Romulans

The Romulans are a race of aggressive beings that originate from Romulus, in the Trek Galaxy. Their philosophy is that anything that is not Romulan is inferior, and therefore irrelevant. Earlier Romulan civilisations acted horrendously towards their neighbouring races, and were classed as being as xenophobic as the Daleks. However, they slowly became more and more accepting of other civilisations and were accepted by their neighbours. However, there are always sects of Romulan society that remained as racist as ever.

The Romulans are actually distantly related to another race, the Vulcans, and the two were seeded onto different planets by the Forerunners and evolved seperately. Many historians have mused on the fact that two races, despite spawning from the same species, evolved to be so different in both their physical and philosophical traits.

The Romulans have a vast and powerful armada, with weapon systems that use similar technology to the Klingons and the Federation. However, their arrogance and extreme pomposity is their greatest weakness. The USS Enterprise and the USS Voyager have squared off against the Romulans many times and helped the Federation to organise a peace treaty with them at the conclusion of the Human-Romulan War.