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* Primary: [[Eisn]] | * Primary: [[Eisn]] | ||
* Also known as: ch'Rihan | * Also known as: ch'Rihan | ||
* Capital: Ki Baratan | ** With [[Remus]], known as the "Two Worlds" to Romulan people (TNG Novel: ''Q & A'') | ||
* Capital: Ki Baratan (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
* [[Class M]] | * [[Class M]] | ||
** Oxygen-rich as compared to average class M environment (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note") | ** Oxygen-rich as compared to average class M environment (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note") | ||
* Sister world to [[Remus]] | * Sister world to [[Remus]] | ||
* Four moons (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
** All [[class D]], uninhabitable (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
* Inhabitants: [[Romulan]] | * Inhabitants: [[Romulan]] | ||
* Population | |||
** 2379: Several billion (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
* Rotational period: ~26 hours (TNG Novel: ''Death in Winter'') | |||
* Settled c.5th century by [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] exiles | * Settled c.5th century by [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] exiles | ||
* Nation | * Nation | ||
** 5th century - Present: [[Romulan Star Empire]] | ** 5th century - Present: [[Romulan Star Empire]] | ||
* Relatively poor in metals (TOS Novel: ''Vulcan's Soul'') | * Relatively poor in metals (TOS Novel: ''Vulcan's Soul'') | ||
* Illegal to field [[Romulan Guard]] materiel on Romulus (TNG Novel: ''Death in Winter'') | |||
** Personnel allowed (TNG Novel: ''Death in Winter'') | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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* All major cities also bear "providences", or smaller towns/suburbs adjacent and politically/economically bound with them | * All major cities also bear "providences", or smaller towns/suburbs adjacent and politically/economically bound with them | ||
** Such providences named with "ir-" prefix; e.g., "ir-Dartha" | ** Such providences named with "ir-" prefix; e.g., "ir-Dartha" | ||
* Apnex Sea | * Ehrie'fvil (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | ||
** Great Apnex River (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'') | ** Small continent in southern hemisphere (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | ||
*** Presumably either feeds or flows from the Apnex Sea | ** Similar in size, climate to Greenland (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | ||
** Coal-black waters (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ** Uninhabited prior to being opened to [[Reman]] settlement late-December 2379 (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | ||
* Gal Gath'thong (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing''; TNG: "The Defector") | * Unknown continent | ||
** Site of "firefalls" (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing''; TNG: "The Defector") | ** Apnex Sea | ||
* Ki Baratan | *** Great Apnex River (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'') | ||
** Known as Dartha | **** Presumably either feeds or flows from the Apnex Sea | ||
** On coast of Apnex Sea | *** Coal-black waters (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
** Rural outskirts tend towards traditional gray brick and mortar, smaller structures with spires (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note") | ** Gal Gath'thong (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing''; TNG: "The Defector") | ||
** Government Quarter (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'', ''Kobayashi Maru'') | *** Site of "firefalls" (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing''; TNG: "The Defector") | ||
*** Constructed on the site of some of the oldest settlements on the planet (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ** Ki Baratan | ||
*** Hall of State (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'', ''Kobayashi Maru''; ''Star Trek: Nemesis'') | *** Known as Dartha until mid-2370s (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'', ''Kobayashi Maru''; VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder''; TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | ||
** Krocton Segment (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | *** On coast of Apnex Sea (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | ||
** Mausoleum district (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | *** Rural outskirts tend towards traditional gray brick and mortar, smaller structures with spires (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note") | ||
* Valley of Chula (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do''; TNG: "The Defector") | *** Government Quarter (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'', ''Kobayashi Maru''; TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | ||
* Unknown location | **** Constructed on the site of some of the oldest settlements on the planet (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
** Bardat Academy (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'') | **** Also known as the ira'sihaer (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | ||
** Sihaer nnea Rrhiol ch'Chulla (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | **** Hall of State (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'', ''Kobayashi Maru''; ''Star Trek: Nemesis''; TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | ||
** Rateg (TNG: "Unification I") | ***** Also known as the Senate Chamber (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder''; TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | ||
*** City | ***** Located at the geographic center of Ki Baratan (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'') | ||
*** Ira'sihaer (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
**** "Ancient" district (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
**** Near South Quarter (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
*** Krocton Segment (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | |||
*** Mausoleum district (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | |||
*** South Quarter (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
**** Near Ira'sihaer (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
*** Unknown district | |||
**** Vikr'l Prison (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
** Rarathik District (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
*** Leinarrh (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
**** Rural settlement (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
*** Noted for production of kheh (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
** Valley of Chula (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do''; TNG: "The Defector") | |||
** Unknown location | |||
*** Bardat Academy (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'') | |||
*** Sihaer nnea Rrhiol ch'Chulla (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | |||
*** Rateg (TNG: "Unification I") | |||
**** City | |||
==Indigenous Life== | ==Indigenous Life== | ||
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* Aafvun'in'hhui mollusk (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | * Aafvun'in'hhui mollusk (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | ||
** Edible mollusk (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | ** Edible mollusk (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | ||
* Ahlh (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
* Arark (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
** Animal known for agility (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
* Caotai'hhui (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'') | * Caotai'hhui (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'') | ||
** Sessile tubelike animal native to the Apnex seabed (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'') | ** Sessile tubelike animal native to the Apnex seabed (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'') | ||
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*** ''Reference to being kept in a cage'' | *** ''Reference to being kept in a cage'' | ||
** Some varieties have red plumage (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | ** Some varieties have red plumage (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | ||
* Hnoiyika (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | * Hnoiyika (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing''; TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | ||
** Predatory animal, possibly some form of feline-equivalent (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | ** Predatory animal, possibly some form of feline-equivalent (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | ||
** Skin sometimes cured for leather (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
* In'hhui (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'') | * In'hhui (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'') | ||
** Lobe-finned water-dwelling animals native to the northern Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'') | ** Lobe-finned water-dwelling animals native to the northern Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'') | ||
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** Flying pest species (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ** Flying pest species (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
** Smallest insect on Romulus (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ** Smallest insect on Romulus (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
* Mogai (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'', ''To Brave the Storm'') | * Kllhe (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | ||
* Mogai (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'', ''To Brave the Storm''; TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
** Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ** Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
** About two meters tall (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ** About two meters tall (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
** Carnivorous (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ** Carnivorous (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
** Produces a shrieking sound (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
* Nei'rhh (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | * Nei'rhh (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
** Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ** Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
* Nhaidh (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
** Multilegged animal (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
** Habitat includes Ki Baratan sewers (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
* Oallea bug (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | * Oallea bug (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'') | ||
** Insect | ** Insect | ||
* Sseikea (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
** Mountain predator (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
* Tesrat (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note") | * Tesrat (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note") | ||
** Nesting, stinging animal (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note") | ** Nesting, stinging animal (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note") | ||
* Zdonek (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
** Jungle-dwelling predator (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
* Unnamed beetle (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
** Found in Ki Baratan (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
** Females are venomous, have distinctive markings on their abdomen (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
** Strong pincers akin to a rhinoceros beetle (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
===Plant=== | ===Plant=== | ||
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** Fragrant blooms emerge during the month of K'ri'Brax (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ** Fragrant blooms emerge during the month of K'ri'Brax (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
** Blooms attract kekla-gnats (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ** Blooms attract kekla-gnats (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'') | ||
* Kheh (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
** Native grain (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'') | |||
* Rreinnte tree (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note") | |||
** Source of leaves used for hvetollh tea (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note") | |||
[[Category:Planets]] | [[Category:Planets]] |
Latest revision as of 03:05, 18 November 2020
Facts
- Primary: Eisn
- Also known as: ch'Rihan
- With Remus, known as the "Two Worlds" to Romulan people (TNG Novel: Q & A)
- Capital: Ki Baratan (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Class M
- Oxygen-rich as compared to average class M environment (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
- Sister world to Remus
- Four moons (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- All class D, uninhabitable (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Inhabitants: Romulan
- Population
- 2379: Several billion (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Rotational period: ~26 hours (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
- Settled c.5th century by Vulcan exiles
- Nation
- 5th century - Present: Romulan Star Empire
- Relatively poor in metals (TOS Novel: Vulcan's Soul)
- Illegal to field Romulan Guard materiel on Romulus (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
- Personnel allowed (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
History
- c.5th century: First settlement by Vulcan exiles
Locations
- All major cities also bear "providences", or smaller towns/suburbs adjacent and politically/economically bound with them
- Such providences named with "ir-" prefix; e.g., "ir-Dartha"
- Ehrie'fvil (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Small continent in southern hemisphere (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Similar in size, climate to Greenland (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Uninhabited prior to being opened to Reman settlement late-December 2379 (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Unknown continent
- Apnex Sea
- Great Apnex River (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Presumably either feeds or flows from the Apnex Sea
- Coal-black waters (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Great Apnex River (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Gal Gath'thong (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing; TNG: "The Defector")
- Site of "firefalls" (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing; TNG: "The Defector")
- Ki Baratan
- Known as Dartha until mid-2370s (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru; VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- On coast of Apnex Sea (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Rural outskirts tend towards traditional gray brick and mortar, smaller structures with spires (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
- Government Quarter (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Constructed on the site of some of the oldest settlements on the planet (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Also known as the ira'sihaer (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Hall of State (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru; Star Trek: Nemesis; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Also known as the Senate Chamber (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Located at the geographic center of Ki Baratan (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
- Ira'sihaer (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- "Ancient" district (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Near South Quarter (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Krocton Segment (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Mausoleum district (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- South Quarter (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Near Ira'sihaer (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Unknown district
- Vikr'l Prison (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Rarathik District (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Leinarrh (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Rural settlement (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Noted for production of kheh (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Leinarrh (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Valley of Chula (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do; TNG: "The Defector")
- Unknown location
- Bardat Academy (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Sihaer nnea Rrhiol ch'Chulla (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Rateg (TNG: "Unification I")
- City
- Apnex Sea
Indigenous Life
Animal
- Aafvun'in'hhui mollusk (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Edible mollusk (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Ahlh (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Arark (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Animal known for agility (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Caotai'hhui (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
- Sessile tubelike animal native to the Apnex seabed (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
- Possibly analogous to a sea cucumber or sea sponge by context
- Sessile tubelike animal native to the Apnex seabed (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
- Drabbik (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Some sort of animal that lives in a warren (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Hlai (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Animal prone to kicking (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Native to the Valley of Chula (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Hlai'hwy (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Bird, possibly domesticated or kept as pets (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Reference to being kept in a cage
- Some varieties have red plumage (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Bird, possibly domesticated or kept as pets (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Hnoiyika (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Predatory animal, possibly some form of feline-equivalent (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Skin sometimes cured for leather (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- In'hhui (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
- Lobe-finned water-dwelling animals native to the northern Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
- Connection to in'hhui'lasendt unclear
- In'hhui'lasendt (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Large water-dwelling animals once native to the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Apparently akin to whales
- Gladnular secretions served as source of power for the first Romulan settlers on Romulus (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Extinct c.12th century (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Kekla-gnat (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Flying pest species (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Smallest insect on Romulus (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Kllhe (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Mogai (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru, To Brave the Storm; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- About two meters tall (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Carnivorous (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Produces a shrieking sound (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Nei'rhh (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Nhaidh (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Multilegged animal (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Habitat includes Ki Baratan sewers (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Oallea bug (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Insect
- Sseikea (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Mountain predator (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Tesrat (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
- Nesting, stinging animal (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
- Zdonek (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Jungle-dwelling predator (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Unnamed beetle (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Found in Ki Baratan (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Females are venomous, have distinctive markings on their abdomen (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Strong pincers akin to a rhinoceros beetle (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
Plant
- Grekekla tree (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Fragrant blooms emerge during the month of K'ri'Brax (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Blooms attract kekla-gnats (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Kheh (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Native grain (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Rreinnte tree (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
- Source of leaves used for hvetollh tea (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")