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)
- First Legion
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)
- Admiral
- 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
- Highest to lowest:
- 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
- Not explicitly stated by texts, but implied
- Proconsul serves as commander-in-chief of the Romulan Guard (TNG Novel: Death in Winter; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
- Commander-in-chief
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")