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.

  • Flying SquidM
    22•9 months ago

    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.

    • @ummthatguyOPEnglish
      12•9 months ago

      Yeah, the Reman’s one power play kinda fell flat.

    • @AA5B
      5•9 months ago

      The Eastern Romulan Empire? Maybe the Patriarch issues an edict that they are the true Romulans and those who joined Federation culture are heretics?