Archer and crew appear to be the only ones who believe the Romulans are truly behind the attacks.

The Romulans are a fictional alien race in the Star Trek universe.

As such, the Romulans are characterized as passionate, cunning, and opportunistic — in every way the opposite of the logical Vulcans.

The Romulans are the dominant race of the Romulan Star Empire.

The Romulans are of the Vulcan species.

If these claims are true, then the Arretians may have been the antecedents for the Romulans — and indeed, they may have also been the species known as the Preservers.

While Spock makes it clear that the events during the period of Surak are well documented (" The Savage Curtain "), he is completely uncertain in regard to the origin of the Romulans: " If the Romulans are an offshoot of my Vulcan blood -- and I think this likely -- then attack becomes even more imperative.

Like Vulcans, Romulans are almost always depicted as having dark or black hair, though brown-haired examples have also been seen in various media.

Romulans make generous use of the colors green and grey ( lesser-used colors are black and blue, pastel green and pastel orange ), and often use materials resembling limestone for construction.

" The Romulans are a people who live in a marshy area.

As revealed in Star Trek: Nemesis, the inhabitants of Remus are the bat-like Remans, who were subjugated ever since the Romulans staked their claim to Remus and set up their new homeworld in the system.

The Romulan Commander Tebok explained that the Romulans had decided to concentrate on their own internal affairs for the past fifty years and said " We are back ," indicating that Romulans would again be active in galactic affairs.

Benjamin Sisko, impersonating his Mirror Universe counterpart, claims that he is going to negotiate with the Romulans to secure their aid for the Terran Rebellion, suggesting that the Romulans are a significant power.

Many of the terms used in relation to the Romulans are derived from Roman mythology and government.

Romulans are similar in appearance to Vulcans, with whom they share a common ancestry.

By invisibly observing the crew of the Romulan vessel, Ro and La Forge soon discover that the accident, as well as the damage to the Romulan ship, is the result of a Romulan weapons test, and that the Romulans are now performing a subtle act of sabotage that will destroy the Enterprise-D the moment that ship accelerates to warp drive.

Picard and Spock are able to forge an alliance among the Romulans and the Klingons, and together the three governments repel the invasion of Earth.

Four playable factions are featured in the game: the Federation, the Klingons, the Romulans, and the Borg.

It has also been noted that no visual communication took place between the Humans and Romulans at that time.

Star Trek canon has revealed that ancient humanoids genetically influenced the evolution of the Cardassians, Klingons, Romulans, and Humans, but each race still evolved from earlier life forms ( apes for humans, crustaceans for Klingons, etc.

In 2267, it is thought that the Romulans entered a treaty with the Klingon Empire: in exchange for cloaking technology, the Romulans received D7-class battlecruisers, which were upgraded into extremely deadly war machines.

The Romulans eventually signed the " Treaty of Smarba " with the Klingon Empire, which supplied the Romulans with advanced Warp drive and a number of mothballed Klingon vessels in exchange for drawing Federation forces away from the Klingon border.

The Klingons kept these events a secret from the Romulans for a long time.

V ' Las, the head of the High Command and undercover agent for the Romulans, bombed the United Earth embassy on Vulcan and attempted an invasion of Andoria.

This failure weakened the Cardassians and Romulans and paved the way for Dominion intrusion into the Alpha Quadrant.

Afterward, Sisko records a personal log regarding his feelings about the entire affair, lamenting the fact that he appears to feel no remorse for his actions ( which, by bringing the Romulans into the war, significantly increase the Federation's chances of survival ) before having the computer delete the entire log entry.

Originally, the Romulans were the villains, but Nimoy preferred the more " theatrical " Klingons, feeling that their pursuit of Genesis was analogous to the Soviet race for nuclear weaponry.

The Klingons, Romulans, and Cardassians rely heavily on latinum, while the Federation has very little use for it.

An agreement between Starfleet and the Romulans limits the use of the cloak to intelligence-gathering missions in the Gamma Quadrant in exchange for all of Starfleet's intelligence on the Dominion.

However, if Saavik's mixed ancestry were to be made canon, it would violate the continuity created by the Star Trek: The Original Series episode " Balance of Terror " ( which takes place after Saavik's birth ) in which Starfleet learns for the first time that Romulans resemble Vulcans, a fact that appears to be unknown to Vulcans ( or at least the extremely knowledgeable Mr. Spock ) as well.

Kirk fears the Romulans are preparing for another war.

As such, the only affiliations created were the Federation, Klingons, and Romulans, plus a group for other cards that didn't fit into the three main affiliations called Non-Aligned.

Gameplay included the new faction's ability to upgrade by paying more for enhanced abilities, dilemmas based entirely on The Original Series ( specifically the slide show images at the end of the classic episodes ), and new strategies with The Original Series ' main enemies: the Klingons and the Romulans.

He explains that the conference was about the potential threat of the Romulans, docile for the last several decades on the other side of the Zone.

Kobayashi Maru continues the story, with the Romulans continuing their attacks against the newly formed Coalition of Planets.

He then revealed his true identity, informing Worf that Duras accused their father of betraying the Klingon Empire by helping the Romulans attack Khitomer.

Under the leadership of Damar, the Cardassian Union, along with the Dominion, continued to gain ground over the Klingon-Federation alliance, and even after Benjamin Sisko and Elim Garak tricked the Romulans into breaking their nonaggression treaty with the Dominion and joining the alliance (" In the Pale Moonlight ") they still managed to keep the upper hand.

Many Romulans have a V-shaped ridge above the bridge of their nose, which was not shown in TOS, but introduced in the later series and films.

Romulans share the longevity common to their Vulcan cousins.

The Romulans piloted the ships using an abducted Aenar ; however, their scheme was thwarted by the combined efforts of the Humans, Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites, led by the Enterprise.

In 2160, the Romulans and the Humans signed a treaty ending the war and establishing a neutral zone one light year wide between their territories.

The Romulans saw this as a chance to conquer the Vulcans and sent a fleet of ships toward Vulcan, but their intent was discovered and the fleet destroyed by the Romulans themselves.

However, Bajoran Colonel Kira Nerys, with the assistance of Starfleet Admiral William Ross, forced the Romulans to back down and remove their weapons.

This technology allowed the Romulans to develop a new series of vessels which caused significant headaches to their enemies.

The Romulans in the Star Fleet Universe held a long-standing enmity with the Gorn Confederation, but their old " Eagle " series warships were no match against the advanced Gorn warships.

Set 75 years after the events of The Undiscovered Country, the episode focuses on Federation Ambassador Spock's attempt to reunite the Romulans with their Vulcan brethren.

In the film's prologue ( set 19 years after the events of Unification, and as depicted in the graphic novel Star Trek: Countdown ), Ambassador Spock ( Nimoy ) promises the Romulans he will use Vulcan technology to save them from a rogue supernova that threatens to destroy their Empire.

With Locutus leading their armada, the Borg take the Omega Particle from the Romulans and assimilate Ambassador Spock, who is trying to mediate between the Klingons and Romulans.