Romulan Civil War?

[KRAD]

^ Hence my use of the suffix "or so."

 

[Sci]

It makes me wonder if the Imperial Romulan State will join the United Federation of Planets and we'll just be left with a smaller Romulan Star Empire.

I wouldn't lay odds on the IRS JOINING the UFP, at least at any point in the immediate future. I mean, Daniels says it still takes another two centuries for the Klingons to join, and how long have they been allies with the Federation?

Daniels didn't say it would take another two hundred years for the Klingons to join the UFP. He just happened to have brought Archer to the 26th Century, and by that time they had joined

 

[Silversmok3]

Romulan civil war eh?While it would be undoubtedly bloody,I believe its inevitable.There's just too many core issues compounded by vengeful politics and rigid paranoia for there to be a reunification of both weak 'empires'.

Core issues being as follows:

A)A former senator assuming power without or upon questionable legal authority(Senator/Praetor Tal'aura)
B)Dealing with the Remans ,who have been repressed for too long and will not accept Romulan authority ,at least willingly.
C) Donatra's similarly illegitimate splinter empire and its detente with Starfleet.

And to compound the above is the oldest enemy of the Romulan civilization:Lethal,and manipulative politics motivated by self gain instead of the greater good.
Given that combo I'd say war is inevitable.

 

[Hartzilla2007]

Oh come on, the book'll be out in a month or so.....

Supposedly. Seeing as how Destiny 3 isn't out yet as far as I'm concerned, I'm not holding out much hope for A Singular Destiny before my birthday in mid-May.

That makes me almost feel bad for having a copy of Destiny Book 3 in my hand right now. Almost

 

[ATimson]

That makes me almost feel bad for have[PHPing a copy of Destiny Book 3 in my hand right now. Almost

Don't. That's just me bitching about how S&S's ebook department has gone down the tubes the last few years.

 

[Hartzilla2007]

You know when you think about it and consider the Romulan Empire being based on the Roman Empire, It lokks bad for the Romulan Star Empire because when the Roman Empire split into the Western and Eastern Empires the Western Empire fell into decline before eventually colapsing where as the newly split off Eastern Empire turned into the Byzintien(sp?) Empire and lasted up until I think the 1400s maybe later. Bringing that into my point its possible the Romulan Star E,pire could fall at some point while the Imperial Romulan State gets stronger.

 

[flandry84]

Given the Romulan penchant for blood feuds and revenge killings,just how is Tal'Aura still above ground?To paraphrase Det.Sipowicz,"This chick offed the entire Romulan senate."
Can you imagine the power struggles that followed?Entire families\bloodlines being eliminated as every son and bastard son of every petty nobleman makes his play for a senate seat.Double dealing,military strongmen....this is why I love the Romulans!

 

[LutherSloan]

I think someone needs to write a whole book about the Romulan political situation between the two factions. It might even take more than two, actually..

I wouldn't expect the IRS to join the Federation. Donatra, although more flexible than the Praetor, is still basically a dictator. Plus, I would have to believe that if the IRS was absorbed by the UFP, it would trigger a major war between the Federation and the RSE. As we know from TNG, even without the Federation doing much to provoke the Romulans, the two powers came extremely close to war several times.

 

[Turtletrekker]

If the events of The Empty Chair fit into the novel chronology,

Well, there are a few discrepancies, mostly pertaining to the planet Remus,

I still stand by the conviction that "Remus" and Ch'Havran are two separate spheres. I can go into detail,

Hmmm, please do.

 

[JD]

I think someone needs to write a whole book about the Romulan political situation between the two factions. It might even take more than two, actually..

I wouldn't expect the IRS to join the Federation. Donatra, although more flexible than the Praetor, is still basically a dictator. Plus, I would have to believe that if the IRS was absorbed by the UFP, it would trigger a major war between the Federation and the RSE. As we know from TNG, even without the Federation doing much to provoke the Romulans, the two powers came extremely close to war several times.

I would read that. I found the whole post-Shinzon Romulan politics really interesting, which is rather ironic considering it followed off of one of my least favorite Trek movies.

I would especially like either a IKS Gorkon/Klingon Empire type series, or an Articles of the Federation type book following Donatra.