New Romulan Star Empire

## General Overview

In May 2419, the remnants of the Romulan Star Empire, located on Rator III in the Beta Quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy, which had been there since the destruction of Romulus during the Hobus Supernova of 2487, were overthrown during a civilian led revolution, deposing Empress Sela and installing a new civilian government in its place.

During an incident with the U.S.S. Nightshade, which was acting under orders by Section 31, Sela's forces were able to download the computer logs of the Nightshade and discover the existence of the Black Eye Galaxy and the small Starfleet Task Force which resided there.

Keen to escape the constant losing conflict with the Romulan Republic, a splinter faction that arose from the Romulan Dissident Movement and rose to prominence from an alliance with the United Federation of Planets, Empress Sela saw an opportunity to expand a new Empire, unfettered by Starfleet dominance within the Black Eye Galaxy.

Originally sent to scout the Black Eye Galaxy and collect information on potential colony sites, the *I.R.W. Leahval,* became trapped in the Black Eye Galaxy when the Iris, a secret Iconian Gateway which had allowed the United Commonwealth of Planets access to the galaxy was destroyed.

With her advanced experience of Iconian technology, Sela was able to discover a third disused Iconian Gateway in a distant corner of the Tau Quadrant, creating a colony and naming it Leahval, creating a link between the Milky Way and the Black Eye once again.

In July 2419, Princess Tanisha was formally crowned Queen Tanisha of the Ctarl-Ctarl Empire living within the Black Eye Galaxy as contact with the Milky Way Galaxy has been cut offer. A coronation ceremony was held on Nocturne Station when a bomb exploded, revealing a Romulan attempt to assassinate the Queen and destabilise the Commonwealth. Queen Tanisha was captured by Empress Sela’s “New Romulan Empire” during this incident.

The U.S.S. Nemesis successfully launched a rescue operation to retrieve Queen Tanisha III of the Ctarl-Ctarl Empire from the clutches of the Romulans. This strengthened the relationship between the Commonwealth and the Ctarl-Ctarl Empire in the Black Eye Galaxy, resulting the Ctarl-Ctarl Empire officially joining the United Federation of Planets.

During the mission to rescue Queen Tanisha from the newly established Romulan colony of “Leahval” in the Tau Quadrant, the crew of the Nemesis encountered another Iconian Gateway which was being used by the Romulans to bring in more of their own ships from the Beta Quadrant.

With no way to contact Starfleet Command in the Milky Way, Admiral Orion Windwalker and President Bol Nevin called an emergency meeting of the Commonwealth Council, where it was decided that the Commonwealth had no choice but to attempt to deal with the New Romulan Star Empire before they gathered too much influence in the Black Eye Galaxy.

Lieutenant Kirv Goldbalde, serving as acting First Officer for the U.S.S. Nemesis suggested that the Commonwealth attempt to remove the Energy Matrix from the gateway and return it to the wreckage of the Iris around S.S. Nocturne station, possibly restoring the connection back to the Milky Way.

The U.S.S. Nightshade arrived at Commonwealth Colony for some rest and relaxation, with the whole crew given shore leave by Admiral Orion Windwalker.

However while in orbit, a sudden Thalaron pulse wiped out all the life on Commonwealth’s surface, killing all six million Commonwealth inhabitants and implicating the Nightshade in the disaster.

After an investigation by the crew of the U.S.S. Nightshade, it was discovered that the destruction of Commonwealth Colony was caused by a cloaked Romulan *Scimitar-Class*, the I.R.W. Leahval, Sela’s personal command ship.

President Bol Nevin, horrified by the loss of Commonwealth Colony and its population of over six million, made up of different races of the Black Eye Commonwealth organised a memorial service for genocide of the population, condemning Sela’s errant Romulan forces as responsible.

However a Romulan *D’Deridex-Class* warbird decloaked at S.S. Nocturne station and relayed a message from Sela, claiming that the Empress was not responsible for the loss of the colony and that the Leahval was only intended to make discreet reconnaissance of the world but a malfunction in the computer caused a Thalaron pulse to be generated from the ship. It was later discovered that Section 31 had been responsible for the incident, with stolen Romulan technology taken from the Romulan Republic.

Captain Shon Tempest of the U.S.S. Callisto asserted that this incident was proof that the New Romulan Empire were experimenting with Iconian computer technology stored within the discovered Iconian Gateway in the Leahval system and recommended a swift strike to remove this potential threat.

In August 2419, the Commonwealth launched a successful attack on Leahval and managed to secure the Iconian Energy Matrix needed to repair the damaged “Iris” gateway which had long since been inoperable around S.S. Nocturne Station.

At the Battle of Leahval, the U.S.S. Nemesis was destroyed and many other ships were crippled. The U.S.S. Hiryu’s assault teams were successful in creating a stable gateway in the Milky Way which opened the gate to the Federation Ninth Reserve Fleet to enter the Black Eye Galaxy and capture Empress Sela.

With the Empress in custody, the Romulan Star Empire forces in the Black Eye Galaxy quickly surrendered and agreed to return to the Milky Way Galaxy, somewhat demoralised from being so far from home. Empress Sela was remanded in custody aboard a Federation starship and transferred to New Romulus in order to stand trial.

The New Romulan Star Empire also attempted to conduct many nefarious trade deals of their technology with the Black Eye Galaxy, trading retrofitted Borg nanites with the underdeveloped Sobekka, which led to the Sobekka assimilating themselves through their ignorance, creating the Black Eye Borg Collective.

However in January 2420, the U.S.S. Callisto discovered that the entire population of Leahval had be brutally culled by The Pryde of Ma'lkon, leaving the surface of Leahval completely uninhabited.

### **The New Raptor**

Suprisingly, the New Romulan Star Empire emerged again in May 2421, when the U.S.S. Callisto discovered that the Xen'Trist Prime had been attacked by a Romulan strike force, saturating many of their worlds in *Thalaron Radiation* and nearly eradicating all of the *Xen'Trist Queens.*

Horrified by this renewed aggression, the Callisto discovered that the Romulans had attacked the Xen'Trist Prime in order to claim a highly valuable stone, known as the *Sil'thoraan* to the Xen'Trist was actually a raw highly-concentrated Tempestrium geode.

## Known Vessel Classes

* *Romulan Vokar Class*
* *Romulan Shadow Class*