Valdore

== Career ==
Early in his career, Valdore served as a [[senator]] in the [[Romulan Senate]], where he once considered Senator {{dis|Vrax|Senator}} a friend. Valdore made the mistake of challenging the precept of [[unlimited expansion]]. Upon asking the question, "''Is conquest truly the best course for our people?''", he was expelled from the Senate. From that point on, he vowed never to repeat his error nor forget his birthright as a soldier of the [[Romulan Star Empire|Empire]]. ({{ENT|The Aenar}})

In [[November]] of [[2154]], he oversaw a plan to use a [[Romulan drone ship|drone ship]] &ndash; capable of disguising itself holographically &ndash; to destabilize relations between the [[Andorian]]s, the [[Tellarite]]s, and many other species in a certain region of space. The project was backed by Senator Vrax.

The drone ship was controlled from [[Romulus]] and piloted via [[telepresence]] by the [[Aenar]] [[Gareb]], who had been [[Kidnapping|abducted]] for this purpose. When the drone ship was boarded by [[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III|Tucker]] and [[Lieutenant]] [[Malcolm Reed|Reed]] of {{EnterpriseNX}}, Valdore attempted to coerce them into complying by irradiating the vessel. Tucker was injured by the radiation, but Reed [[sabotage]]d the drone ship by setting a [[phase-pistol]] on overload on its bridge. The resulting explosion significantly damaged the drone ship. Subsequently, Tucker and Reed were rescued by ''Enterprise''. As the drone ship plan began to unravel, Vrax threatened Valdore with his [[Reman]] bodyguards.

Later, Valdore ordered Gareb to control two drone ships simultaneously. When Gareb was telepathically contacted by his sister [[Jhamel]], he disobeyed his Romulan captors and used one drone ship to destroy the other. In response, Valdore shot Gareb in the neck with a [[disruptor|disruptor pistol]].

Valdore's project was a complete failure because its result was exactly opposite of that which was intended. Under the leadership of {{Captain}} [[Jonathan Archer]], the Tellarites, Andorians, [[Human]]s, and [[Vulcan]]s came together to locate and destroy the drone ship. This temporary alliance sowed the seeds for the formation of the [[United Federation of Planets]]. ({{ENT|Babel One|United}})

By the [[24th century]] a [[Warbird]] named ''{{dis|Valdore|starship}}'' existed. ({{film|10}})