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captz1pp
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Now that the Iconians have withdrawn, i imagine the organizations mentioned in the title, free from their interference, will be back in cooperation again, maybe with the former operative Janek in charge of the Tal'shiar, while someone else, i vote former centurion Bochra atleast in the competition for Praetor.
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Mustrum "Don't cross the streams" Ridcully
I dunno he seems a bit too depressed, I mean when was the last time he wasn't a bit blue?
Tal'Shiar/Reman Resistance/Romulan Nemesis uniform, pls.
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Either way, I'd like to see how the Star Empire / Tal'Shiar stories do play out. They were given some brief screentime at the opening of the Iconian War, and we were shown that 1) there was no love shared between the Imperial Remnant and Tal'Shiar, and 2) that both factions are barely holding on at this point, although the Tal'Shiar seems to be the better off of the two. So there are a lot of loose ends that are left to tie up now that the war is over.
I'd love to see Tomalak come out of retirement to show all the young 'uns how to really run an empire...pretty sure he died in the Hobus incident though. Perhaps Donatra if they ever decide to bring her back?
Re: Head of RSE military: Path to 2409 has already identified Velal as being appointed to that position... and nothing we've seen has contradicted that so far. It could be that Velal is still in charge of what's left of the Star Navy.
As to the Gov't itself... Although Sela "promoted" herself from Praetor to Empress, there is nothing one way or the other to say whether the Senate was dissolved or not. If it wasn't, then she would have appointed a new Praetor, who would presumably govern in her absence. Who that would be, is wide open. (I'm partial to my own RSE-Rom PC, Gaius Yulius Kesar... he wears the "Praetor" accolade title.
With the foundry down-time, I've been replaying all the Rom-centric missions, on both Rom and Fed side... for research.
Also, Ruul WAS the presumptive heir apparent to Hamkeev. Recall that the player kills him in the Romulan Rep Mountain Pass mission. With him gone, we know nothing, except that the RSE has typically devolved into faction fighting severe enough that the Imperial Navy was only capable of providing ONE ship to escort Sela. And that moreover in the Hobus system, mere tens of light years from Romulus.
I don't know, I think that Isard seems like the more Romulan choice if we were to go that direction.
isard is an incompetent bungler who managed to allow an entire super star destroyer to be captured by a single squadron of new republic pilots - that it was the NR's most elite squadron is inconsequential, it was still ONE squadron
actually, she would be a perfect fit for the RSE - they're certainly used to gross incompetence by now
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Guess that settles it the Klingons will have to wipe out both the fed and roms
"It appears we have lost our sex appeal, captain."- Tuvok
A feature episode about the RSE being taken by the former or the latter someday?
This. Exactly this.
Tal'Shiar/Reman Resistance/Romulan Nemesis uniform, pls.
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we'll claim it for ourselves and divide it among ourselves. The Klingons can get that part and we'll get this part. Evenly.
Better to have a controllable situation with an allied puppet government in a state of perpetual Civil War with the Star Empire remnant. This way, disillusioned Republic Romulans can point the finger at the evil Star Empire, and Imperial Romulans can keep trying to take back their power from those ungrateful Republic traitors. Balance is maintained, Romulans never become a real, independent power, and both UFP and KDF have a puppet to do the things they don't want to get caught doing. Plausible deniability and status quo: the strong maintain their position by keeping the weak divided, squabbling amongst themselves--but still look good, publicly, by pretending to support the more politically palatable option.
D'Tan is no threat
Really? How many warbirds are over Qo'Nos and Earth at any given point in time? Sure they wouldn't last too long, but it only takes a few seconds to launch a torpedo barrage at the planet below. Or ESD/Shipyard. Esp with battle cloaks
This. Just...this.
No, the RSE & Tal Shiar will not be getting back together. In the mission where Hakeev gets offed, that was when Sela and thereby the RSE, has had enough of the Tal Shiar's idiocy and basically cut them away. Maybe the Tal Shiar could have realigned with the RSE if they dropped Hakeev's agenda but their new leadership has chosen to keep true to Hakeev's wishes.
To top it off, the Iconians that the Tal Shiar hoped would faceroll the galaxy failed and ended the war with a peace treaty, choosing to isolate themselves at Iconia. This leaves the Tal Shiar in a hilarious position: They did everything in their power to alienate themselves from the average Romulan, regardless if they call the RSE or Romulan Republic home, all for their bid to put themselves in the good graces of the Iconians when they conquer the galaxy. But it didn't pan out that way. The Romulan Republic and the RSE despise the Tal Shiar so the morons are now homeless bums that can't even get the scraps from their Iconian masters that they sacrificed everything for.
It's actually quite funny to have seen. The Tal Shiar, once the region's greatest, most feared intelligence service with a strong military arm, is now reduced to unwanted, homeless bums.
If anyone is to claim that space, it'll be the Republic. It's way too far away from Klingon space for them to want it, and the Federation wouldn't be interested in angering the Republic that fiercely by 'claiming' areas of space.
I expect at some point, we'll see Starfleet and the KDF supporting the Republic Fleet, as they put an end to the Romulan Civil War.
Final nail in the coffin of the big bad Star Empire? A unified and much more honorable Romulan nation to be the winner that takes all? I'll support that final push.
1. Sela did bring assistance to the Alliance in the form of the Dominion in the latter part of the Iconian War.
2. The Romulan Republic is in an Alliance, binding itself with the Federation and Klingon Empire. Do you guys REALLY think the others want a war with the RSE?
3. If you were wondering if the Alliance really wanted to put away Sela, they didn't, if you guys paid any attention to the last FE of the Iconian War, with Sela standing there in the celebrations of the war's end at San Francisco.
4. If you guys didn't notice, the military forces of the Federation, Klingon Empire, Romulan Republic **All Got Trashed** during the Iconian War. Qo'nos, New Romulus, Earth, the cores of the members of the Alliance, got hit hard. New Romulus and Earth got the worst of it and ESD got rekt **again**.
5. Immediately on the heels of the closure of the Iconian War, the Alliance was dealing with a new Mirror Invasion.
The Alliance does not have the diplomatic will, desire, nor military capability to start a war with the RSE. The Federation most of all would be completely against it, and let's face it, Starfleet is the largest military power of the Alliance. The Federation is not one to start wars for most parts, even in the very warlike era of STO. Unless the RSE takes hostile action against the Alliance, the Federation will not be willing to partake in any aggressive action against them. Especially after the catastrophe of the Iconian War. And again, since Starfleet is the larger military power, the Federation has a lot of say in what the Alliance does.