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 identical biology and biochemistry to Vulcans
  • Genetic drift has made them differentiable with careful scanning
  • Most significant difference is that Romulans lack the telepathic talents of Vulcans
  • Prominent brow ridges also common amongst Romulans, very rare amongst Vulcans
• Cultural notes
  • Romulan faith
  • Romulan language
  • Romulans, as with Vulcans, consider danger associated with green, safety with orange (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
    • • Derived from the fact that their blood is naturally green, and plant life was extremely rare on Vulcan, giving little-to-no innate association between nature and green
    • As a result, status displays use a green/orange color scheme rather than the more common Human red/green scheme (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
  • Romulan citizens expected to carry an Honor Blade, with which they are to take their own life should honor demand it of them (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
  • Most Romulan products illegal in the Federation due to trade sanctions
    • Sanctions lifted during Dominion War during Federation/Klingon/Romulan alliance (DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges")
    • Sanctions restored by 2379 following the end of the war, end of diplomatic relations (Star Trek: Nemesis)
  • Food and drink
    • Romulan ale (various)
      • Strongly alcoholic beverage
      • Ranges from pale to deep blue

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