(May 23, 2019 at 8:31 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: TOS and TNG were ambiguous, left up to the viewer to decide. Trade paperbacks (and the equally official game universe) go into greater (but not really any more workable, lol) detail.
Broadly, we're all descendants, somehow...maybe.....of that ancient race.....but even they aren't sure of that. Things went horribly awry when they collapsed, lol.
-and it's universal translators that allow us to talk to each othkothker, we all hear and understand whats being said in our native languages.
A universal translator would make anyone talking appear like those Japanese folks in old Godzilla movies that are overdubbed....