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Romulans are a cousin race of Vulcans, an offshoot which rejected the reforms to suppress emotions and embrace logic. Romulans are passionate, cunning, and often ruthless. | Romulans are a cousin race of Vulcans, an offshoot which rejected the reforms to suppress emotions and embrace logic. Romulans are passionate, cunning, and often ruthless. | ||
− | The Star Empire | + | The Star Empire comprises several client species. The head of state is the Empress but true political power lies with the Senate. Non-Romulans can rise up the ranks by demonstrating their skills and loyalty and eventually could even join the Senate, although in practice the system heavily favors Romulans over others regardless of their merits. |
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== The Typhon Pact == | == The Typhon Pact == | ||
− | For the Cardassians, the Breen, and the Son’a, the Dominion War ended in failure and humiliation. Their armies were broken and the victors demanded heavy reparations, particularly the Klingons and Romulans. Things got so bad that pirates and raiders became a genuine concern to Cardassian infrastructure. The Federation supplied some humanitarian aid but it was slow and minimal. While | + | For the Cardassians, the Breen, and the Son’a, the Dominion War ended in failure and humiliation. Their armies were broken and the victors demanded heavy reparations, particularly the Klingons and Romulans. Things got so bad that pirates and raiders became a genuine concern to Cardassian infrastructure. The Federation supplied some humanitarian aid but it was slow and minimal. While the didn’t want to see Cardassian civilians suffer, they were wary of trickery and had to appease their Klingon allies as well – some of which were the very raiders involved. |
Not too long after, the former Dominion powers declared a new mutual defense treaty. Joined by the Tzenkethi Coalition and negotiated in secret aboard the Tzenkethi dreadnought C.S.S. Typhon within the Rolor Nebula, the four factions soon became jointly known as the Typhon Pact. | Not too long after, the former Dominion powers declared a new mutual defense treaty. Joined by the Tzenkethi Coalition and negotiated in secret aboard the Tzenkethi dreadnought C.S.S. Typhon within the Rolor Nebula, the four factions soon became jointly known as the Typhon Pact. | ||
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'''Politics'''<br> | '''Politics'''<br> | ||
− | Allegedly, the Pact is | + | Allegedly, the Pact is concerned with defense and cooperation. And so far, mostly, they seem to have concerned themselves with border security and rebuilding their military. But people are worried. What will the Pact do when they run out of pirates? |
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'''Strategy'''<br> | '''Strategy'''<br> | ||
− | Unknown. The Pact so far doesn’t seem to have a single unified goal beyond self-defense | + | Unknown. The Pact so far doesn’t seem to have a single unified goal beyond self-defense. |