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-Romulans are an offshoot of the [[Vulcan|Vulcans]], having left Vulcan after a fundamental disagreement with Surak's philosophies. They are a proud [[romulans:Romulan society|warrior race]] who are extremely suspicious of outsiders.
+Romulans are an offshoot of the [[species:vulcan|Vulcans]], having left Vulcan after a fundamental disagreement with Surak's philosophies. They are a proud [[romulans:Romulan society|warrior race]] who are extremely suspicious of outsiders.
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 ==== After Planetfall ====
-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 Ship Clans. The rest held a lottery, which even today some claim was rigged, to decide who went where. What is known is that most of the reluctant travelers ended up on the worst parts of ch'Havran and not on the lush world of ch'Rihan.
+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:ship clans|Ship Clans]]. The rest held a lottery, which even today some claim was rigged, to decide who went where. What is known is that most of the reluctant travelers ended up on the worst parts of ch'Havran and not on the lush world of ch'Rihan.
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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.
+==== Federation/Romulan War ====
+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.
+==== Post-war ====
+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.
+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, both empires initially saw a kinship in the other. In exchange for not conquering Klingon border worlds, the Klingons would provide the Romulans with badly needed ships. Or so the Romulans claim. In the end, the tentative treaty crumbled and left behind only an uneasy wariness.
+==== Romulan Empire ====
+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:first romulan civil war|First Romulan Civil War]]. After being thwarted by Kirk, Picard, and other Starfleet captains, the Romulans finally agreed to the signing of the Treaty of Algeron.
+==== Dominion War ====
+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.