Romulus

Facts

• Primary: Eisn
• Also known as: ch'Rihan
• Capital: Ki Baratan
• Class M
• Sister world to Remus
• Inhabitants: Romulan
• Settled c.5th century by Vulcan exiles
• Nation
  • 5th century - Present: Romulan Star Empire
• Relatively poor in metals (TOS Novel: Vulcan's Soul)

Locations

• Apnex Sea
  • Great Apnex River (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
    • Presumably either feeds or flows from the Apnex Sea
  • Coal-black waters (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Ki Baratan
  • Known as Dartha City in the 22nd century (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru)
  • On coast of Apnex Sea
  • Government Quarter (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru)
    • Constructed on the site of some of the oldest settlements on the planet (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Hall of State (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru; Star Trek: Nemesis)
  • Mausoleum district (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Valley of Chula (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do; TNG: "The Defector")
• Unknown location
  • Bardat Academy (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
  • Rateg (TNG: "Unification I")
    • City

History

• c.5th century: First settlement by Vulcan exiles

Indigenous Life

Animal

• Drabbik (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
  • Some sort of animal that lives in a warren (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
• Hlai (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
  • Animal prone to kicking (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
  • Native to the Valley of Chula (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
• Hlai'hwy (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Bird, possibly domesticated or kept as pets (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Reference to being kept in a cage
  • Some varieties have red plumage (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
• In'hhui'lasendt (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Large water-dwelling animals once native to the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Apparently akin to whales
  • Gladnular secretions served as source of power for the first Romulan settlers on Romulus (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Extinct c.12th century (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
• Kekla-gnat (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Flying pest species (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Smallest insect on Romulus (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Mogai (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • About two meters tall (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Carnivorous (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Nei'rhh (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)

Plant

• Grekekla tree (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Fragrant blooms emerge during the month of K'ri'Brax (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Blooms attract kekla-gnats (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)