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Romulus

Romulus from orbit in 2379
Classification: Class-M
Affiliation: Romulan Star Empire
Location: Formerly in the Eisn system unitil its destruction
Moon(s): Two: Pirek, Elvreng
Dominant Species: Romulan
Warp Capable: 320 A.D.
Population: 18 billion (3.5 billion)
Capital: Ki Baratan
Gravity: 1.0 G
Equatorial circumference: 14,000 km
Length of day: 25 hours
Land mass percentage: 31 %
Ki Baratan, the capital city

Romulus is the adopted homeworld of the Romulans and capital planet of the Romulan Star Empire. The planet is also known as ch'Rihan (in the Rihannsu language) and 128 Trianguli III-A (in the astronomical notation of Earth). In yet another language, it is known as Rom'laas, and in another catalog system, Ket-cheleb III. Romulus is the third of ten planets, and its tidally-locked "sister world" is known as Remus. Together, Romulans and Remus are sometimes called the Hearthworlds. Remus and the planet Romulus have a "Trojan relationship" in the way they revolve around each other.

Romulus is a lush, humid world abundant with vegetation and large bodies of water. Its designation is a Minshara class world. The planet has two moons, Pirek and Elvreng. (TOS novels: Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages; Last Unicorn Games: The Way of D'era: The Romulans; TNG video game: Echoes From the Past)

The third novel in the Vulcan's Soul trilogy, Epiphany, has a mention of the sister world of Remus possessing four moons.

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[edit] Overview

The planet was noted as being rich in different kinds of organic life with a climate far better then what was present on Vulcan with abundant supplies of water with much larger seas. Varying types of habitations were also present from deserts to volcanic regions with firefalls. Though it was rich in organic life, its metal content was somewhat rarer with much of it being present deep within the planet, which was a contrast to the world's sister planet. (TOS: Vulcan's Soul - Exiles)

Transporter beams were typically not used for interplanetary travel on the home world. (TNG novel: Dead Zone)

[edit] History

Historians believe that Romulus and its sister world of Remus were in fact once a single large planetoid known as Romii. The biggest change that geologists have determined to have to Romii was five-point three billion years ago when another planetary body, which was at least sixty percent the size of Romii and in retrograde orbit, collided with the large planet. The impact stripped the outer crust from Romii and, in less then two hundred years, the ejecta had coalesced into a single body that would eventually cool to become the planet known as Romulus which would continue to spin with the force of that ancient catastrophic collision. (TOS novel: Captain's Blood)

It was named by the Vulcan Exiles after an ancient myth of twin godbrothers. Though another account says that the planet was named after the mythical home of the Vulcan god Ket-cheleb known as Rom'laas. (Last Unicorn RPG: The Way of D'Era: The Romulans)

In 2376, this was listed as the host location of a current or past marathon. (New Worlds, New Civilizations short story: "The Footfalls of Tradition")

Romulus was completely destroyed when the Hobus star went nova in 2387. Prior to the destruction, Spock attempted to warn the Romulan Senate that the supernova posed a threat to both the planet and the entire Romulan Star Empire, but was rebuffed. However, a few weeks later, the Romulan Senate observed that the Hobus star was increasing in mass and was growing more unstable which led to them concluding that Spock was correct. A scientist predicted that it would take a few weeks at most for the shockwave to reach Romulus once the star went Nova. The praetor, proclaimed he would put the matter up for vote in the Senate, then gave the order to begin evacuation protocols for Romulus. It was not known how many people escaped the destruction, only that the praetor was among those who did, promising that the empire would survive, and that he would find his people a new home. (TNG comic: "Star Trek: Countdown", TNG website: The Path to 2409)

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[edit] Moons and Satellites

Whilst LUG states that Romulus has two moons, the Vulcan's Soul book Epiphany states that it has in fact four though they are not named.

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