Editing Romulan Star Empire (section)

=More Recently=
[[Image:Shinzon.jpg|thumb|left|Shinzon on the Romulan Seat of Power]]
Since the death of [[Romulan Praetor|Praetor]] Shinzon, and the fall of the [[Romulan Tal Shiar|Tal Shiar]], the empire has endured a dark period of time as it rebuilt its economy and intelligence division to its once proud status.

During the [[Federation Civil War]], the Romulans did not officially declare if they stood with [[Robert LoDona|LoDona]] or [[Admiral Doenitz|Doentiz]], however they came close to declaring hostilities with the Federation ([[52nd Fleet]]) after an invasion of the [[USS Nimitz]] by the [[IRV Red Claw]].

==[[Tribuo Senatus: A Senate Divided|Tribuo Senatus]]==
On Stardate 2407.12.28, the [[Romulan Senate]] decided to attempt to re-open negotiations with the [[Federation]] following the end of the civil war.  With their military might returned to what it once was, and the Tal Shiar back to full operation, the empire stands in a good position of power, with some parties rallying for a war with the now weakened Federation, yet the [[Romulan Praetor|Praetor]] insisted that peace with the Federation was the best choice.  Managing to silence the dissident members of the Senate temporarily, the Romulan Homeworld guardedly opened its arms to the [[USS Hades]] and its crew as talk commenced.


==[[The Lesser Evil]]==

In early 2414, a political dispute rose between the [[United Federation of Planets]] and the Romulan Star Empire over the [[Quezal]] sector. The planet Quezal was of particular interest to both organizations because of the presence of an extremely rare mineral : [[Aeghon]]. The Quezalth had undergone the process of joining the Federation when they suddenly changed their mind and rather decided to link themselves economically to the Romulan Star Empire and requesting the departure of all Federation personnel and closure of their embassy. The Federation and [[Starfleet]] suspecting the Romulans greatly influenced the Quezalth decisions through illegitimate means, they protested the legitimacy of such sudden change of opinion. Trading with the Quezalth became difficult as both Starfleet and the Romulan Star Empire increased their military presence in the sector and found every legal and political means available to undermine the relation and trading between the Quezalth and their rival while maintaining the peace. 

A few months later, after Federation protest gave no result and were forced to withdraw from the sector, trading between the Quezalth and Romulan Star Empire became much easier. Until a violent explosion occurred at the Quezalth capital, which then reacted with the Aeghon in the planet crust to cause a cascade reaction that almost completely destroyed the planet. After the explosion, millions of Quezalth had been killed and almost every trace of Aeghon was gone. This event made a tense situation worse as the Romulan Star Empire greatly suspected the Federation or Starfleet was behind the genocide, whereas the Federation and Starfleet suspected the Romulans were trying to turn a tragic accident into one of the greatest false accusation that existed. But four months after the explosion, the investigation of the explosion gave little results and as the Romulan interest in Quezal got down to none, the Quezalth decided to reconsider their membership into the Federation. Starfleet was dispatched to help with the relief efforts and with the investigation. However, in late 2414, new findings has brought the suspicion of genocide back into the table, with the Romulan trying once more to get back to Quezal to learn what really happened.

 

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