"Romulus. How well i remember it. You'll find the predominate color to be grey. The buildings, the clothes, the people. Did you know the Romulan heart is grey? Its true! And all together appropriate for such an unimaginative race." ~ Elim Garek
I think the real world reason is the cold war and the in-universe reason is that it's proof that with unity, determination, and passion, you can rebuild from anything.
The funny thing is that the Romulans are always trying to trick other people into going to war with each other. Half their plots in TNG was trying to get the Federation and Klingons to fight each other.
@@Youalleatmuffins Yea, I have no idea what the Romulans thought they were going to do after The Dominion crushed the Federation and the Klingons. The best they could hope for was maybe a generation or so of peace as the Dominion occupied and consolidated their new territory, but the Romulan Star Empire would have a rapidly approaching expiration date.
You would be pleased to know that I've been kind of kicking one around, although of course I doubt it will ever see the light of day. I call it Star Trek: Dawn. It carries the ST saga into the 25th century, and it works something like this: The year is 2402. Kira has just been made President of Bajor, and faces the task of building up a fledgling state amid a very complex political situation. The Provisional Government has been made permanent, and now shares power with the church in a sort of Iran-like arrangement. The Maquis have laid down their arms and joined the political process, some holding office in the Federation government, while others have seats in the Bajoran Parliament. Kira's moderates, who want to reduce the power of the church and ultimately secularize Bajoran society, are faced with a conservative party who wants to keep the old ways, led by a very savvy but corrupt female politician with a personality very similar to Kai Winn. The first episode begins with Jean-Luc Picard's funeral (old age), and Kira's victory speech. We find that Sisko is retired and living on Earth; Nog has his own command--the USS Cairo, being Edward Jellico's old ship; Jadzia has died and her symbiote has been been passed to a young female named Eliya. Eliya Dax is in command of Deep Space 9--and now gets to call Sisko "old man" : ) Jake lives on Bajor, and has become a famous writer and controversial political speaker (his stance is a bit Jordan Peterson-ish). Unlike previous ST's, most of the action in Dawn takes place dirtside, on Bajor--following the story of Kira as she applies herself to the delicate of task of uniting the disparate factions of her world. So it's a lot of talking heads--essentially aimed at those who like the politics of ST more than the battle scenes. Kind of John Adams in space, if you will. (If you have not HBO's John Adams series, I urge you to check it out.) Cast, where not already known: Kai Malak (Kira's conservative rival): Rosamund Pike Jake Sisko: Don Cheadle Eliya Dax: Kirsten Prout
There was actually a novel that dealt with the Romulans finding out about Captain Sisko's deception and the role he and Garak played in the death of their Senator Vree'nak and tricking them into the war with the Dominion. Suffice it to say.....the Romulans were not happy at all......
It’s very common throughout history for allies in war to become hated enemies afterwards. Athens and Sparta allied to stop Persian expansion and then later became rivals themselves, culminating in the Pelopennese War. Rome and Carthage allied against Pyrrhus of Epirus and almost immediately entered into armed conflict after Pyrrhus’ withdrawal from Magna Graecia. Octavian and Mark Anthony allied against Caesar’s assassins and later became enemies as well. Even the USA was deeply distrustful of Great Britain after WW1, and actively made plans for war with GB.
joshed You must ask the permission of the Great God Apophis before you have the impertinence to make a history of the Goa'uld! May your insides be devoured by dung beetles!
A very intriguing race.Unfortunatly the FEDERATION is allways stealing their tech,claiming sectors and brain washing their citizens with endless propaganda to create distrust and hate.And despite what some sources say,The Super NOVA was a federation autrocity to end the ROMANULAN threat !!
7:11 I don't know Templin Institute, you think you should take another look at the subsequent investigation, something seems a bit...Oh someone is suddenly knocking at my door..Hello? Your a tailor? But I didn't call for one- *Transmission lost*
Thank you for taking the official/public line about why the Romulans joined the war against the Dominion, and for stopping the video before any JJ-timeline garbage!
6:26 Due to the agreement, the Defiant should have always had a romulan observer on bord the ship. Its a shame that the series havent take that point serious, i would have loved to see a romulan in their crew among Worf :-)
mjolnir112 I think it would have been interesting to have a Romulan character who befriends the crew and decides to eventually turn a blind eye to the cloaking device.
The actor who played the Romulan fell out so she was ignored as a character. But I do agree. Having a Romulan on the Defiant as a main or regular secondary character would have been awesome. :)
Google Martha heckett. She portrayed races. Subcommander T'Rul was planned to be the first Rumulan office serving in Star Fleet on the Defiant with Worf. The studio nix the idea sadly.
Something wonderful happened when the Virinat Survivor and Tovan Khev and their crewmates explore Dewa III prepatory to it officially being settled as Mol'Rihan or New Romulus.....they find what turns out to be the Sword of the Raptor Star....one of S'Hariens lost blades!
I am familiar with Star Trek since the early 90s, and I know basics about the main factions and races, but this is the most detail I have ever learned with regard to a particular faction within the franchise.
You should go and check out Orange River's YT channel. He's primarily Star Trek/sci-fi focused. Makes fantastic, well-researched video essays. Released his 'Romulans' vid about three weeks ago.
I strongly recommend reading Rihannsu: the Bloodwing Voyages by Diane Duane. They are a terrific series of books set in the TOS era that make the Romulans a wonderfully intriguing culture, and they are very different to the TNG+ Romulans.
Dang, holy coitus interruptus Batman, you left out the destruction of the Romulan homeworld by their star going SUPERNOVA! That crushed the Romulans as we saw in the Picard series. Ultimately leading to their reunion with Vulcans and then Vulcan becoming Ni'Var (Discovery). They seemed to have ultimately joined the Federation (Discovery) in 3190 after solving The Burn. Would have loved the announcer here going through that part of the Romulans' history!
If you're doing empires, maybe you can do Asimov's Foundation empire, and the preceding Galactic one some day. Either way, this sounds like a really cool project, maybe something that could prove educational as well.
This was just recommended to me by RUclips, and I'm really glad I clicked and watched your `Romulan Star Empire´. Good segment, intelligent, calm clear voice, nice range of illustrative material (could do with more charts or maps, but maybe that's just a personal quirk of mine). Looked up your channel home page, found out I already watched one of your vids, Incoming on Star Trek Discovery. Then I found out I also know your channel's name from your collaboration with Star Wars explained. Enough of that, I just subscribed, and am looking forward to more.
Entertaining video, I've been a Star Trek fan since I was 4 years old. I started watching the original series and the animated series in '74 or '75. I've loved every Trek show until Discovery. Thanks again for the great analysis of the Romulan Star Empire! 🖖
@@johnfinley8158 Discovery's ratings dropped off every single episode that came out. Voyager's ratings went up and down, but generally kept climbing and spiked in S4. Voyager's the better show. Also it got three more seasons because it was prequel dogshit.
Thank you for what you do, great stuff! Some suggestions of what to cover: - Galactic Empire (Star Wars) - The Black Company (The Black Company) - Malazan Empire (Malazan Book of the Fallen) - Númenor (Tolkien's Legendarium) - Valyrian Freehold (A Song of Ice and Fire) - Seanchan Empire (The Wheel of Time) - Mordor (Tolkien's Legendarium) - Alethkar (The Stormlight Archive) - Gondolin (Tolkien's Legendarium) - Empire of Lether (Malazan Book of the Fallen) - The Westerlands (A Song of Ice and Fire) - Protoss Empire (Starcraft) - Black Marsh (Elder Scrolls) - Andor (The Wheel of Time) - The Crimson Guard (Malazan Book of the Fallen) I look forward to seeing what you produce next!
@@Vasileski88 Strangely enough, both modern Vulcans and Romulans are a distancing of the original vulcan species. Both are disciplined in different fashions, sculpting their societies around their coping mechanisms against their baser natures. Vulcans have their logic philosophy, Romulans have this strange, cautious cunning which has them reign their emotions until they can act at the best time on them with careful planning, but they aren't nearly as bad as how vulcans were, whom were nearly psychopathic with how extreme their passions and emotions effected them.
Good stuff, great attention to detail while retaining the big picture view. I'd love to see some in-depth lore on the Homeworld universe. Lots of Kiith to cover :)
Well done. You have my subscription. Also, here are some suggestions: * United Federation of Planets - Star Trek * Klingon Empire - Star Trek * Galactic Empire - Star Wars * Galactic Republic - Star Wars * The Dominion - Star Trek * First Order - Star Wars * The Terran Dominion - Starcraft * The Breen - Star Trek
Great video. Here is my suggestions... 1) The Strogg (Quake). 2) The Imperium of Man (Warhammer 40,000). 3) The Kelvin Timeline (Star Trek, and please include all events in the comics). 4) The Cybermen (Doctor Who). 5) The war against Mental (Serious Sam). 6) Cybertronians (Transformers).
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This was a grand feast for a hungry Star Trek fan/nerd! From the inception of the Romulan species, they were forever underutilized for the more aggressive Klingons. Btw, if at all possible, can you branch out into He-Man and The Masters of the Universe and/or She-ra: Princess of Power lore? I'd love to see what you're able to accomplish with the likes of: The Evil Horde The Kingdom of Eternia or various Etherian kingdoms The History of Eternia/Etheria etc...etc...etc!
That was great :) Please do more about star trek. I loved the map too ,maybe you could show more of that too . Thankyou so much I'll be looking forward to the next one . You're onto a winner here :D
Awesome video! Gotta love the rommies. My very personal wishlist for future videos on your channel would be: -The Minmatar Republic (Eve Online) -The Mars Congressional Republic (The Expanse) -The Khaaneph (Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak) Subbed for sure.
5:33 Interestingly, the destruction of the border posts in TNG "The Neutral Zone" was originally conceived as the introduction of the Borg as a common enemy to the Federation and the Romulan Empire. Look up the episode over at the Memory Alpha wiki and the background notes go into it some.
These are good videos. I'm not too current on the whole Dominion storyline, because i didn't watch much of DS9. Was often too busy for tv back then. Someday i will catch up on Netflix.
That's the intrepid-class USS Belerophon, as depicted in the DS9 episode "Inter Arma Enim Silent Legis". Admiral Ross and Doctor Bashir hitched a ride on the ship to get to a conference hosted on Romulus.
You forgot the Romulan goverment reformed after Senzian to be more friendly UFP, and the distruction of the Romulan homeworld means a goverment may no longer exsist.
5:00 ahhhh yes...... the battle of Narendra III. I always thought the warbirds mentioned in the lore were Firehawks, not washed-down Deridex's. dammit Templin, now you made me boot up Bridge Commander and play that scenario! ah well..... off to kick some Romulan ass!
I like how you skipped over all Romulan-related lore that has come after 2005. Having the wisdom to recognize where canon ends and non-canon trash begins.
bombarde1701a I choose to believe that the AbramsVerse either isn't cannon, or that Ambassador Spock actually succeeded in saving Romulus, and that Nero was just a confused, misinformed snowflake. I refuse to accept the destruction of Romulus.
Same here. By the logic of Star Trek 2009, the events of that movie would have erased the whole timeline up to that point, which we know from producers isn't the case. They insist that it's an "alternate timeline." So I'd say that for any of the events of the original timeline to have happened at all, it *couldn't* be the same universe as the one in which Romulus was destroyed.
Percy Danvers unfortunately Id have to disagree. The Trek Encyclopedia says Romulus was destroyed. So the mind meld/flashback scenes of the Prime Timeline are canon.
Daniel O'Donovan i agree. A supernova wouldve taken decades to reach Romulus. At the very least weeks. They could’ve evacuated the entire planet in that time.
I'm loving the content on your channel! And since you mentioned that you'd examine organizations too, I'd love to see you do a take on the SCP Foundation.
Great first for the Star Trek universe with this video, so definitely would love to see more from you guys. Only issue was that the background music competed with the narrator's voice, so it was distracting to focus on what the narrator had to say while filtering out the background noise.
4:10 That's a War Bird, not a Bird of Prey. Before some smart ass tries to say "but it's shaped like a War Eagle, or a King Eagle" That ship in that episode was impulse only, so it could only be a War Bird. If it could go warp, then it would have been a War Eagle, or possibly King Eagle (not likely, it only fired one Plasma at a time, so would have most likely been a War Eagle). The Bird Of Prey is a Klingon light Cruiser. Several of them were sold to the Romulans for conversion to use Plasma instead of Disrupters, but it's still a Klingon hull.
Halo- Covenant, UNSC, forerunners (before halo 6) XCom- Advent, reapers, templar, and the banished Star Trek - mirror universe Terrain empire DC comics- the justice league, apocalypse, the new gods, green lantern corps (good to do before the movie comes out) Marvel Comics- the avengers, hydra, and the cree (good to do before any mcu movie) The Matrix- the machines Also, you might want to check out civilizationex, a channel that does something similar
I like to think that after the events of the Dominion War, a Cold War ensues between the Federation((UFP) and Romulans (similar to the US and USSR after Japan's surrender). Admiral Ross even said that the UFP and Romulus would be the only powers strong enough to vie for control of the quadrant. Kronos had the worst losses due to their hyper-aggressive strategies and will spend years recovering. Maybe the Dominion is driven back to the Gamma Quadrant along with a joint Alpha Quandrant fleet tasked with making sure all species are released from servitude to the Founders', and the Federation's scientists get to work on erasing the genetic subservience that had been programmed into the Vorta and Jem'Hadar. In return for the Founders' relinquishing all control of their forces, the Federations promises not to harm their world in any way. The Klingons will be in no position to argue, but the Romulans might insist the following: They will not interfere with the Federation's pacifying process in return for ALL INFORMATION pertaining the Dominion's advanced genetic, scanning, and weapons research and a few small colonies in former Dominion territory. The Federation will balk at this but will agree since the Romulans will have to be on board for this delicate disarmament process to proceed unfettered. The next show, perhaps a year or so after DS9, maybe months after Voyager has returned to Earth, will show a galaxy in a constant state of tension with the Romulans secretly plotting to disrupt the Federation's political arrangement and their immense influence. Cardassia has been divided into spheres of influences, Cardassia Prime itself has been divided among the three. The Klingons are outwardly cruel to their subjects, the Romulans equally hostile, but pretend to be benevolent when seen in public so as not to be outdone by the Federation and the Federation actually helps Cardassia rebuild and educates the populace in the virtues of freedom, compassion and peaceful exploration. The show will emphasize how Starfleet is divided into two factions, one that has been disillusioned by the horrors of the war and seeks to build on the militaristic policies that were made during the conflict with the Dominion, and the more traditional elements who want to continue disarmament and stay true to Federation principles by exploring and encouraging peace.
This was a very good and thorough video about the Romulans, but one thing was missing as far as I could tell. There was no mention about the Romulans in Nemesis or what happened in that movie, or speculation as to what happened after that movie.
Maarten Blom The Empire in Elder Scrolls is boring and there’s not enough lore to really delve extensively into them. Hell a Stormcloak video would be more interesting
I like the idea that their home was lost. I mean, it isn't the first time and just like before the Romulans will rise. They also paid in kind by destroying Vulcan's own home planet.
I love your videos, however I am definitely wondering why you did not include the reman rebellion under Shinzon? Even though this movie gets a lot of flack, I think it is just as good as any of the other next generation movies accepted as canon.
A curious thing. Romulans don't have Vulcan superstrength or psychic powers. What if Vulcan had it's own Eugenics wars and the augments there won, driving the remaining people to leave for Romulus?
the Romulan Stellar Empire may be vast, but as a unitary state its central power is in Romulus and with the destruction of Romulus and the post-war political fragmentation led to insurgent movements throughout the empire and the collapse of the neutral zone with the refugee crisis.
@@imperatortiago I don't buy that. The Romulans were able to control their vast Star empire for centuries and had months (or years) to plan for the disaster. Even the Klingon takeover of the Romulan Empire in the alternate future of "All Good Things..." made more sense in context than this poorly thought-out nonsense.
I was under the impression that the Remans were also offshoots of the Vulcans and the difference was just the fact that they adapted to the Reman environment instead of the Romulan one.
"Romulus. How well i remember it. You'll find the predominate color to be grey. The buildings, the clothes, the people. Did you know the Romulan heart is grey? Its true! And all together appropriate for such an unimaginative race." ~ Elim Garek
Nice pic
Honestly, the Romulan capital looks gorgeous. The grey buildings are so they don’t take away from the landscaping
Their Bird of Prey ships look dope though
Elim Garek shows condescension of another people he subsumes under the term "race".
You know, for such an optimistic setting, Star Trek has a surprising number of atomic wars.
I think the real world reason is the cold war and the in-universe reason is that it's proof that with unity, determination, and passion, you can rebuild from anything.
In the 24th century before TNG era began they had been at war with the Tholians, Tzenkethi, Talarians and Cardassians.
Let’s hope we skip that step in our journey to the stars
It's only optimistic if you're a human or a member of the Federation. Some species live a very miserable existence. Just ask the Vidiians.
I mean, no matter how optimistic you are, War is a universal content.
Love how the Romulans entered the Dominion war based on a ‘lie’. My favorite episode of the DS9 series
The funny thing is that the Romulans are always trying to trick other people into going to war with each other. Half their plots in TNG was trying to get the Federation and Klingons to fight each other.
Technically yes, but also let's be honest...after finishing off the Feds and Klingons, the Romulans were always going to be next ...
@@Youalleatmuffins Yea, I have no idea what the Romulans thought they were going to do after The Dominion crushed the Federation and the Klingons. The best they could hope for was maybe a generation or so of peace as the Dominion occupied and consolidated their new territory, but the Romulan Star Empire would have a rapidly approaching expiration date.
It would be great to have a series set after the dominion war.
dentoncrimescene Unfortunately Discovery is set in the past before TOS and everything looks rebooted.
You would be pleased to know that I've been kind of kicking one around, although of course I doubt it will ever see the light of day.
I call it Star Trek: Dawn. It carries the ST saga into the 25th century, and it works something like this:
The year is 2402. Kira has just been made President of Bajor, and faces the task of building up a fledgling state amid a very complex political situation. The Provisional Government has been made permanent, and now shares power with the church in a sort of Iran-like arrangement. The Maquis have laid down their arms and joined the political process, some holding office in the Federation government, while others have seats in the Bajoran Parliament. Kira's moderates, who want to reduce the power of the church and ultimately secularize Bajoran society, are faced with a conservative party who wants to keep the old ways, led by a very savvy but corrupt female politician with a personality very similar to Kai Winn.
The first episode begins with Jean-Luc Picard's funeral (old age), and Kira's victory speech. We find that Sisko is retired and living on Earth; Nog has his own command--the USS Cairo, being Edward Jellico's old ship; Jadzia has died and her symbiote has been been passed to a young female named Eliya. Eliya Dax is in command of Deep Space 9--and now gets to call Sisko "old man" : )
Jake lives on Bajor, and has become a famous writer and controversial political speaker (his stance is a bit Jordan Peterson-ish).
Unlike previous ST's, most of the action in Dawn takes place dirtside, on Bajor--following the story of Kira as she applies herself to the delicate of task of uniting the disparate factions of her world. So it's a lot of talking heads--essentially aimed at those who like the politics of ST more than the battle scenes. Kind of John Adams in space, if you will. (If you have not HBO's John Adams series, I urge you to check it out.)
Cast, where not already known:
Kai Malak (Kira's conservative rival): Rosamund Pike
Jake Sisko: Don Cheadle
Eliya Dax: Kirsten Prout
yep
Half of voyager is set after the dominion war
Star Trek Online did a whole lot with that.
Unfortunately, it'll never be converted into anything mainstream.
The post-dominion war relationship between the Romulans and the Federation reminds me of the post WWII political climate.
Is this all stuff covered in TNG?
@@ReverendMeat51 Technically the TNG movie Nemesis
@@samtemdo8 and the 2009 Abrams film
There was actually a novel that dealt with the Romulans finding out about Captain Sisko's deception and the role he and Garak played in the death of their Senator Vree'nak and tricking them into the war with the Dominion. Suffice it to say.....the Romulans were not happy at all......
It’s very common throughout history for allies in war to become hated enemies afterwards. Athens and Sparta allied to stop Persian expansion and then later became rivals themselves, culminating in the Pelopennese War. Rome and Carthage allied against Pyrrhus of Epirus and almost immediately entered into armed conflict after Pyrrhus’ withdrawal from Magna Graecia. Octavian and Mark Anthony allied against Caesar’s assassins and later became enemies as well. Even the USA was deeply distrustful of Great Britain after WW1, and actively made plans for war with GB.
Please do the Goa'uld from Stargate SG1. For that matter I would love to see the Ori and the Ancients as well. Don't forget the Tok'ra.
joshed You must ask the permission of the Great God Apophis before you have the impertinence to make a history of the Goa'uld! May your insides be devoured by dung beetles!
Rick Pyle Apophis is dead but his son Klorel still lives
Jaffa kree
@@lakshayderp9771 we will never follow false gods, Hail the true gods, the Ori. Hallowed are the Ori.
@@lakshayderp9771 jaffa cake
I've always loved the Romulans. Like Vulcans in appearance, but without the deadpan stoicism. (Cloaking is cool too...)
@cristopher wong that's a strawman. Admiring the cunning and villainy of a fictional faction doesn't mean he'd like them in real life.
A very intriguing race.Unfortunatly the FEDERATION is allways stealing their tech,claiming sectors and brain washing their citizens with endless propaganda to create distrust and hate.And despite what some sources say,The Super NOVA was a federation autrocity to end the ROMANULAN threat !!
@@jamesburnsfisher3304 I think you are confused
@@jonathansoko1085 You can tell he's an actual nutcase by the irregular spacing
@@ReverendMeat51 yea he's a commie for sure
7:11 I don't know Templin Institute, you think you should take another look at the subsequent investigation, something seems a bit...Oh someone is suddenly knocking at my door..Hello? Your a tailor? But I didn't call for one-
*Transmission lost*
"It's a fake!!!!" -- Nice addition :)
*No!! Its real!!!*
It´s a trap! ;)
No, *it's a FAP!*
The Best episode of DS9
I thought Trump coined that phrase.
Thank you for taking the official/public line about why the Romulans joined the war against the Dominion, and for stopping the video before any JJ-timeline garbage!
6:26 Due to the agreement, the Defiant should have always had a romulan observer on bord the ship. Its a shame that the series havent take that point serious, i would have loved to see a romulan in their crew among Worf :-)
Fabio Rüegsegger they did at first but probably stopped as they weren’t technically supposed to use the cloaking device in the alpha quadrant
mjolnir112 I think it would have been interesting to have a Romulan character who befriends the crew and decides to eventually turn a blind eye to the cloaking device.
The actor who played the Romulan fell out so she was ignored as a character. But I do agree. Having a Romulan on the Defiant as a main or regular secondary character would have been awesome. :)
Google Martha heckett. She portrayed races. Subcommander T'Rul was planned to be the first Rumulan office serving in Star Fleet on the Defiant with Worf. The studio nix the idea sadly.
"It's a fake!!!" Love that moment in DS9.
Well informed and well put together video, keep up the good work.
The loss of Romulus will not be the end of the Romulan people we will persevere we will survive We Will RISE! All hail the Romulan Republic.
Something wonderful happened when the Virinat Survivor and Tovan Khev and their crewmates explore Dewa III prepatory to it officially being settled as Mol'Rihan or New Romulus.....they find what turns out to be the Sword of the Raptor Star....one of S'Hariens lost blades!
FOR THE REPUBLIC!!!!
DEATH TO THE EMPIRE AND TAL SHIAR SCUM!!!!!
Meh "Romulan Republic" just hasn't the same ring to it. Sounds weak.
I am familiar with Star Trek since the early 90s, and I know basics about the main factions and races, but this is the most detail I have ever learned with regard to a particular faction within the franchise.
You should go and check out Orange River's YT channel. He's primarily Star Trek/sci-fi focused. Makes fantastic, well-researched video essays. Released his 'Romulans' vid about three weeks ago.
@@subraxas
Will do, thanks...
Nice video. Romulans are my favorite sci-fi race. I absolutely love their premise, but feel as Trek went on they were mishandled more and more.
The became more and more vigorous mustache twirlers as the series' went on.
I strongly recommend reading Rihannsu: the Bloodwing Voyages by Diane Duane. They are a terrific series of books set in the TOS era that make the Romulans a wonderfully intriguing culture, and they are very different to the TNG+ Romulans.
ggsimmonds1 .. are the romulan related to the Vulcan
ggsimmonds1 they're cool but I'm more of a Terran empire man
They have enormous potential. I would love a TV show focusing solely on them.
Fantastic video really well told! Videos about the Dominion, Dominion War, Cardassian Empire and Obsidian order would be amazing!
Really good explanation of the Romulans!
Dang, holy coitus interruptus Batman, you left out the destruction of the Romulan homeworld by their star going SUPERNOVA! That crushed the Romulans as we saw in the Picard series. Ultimately leading to their reunion with Vulcans and then Vulcan becoming Ni'Var (Discovery). They seemed to have ultimately joined the Federation (Discovery) in 3190 after solving The Burn. Would have loved the announcer here going through that part of the Romulans' history!
If you're doing empires, maybe you can do Asimov's Foundation empire, and the preceding Galactic one some day.
Either way, this sounds like a really cool project, maybe something that could prove educational as well.
The foundation is basically the catholic church, preserving roman knowledge throughout the "dark age". A neat story
This was just recommended to me by RUclips, and I'm really glad I clicked and watched your `Romulan Star Empire´. Good segment, intelligent, calm clear voice, nice range of illustrative material (could do with more charts or maps, but maybe that's just a personal quirk of mine). Looked up your channel home page, found out I already watched one of your vids, Incoming on Star Trek Discovery. Then I found out I also know your channel's name from your collaboration with Star Wars explained. Enough of that, I just subscribed, and am looking forward to more.
Cardassia or The Dominion next please.
Entertaining video, I've been a Star Trek fan since I was 4 years old. I started watching the original series and the animated series in '74 or '75. I've loved every Trek show until Discovery. Thanks again for the great analysis of the Romulan Star Empire! 🖖
Discovery is no worse than voyager
@@johnfinley8158 Discovery's ratings dropped off every single episode that came out. Voyager's ratings went up and down, but generally kept climbing and spiked in S4. Voyager's the better show. Also it got three more seasons because it was prequel dogshit.
I would be interested on what you have to say about the Imperium from the Dune series.
I dont know what Dune is, so all I know is the spice must flow and heretics must be purged
@@just_some_dude019 Dunno what spice is but heretics must definitely be purged. The Emperor protects brother
Long live the Romulan Empire romolus invicta.
My favorite Star Trek species.
Thank you for what you do, great stuff!
Some suggestions of what to cover:
- Galactic Empire (Star Wars)
- The Black Company (The Black Company)
- Malazan Empire (Malazan Book of the Fallen)
- Númenor (Tolkien's Legendarium)
- Valyrian Freehold (A Song of Ice and Fire)
- Seanchan Empire (The Wheel of Time)
- Mordor (Tolkien's Legendarium)
- Alethkar (The Stormlight Archive)
- Gondolin (Tolkien's Legendarium)
- Empire of Lether (Malazan Book of the Fallen)
- The Westerlands (A Song of Ice and Fire)
- Protoss Empire (Starcraft)
- Black Marsh (Elder Scrolls)
- Andor (The Wheel of Time)
- The Crimson Guard (Malazan Book of the Fallen)
I look forward to seeing what you produce next!
All good suggestions! We'll add em to the list!
Romulans the Bipolar cousin of the Vulcans. Christ.
Those stoic Romans with their Bread and circuses. Quite the mix
I pretty sure this is what Vulcans used to be like before worshiping logic.
@@Vasileski88 Strangely enough, both modern Vulcans and Romulans are a distancing of the original vulcan species. Both are disciplined in different fashions, sculpting their societies around their coping mechanisms against their baser natures. Vulcans have their logic philosophy, Romulans have this strange, cautious cunning which has them reign their emotions until they can act at the best time on them with careful planning, but they aren't nearly as bad as how vulcans were, whom were nearly psychopathic with how extreme their passions and emotions effected them.
Great Vid! I'd love to see something on species from Doctor Who. Time Lords, Daleks, Cybermen etc. Keep up the good work!
Well done! Long live the empire!
This was a very good video documenting one of my top three Star Trek races!
Good stuff, great attention to detail while retaining the big picture view. I'd love to see some in-depth lore on the Homeworld universe. Lots of Kiith to cover :)
The Dawn of Victory team recommended you guys, and I'm glad they did! Your videos are great! Keep it up!
The disconnect between the Romulans in this video and those portrayed on STP is staggering.
Because in TOS, TNG and DS9 we saw only soldiers, politicians and agents. In addition, Narek, Narissa and commodore Oh seem to you not enough romulan?
Mass Ryb tbh, Narissa, Narek and Oh are Tal Shiar agents.. also, does this guy forgot that the Romulans have no strong Government by this point?
Outstanding video, great job! 👍
Great video guys. I am a Star Trek fan and I'm glad to see you really covered the major events.
Well done. You have my subscription.
Also, here are some suggestions:
* United Federation of Planets - Star Trek
* Klingon Empire - Star Trek
* Galactic Empire - Star Wars
* Galactic Republic - Star Wars
* The Dominion - Star Trek
* First Order - Star Wars
* The Terran Dominion - Starcraft
* The Breen - Star Trek
This was great! Could you make videos about the empire (warhammer fantasy) or the tamriel empire?
Great video. Here is my suggestions...
1) The Strogg (Quake).
2) The Imperium of Man (Warhammer 40,000).
3) The Kelvin Timeline (Star Trek, and please include all events in the comics).
4) The Cybermen (Doctor Who).
5) The war against Mental (Serious Sam).
6) Cybertronians (Transformers).
was played at Somerset base 05-25-1968 9:30 pm Bostonusa political event, video, then HaShem forced everyone to "forget it" , except me (maybe Jim cherubim
The Treaty of Algernon is such a failure for the Federation. "Oh, we won't have cloaks, but you tooootally can, that's fair! Hahah... ha.... heh..."
Great video, so professional & a terrific narration
I'd like to hear more about the Hydran Kingdom.
This was a grand feast for a hungry Star Trek fan/nerd! From the inception of the Romulan species, they were forever underutilized for the more aggressive Klingons.
Btw, if at all possible, can you branch out into He-Man and The Masters of the Universe and/or She-ra: Princess of Power lore? I'd love to see what you're able to accomplish with the likes of:
The Evil Horde
The Kingdom of Eternia or various Etherian kingdoms
The History of Eternia/Etheria
etc...etc...etc!
That was great :) Please do more about star trek. I loved the map too ,maybe you could show more of that too . Thankyou so much I'll be looking forward to the next one . You're onto a winner here :D
Awesome video! Gotta love the rommies. My very personal wishlist for future videos on your channel would be:
-The Minmatar Republic (Eve Online)
-The Mars Congressional Republic (The Expanse)
-The Khaaneph (Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak)
Subbed for sure.
That was amazing and very well done. Bravo bravo !!!!!!!!!
These are fantastic! Keep this up!
5:33 Interestingly, the destruction of the border posts in TNG "The Neutral Zone" was originally conceived as the introduction of the Borg as a common enemy to the Federation and the Romulan Empire. Look up the episode over at the Memory Alpha wiki and the background notes go into it some.
Wouldn’t mind seeing a video on the United federation of planets and star fleet
These are good videos. I'm not too current on the whole Dominion storyline, because i didn't watch much of DS9. Was often too busy for tv back then. Someday i will catch up on Netflix.
Pls send me the link or website of the map at 5:12
Literally Romulus and Remus in a Sci-Fi setting
That clip with the voyager class what was that from, 7:42
That's the intrepid-class USS Belerophon, as depicted in the DS9 episode "Inter Arma Enim Silent Legis". Admiral Ross and Doctor Bashir hitched a ride on the ship to get to a conference hosted on Romulus.
You forgot the Romulan goverment reformed after Senzian to be more friendly UFP, and the distruction of the Romulan homeworld means a goverment may no longer exsist.
Very well put together, I'll certainly be watching more!
It would have been nice to have them as "fully developed" as the Klingons.
I disagree. A xenophobic and secretive species like them shouldn't have much development
a very entertaining and informative series thus far, more please! Subbed!
I cannot wait for your full video on the United Federation of planets
Do a presentation on the Terran Empire from Star Trek.
5:00
ahhhh yes...... the battle of Narendra III.
I always thought the warbirds mentioned in the lore were Firehawks, not washed-down Deridex's.
dammit Templin, now you made me boot up Bridge Commander and play that scenario!
ah well.....
off to kick some Romulan ass!
I like how you skipped over all Romulan-related lore that has come after 2005. Having the wisdom to recognize where canon ends and non-canon trash begins.
Yours seems to be more coherent a site and less prone to " patting oneself on the back". Well done.
Any additional background on the universe of the Orville would be great!
That is, until JJ Abrams came up with the dumb idea of destroying Romulus.
bombarde1701a I choose to believe that the AbramsVerse either isn't cannon, or that Ambassador Spock actually succeeded in saving Romulus, and that Nero was just a confused, misinformed snowflake. I refuse to accept the destruction of Romulus.
Same here. By the logic of Star Trek 2009, the events of that movie would have erased the whole timeline up to that point, which we know from producers isn't the case. They insist that it's an "alternate timeline." So I'd say that for any of the events of the original timeline to have happened at all, it *couldn't* be the same universe as the one in which Romulus was destroyed.
Percy Danvers unfortunately Id have to disagree. The Trek Encyclopedia says Romulus was destroyed. So the mind meld/flashback scenes of the Prime Timeline are canon.
I hate that whole idea - especially as it was destroyed by another star going nova. How does a supernova travel light years?
Daniel O'Donovan i agree. A supernova wouldve taken decades to reach Romulus. At the very least weeks. They could’ve evacuated the entire planet in that time.
I'm loving the content on your channel! And since you mentioned that you'd examine organizations too, I'd love to see you do a take on the SCP Foundation.
Excellent presentation.
This was excellent
I'm here because of the Season Finale of Strange New Worlds. I haven't seen TOS except for a few chapters, now I confirmed how Kirk prevented the war.
Nice jacket that grey one.
Awesome video! Cheers from Reddit!
I always thought the Romulans traded cloaking technology to the Klingons for warp technology. Learned something new.
Great first for the Star Trek universe with this video, so definitely would love to see more from you guys. Only issue was that the background music competed with the narrator's voice, so it was distracting to focus on what the narrator had to say while filtering out the background noise.
Excellent report
4:10 That's a War Bird, not a Bird of Prey. Before some smart ass tries to say "but it's shaped like a War Eagle, or a King Eagle" That ship in that episode was impulse only, so it could only be a War Bird. If it could go warp, then it would have been a War Eagle, or possibly King Eagle (not likely, it only fired one Plasma at a time, so would have most likely been a War Eagle). The Bird Of Prey is a Klingon light Cruiser. Several of them were sold to the Romulans for conversion to use Plasma instead of Disrupters, but it's still a Klingon hull.
Love this - well done.
Halo- Covenant, UNSC, forerunners (before halo 6)
XCom- Advent, reapers, templar, and the banished
Star Trek - mirror universe Terrain empire
DC comics- the justice league, apocalypse, the new gods, green lantern corps (good to do before the movie comes out)
Marvel Comics- the avengers, hydra, and the cree (good to do before any mcu movie)
The Matrix- the machines
Also, you might want to check out civilizationex, a channel that does something similar
This was a very entertaining watch thanks for this. I recommend any of the factions from Warhammer and the aldmeri dominion from Skyrim
I like to think that after the events of the Dominion War, a Cold War ensues between the Federation((UFP) and Romulans (similar to the US and USSR after Japan's surrender). Admiral Ross even said that the UFP and Romulus would be the only powers strong enough to vie for control of the quadrant. Kronos had the worst losses due to their hyper-aggressive strategies and will spend years recovering.
Maybe the Dominion is driven back to the Gamma Quadrant along with a joint Alpha Quandrant fleet tasked with making sure all species are released from servitude to the Founders', and the Federation's scientists get to work on erasing the genetic subservience that had been programmed into the Vorta and Jem'Hadar. In return for the Founders' relinquishing all control of their forces, the Federations promises not to harm their world in any way. The Klingons will be in no position to argue, but the Romulans might insist the following: They will not interfere with the Federation's pacifying process in return for ALL INFORMATION pertaining the Dominion's advanced genetic, scanning, and weapons research and a few small colonies in former Dominion territory. The Federation will balk at this but will agree since the Romulans will have to be on board for this delicate disarmament process to proceed unfettered.
The next show, perhaps a year or so after DS9, maybe months after Voyager has returned to Earth, will show a galaxy in a constant state of tension with the Romulans secretly plotting to disrupt the Federation's political arrangement and their immense influence. Cardassia has been divided into spheres of influences, Cardassia Prime itself has been divided among the three. The Klingons are outwardly cruel to their subjects, the Romulans equally hostile, but pretend to be benevolent when seen in public so as not to be outdone by the Federation and the Federation actually helps Cardassia rebuild and educates the populace in the virtues of freedom, compassion and peaceful exploration.
The show will emphasize how Starfleet is divided into two factions, one that has been disillusioned by the horrors of the war and seeks to build on the militaristic policies that were made during the conflict with the Dominion, and the more traditional elements who want to continue disarmament and stay true to Federation principles by exploring and encouraging peace.
The superior empire obviously. Romulans rule!
This was great thank for the info
Kinda ironic how all the pictures of the romulan senate is right before they all die XD
Fun video! Loves me some star trek.
If knowledge is power, then to be unknown is to be unconquerable.
Could you do the 23rd and 24 century Federation, Starfleet and Section 13 please. Love your show
Jeff Small section 31
This was a very good and thorough video about the Romulans, but one thing was missing as far as I could tell. There was no mention about the Romulans in Nemesis or what happened in that movie, or speculation as to what happened after that movie.
Very nice presentation! Here is a suggestion, the EVE Online universe and the Sierra's Homeworld universe. :)
Sup swiss, Maarten here. Gonna leave this comment to request the Empire of Man (warhammer) and the Empire (Elder Scrolls). As a reminder.
Maarten Blom The Empire in Elder Scrolls is boring and there’s not enough lore to really delve extensively into them. Hell a Stormcloak video would be more interesting
"If Knowledge is Power, then to be Unknown is to be Unconquerable."
I like the idea that their home was lost. I mean, it isn't the first time and just like before the Romulans will rise. They also paid in kind by destroying Vulcan's own home planet.
Terran Dominon from Starcraft
I love your videos, however I am definitely wondering why you did not include the reman rebellion under Shinzon? Even though this movie gets a lot of flack, I think it is just as good as any of the other next generation movies accepted as canon.
Best Star Trek Empire.
Those attack along the neutral zone in the Federation Romulan border we came to learn that was the Borg
Left out the part about the Hobus Supernova and how that pretty much killed the Romulan Empire.
Are you doing the United Federation of Planets next?
After the recent direction of Star Trek: Discovery, I feel like an episode on the Terran Empire would be pretty appropriate.
A curious thing. Romulans don't have Vulcan superstrength or psychic powers. What if Vulcan had it's own Eugenics wars and the augments there won, driving the remaining people to leave for Romulus?
It's a shame the writers of 'Picard' never saw this video. They don't seem to understand what the "star" in "Romulan Star Empire" means.
the Romulan Stellar Empire may be vast, but as a unitary state its central power is in Romulus and with the destruction of Romulus and the post-war political fragmentation led to insurgent movements throughout the empire and the collapse of the neutral zone with the refugee crisis.
@@imperatortiago I don't buy that. The Romulans were able to control their vast Star empire for centuries and had months (or years) to plan for the disaster. Even the Klingon takeover of the Romulan Empire in the alternate future of "All Good Things..." made more sense in context than this poorly thought-out nonsense.
I was under the impression that the Remans were also offshoots of the Vulcans and the difference was just the fact that they adapted to the Reman environment instead of the Romulan one.
Are some of those screenshots from the SOSR Mod Star Trek Armada III? Aka the best star trek game never officially made?