Romulan

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  • Appearance: Mammalian; skin tones range from sallow green to dark brown, ears slightly pointed
  • Homeworld: Romulus
  • Copper-based blood
  • Distantly related to the Zami
  • A distant branch of Vulcans, having departed the homeworld centuries ago following the Time of Awakening
  • Largely biologically similar to Vulcans, but genetic drift has made them differentiable with careful scanning
    • Among other differences, Romulans lack the telepathic talents of Vulcans
  • Cultural notes
    • 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)
    • Gods
      • Erebus
        • Associated with fire (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
  • 2152: First contact with Humans