Romulan

• Appearance: Mammalian; skin tones range from sallow green to dark brown, ears slightly pointed
• Homeworld: Romulus
  • Originally Vulcan
  • Major offworld populations: Throughout the Romulan Star Empire
• Copper-based blood
• Distantly related to the Zami
  • Descendant of the peoples of the Arret Empire
• 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

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
  • Beginning of the Vulcan-Romulan War
• 2152: First contact with Humans