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== Background == === Origins === [[File:Sword of the Raptor Star.png|thumb|The Sword of the Raptor Star, left on Dewa III]] :''See also: [[Accolade/Lore#History_of_New_Romulus|History of New Romulus]]'' The Romulans began as a group of [[Vulcan]]s who were referenced as "those who march beneath the Raptor's wings" during the violent {{MAlpha|Time of Awakening}}, also called "the Sundering" by the Romulans. As they kept refusing to accept the Vulcan philosopher {{MAlpha|Surak}}'s teachings of complete suppression of emotions, they split off from Vulcan society and left the planet in the [[Pre-22nd Century#4th Century|4th century]], taking with them revered artefacts like the [[Sword of the Raptor Star]]. Traveling among the stars in huge generational ships, the outcast Vulcans created several off-shoot civlizations, e.g., the {{MAlpha|Debrune}}, by settling on various planets including {{MAlpha|Barradas III}}. Before or after this, the proto-Romulans reached [[Dewa III]], which they named "Vastam". Some desired to settle there, not wanting to return to the cold and cramped ships, while others believed they could not make the necessary changes to live there. Eventually an open debate was organized to make the decision. Despite the good intentions, things quickly deteriorated and a massive riot began. By the time it ended, 247 people had been killed. The survivors unanimously decided to leave and ultimately settled on the planets [[Romulus]] and [[Remus]] in the [[Romulus System]]. Remus was a tidally locked world with the population forever living in darkness. Its mineral wealth meant it was of critical importance to the empire and the Reman population became the worker caste of the Empire. In the 22nd century the Romulans made first contact with [[Earth]] when Romulan ships encountered the [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']]. By this era the Romulans were already highly secretive and revealed very little of themselves to outsiders. Romulans maintained their security by ensuring division among their potential enemies, but the arrival of Earth as a peacemaker between the [[Vulcan]]s, [[Andorian]]s, and [[Tellarite]]s. The Romulans attempted to destabilize the region but the deception was exposed and the four powers formed a Coalition of Planets to protect themselves. Tensions between the Romulans and Earth's Coalition led to war. The Romulans lost and the [[Neutral Zone]] was established over subspace radio, permanently separating the emerging [[United Federation of Planets]] from the [[Romulan Star Empire]]. After a century of isolation, the Empire re-entered galactic politics by destroying 4 Federation Neutral Zone outposts in 2266; the attacking ship is eventually defeated by the [[U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701)|U.S.S. ''Enterprise'']]. Shortly after the Romulans and Klingons sign the terms of an alliance, resulting in the Klingons gaining access to cloaking technology, while the Romulans take delivery of several Klingon-designed vessels. [[File:The Core of the Matter.png|thumb|Romulan Commander Chulak]] Looking for an advantage, Romulan Commander [[Chulak]] accepts an offer from the [[Na'kuhl]] to provide them with a [[Planet Killer]]. After an intervention from future temporal agents, they lose control of the Planet Killer and it renders [[Galorndon Core System|Galorndon Core]] uninhabitable before being destroyed. Chulak cuts ties with the Na'kuhl after this event. ({{Mission|The Core of the Matter}}) The Klingon-Romulan alliance collapses shortly before the [[Khitomer Accords]] are signed in 2293. The Romulan Ambassador to the Federation had been party to an interstellar conspiracy to bring about a Federation-Klingon war in place of Chancellor Gorkon's proposed peace talks. A few years later, the Tomed Incident led to the Federation agreeing not to use cloaking technology and the Romulans entered a period of isolation. Despite the Romulans avoiding the Federation, they had no qualms about attacking the Klingons. In 2344, Romulan forces attacked the Klingon outpost at Narendra III, which was defended by the {{USS|Enterprise-C}}. The crew of the ''Enterprise'' was captured, among them [[Natasha Yar]]. Her daughter with a Romulan general, [[Sela]], would later serve in the Romulan military. ===Mid 24th century=== [[File:Spock on Romulus 2.png|thumb|Ambassador [[Spock]] on [[Romulus]] calling for reunification]] The Romulan's isolation from the Federation ended in 2364 when a ship sent to investigate destruction of Romulan monitoring stations on their side of the Neutral Zone (later revealed to be the work of the Borg Collective) makes contact with the [[U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701)|U.S.S. ''Enterprise''-D]]. The Empire subsequently tried to destroy the Federation/Klingon alliance on several occasions in the 2360s. In 2368 Ambassador [[Spock]] travelled to Romulus to work with Romulan reunificationists, those who desire a peaceful union of Romulan and Vulcan peoples. Among those he tutors is a young [[D'Tan]]. ===Dominion War=== In 2371 the Romulan's intelligence service, the [[Tal Shiar]], cooperated with the [[Cardassian Union|Cardassian]] [[Obsidian Order]] in a preemptive strike on the [[Founders' Homeworld]]. However the operation was a trap intended to remove the Romulans and Cardassians as serious obstacles to the [[Dominion]]. The Empire recoilled from engaging the [[Dominion]] again and signed a non-agression pact. Only after being tricked into believing a Dominion invasion of Romulan space was imminent, the Empire joined [[Starfleet]] and the [[Klingon Defense Force]] in the [[Dominion War]]. Reman troops were used as assault forces during the most violent encounters of the Dominion War.
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