The Romulus system was an inhabited planetary system in Romulan space within Sector Z-6 of the Beta Quadrant. It was a unary star system consisting of the primary Romulus and at least four planets. The second and third planets were Romulus and Remus, the homeworlds of the Romulans and Remans, respectively. This was the capital system of the Romulan Star Empire. (TOS: "Balance of Terror", display graphic; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, production art; DS9: "The Search, Part II"; Star Trek Nemesis)
In 2387, the system was destroyed when Romulus exploded in a supernova. (Star Trek; PIC: "Remembrance")
Stellar Cartography[]
In 2259, the system's location was seen on a stellar cartography chart seen on the USS Enterprise's ready room viewscreen. The system's symbol had a green color, indicating its affiliation with the empire. (SNW: "A Quality of Mercy")
During the Neutral Zone Incursion of 2266, the location of the Romulan system was labeled on a star chart of Sector Z-6 that was displayed on the bridge viewscreen of the USS Enterprise. (TOS: "Balance of Terror", production art)
In 2293, the location of Romulus and Remus in the Milky Way Galaxy was labeled in a star chart that was in Captain James T. Kirk's quarters aboard the USS Enterprise-A. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, okudagram)
In 2399, the star chart in Fleet Admiral Kirsten Clancy's office at Starfleet Headquarters did not show the location of the Romulan system. (PIC: "Maps and Legends")
In the early 25th century, this system's position was labeled on a star chart used by Captain William T. Riker during his attempt at finding the last known location of the SS Eleos XII. (PIC: "The Next Generation")
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Background information[]
This system was first named in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode "A Quality of Mercy".
According to StarTrek.com, the primary in the system was named Romulus. [1](X)
According to Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 66) and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385"; "Position of the Romulan Empire"), the Romulus system was located in the Beta Quadrant. It was a binary system with a M-class star and a K-class star. This system was in the Romulan War Theater of Operations (2156-2160). In 2266, the Praetor's flagship departed the Romulus system on its mission to the Neutral Zone. According to a map of the Romulan Empire – prepared by the Stellar Archive Artist Lsel Essik, from the Romulan Master Data Catalog , in 2366 – Romulus was identified as a Romulan star.
Apocrypha[]
According to Star Trek Maps (p. 29) and The Worlds of the Federation (p. 148), the Romulan star system was a binary star system of two white dwarfs known by the Federation as Romulus (primary) and Romulus B (secondary). In Diane Duane's Rihannsu novels, the Romulan system was a single G9-class star, known as 128 Trianguli to the Federation and Eisn to the Romulans ("homesun" in the Romulan language).
External link[]
- Romulus system at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works