 2156, which would have been during Enterprise's 5th season, if there had been one. So if they had spent a lot of time building up the war...it would have had no payoff whatsoever, since the show was cancelled before then. Further, the Earth-Romulan War lasted 4 years...which means Enterprise's 6th, 7th, and 8th seasons would have had to be about it, as well. I imagine if the show had run on that long, people would have been pretty tired of it by that point. I mean, just imagine that--a four year long arc fighting an enemy that the crew never even sees. :/