Romulan Star Empire

History

• 369: The proto-Romulans depart Vulcan in STL ships under the leadership of Tellus.

• 453: Vice Admiral Torek—leading a Debrune flotilla splintered from the Vulcan diaspora—invades Rigel V.

• 474: Admiral Debrune leads the remainder of his diaspora contingent to Yadalla Prime.

He would leave a colony there, before proceeding on to the far-off region where Dessica II is located.

• 557: Romulus is founded by Tellus and the Vulcan diaspora.

• 582: Tellus dies.

• 582: The Romulan Clan Wars begin.

• 655: Jo'rek's rise to power on Romulus begins.

• 664: Romulus is unified under Jo'rek.

• 664: The philosopher Kimara codifies the ideology of D'era.

• 673: The Romulans cross interplanetary space to conquer the Zelvorians of Remus.

• 674: The Romulan Age of Expansion begins, as planning for the next operation—an interstellar one—begins.

Task: the order of invasions is the Buqret first and the Xhuj-Noulleroi (two species sharing a planet) next, timing TBD.

• 935: The Romulan Civil War begins as traditional feudalists on Romulus and militarists on Remus engage in outright hostilities in the system's interplanetary space.

• 938: The Romulan Civil War ends, as Admiral Valkis compromises with a power-sharing agreement that leads to the forming of the Romulan Senate, Emperor, and Star Empire.

• 1270: The Romulan-Vulcan Wars begin, as a new intermittent wormhole in Romulan space—that opens in the Vulcan system—allows their forces to attack their former homeworld.

The Vulcans are never able to peice together who their attackers are.

• 1376: The Romulan-Vulcan Wars peter out unceremoniously, as the warmhole shifts terminus points, never to open again in either state's space.

• 1411: Romulans develop the magnetic bottle drive.

• 1696: Romulan Emperor Valkis XIV is overthrown by a military coup. A Senate-elevated Praetor is installed, backed by the military in return for presence on the Senate.

• 2041: The first Romulan-Klingon war begins.

• 2069: The first Romulan-Klingon war ends.

• October 11th, 2267: The Bolarus Conference marks the first time that representatives of the Federation and Romulan governments meet face to face.

• December 18th 2267: The Klingon Empire approaches the Romulan Star Empire with an offer of a technology exchange.

This would take place prior to the TOS episode "The Enterprise Incident".

• February 2268: The Klingon Empire and the Romulan Star Empire sign the Villam Pact, a technology treaty that also recognizes mutual claims along their borders.