I disagree. I think it puts it too far in the future. That is not the NX bop but rather the refit bop, the romulan equiv to the ent-A refit. How much time passed between the 5 year mission and TMP? Ofcourse, perhaps the reason the ship destroyed the cargo vessel but didn't pillage the cargo was because it was on a top secret test run. We know the vulcans have incredebly long test periods and the Romulans are an offshoot of vulcans. Perhaps Romulans have long test periods as well, before the field a new ship so it could still make sense.
Also folks, I did email the dude and he said it is ok for the cargoships and such to be made or anything that is his in the ep. I wouldn't mind seeing the aurora.