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Romulan ale short essay
Beverage historians regard 2387 as the last true vintage of record for Romulan ale, due to it's appellation of controlled origin (Romulan language HHrirh'khessha Njikh, HHrNj). The guilds that determined the HHrNj origin control across the mercantile quadrants of space had quite hoped that the destruction of Romulus had not destroyed the product, and it was eventually found that several other planets in the Romulan Empire could produce ale from descendents of the original Romulan grain plants. Verifying the genetic character of the source grain is a matter of particular issue, since the grain mash used for the ale is made from plants from two very different worlds, with one actually being somewhat of an embarrassment to the Romulans about their offworld origins. The kheh grain that ferments to give Romulan ale its peculiar warming sensation did not originate on Romulus, in fact, it was brought there by the world's original Vulcan settlers, and the bluegrain was transplanted as a culture from the Remus ecosystem. The grains grown on other worlds fail to match the original product due to considerable genetic drift in successive generations of adaptive breeding. Ferengi merchants quickly began buying up remaining ale stock, which has been sealed and labeled by mercantile guilds in order to prevent counterfeiting. Essentially a non-perishable product, sealed bottles could be kept indefinitely, in or out of stasis. In order to prevent economic collapse in border sectors, the Federation President quickly passed a resolution dissolving the previous ban on contraband across the Federation-Romulan Neutral Zone so that wealthy Federation investors could buy up the remaining supply, outbidding the Ferengi and Orion interests that would beggar the tanking Romulan trade market, which was in full disaster recovery mode. The influx of Federation credits helped the Romulan markets gain a small sense of economic security. However, there will never be a new batch of real Romulan ale.
My contributions
- TOS comics: "The Doomsday Bug!", "Death Ship!": Brinks, USS Surak personnel
- Rota Sevrin/Rota Sevrin (mirror); Melakon/Melakon (mirror)
- updates/reformats for Aex Rotherot, T'Pring, K'Tesh and USS Kitty Hawk
- Atalskes phaser IV
- Geographical overview of the planet Qo'noS, listed at {{Qo'noS}}...
- Bajoran ranks
- USS Confederate — Longer descriptive summary than I'm used to writing.
- Elizabeth Sherwood — zero to full overview in one day. a lot of page flipping.
- TOS - The Motion Picture comic: "The Motion Picture" — full summary and references completed
- Federation Starfleet ranks (2250s)
- Federation Starfleet ranks (2350s-2360s)
- Federation Starfleet ranks (alternate 2250s)
- Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s)
- Defiant-class starships — Reformatted, updated and/or created all ship articles listed at {{Defiant class}}...
- chicken, cramps
Insignia
- UFP seal
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- * For some reason, the design was briefly changed or augmented with other symbols, but returned to a similar configuration. The initial insignia is only approximated here.
- UFP flag
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- UFP pennant/banner
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Starfleet service record
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| Qo'noS | 23rd & 24th century |  | 
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Jeopardy answer cheat sheet
| Federation starships | Starfleet personnel | Planets | They came from planet Qo'noS... | Romulan stars and systems | Vulcan personalities |
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| $100: "What is the USS Bell (Nebula class)?" | $100: "Who is Aaron Studdard?" | $100: "What is Archer's Planet?" | $100: "Who is K'vyr?" | $100: "What is Agurtha?" | $100: "Who is T'Viss?" (DAILY DOUBLE) |
| $200: "What is the USS Avondale?" | $200: "Who is Ayala?" (MUSICAL CLUE) | $200: "What is Acanthus?" | $200: "Who is Guul?" | $200: "What is Atrius?" | $200: "Who is L'Kem?" |
| $300: "What is the USS Aberdeen (scout)?" | $300: "Who is Anxo Rogeiro?" | $300: "What is Camor V?" | $300: "Who is ChaqI?" (DAILY DOUBLE) | $300: "What is Otha Prime?" | $300: "Who is Menos?" |
| $400: "What is the USS Alexander (Akula class)?" | $400: "Who is Anik?" | $400: "What is Andor (mirror)?" | $400: "Who is Kahrl?" | $400: "What is Atrius?" (MUSICAL CLUE) | $400: "Who is Sobak?" |
| $500: "What is the Federation starships (Y)?" | $500: "Who is Anderson (Captain)?" | $500: "What is Delphi Centaurus VI?" | $500: "Who is Grunnil?" | $500: "What is Nequencia?" | $500: "Who is Sorlak?" |