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** Descendant of the peoples of the [[Arret Empire]] | ** Descendant of the peoples of the [[Arret Empire]] | ||
* A distant branch of [[Vulcan (species)|Vulcan]]s, having departed the homeworld centuries ago following the [[Time of Awakening]] | * A distant branch of [[Vulcan (species)|Vulcan]]s, having departed the homeworld centuries ago following the [[Time of Awakening]] | ||
* Largely | * Largely identical biology and biochemistry to Vulcans | ||
** | ** Genetic drift has made them differentiable with careful scanning | ||
** Most significant difference is that Romulans lack the telepathic talents of Vulcans | |||
** Prominent brow ridges also common amongst Romulans, very rare amongst Vulcans | |||
* Cultural notes | * Cultural notes | ||
** [[Romulan faith]] | ** [[Romulan faith]] | ||
Revision as of 12:26, 24 October 2017
- Appearance: Mammalian; skin tones range from sallow green to dark brown, ears slightly pointed
- Homeworld: Romulus
- Originally Vulcan
- Major offworld populations: Throughout the Romulan Star Empire
- Copper-based blood
- Distantly related to the Zami
- Descendant of the peoples of the Arret Empire
- A distant branch of Vulcans, having departed the homeworld centuries ago following the Time of Awakening
- Largely identical biology and biochemistry to Vulcans
- Genetic drift has made them differentiable with careful scanning
- Most significant difference is that Romulans lack the telepathic talents of Vulcans
- Prominent brow ridges also common amongst Romulans, very rare amongst Vulcans
- Cultural notes
- Romulan faith
- Romulan language
- Romulans, as with Vulcans, consider danger associated with green, safety with orange (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Derived from the fact that their blood is naturally green, and plant life was extremely rare on Vulcan, giving little-to-no innate association between nature and green
- As a result, status displays use a green/orange color scheme rather than the more common Human red/green scheme (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Romulan citizens expected to carry an Honor Blade, with which they are to take their own life should honor demand it of them (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
History
- c.4th century: The subculture that would become Romulans voluntarily exiled themselves from Vulcan, traveling across space and eventually reaching Romulus and Remus
- c.19th century: "First contact" with Vulcans
- Beginning of the Vulcan-Romulan War
- 2152: First contact with Humans