Romulus
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
- Inhabitants: Romulan
- 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)
- Constructed on the site of some of the oldest settlements on the planet (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Hall of State (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru; Star Trek: Nemesis)
- 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)
- Krocton Segment (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Mausoleum district (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- 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)
- 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)
- Predatory animal, possibly some form of feline-equivalent (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's 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)
- Mogai (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru, To Brave the Storm)
- 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)
- Nei'rhh (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
- Oallea bug (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Insect
- Tesrat (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
- Nesting, stinging animal (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
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)
- Rreinnte tree (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
- Source of leaves used for hvetollh tea (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")