[DISCUSSION] The power vacuum left after the destruction of Romulus
[DISCUSSION] The power vacuum left after the destruction of Romulus
With the dwindled population and organization of the Romulan Star Empire near the end of the 24th century, who will step up as the next big player? The Federation generally expands by diplomacy and comradery. The Klingons have had time since their civil war to get their shit together. The Orion Syndicate typically stays on the outskirts, but the opportunity is there. The Dominion had been a non-player since the treaty, but then who actually expects them to ignore the situation? The Borg as we know them in that time period are gone. (Insert new faction/random Delta Quadrant race) appears to mix things up. I'm not familiar with any Beta Canon or STO lore, so if any of this gets addressed, I'm curious to hear of it.
Since only the Romulus system was destroyed, presumably there were plenty of other planets in the empire inhabited with Romulans and with plenty of ships to defend themselves with. So the next big player could be... the Romulans.
I've been thinking about this- despite Ni'var being re-unified, there might still be a Romulan empire of some sort made up of the remaining planets the Romulans controlled.
Also, I assume the Romulans didn't bother evacuating the Remans, so they're probably mostly extinct.
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Yeah, the Reman's one power play kinda fell flat.
12The Eastern Romulan Empire? Maybe the Patriarch issues an edict that they are the true Romulans and those who joined Federation culture are heretics?
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I think the “it's something not discussed with non-Klingons” Klingons from TOS will return and we will learn that it wasn’t just a 4th wall throwaway joke about makeup budget, but actually a species schism that resulted in an exodus of half their race. And now they’re back, and of course they’re pissed.
15Vulcan/Romulan rift 2.0 could work as a great parallel.
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Q uplifts the Pakleds.
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17red alarm.
red alarm.
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The Pakled don't need the Q, they are strong.
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I think it will be the Syndicate. The Federation probably wouldn't move in to take over world's that the Romulans can no longer handle. I'm sure some of those would fall to the Klingons, but I think most would just kind of be on their own in chaos, which would be a great opportunity for the Orions. Plus, Lower Decks is going to be expanding on the Orions next season
11I had not heard about that on LD. Sweet. Maybe we'll get some Orion families joining up forces.
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My guess is the Tribbles expand to fill the void. Unbeknownst to most, the Romulans were keeping them at bay. The Klingons had considered them a Mortal Enemy of the Klingon Empire, but was so embarrassed by that, that they decided to give up. The Romulans were all that would stop them.
consider posting this to lemmy.world/d/startrek as well, since that is now up and running
10Suddenly Section 31's back in the picture stirring up trouble.
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The Klingons, yearning for the Glory of the past, join forces with the Gorn to ignite a war fiercer than anything the galaxy has seen. Or at least, I think that would be cool.
9So how is Morn involved?
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Intriguing. We've only recently gotten a closer look at the Gorn Hegemony, but from the 23rd century. TNG, DS9, and VOY only make light reference to them without any appearance. As another warlike species, that would be fun to see play out. Especially since both sides would naturally plan to destroy the other once their goals were met. Where's Worf's son Alexander at this point?
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I'd be kind of looking at a Cardassian-led counter-federation. Maybe the Gorn, maybe some others.
What would be interesting is if it weren't an overtly evil "rah, rah, we gonna beat up the UFP and reclaim our glory!" so much as a "with the Klingons firmly Federation allies, the Dominion crushed, and the Romulans devastated, the Federation is unquestionably on top... and that kind of scares us. We're going to band together because otherwise, the Federation could do whatever it wanted with us."
7A Federation adjacent, carving out territory. Occasionally, their interests clash. Plenty of room to play with story-wise.
6Yep. Someone else mentioned something called the "Typhon Pact", which I didn't know about but sounds reasonably close to what I was thinking.
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WHERE ARE MY MEMES?
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strange, lost/confused Star Trek Online-flavoured squeaking noises
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Please.
5In our timeline the whole "what happens after the destruction of Romulus and end of the RSE (and how that happened, and why)" thing was kinda ages ago 😅 I'm not sure anycritter around here has any interest in STO, though. Kinda seems like I'm the only one who's mentioned it (though I've not peeked nor poked around here much)?
Please don't stuff me into an agonizer booth for consuming unapproved Trek content v.v
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Ok, since no one else has mentioned it, I’m going to mention how the Typhon Pact formed in the Relaunch novelverse.
Different cataclysm, but divided remnants of the Romulans joined up with the Tholians, Breens and assorted others to establish a competitor to the Federation, which was seen as failing its perimeter members planets and species.
4Interesting. Bating allies with distrust and grudges. More importantly, does anyone ever get to see a Breen without a helmet?
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Emerald Chain
2Given what @Infynis@midwest.social said about Lower Decks season 5 including a focus on the Orions, we may get to see Tendi involved in the formation of what will eventually become the Emerald Chain.
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