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- | Romulans are an offshoot of the [[Vulcans]], | + | Romulans are an offshoot of the [[species: |
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+ | ===== Origins ===== | ||
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+ | ==== On Vulcan ==== | ||
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+ | In Surak' | ||
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+ | After the Etoshans were gone, Surak argued that peace and logic was still a possibility. One of his students, [[romulans: | ||
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+ | In a process that could have bankrupted Vulcan, 16 huge [[romulans: | ||
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+ | Starting almost from scratch, and while waiting for their ships to be completed, these soon-to-be exiles created an entirely new language and came to call themselves "the declared" | ||
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+ | ==== The Journey ==== | ||
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+ | The launch date is officially known by Romulans as "the Sundering" | ||
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+ | At the beginning of the trip, multiple failures and malfunctions plagued the vessels. There were several crop failures and mild famines, though few people died of anything rare maintenance accidents. Seven ships were lost in the event horizon of a black hole. Two more ships were lost to psychic " | ||
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+ | Of the sixteen ships that left Vulcan, only five survived to reach [[romulans: | ||
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+ | ==== After Planetfall ==== | ||
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+ | Despite the unprecedented riches, there were still squabbles among the eighteen thousand surviving Romulans over who would get the best pieces of land. Some did not want to leave, electing to stay aboard ship as long as possible. This group became known as the [[romulans: | ||
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+ | === Population Building === | ||
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+ | Due to low number of survivors, drastic measures were taken to ensure that the Romulan people wouldn' | ||
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+ | Because of the small gene pool available, genetic manipulation and IVF treatments were bought by the wealthiest in order to increase their numbers and avoid their offspring having any inheritable disabilities. Modern Romulans have a reputation for destroying any infant that is obviously imperfect, but they like to forget that this wasn't always so and most do not even know their own history. | ||
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+ | For a time, it was " | ||
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+ | When precious stones like rubies and dilithium were discovered under these hostile reaches, these less-than-Romulans were the perfect choice to mine the ore. Over time, exposure to dilithium radiation, hard work, lack of sunlight and so forth mutated these beings into the race known today as [[romulans: | ||
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+ | === Wars === | ||
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+ | Even while trying to build their numbers, the Romulans were busily and cheerfully engaged in killing each other off. Of the eighteen thousand who arrived at the homeworlds, five to six thousand of those died in the first decade after planetfall. Fresh water was often a contested resource, although there was no shortage of lakes and streams for the Romulans to use. Each powerful House reckoned power and wealth slightly differently and they were only too glad to fight for an even better position. | ||
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+ | Modern Romulan warfare is usually focused on yikh, or outsiders, rather than on each other. However, power struggles and quiet assassinations are still extremely common among the upper classes. | ||
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+ | ===== Modern Romulans ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Federation Contact ==== | ||
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+ | After centuries of isolation, the Romulans had nearly forgotten that there were aliens in the universe. Vulcan was a distant memory. The Great Ships had been slowly abandoned by the Ship Clans and, eventually, fell from orbit. Only small interplanetary shuttles remained, to ferry goods between the two worlds. | ||
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+ | The memory of the rest of the galaxy was reawakened around fifteen hundred years after planetfall, when the Federation ship USS Carrizal arrived in the system. Upon arrival, it began broadcasting messages nearly identical to the ones the Etoshans had used. Obviously, the only response was to hastily build ships for a brutal, savage and unrelenting interstellar war. | ||
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+ | ==== Federation/ | ||
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+ | Although the Federation had better technology, Romulans had an advantage of numbers and sheer tenacity. Captured Federation ships helped provide new technology, such as warp drive, to the Romulans. Although neither side was able to overwhelm the other, the Romulan tactics eventually forced the Federation to sue for peace. | ||
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+ | ==== Post-war ==== | ||
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+ | Following the war, the Romulans entered an age of expansion. Although the Neutral Zone Treaty had established a boundary on the Federation side, there were plenty of star systems on the Romulan side of the zone to conquer. Although native populations were exceedingly rare in their section of space, those that were found were quickly subjugated and forced to serve the Romulan people. Uninhabited planets were made inhabitable and colonists were shipped in. | ||
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+ | This expansionist period and the lack of serious infighting saw the Romulan population nearly tripled in a matter of just a couple decades. During this period, contact was made with the Klingons. Although distrustful, | ||
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+ | ==== Romulan Empire ==== | ||
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+ | Although the Romulan Star Empire had not existed when the treaty with the Federation was signed, such an entity was in place by the time they developed the cloaking device. Various machinations were tried, the most audacious of which resulted in the [[romulans: | ||
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+ | ==== Dominion War ==== | ||
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+ | During the Dominion War, the Romulans somewhat reluctantly sided with the Federation. Although siding with their sworn enemy was considered to be a poor choice, even the most traditional realized that defeat and destruction at the hands of the Dominion would be much worse. With the end of the Dominion war, this alliance was broken and the Romulans once again viewed the Federation with hostility and suspicion. |
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