Romulan Guard

Facts

• Military of the Romulan Star Empire (TNG: "Unification II")
• Official name: Galae Command (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
  • Term drawn from Rihannsu fan lore, mentioned in above work
• Divided into legions
  • First Legion
    • More commonly known as the Romulan Star Navy (TLE novel: Serpents Among the Ruins)
  • Fifth Legion (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Military research and development (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • General goals decided by commanding admiral, specific directions and implementation by chief technologist (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru, Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Unknown Legion
    • Planetary administration (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
    • Manages and controls subject worlds following annexation (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)

Crew

• Officers
  • Officer training at Imperial War College (TNG: "Face of the Enemy")
  • Ranking, highest to lowest:
    • Admiral
      • Admirality divided into echelons of seniority and prominence (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
      • Members of lower echelon known as khre'rior, often translated as "vice-admiral" (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
    • Commander (equivalent to Captain)
    • Subcommander (equivalent to Commander)
    • Centurion (equivalent to Lieutenant Commander)
    • Subcenturion (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm; TNG Short Story: "Turncoats")
    • Lieutenant (equivalent to Lieutenant)
    • Sublieutenant (equivalent to Ensign)
  • Unknown location in hierarchy
    • Colonel (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Officers are usually expected to serve until retirement or death, but resignations are allowed
• Enlisted
  • Highest to lowest:
    • Decurion (equivalent-ish to Petty Officer)
    • Uhlan (equivalent to Crewman) (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing, To Brave the Storm)
      • Plural: uhlanu
• Uniform
  • As of mid-22nd century, enlisted field operatives wear orange fatigues (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • As of 24th century, silver tunics (Various)
    • Praetorian personal guard wear black (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)

Organization

• Major positions
  • Commander-in-chief
    • Proconsul serves as commander-in-chief of the Romulan Guard (TNG Novel: Death in Winter; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
      • Not explicitly stated by texts, but implied
        • Death in Winter established Tomalak as newly-appointed commander-in-chief December 2379
        • Taking Wing established Tomalak as newly-appointed Proconsul December 2379

Technical Details

• Fleet transitioned from ion drive-based propulsion to singularity drive-based propulsion c.mid-to-late 23rd century (Novel: Articles of the Federation)

Notes

• Classified directives delivered in deep-green PADDs (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
• Romulan military starships tuned to generate internal vibrations keyed to trigger production of Romulan adrenaline-analog (TNG Short Story: "Turncoats")