The Romulans (/ˈrÉ'mjÊŠlÉ™nz,-jÉ™-/) are a fictional extraterrestrial
race in the American science fiction franchise Star Trek. They first
appeared in the series Star Trek (1966â€"1969). They have appeared in
most subsequent Star Trek releases, including: The Animated Series,
The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise and Picard.
They have also appeared in the Star Trek feature films Star Trek V:
The Final Frontier (1989), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
(1991), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and Star Trek (2009). They also
appear in various other spin-off media, including books, comics, toys
and games.Writer Paul Schneider created the Romulans for use in the
1966 Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror". As a basis, he considered
what the ancient Roman Empire might have looked like had it developed
to the point of spaceflight. Physically, the Romulans were presented
as humanoid, but the show's make-up department gave them pointed ears
to distinguish them from humans. In the series, which is set in the
23rd century, the Romulans were speculated as to having split from
another alien species, the Vulcans, in the distant past. In contrast
to the Vulcans, who were presented as peaceful and logic-oriented, the
Romulans were depicted as militaristic, having founded an interstellar
empire. The Romulans were used as antagonists for the series'
protagonists, the starship USS Enterprise, her crew, and their
fictional government, the United Federation of Planets.In 1987, the
writers of Star Trek: The Next Generationâ€"set in the 24th
centuryâ€"again used the Romulans as antagonists of the Federation.
The show's designers gave the Romulans new costumes and added a
V-shaped ridge on the foreheads of most Romulan characters, though
with indications that Romulans without the ridges also existed. In the
series, Star Trek: Enterprise, Romulans without ridges are depicted as
passing for Vulcans (who do not have ridges either). The 2009 film,
Star Trek, depicted the Romulan homeworld, Romulus, being destroyed by
a supernova in the year 2387. This film featured Romulans without the
head ridges. The impact of Romulus' destruction forms a plot-theme in
the Star Trek: Picard series. Romulans in that series have included
those with and without ridges, and a line about northern Romulans may
have been intended to refer to these two groups.The Romulans were
devised for the episode "Balance of Terror". In 2014, "Balance of
Terror" was rated the best episode in the franchise by Io9. Romulan Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter