Romulus and Remus (Star Trek)
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| Romulus and Remus | |
|---|---|
| Class: | Minshara-Class |
| Quadrant: | Alpha |
| Affiliation: | Romulan Star Empire |
In the fictional Star Trek universe, Romulus and Remus are the twin Romulan homeworlds.
Romulus apparently had no sapient species until a proto-Vulcan splinter group colonized it around 400 CE. These proto-Vulcans over time became the Romulans. A native sapient species called the Remans developed on Remus and was conquered by the Romulans later becoming a lower class in Romulan society.
The original colonization group of Vulcans came to this system after they fled their homeworld in rebellion against the philosophy of peace and logic proposed by Surak. As Mr. Spock would later point out, if the Romulans retained the passions and expansionist outlook that the pre-Surak Vulcans once had, it would make them an extremely dangerous race.
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[edit] Romulus
Romulus is the Capital of the Romulan Star Empire.
The Romulan government resembles the Roman Republic before it became the Roman Empire. The Romulan government consists of several parts: the Romulan Senate, the main governing and legislative body in a large chamber on Romulus. The Senate is headed by the praetor, followed by the proconsul. The Senate does not sit on the third day of the Romulan week. The Romulan Senate also has the Continuing Committee, which is composed of senators and the chairman of the Tal Shiar and confirms the new praetor.
The Romulan military and government also have positions very similar to those of the Roman Republic: Proconsul, Praetor, Senator. (See this article under the heading "Roman Republic" for more on these offices.)
[edit] Remus
Remus was introduced in the first episode to feature the Romulans, Balance of Terror, but its inhabitants were not revealed until over thirty years later, in the movie Star Trek: Nemesis.
The planet's natives are the Remans, who were subjugated ever since the Romulans staked their claim and set up their new homeworld in the system. Because the planet is tidally locked to its sun, one side of the planet is in constant darkness. Living on this dark side, the Remans are extremely sensitive to light. (The form of tidal locking cannot actually occur in the twin-planet arrangement in which Romulus and Remus are described.)
The Remans were treated as second class citizens within the Romulan Star Empire. Remus is the prime planet of dilithium mining and as such many Remans are forced into slave labor. However, since Romulans use quantum singularities for power instead of warp reactors, it is not clear why they would need dilithium.
Much about Remus remains a mystery, but hope for a more co-operative future between the United Federation of Planets and the Romulan Star Empire was strengthened after Shinzon's fall.
[edit] Remus in the Star Fleet Universe
In the alternate Star Fleet Universe, Remus is a more naturally inhabitable planet in a neighbouring star system to Romulus, populated by Romulans (no distinct Reman sentient species seems to exist). During the General War, during Operation Remus, launched by the Alliance in Y181, the Reman system defences and military installations were destroyed by a raiding Alliance fleet, but the disastrous crash of the Federation capital ship MacArthur onto the capital city on the planet resulted in its nuclear reactors detonating and causing planet-wide devastation, reducing Remus to a state of nuclear winter for three years. Incensed Reman officers on board pursuing Romulan ships ferociously attacked the retreating Alliance ships, nearly annihilating them.
[edit] External links
- Romulus article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
- Remus article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
