(ENT: "Kir'Shara"; TNG: "Unification II") Sometime during the mid-22nd century, Administrator V'Las became the head of the Vulcan High Command. More Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki. V'Las placed the blame on the Syrrannites, a group of Vulcans dedicated to returning Vulcan to the true teachings of Surak. This had the effect of creating an alternate timeline, wherein the Federation was at war with the Klingon Empire, and Tasha Yar had not died at Va⦠Talok was forced to return to Romulus following these events, telling V'Las that the reunification of the Vulcan and Romulan peoples would have to wait. The DVD commentary for "Amok Time" says that TOS writer D. C. Fontana named the Vulcan god of death "Shariel", a bust of whom is seen in Spock's quarters. Nothing new there. Constant warfare between nations, clans, and ideological groups kept the arid soil of the planet Vulcan green the with the blood of the vanquished. Suddenly the Neutral Zone was awash in activity again. For official blog entries from the official Star Trek Online website, see Lore Blogs. The Vulcan-Romulan War was a violent conflict in Vulcan history between the followers of Surak and his philosophy, and his opponents, referred to as "those who marched beneath the raptor's wings," who later left Vulcan and settled the planet Romulus. Most caucasianoid-like Vulcans typically a⦠Vulcans are depicted as similar in appearance to humans. (Star Trek). This group later settled on the planets Romulus and Remus and become the Romulan species, eventually forming a vast and powerful interstellar empire. And while the invasion attempt may have been bold (be it a feint, or for real), Romulan allies probably were less impressed by the audacity than by the fact that it ultimately failed. This war lasted for a hundred years. His efforts ultimately failed, leading to fall of the Romulan Empire, which led to the rise of the Romulan Free State, and the creation of an alternate reality. Vulcans can be classified into various races. (TOS: "Return to Tomorrow") season 2. In Rough Beasts of Empire, the Reunification movement becomes legal, although in Plagues of Night Spock comes to see the Romulan people are against reunification and he leaves Romulus. The Romulans' plans for reunification were further delayed by the Empire's isolationist policies following the end of the war in 2160 through the mid-23rd century. during the 4th century, an unflinching dictator named Surak arose. The Vulcan explorer Tâsannu is shot down by Romulan patrol ships in orbit of châRihan. Armed with logic, the Vulcans would live in a⦠When United Earth (UE) forces were finally given the opportunity to go on the offensive after a Romulan invasion fleet was destroyed at the Battle of the Vela Gap in 2157, the strategies available were severely limited by the poor quality of United Earth Stellar Navy (UESN) warships. Enterprise D ⦠Both the ship and the station were destroyed. Spock left without notifying the Federation, and in response Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Lieutenant Commander Data of the USS Enterprise were sent to determine what he was doing there and ensure that he had not defected to the Romulan Empire. They began a program of covert infiltration of the government of the Confederacy of Vulcan, with V'Las, the Administrator of the Vulcan High Command b⦠By the late 24th century, a Romulan Reunification Movement began to grow on Romulus; it advocated a reunification of the Vulcan and Romulan peoples, allowing the Romulans to reclaim their Vulcan heritage. Unknown to most at the time, V'Las had been working with a Romulan operative, Major Talok, to pave the way for the conquest of Vulcan by the Romulan Star Empire. Memory Beta articles sourced from episodes and movies, Memory Beta articles sourced from short stories, The Way of D'era: The Romulan Star Empire, All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook, https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Vulcan-Romulan_War?oldid=725673. Those who didn't follow his philosophy remained belligerent and formed colonies on other planets, eventually spawning the Romulan race. They embraced a power-hungry philosophy centred on military aggression and imperialism, they have been behind the scenes in many of Star Trek's more prominent conflicts and their animosity with the Federation has lasted generat⦠(TOS: "Balance of Terror", "The Savage Curtain"; ENT: "Awakening", "Kir'Shara"), While the Vulcans were open to peaceful reunification, the Romulans' interest in the matter proved to be one of conquest. The founder of the Vulcan's modern way of thinking was a Vulcan called Surak. In 2387, the Hobus star was on the verge of supernova. The main physical differences are their eyebrows and ears: the former are arched and upswept, while the latter feature pinnae which taper into a point at the top. It has always been thought that the Romulan Star Empire was a radical offshoot of Vulcan civilization, a minority of Vulcans that denied the philosophy of Surak. However, the wormhole linking the two regions vanished once more meaning that the conquerors were cut off from Romulus. While the Vulcans were open to peaceful reunification, the Romulans' interest in the matter proved to be one of conquest. In actuality, the events that led to the formation of these two separate societies were quite different. How could the Romulans expect to invade a planet like Vulcan, in Federation space, with a small invasion force of 2000 troops in three small ships accompanied with one warbird? To show re-unification of Vulcans and Romulans would be a logical progression of history too as Romulans âdiasporaâ seems like it would ⦠Despite a promising meeting with Neral, in which he promised public endorsement of reunification with Vulcan, Spock and Picard suspected foul play. In 2373 the U.S.S. Romulans were already known to be ruthless, scheming bastards who violated the UFP borders at will. Romulan Lore : The Clever attempt to Invade Vulcan - YouTube Instead of a rapprochement with their distant kin, the Romulans saw it as an opportunity to regain control of the distant homeworld of their species. The two powers were hostile to one another as both saw themselves as the true inheritors of their heritage which brought about a tense period between the twin empires. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine They opt to try another invasion of Federation space again, but ultimately fail. Their suspicions proved correct when they were taken into custody by Commander Sela. This resulted in the rise of the Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire to a position more powerful than Emperor. The long distance war lasted a century due to the wormhole's unstable openings and each time the invaders were defeated by the tenacity of the Vulcan defenders as well as their well planned strategies. By the 215⦠A group of dissenters, known as "those who march beneath the raptor's wings", did not accept Surak's teachings, and left the planet Vulcan at this time. At the time, both races lacked Warp drive technology and were entirely reliant on sub-light engines which meant that the Romulans were entirely reliant on the infrequent openings of the wormhole in order to send their invasion forces. Unknown to most at the time, V'Las had been working with a Romulan operative, Major Talok, to pave the way for the conquest of Vulcan by the Romulan Star Empire. In that case, surely the Romulan fleet was prepared for such an eventuality, so why did they so readily abort their invasion plan? He proclaimed a new day in Vulcan history by introducing the discipline of logic and emotional restraint. All 27 Romulan Cabbage cruisers involved in the invasion (as well as a score of support ships) were destroyed, and an estimated 60,000 Romulan sailors and soldiers lost their lives. The war between the two races began in the Earth year 1270 and ended by 1370 which were in the Romulan years 901 and 1001. The following covers a history of the Romulan and Reman peoples within the timeline of Star Trek Online, the immediately preceding years and times references in the game's lore. Commander Spock once theorized that Sargon's people may visited pre history Vulcan and Earth also, some six million years ago. 2371 A.D. Captain James Tiberius dies on Veridian III after being caught in the Nexus and meeting up with Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. In retrospect, such a long-range attack against a prepared enemy was unlikely to succeed given the short unrefueled range and slow speeds of these mammoth cruisers. 2144 The Romulan Star Empire is founded with the âimperializationâ of the colonies on Chaltok and Sotarek. There must have been dozens of Vulcan ships to defend the home world and the Vulcans would have fought off ⦠Though the Vulcans had embraced peace, they were not an entirely defenseless species and fought back against these aggressive invaders who did not identify themselves. Sometime during the mid-22nd century, Administrator V'Las became the head of the Vulcan High Command. In 2154, the Earth embassy on Vulcan was bombed. As part of rebuilding a new Romulan Republic, he became leader of the Romulan Unification Movement in an attempt to continue Ambassador Spock's work of bringing the Vulcan and Romulan people together. Data and Spock were able to access the computer system and reprogram the hologram to warn the Federation of the invasion. Those who rejected Surak would leave their world and become the Romulans.. An investigation by Starfleet officers Captain Jonathan Archer and Commander T'Pol of the starship Enterprise NX-01 revealed the Syrrannites' innocence in the bombing. 1 Background 1.1 Origins 1.2 Mid 24th century 1.3 Dominion War 2 Path to 2409 2.1 The Shinzon coup 2.2 Post Shinzon era 2.3 Reintegration of the Imperial Romulan State 2.4 ⦠The Vulcan-Romulan War was a violent conflict in Vulcan history between the followers of Surak and his philosophy, and his opponents, referred to as "those who marched beneath the raptor's wings," who later left Vulcan and settled the planet Romulus. By the 2150s, the Empire sought to expand into the area of the known galaxy that later came to constitute the ⦠Sela tops the rankings of influential Romulans because, quite frankly, the commander involved herself in numerous plots⦠With the di⦠The new proconsul of the Romulan Senate, Neral, had been promising reform and Pardek believed he could be convinced to join the reunification movement. in the mid-22nd century. In 2378, the Romulan Star Empire asked for peace with the Federation, but this was later revealed to be a ruse by Reman Praetor Shinzon. The Alliance forces, including Earth outpost 1 and the Earth starship Atlantis tried to defend the system, but ultimately failed. Ousted Administrator V'Las conspiring with Talok, Unfortunately for V'Las, these plans fell through when Archer and T'Pau, the leader of the Syrrannite movement, brought the Kir'Shara before the Vulcan High Command, bringing forth the Vulcan Reformation. In the 4th century CE Vulcans "who marched under the raptor's wing" left Vulcan in a group of colony ships. Picard and Data returned to Federation space shortly after, although Spock chose to remain behind and continue his efforts of promoting peaceful reunification of Vulcan and Romulus. (ENT: "Babel One", "United", "The Aenar"; TOS: "Balance of Terror"). Now, the idea of a Romulan invasion fleet just up and coming to Vulcan sounds ludicrous, except that we've seen time and time again that even in our Starships as Boats battles of Star Trek, the sheer scale of Space makes defending a single planet from invasion a daunting task. (TNG: "Unification I", "Unification II"), Spock remained on Romulus for nearly two more decades, when in 2387, at a time when the Romulans and Vulcans were on such terms that when Romulus was threatened by a supernova, Spock offered to use red matter to save the Romulans. Logs from the incident now known as "The Balance of Terror" (see note nine) showed a dutiful ⦠(NF - No Limits short story: "'Q'uandary"). Voyager 's EMH created a holographic T'Pau as part of his personality-improvement project. It was determined that V'Las, in an attempt to eliminate the Syrrannites as a political obstacle in his plans to attack Andoria, had one of his aides bomb the embassy and plant evidence implicating them, allowing V'Las to eliminate the Syrrannites without incident or opposition. Throughout that century, the Empire had adopted a program of unlimited territorial expansion and conquest so widely accepted that when then-Senator Valdore i'Kaleh tr'Ihaimehn sought to publicly question it, he was expelled from the Senate and faced execution before fellow Senator and old friend Vrax intervened with the First Consul to have the Praetor spare Valdore's life. 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