Created by Commodore Phoenix Lalor-Richardson on Sat Oct 9th, 2021 @ 8:32am

Romulan History

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-8000.00 - Surak espouses principles of logic and peace on Ancient Vulcan.

-2000.00 - Orions discover Vulcan. Several key leaders of Vulcan, including S`Task, are captured in an ambush by the Orions, beginning the 'Ahk'.

-2100.00 - End of the 'Ahk', the war against the Orions.

-2300.00 - Construction of Far-travel ships begins, using Orion plans and salvaged materials from their ships, and their stellar maps.

0040.00 - 20 Far-travel ships, housing 120,000 citizens, depart Vulcan.

0141.00 - ch`Rihan settled by S`Task, his brother Tellus, and 40,000 other Rihannsu.

0161.00 - Tellus forms the Rei`Krannsu

0375.00 - S`Task dies. Tellus retreats from leadership and writes 'The Book of S`Task'. Clan wars begin.

0376.00 - Tellus, his Rei`Krannsu, and his closest followers settle ch`Havran.

0377.00 - T`Rehu becomes Master Councilor.

0379.00 - T`Rehu kills Tellus and declairs herself 'Ruling Queen'.

0397.00 - Jo`rek, Tellus's son, organizes a revolt. T`Rehu is killed. A Tricemeral Government formed, with Jo`rek at it's head. Jo`rek pushes for expansion into space.

0781.00 - Jo`rek Dies. Klingons are encountered. Unrest leads to a short civil war.

0782.00 - Klingon war fleet arrives in the Nerandera system, and overtakes it. First Rihannsu - Klingon war begins.

0792.00 - The Rihannsu - Klingon war ends, and a mutual non-aggression pact established.

2157.00 - The Federation first encountered the Rihannsu on ch'Rihan and ch'Havran, sending the Rihannsu into battle preperations. The Rihannsu Galae is formed.

2158.00 - The Rihannsu - Federation war begins.

2160.00 - The Rihannsu lose the Battle of Cheron

2164.00 - The Treaty of Algernon is signed and the Neutral Zone is formed.

2292.00 - The end of the Rihannsu/Klingon aliance.

2293.00 - The destruction of the Klingon moon Praxus leads to peace talks between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. The Romulan Ambassador Nanclus is recalled, following an attempted assassination of the Federation President. Rihannsu isolationist period resumes.

2344 - Rihannsu attack and destroy the Khitomer outpost, as well as the Klingon outpost on Narendra III. Federation military theorists surmised this was a retaliation against the Klingons for the failure of the conspiracy against the Federation-Klingon peace treaty a little over 50 years previously. After the attacks, the Praetor turns his attentions to the restructure and expansion of the Tal`Shiar.

2349 - R`Mor tr`Telek begins an extensive scientific mission to chart Rihannsu space and study any anomalys encountered.

2360 - Secretary of the War Plans Council and Vice-Chairman of the Tal`Shiar, tr`Vreenak is elected as Senator.

2364 - The Empire loses contact with three of their outposts. It was later to be attributed to an attack by the Borg who had obliterated the outposts without bothering to assimilate the Romulans stationed there.

2368 - The Rihannsu/Vulcan underground unification effort begins. Spock appears on ch'Rihan.

2369 - Vice-Procouncil M`Ret and two of his aids were smuggled out of Rihannsu space by Subcommander N`Vek with the aid of Federation officer Deanna Troi. The Leih of the IRW Khazara, Commander Toreth was demoted for what her first officer had done - her helmsman takes a voluntary demotion as well - following the incident. Commander Toreth changes her name to Ael t`Kazon.

2371 - The Romulan Government agrees to grant the Federation the use of a cloaking device for one of their vessels. Later in this year, the Tal`Shiar and the Obsidian Order made a joint effort to attack the Founder's homeworld. The Torhei are encountered, and a war between this elusive Species and the Rihannsu ensues.

2374 - Senator tr`Vreenak is assassinated by the Dominon after learning of the Dominon's plans to attack the Romulan homeworlds. The Romulans begin negotiation to join the Federation-Klingon aliance against the Dominion, and eventually join the aliance.

2377 - Seeking a way of Expanding the Empire after the Dominion War, the Romulans enter another short-lived war with the Klingons.

2378 - Rihannsu encounter the Zentron

2379 – Reman overthrow of the Senate

2379- Praetor Neral elected to head Senate after Reman threat destroyed by federation

2379- The GATE established through the neutral Zone.