Romulans are a secretive race, similar to the Maoist China of the latter half of the 20th century to the present. Borders and internal security are paramount as in North-South Korea.
Komerex Klinzhai and Stelaam Romulus
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And though I had slain a thousand foes less one,
The thousandth knife found my liver;
The thousandth enemy said to me,
'Now you shall die,
Now none shall know.'
And the fool, looking down, believed this,
Not seeing, above his shoulders, the naked stars,
Each one remembering.
--John M. Ford, The Final Reflection
I am a scholar on all things TtlhIngan. As a society, they are a proud and honorable race. There are many career paths, but the military is the most prominent in the current society. All paths are competetive, centering on individual strengths and loyalty first to the Empire, then to their House. Terraan equivalent would be the US Marine Corps. Q'pla !
Topic: Klingon Intelligence Report
The less populated and explored regions of the Komerex is similar to Siberia and the Russian tundra of Earth. For millennia it has had small outposts, too small to be considered towns by any standards. Before the advent of aircraft, these served as way stations for overland rail transport. Primarily to the eastern ports established along the Pacific Ocean.
Items on the WEB...
An old Overview, Another and Diplomatic Relations
History
Fact Bites WEB search links
The Klingon Diplomatic Corps
Klignon Language Institute
Klingonska Akademien
Klingon Language
Google in Klingon
Klingon Wikipedia
Klingon Assault Groups
Final Relections on the author of Final Reflections
Ship Recognition Manual by FASA and more Starship database and schematics
Klin Zha the strategy board game of choice
FASA Map put the Empire beyond Orion / Rigel and shaped like the northern African contiment
Star Trek Star Charts, Klingon Empire- pp 64-65 . . .zoom pp. 62-63
Klingon Homeworld – HIP 650050 – 142.75 ly; 45 deg above the Galactic plane in Leo
- past Regulus; HIP 48447 is half way at 71-72 ly
(HD 55693 - 120 ly along the Galactic plane with a class-G primary would have been my choice)
Rura Penthe - HD 50590
Mempa - h Eridani OR HIP 43310 - Sector connecting with Romulan space
Khitomer - Omicron Columbia
Beta Thoridor - HD 30670
Korvat - Pi Canis Major
Starbase 24 - HD 48938
No’mat - Omicron Leo
Brestant - Delta Lep
Outpost 4 - Omega Leo
Gorath - Theta Hydra
Epsilon Hydra - Federation outpost at near Klingon space
Archanis - HIP 37798 -
Donatu - HD 42618 - site of Battle of Donatu V
Cursa - Beta Eridanus
Ardana - Mu Leo [TOS Cloud Minders]
Sherman’s Planet - HD 247168
Organia – HD 18719 –
- HD 76218 - 114.7 ly from HD 55693 (and incidentally the same distance from Beta TRA)
Boreth
Davlos - Nu Tauri
Adhara - farthest extent of Klingon space
Tribble Prime - Iota Gemini
Tiburon - Omega Fornacis
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I am a scholar of the Romulan Way. Romulans have been prortrayed as a proud, but xenophobic race. They are arrogant and mistrustful [of even their own kind, as the Tal'Shiar is the prime example]. Diane Duane, the author of the Rihansuu series shows their best sides. The later series shows their worst aspects with no redeeemng values. It is my hope to find an understanding of this race in all alternate realities, so that crewman Daniels doesn't have to tell Archer "You don't want to look at that" when reaching for the book "The Romulan Empire." Jolan tru.
Topic: Romulan Intelligence Report
The Stelaam Rihansuu has a large centralized form of bureaucracy that governs much of its territory and populace. Similar to the mainland China of Earth, it has been mostly ‘invisible’ to ‘western’ civilization. Even before the advent of the Tal Shiar, the government’s hold over its people, and to a grater extent, its extreme paranoia to other cultures has led to its strength. Other than its ‘open’ ports and physical geography, there is essentially nothing known of its internal society or economy.
- K’Rea 2250s- Federation space, above the Mempa sector. Two systems, offshoot Romulan race. One supported by Federation peacekeeping forces. The Other a fanatical government ‘tolerated’ by both empires,
- Indo-Ch’mn 2260s- costly civil war once raged, supported on opposing sides by Romulan and Star Fleet forces.
- Hmg’k’ng 2300- Former free-trade treaty territory ceded away from the Empire 2161 to 2299. Remains a trade hub after being retaken as Romulan territory. Southernmost near Federation space ports.
- T’wn [previously Frm’s’] 2245- dissidents and refugees after the fall and disgrace of the Emperor. Seeks Federation support and Star Fleet protection, even with an extensive TAD delivery network aimed at Romulan space.
- JPN 2340s- Klingons unknowingly allied against the Federation. Destroyed and reoccupied by true Klingons to save face.
- T’B’t/Iconian (ancient)- little is known about this ancient race. Current nomads and outposts are speculated to be at least three species removed.
Based on the Star Trek Star Charts, Romulan Star Empire- pp 66-67 and the Celestia downloaded program . . .
Romulan Homeworld – HIP 650054 - 75.76 ly below the Galactic plane in Hydrus - half way to Achernar
- Beta TRA - 40 ly along the Galactic plane was my choice
Tarod Sector [Sector 030] . . .
Zeta TRA - nearest Romulus (5 ly)
Alpha Cir (15 ly), Nu Octans, Phoenix, 1 Centauri, Iota Pavo, Gamma Tucana,
Cheron - Omicron Gru - battle of,
Zeta Gruis - Earth Forces side of the RNZ (nearest Tarod)
Chi Eridani - Kaleb (Sector Sierra nearest to Earth)
Alpha Mensae - RNZ system closest to Earth (33 ly)
- includes Epsilon and Rho Virgo, and Eta Corvi above Romulan space
Alpha Caelum - Hyralan (Sector Quebec)
- includes Gamma Doradus, Beta Pictor, and Psi Vel
Algeron - Xi Virgo - site of Federation-Romulan Treaty of 2311
“Neutral” - Iota Puppis - half-way between Q’onos and Romulus along the Neutral Zone
Eta Antlia - “small end” of Romulan space
Algorab - northernmost of Romulan space
Achernar - southernmost - New Home world after Hobus supernova destroys Romulus
Pi Mensae - half-way between Algorab and Achernar; and the far side of Romulan space
Gamma Hydra IV - [TOS Deadly Years]
Delta Musca - last Earth Forces outpost of the RNZ
HIP 31134 - center of Romulan space
Gacrux
Beta Vol, Mu Velorum, Xi Hydra, Alpha Vol, and Zeta Vol lead to Gamma Vol -on the other side of Romulan space
Deep Space 6 - Tau Centauri / HD 109787 - 131 ly on the “other side” of Romulan space
Delta Doradus - farthest from Earth (120 ly); near Starbase 173
HIP 34698 - farthest extent of Romulan space
WEB sites of interest...
Wiki entry updated 2009 CE
Overview
Diplomatic Relations
a Database
Dictionary on the Rihansuu Langiage
a Romulan Language Generator
a History of the Earth-Romulan War
Ruling Passion sim
non-Bordered Map
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The Federation-Klingon-Romulan Zone
A largely unexplored region of space running beyond but parallel to the furthest extent of each governments’ treaty zones of expansion. Extending roughly down-arm, each government has its goal, extending long fingers outwards. The Klingons already claim Adhara as their territory, although few ships have explored that far. The Federation has Canopus and beyond as staging areas for further expansion, but has not set up any permanent facilities this far from the home worlds. The Romulan Navies strive to extend beyond the confines of the imposed Neutral Zone as well as the Klingon incursion regions, Their ultimate goal is the Smaller Magellanic Cloud, of which Star Fleet has reached once.
In the overall galactic political picture, the Federation is hemmed in by the two empires to the ‘east’ with previously unknown dangers to the galactic ‘west.’ It was not until the mid-24th centuries that the boundaries of the Cardassian Union and the Tzenthi were tested and arbitrarily ‘defined’ as well as the Tholian Assembly. Later to be adversaries were the Breen Confederacy. These as well as the Romulans, would one day form the Typhon Pact set against the Federation-Klingon Alliance, in the late 24th century. Few ‘allies’ were to be found up-arm, the Ferengi and the First Federation being mostly loose trade routes rather than centralized space-faring governments.
As early as the 2260s it was deemed necessary to explore the richer worlds beyond the Mempa sector, and the furthest extent of the Romulan War Treaty zone.
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There were many other excellent Romulan related sites, but they were on Geocities, which Yahoo closed in October 2009.
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Addenda
Alpha Quadrant
Deep Space 9, Bajor, Cardassia
Stardate 5180. later-2374
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