Romulus

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Romulus

For the founders of Rome, see Romulus and Remus.

"I have been to over a hundred different worlds, and none display the awesome beauty of Romulus." - Alidar Jarok

Romulus was the Class M homeworld of the Romulan species and capital of the Romulan Star Empire.

Astronomical data

Location

• Beta Quadrant ^{(citation needed • edit)}
  • Romulan system

The book Star Trek: Star Charts appears to suggest that Romulus orbits a star obscured from Earth by Epsilon Phoenicis.

Names

• Romulus

Moons

• At least one

Further Information

Historical

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Romulus and The Romulan sun in 2379

Romulus was the home of the Romulans, who were an offshoot species of the Vulcans. During the 4th century, a group of Vulcans left their homeworld Vulcan and settled the planets Calder II, Dessica II, Draken IV, Yadalla Prime and Barradas III. This civilization, called the Debrune, was regarded as a predecessor of the Romulan Star Empire. After their odyssey, which lasted for centuries, the Vulcans finally reached Romulus, a planet that matched all their needs and seemed as a perfect place to begin a new civilization.

Kor had led an attack on Romulus prior to 2372, which Worf had been told about when he was younger. (DS9: "The Sword of Kahless")

During his time as an Obsidian Order operative, Elim Garak worked at the Cardassian embassy on Romulus as a gardener. (DS9: "Broken Link", "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges")

In Grathon Tolar's forged holoprogram, a hologram of Weyoun stated that the Founders believed that they would be on Romulus in less than three weeks after a Dominion invasion. (DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight")

During the Dominion War, injured Romulan soldiers were taken to Romulus for treatment, until Senator Kimara Cretak successfully persuaded the Bajorans to let them establish a hospital on Derna. (DS9: "Image in the Sand")

In 2375, during the Dominion War, Romulus hosted a Federation Alliance conference. (DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges")

The Female Changeling promised Thot Gor control of Romulus if the Breen "fought well" at the Battle of Cardassia. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")

In 2387, a star close to Romulus went supernova, destroying the planet.(Star Trek)

Political

Romulus and Remus were the major worlds of the Romulan Star Empire, one of the mightiest powers in the Alpha Quadrant and Beta Quadrants.

The Capital City of the Romulan Star Empire was located on Romulus where the Hall of State was situated. The Imperial Romulan Senate met there in the Senate Chamber.

Geographical

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The Krocton Segment on Romulus (2368)

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The Valley of Chula (2366)

Romulus was a temperate Class M planet, which harbors numerous large lakes and oceans. Although both planets orbit their central star, Romulus and Remus were often referred to as twin planets.

Cities and towns:

• Rateg
• Krocton Segment

Geographical features:

• Apnex Sea
• Gal Gath'thong
• Valley of Chula

Zoological

• Set'leth

Appendices

Appearances

• ENT:
  • "Babel One"
  • "United"
  • "The Aenar"
• TNG:
  • "The Defector"
  • "Unification I"
  • "Unification II"
• DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"
• Star Trek Nemesis

Background

In Roman mythology, Romulus and his brother Remus were known as the brothers who founded the city of Rome. Romulus became the first king after killing his brother. The relation between the planets of Romulus and Remus reflect this. See Romulus and Remus.

Romulus was also mentioned as a small note on a very large star chart graphic created for TNG: "Conspiracy". It was the image behind the chair in the room where Dexter Remmick was killed.

A view of the surface of Romulus was depicted on several viewscreens on Deep Space 9's promenade and replimat, as seen in the episode DS9: "The Muse".

Production designer Herman Zimmerman commented in Star Trek: The Magazine about his work during Star Trek Nemesis: "The Romulans have possessed advanced technology a lot longer than the Federation, so the look was a combination of art deco and medievalism meets high tech. Most of the designs were inspired by Italian designer Carlo Scarpa."

Regarding exterior design of the Senate area, designer Syd Dutton said director "Stuart Baird wanted us to think about Albert Speer, the architect who did all the conceptual drawings for Hitler. Speer took that national socialist idea to a ridiculous extreme where everything was huge and classical."

"The Romulans are a people who live in a marshy area. They had little houses on stilts around mudwork. The mudwork became part of this central core and that was where the old part of the city – the Forum and Senate buildings – was located. As the city expanded going away from that, the buildings became bigger and more technological."

Apocrypha

• In some Star Trek novels, the capital city of Romulus is called Ra'tleihfi, and in others as as Ki Bataran.

• In some Star Trek novels, Romulus is called ch'Rihan and Remus is ch'Havran. The Romulans are the Rihannsu, and Remus is said to be the more temperate of the two planets. Also, Romulus is said to have at least 4 moons.

• The comic book series Star Trek: Countdown, a tie-in to the 2009 Star Trek film, gives further detail about the destruction of Romulus. The supernova which destroys the planet is identified as being in the Hobus system; Nero and his crew are mining in that system at the time of the star's first eruption. Prior to the destruction of Romulus, Spock attempts to warn the Romulan Senate that the supernova poses a threat to both the planet and the entire Romulan Star Empire, but is rebuffed.