The new proconsul of the Romulan Senate, Neral, had been promising reform and Pardek believed he could be convinced to join the reunification movement. The unified Vulcan/Romulan species warred alot against each other already. André Bormanis, a writing staffer who wrote that episode, explained, "I wondered whether they might be Romulans until we decided to do a CGI alien effect [for the aliens themselves]. The Klingon Bird-of-Prey was intended to have been stolen from the Romulans, but this information was left out of the film. [4](X) [5](X) In Star Trek: Communicator issue 131, he clarified, "What I said was that we would be seeing the Romulans in this movie, which we are, but I did not necessarily say that they were going to be our main villains." In the mirror universe, the Romulans appeared to be uninvolved in the conflict between the Terran Rebellion and the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. (Star Trek: Communicator issue 137, p. 53), The Romulans were originally meant to be the villains in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Later in the series, Section 31 allies with the Romulans to start a war with the Klingons, in a successful ploy to regain the last piece of red matter. "We have major continuity issues with them," observed Executive Producer Brannon Braga, at the end of the show's first season. … Capt. Much of the Romulans' origins are explored in the Rihannsu pentalogy by Diane Duane, and the later Vulcan's Soul trilogy by Josepha Sherman and Susan Schwartz. Reflected Jack Donner, "To a great deal they have been ignored. By the time a week of filming had gone by, Bana found the new Romulan facial appearance "began to look completely normal to me, and regular humans started to look weird!" (Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission, p. 66) Roddenberry allowed the Romulans to occasionally feature on the new series from then on, but preferred not to use them as the series' primary villains. (TNG: "Unification I", "Unification II"), Spock remained on Romulus for nearly two more decades, when in 2387, at a time when the Romulans and Vulcans were on such terms that when Romulus was threatened by a supernova, Spock offered to use red matter to save the Romulans. They were described as "those who march beneath the Raptor's wings", a symbol later to be used in the Romulan Star Empire, and eventually departed Vulcan after losing a nuclear war called the Time of Awakening. The conflict would have culminated in the Romulans destroying the Borg vessel but being completely annihilated themselves. It makes complete sense that most of the Romulans would want to stay in the Fed and the Vulcans would want to leave, if you think about it. (TNG: "The Defector", "The Pegasus"), They were also well-known for fearing disgrace over death. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone"), During the 23rd century, Romulans practiced the death penalty on criminals by means both painful and unpleasant. They were wonderfully mysterious. (Star Trek: The Next Generation 365, p. 068) However, the redesigned Romulan makeup remained for subsequent Star Trek productions, not only those set in the 24th century but also for when Romulans were featured on Star Trek: Enterprise. (DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"), Despite their common ancestry, there were also many subtle internal physiological differences between Vulcans and Romulans. (The Secrets of Star Trek: Insurrection, p. 14) Regarding the prospect of including the Romulans, Piller clarified, "No-one here felt a great deal of enthusiasm for that decision." The playable Romulans and Remans are members of a splinter Republican faction on New Romulus led by D'Tan. Like Spock, their almond-colored faces are coldly impassive." They also ap… The Vulcan-Romulan War was a violent conflict in Vulcan history between the followers of Surak and his philosophy, and his opponents, referred to as "those who marched beneath the raptor's wings," who later left Vulcan and settled the planet Romulus. 240-241), Following their introduction in the first season, the Romulans indirectly appeared in the second season installment "The Deadly Years", via recycled footage of the Romulan Bird-of-Prey, and were temporarily planned to appear themselves in the story that became Season 2's "A Piece of the Action". (TNG: "The Enemy"), The Terothka virus was a disease unique to Romulan physiology. And also they are an old and ancient race, like the Vulcans, so they have gravitas to them, which I find very interesting." 215, 217 & 219), In the first edition of the Star Trek: The Next Generation Writer'/Directors' Guide, Gene Roddenberry declared that no stories concerning warfare with Romulans would be accepted for the new series. xvii-xviii) Logan also enthused, "I was delighted with the chance to get to play with the Romulans, and I don't think they've quite been explored enough [....] For me the Communist Chinese is a really interesting world that was never fully explored, certainly in the movies, and not even as much as I would have liked in the series, except for individual episodes. The Federation became involved in the crisis w… Because Romulans were members of a militaristic civilization, who considered defending the Romulan Empire and their own personal honor of foremost importance, military service and its accompanying rank were decisive factors in determining social eminence. Makeup for these Romulans was provided by Michael Westmore's makeup team. (Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before paperback ed., p. 110) Secure in the knowledge that the TNG viewers had accepted the series as a new version of Star Trek rather than a retread, Roddenberry felt confident enough to bring back the Romulans at the end of the show's first season. A primary advocate for this choice of villain was writer John Logan – a big fan of the species and "the lethal machinations" characteristic of the group. Despite Schneider alone being given on-screen credit for the writing of that particular episode, citation for the creator of the Romulans became somewhat muddied as the years went by. However, an influence on overcoming this challenge was the fact that the rest of the movie's cast incorporated a wide variety of people, with different skin colors and ages. However, in the case of the Romulans, this was replaced with a controlled deviousness: as a species, the Romulans were generally thought of as duplicitous, a reputation reinforced by the actions of their government over time. They also gain the Narada's schematics. This group later settled on the planets Romulus and Remus and become the Romulan species, eventually forming a vast and powerful interstellar empire. In cases of anonymity, they were known for commonly using hired assassins, such as the Flaxians, to conduct their off-world "justice" (DS9: "Improbable Cause"). The Romulans were biological cousins of Vulcans, descended from those who rejected Surak's reforms during the Time of Awakening.