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Virinat was a major Romulan agricultural colony located in the Virinat system in Tau Dewa sector block. (ENT novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing; ST novels: Articles of the Federation, A Singular Destiny; STO video game: Legacy of Romulus)

History[]

Virinat map before

Maiori Malem's settlement in 2409.

Virinat moon

Virinat's moon.

In the year 2156, Virinat was put on high alert after the Haakonans attacked the nearby world of Artaleirh. (ENT novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)

It was among the planets claimed by the Imperial Romulan State in late 2380. (ST novel: Articles of the Federation)

Veltor's sister was a schoolteacher who lived on Virinat. At a rally in 2381, Veltor rhetorically asked who was responsible for not allowing him to travel to Virinat, with the crowd shouting out Donatra, Tal'Aura and Shinzon's names. (ST - Typhon Pact novel: Rough Beasts of Empire)

Artaleirh received the majority of their food supplies from Virinat prior to the split from the Romulan Star Empire. (ST novel: A Singular Destiny)

Virinat was populated by survivors of the destruction of Romulus in 2387, and over the next twenty-two years the survivors established a thriving colony. But in 2409, two weeks before the Borg attacked the Vega colony, a mysterious alien vessel attacked the colony in unison with Tal Shiar forces. A small group of survivors fled the planet in a antiquated Bird-of-Prey and linked up with the Romulan Republic. (STO missions: "A Day on the Farm", "A Day in the Sun", "Virinat, Invaded", "Flight from Virinat")

The leader of the group of survivors from Virinat returned a few weeks later at the request of his first officer and fellow survivor of the colony, Tovan Khev. The crew of the warbird had been given evidence that the Maori of Virinat had been collaborating with D'Tan to perform terrorist attacks on Romulan civilians. The away team sent to the planet found another survivor of Virinat had also arrived with their allies opposite of the faction the Virinat survivor had allied with.

Ultimately, the investigation proved fruitless as predicted and set the stage for an infiltration into the Tal Shiar. (STO mission: "Memory Lane")

Virinat razed

Virinat, razed.

Months after the massacre on Virinat, the reasons for the destruction of the colony became known to the Virinat survivor after being captured and forced to fight in a Tal Shiar arena. During their escape, data files belonging to Colonel Hakeev revealed he had destroyed Virinat to demonstrate to the Iconians that the Romulan Star Empire would not tolerate "defector" colonies. (STO mission: "Coliseum")

Ironically, this decision would ultimately doom the Romulan Star Empire as it led the Virinat survivor and Tovan Khev to pursue Hakeev with a passion. Very shortly after rescue from the Tal Shiar arena on Nopada, the Virinat Survivor, alongside Obisek and their allies in the Federation and Klingon Empire would eliminate the Tal Shiar leadership during the Battle of Brea III, the killing of Hakeev by the Survivor and Obisek's hands and the kidnapping of Empress Sela by the Iconians. (STO mission: "Cutting The Cord")

Geography[]

Virinat map after

Map, aftermath.

Map of Virinat Colony, in the aftermath of the Tal Shiar-Elachi assault in 2409. (STO - Allies mission: "Memory Lane")

Locations:

  • unnamed Vas Hatham-class bird of prey (north)
  • D'Vex's lab, directly south
  • Virinat river, western edge
  • main square, town center
  • hydroponics domes and Khellid caves, southwest
  • cafe and shooting range, southeast

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Romulan planets and planetoids
83 Leonis B V872 Trianguli VAbraxas VAbraxas IXAbraxas PrimeAchernar IIAchernar PrimeAcrux IXAin IAlcyone IIAlgeron IIIArachnaeArtaleirhAssaf GolavAtrius VAvior VIIIB'Lev IBardatBestari XBrozBrutus XBu'Uli Tev IIICeles IIChalChaltok IVChara XCheronChetzia IIIChulConstanthusCor Caroli IXCor Caroli VCortCorvus VIIICrateris colonyDevoras planetDidacti IVDiWahnD'ravasasz IVDrovna IIIEilhaunnElohGarthosGasko IIGemma VIIGibraltarGirgaGlintara IGotanna IIIHellguardIzar IVJenjor VIKalabestaszKallionKarrKe Kwanus VKevratasKhazara planetLevaeri VMakarMireMelik VMira Maj VIMirhassaNequencia colonyNew RomulusNimbus IIIPersevus IIIPilum IVPlacidus IIPrimus IVRalatakRator IIIRator IVRemusRhei'llhneRomiiRomulusRotronSadallSadat VISalaHSandal IVSantora PrimeScheat IIIScutulum IIISeginus IISheratan VIISithoiSitula ITalvath colonyTartalusTerix IIThieurrullUnroth IIIVirinatXanitlaZaxx'n VIZevarus Prime Romulan Empire emblem image.
Tau Dewa sector block
Azure sector Acamar (Theta Eridani) (Acamar Prime, Acamar III) • Azure NebulaCarraya (Carraya IV) • Japori (Japori II) • Jouret (Jouret IV, Dyson sphere gateway) • Khitomer (Khitomer) • Suliban/Suliban system (Suliban Helix) • Virinat (Virinat)
Narendra sector Archer (Archer IV) • Galorndon Core (Galorndon Core) • Gamma Eridon (Gamma Eridon II) • Gasko (Gasko II, Gasko Station) • Narendra (Narendra III) • Nequencia (Nequencia colony) • Pheben (Pheben III, Pheben V)
Nimbus sector Beta Lankal (Beta Lankal (planet), Beta Lankal (planetoid)) • Beta Thoridor (Beta Thoridor) • Chaltok (Chaltok IV) • Gamma Crateris (Crateris colony) • Dewa (Dewa III ~ New Romulus ~ DiWahn) • Nimbus (Nimbus III) • Starbase 234 (Starbase 234 system)

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