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===Chapters=== ==== Volume 1 ==== {| border="2" class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! Icon !! Name !! Description || Points |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 1, Chapter 1 || Two hundred thousand years ago, Dewa III was one of the primary colony worlds for the Iconians. Millions of Iconians lived on the lush, temperate planet, tended by their Dewan servants. A network of gateways connected Dewa III to the rest of the empire.<br/><br/>It was a paradise - if you were Iconian.<br/><br/>The Iconians used their advanced technology to hold their empire in an iron grip. They used "lesser" races as slaves and shock troops, plundered planets for natural resources and destroyed cities on a whim. There was no place safe from the Iconians, because their gateways enabled them to appear anywhere in an instant. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 1, Chapter 2 || In an empire divided by technology, it was inevitable that there would be dissension. While the Iconians controlled their gateways and the massive city ships, they were far outnumbered by the other species, who ultimately banded together to destroy their oppressors.<br/><br/>Dewa was the first target for orbital bombardment. The barrage of weapons and mass drivers destroyed the geothermal taps that provided power to everything on the planet - including the gateways. Seeing their means to escape being destroyed, thousands of Iconians fled through the gateways as the bombs fell. They left most of their Dewan servants behind to die.<br/><br/>The assault was so great that it shifted the planet's orbit, scorching a land mass that was once home to more than three million Dewans and Iconians. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 1, Chapter 3 || The survivors of the Dewan bombardment were cut off from their homeworld without any of the technology they had once relied upon.<br/><br/>High radiation counts made large swaths of the planet uninhabitable. The ruins of the cities were toxic nightmares. The Iconians' archives and wondrous devices were lost or destroyed, so the Dewans did their best to scratch out a post-apocalyptic existence in areas that were still safe for habitation. Even then, mutations, cancer clusters and crop failures were common. Most Dewans in this era died young, which meant that knowledge of the Iconians slowly slipped away. || 5 |} ==== Volume 2 ==== {| border="2" class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! Icon !! Name !! Description || Points |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 2, Chapter 1 || Although the Iconian civilization faded into legend, the descendants of the survivors developed their own culture and adapted to the changes on the planet. Eventually, they developed a non-warp capable culture with legends of "gods" who had once walked among them.<br/><br/>Thousands of years later, the Dewans began to explore the vast ruins left by their ancestors, using artifacts they found there to advance their own technology. They built their first space craft and took tentative steps to explore the Dewa system. The cost was high, but the benefits were great. The Dewans were almost ready to build a starship that could leave the system. In five years or so, they would explore the stars.<br/><br/>Then they found the gateway. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 2, Chapter 2 || At first the gateways's discovery was a revelation. If the Dewan scientists were correct, the gateway could transport a person through time and space in an instant. Who needed space ships?<br/><br/>The Dewans abandonend their efforts to build new ships and devoted all of their attention to the gateway. It took decades of study and effort, but eventually the Dewans were ready to reactivate it. All it needed was power.<br/><br/>Like the Iconians of old, the Dewans chose to use geothermal energy. What they didn't realize was the seismic instability created by the bombardment made tapping the planet's core extremly dangerous. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 2, Chapter 3 || All the volcanoes in the northern range erupted. Thick clouds of ash choked out the suns. Temperatures in the habitable zone near the equator plunged. Growing crops was impossible.<br/><br/>The Dewans disabled the geothermic taps, but the damage was done. Within 20 years most of the surviving pouplations had moved into a network of caverns to the south, far away from the volcanoes and the toxic hot zones. They tried to start again, this time planning to build colony ships to transport the population to a safe, habitable planet, but it was no use. The Dewan civilization was doomed, and the last survivor died about 150,000 years ago.<br/><br/>Without sentient life, the planet was of little interest to early space travelers, and it was unsuitable for colonization. About 4,000 years ago, traders looking for new markets or valuable mineral deposits charted the system. The high levels of radiation on Dewa III adversely affected their scans and they detected nothing of value. They marked the planet as "uninhabitable and unprofitable" and moved on. || 5 |} ==== Volume 3 ==== {| border="2" class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! Icon !! Name !! Description || Points |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 3, Chapter 1 || The planet was forgotten.<br/><br/>It stayed that way until about the 4th century, Earth time. That was the Time of Awakening on Vulcan, when Surak ended the wars and taught the philosophy of logic. He was opposed by "those who marched beneath the raptor's wings," Vulcans who embraced their emotions and did not want to change.<br/><br/>Eventually, thousands of Vulcans left the homeworld to wander the stars in giant generational ships, looking for a world to call their own. During their quest they landed on the planet that much later would be known as New Romulus. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 3, Chapter 2 || Although the planet had promise, many among the Vulcans argued that the ambient radiation counts were too high and the climate too unlike their Vulcan home. Still, the planet was relatively pleasant after the ordeals of living on the ships, so the Vulcans lingered.<br/><br/>Conflict soon broke out between those who wanted to keep searching for a home and those who were tired of wandering and wanted to settle on Dewa III. More than two hundred died in the fighting. The spilled blood soured support for a settlement on the world, and in a few weeks the Vulcans refilled their supplies and moved on.<br/><br/>After that, the planet was abandoned again. There was the occasional archaeological expedition or mining camp, but they never stayed long. Both the Klingons and Romulans marked it as a possible site for colonization, but there were better worlds and these plans never came to fruition. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 3, Chapter 3 || Today on New Romulus, a shining city rises in the spot where those who marched beneath the raptor's wings once walked. Volcanic mountains provide shelter for predators. Lazy rivers amble toward a peaceful sea.<br/><br/>Deep beneath the ground, Tholians search for remnants of lost civilizations. Ruins that speak of the planet's history dot the forests. Because no evolution comes without conflict, Romulans clinging to the ways of the past struggle with those embracing a new way of life.<br/><br/>The radiation caused by the cataclysm has changed the planet, but with modern technology and work it is habitable once more. And in a forgotten crypt thousands of years old, there is a gateway. All it needs is power. || 5 |} ==== Volume 4 ==== {| border="2" class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! Icon !! Name !! Description || Points |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 4, Chapter 1 || Today starts the fifth year of life on the ships. It's also my fourteenth birthday. Mother gave me this recording device and said that I should keep a record of our travels, so that my children would know what life was like on the ships.<br/><br/>It's terrible here. We keep the ships cold to conserve power, there's never enough to eat and the environmental scrubbers can't keep up with the strain, so the air always smells.<br/><br/>Worst of all, there's nothing to do. Mother teaches us our lessons, and Father tells us stories about our clan and its great heroes. But they both work all the time, so mostly it's just me and Thel. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 4, Chapter 2 || Mother says Vulcan will always be home in our hearts, even though we can't live there anymore. But Thel was a baby when we left - he doesn't remember it at all. Does that mean he doesn't have a home?<br/><br/>Today I told him stories about Vulcan. I told him about the sky, and about walking in the Forge for days without ever seeing a building or a tree. He didn't believe me when I said there was snow at the peak of Mount Seleya, and he laughed when I told him about the time our uncle Vorth tried to tame a le-matya.<br/><br/>Thel will never meet Vorth, or Grandmother, or any of our family. They all stayed on Vulcan. I wonder if they tell stories about us. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 4, Chapter 3 || Every night when I go to sleep, I close my eyes and dream of Vulcan. I remember our house, and my sehlat cub I-Chek. I remember Grandmother's soft voice and when Vorth taught me how to play kal-toh.<br/><br/>I remember the crowds in the markets, and the spicy incense in the temples that tickled my nose. I remember playing with my friends by the city walls. But most of all, I try to remember the sunlight on my face.<br/><br/>I'm starting to forget what sunlight feels like. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 4, Chapter 4 || Father said we left Vulcan so we could be free. He says Surak's philosophy is a prison for the mind, and that one day we'll find a new home where we can do and act as we wish.<br/><br/>That didn't make sense to me. How can you imprison a mind?<br/><br/>He told me that Surak taught his followers that they had to suppress all of their emotions, not just the ones that cause harm. Father said that we shouldn't let anger or hate control us, but we have the right to feel them, just as we have the right to love or be happy. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 4, Chapter 5 || HISTORY TEXT GOES HERE{{sic}} || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 4, Chapter 6 || Mother is a botanist in the hydrophonic labs. Father is an engineer. He says I can be an engineer too when I'm older, but I don't want to work with the engines. They're loud and dirty and always breaking down.<br/><br/>Maybe I'll be a teacher or work in a nursery. There are always new babies, and all of the adults on the ships work such long shifts that they don't spend much time with their families. Father only comes back to our quarters to sleep.<br/><br/>Every day is the same here. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 4, Chapter 7 || Mother made us stay inside our quarters today. Yesterday too. She says it's because there is an outbreak of Arethian flu on the lower decks, but that's not the real reason.<br/><br/>I heard the men fighting in the food ration lines. I saw the blood, green and slick on the deck. Mother told us not to look, but later I heard her and Father talking in low voices. She sounded worried.<br/><br/>We're cooped up here day after day, and it's been so long since we found a Minshara class world. People are starting to lose{{sic}} hope. || 5 |} ==== Volume 5 ==== {| border="2" class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! Icon !! Name !! Description || Points |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 5, Chapter 1 || I found my old data recorder the other day. It's so strange to read about the things I thought were important back then - food and boredom and the people we left behind on Vulcan.<br/><br/>We've been on the ships for eleven years now. I don't dream about Vulcan anymore. The ship is all there is. It's still cold, still miserable ... but we have even less food now than we did before. We lost three hydrophonics bays a year ago to a breach. Now that entire section is closed off.<br/><br/>The ships weren't designed to be in continued use for this long, and things break. Hull plating wears out. People die.<br/><br/>Mother still tells Thel everything will work out, and that the next world we visit my be the one. Our forever home.<br/><br/>She used to tell me the same stories too. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 5, Chapter 2 || I spent this afternoon helping out in hydrophonics. Mother is still trying to increase production, and she thinks that a more efficient layout will help. Practically, what that means is a lot of dragging heavy lights around and trying not to trip over the irrigation pipes.<br/><br/>A few of the other botanists had people in to make the work go faster. Sepin's mate stopped by with the extra cabling we needed. Temen brought two friends, and all of Veka's grandchildren were there.<br/><br/>I knew almost everyone - it's hard not to, when we live in such close quarters - but Veka's grandson Saken was new. He was living with his mother on the Seleya, but transferred here last month to work in engineering. The Seleya is doing even worse than our ship, and it can no longer support a full population.<br/><br/>We didn't even really speak, but there was something about Saken ... maybe it's just because it's so strange to meet someone new. I hope I see him again soon. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 5, Chapter 3 || When I was little, I wanted to work in the nursery and help take care of the children. There are fewer children now, because our leaders have called for population controls until we find a new homeworld.<br/><br/>Fewer children mean fewer teachers. I had to find something else once I came of age.<br/><br/>My mother encouraged me to study with the priestesses, but to me, that was even more unnecessary than nursery workers. We can't cling to the old ways or the old world anymore. Even our language is starting to change as we pick up words from the races we trade with or slang slips into everyday use.<br/><br/>Now I'm a junior sensors officer. It's a boring job most of the time, just simple maintenance and monitoring. But it's quiet and safe, and I like to think I'm doing some good.<br/><br/>Maybe if we find a new planet, I'll be the first one to see it. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 5, Chapter 4 || Saken and I have been spending more time together, meals, sharing books, games of kal-toh on the recreation deck. At first it was nice to have a new friend, but now I'm starting to feel more for him.<br/><br/>That's supposed to be a good thing. We left Vulcan so our hearts could be free. So we could love as we wished and not see our emotions as a burden. There is nothing logical about love, but it is something I would not want to live without.<br/><br/>I find it's easier to put my feelings here than it is to put them into words when I'm with Saken. I can only hope that he feels the same way. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 5, Chapter 5 || Temen came to our quarters today. I told him that Mother had taken Thel to wait for our food ration, but he said he was there to see me.<br/><br/>I wasn't comfortable staying here alone, so we walked to the observation deck. I don't understand - Temen is a friend of my parents. He's fifty years older than I am! Why did he say such things to me? Why did he tell me he thought I was beautiful?<br/><br/>I didn't know how to respond. I don't see Temen that way. I told him I was flattered, but that I hope that what Saken and I have will become something permanent.<br/><br/>He said he would give me time to change my mind, that I was still young. He had such a dark look in his eyes when he said it. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 5, Chapter 6 || I can't sleep. I feel like I'm about to crawl out of my skin. I'm cold but I can't stop sweating. It's so hard to concentrate that I can barely type these words.<br/><br/>I tried to meditate, to push this madness down into the hidden reaches of my soul, but it was no use. My blood is fire, burning through my veins, scourging away everything but need. It sings in my ears, drowning out every other sound.<br/><br/>I've shut myself in our quarters. Hidden in the dark. I can't be around anyone right now. Mother took Thel to stay with friends and Father ... he's gone. I think he's trying to find Saken.<br/><br/>Why isn't Saken here? Can't he hear the pounding in my head? || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 5, Chapter 7 || Since I was a child, I've had people tell me how our way is better than Surak's. That when we are free to act and feel and love as we wish, only then are we complete. That suppressing our emotions is a betrayal of the soul.<br/><br/>If I could bury my emotions today, I would do it without hesitation.<br/><br/>Saken is gone.<br/><br/>We were to be bonded. I offered konn-ut-so'lik, and he accepted with love. The blood fever was upon me, so we proceeded immediately to the priestess to complete the rites.<br/><br/>Temen was waiting. He challenged. He had no right! Saken was my choice!<br/><br/>My fever died with my heart.<br/><br/>Temen still seeks to claim me. This time, I will act as my own champion.<br/><br/>Blood can only be avenged with blood. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 5, Chapter 8 || Temen is dead, and I feel no release.<br/><br/>Love is a lie. Emotions are a burden. Why did we come so far only to embrace pain? || 5 |} ==== Volume 6 ==== {| border="2" class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! Icon !! Name !! Description || Points |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 6, Chapter 1 || When I look over these entries, it is like reading the letters of a long-dead friend. I do not entirely recognize the person I once was.<br/><br/>Saken is still in my heart, even though his katra is gone. I treasure his life. It is better than dwelling on his death.<br/><br/>Most of my time is spent focusing on the future of my people. I'm putting my teaching training to use as part of a group that is creating a new culture. We're even working on a new language. It uses an archaic form of Vulcan as the base, but there is little else left to tie it to our past.<br/><br/>It has been more than twenty years since the ships left Vulcan. If we truly want to be our own people, we cannot cling to the ways of the past. No more rituals, no more religion, no more koon-ut-kal-if-fee. Our biologists are even working on a way to purge us of the blood fever.<br/><br/>Our future is somewhere in the stars. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 6, Chapter 2 || We have found a new world! Sensors indicate a Minshara class planet just three light years off our current course.<br/><br/>With every planet we discover, hope lives. Even if this is not the one we have been searching for, at the very least it will be a chance to rest and resupply our ships.<br/><br/>If we stay longer than a few days, the leaders will start letting people off the ships. I dream of a chance to walk on solid ground and see sky over my head instead of metal. To feel sunlight. To have a breeze caress my face.<br/><br/>We cannot survive as people if we cannot leave the ships. Violence is commonplace now - two decades of close quarters have made that inevitable. I fear what will happen if we start separating ourselves into factions.<br/><br/>I will not lose faith. If this planet is not the right one, the next one will be. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 6, Chapter 3 || I've joined a team exploring some ruins near our landing site. They share elements with ancient settlement remains we've seen on other worlds, but we've never been able to identify their origin.<br/><br/>What we've found suggests that the original inhabitants of this place were very advanced technologically. Quantum dating puts the ruins at more than 150.000 years old, yet we've found signs of a power grid, devices that could be used as sensors, even the remains of an anti-gravitational device.<br/><br/>Who once walked in these forests and used these tools? We've found no signs of crypts or burial sites, but someone had to have made these things. Where did they go? || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 6, Chapter 4 || Some people are claiming this is a paradise. If it is, then paradise is full of dangers.<br/><br/>We have to wear tags to track our radiation exposure if we spend to long in the wild. Mother says she has to be very careful to sterilize any plant samples she brings aboard the ship. It's all manageable for now, but we will need to manage our stores of anti-radiation drugs very carefully.<br/><br/>Also we've detected pockets of geothermal instability. A plan to use geothermal power for the housing pods had to be scrapped because it could have caused a major seismic event.<br/><br/>The science team thinks this was the site of a cataclysmic event or events that destabilized the entire planet. The native flora and fauna adapted long ago. We are the intruders here now.<br/><br/>If we stay here, we will have to adapt as well. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 6, Chapter 5 || We've been on this planet, which the leaders have named Vastam, for six months. We've conquered many of the problems we first encountered here - scorpions, storms, finding potable water. We have safe zones where we don't have to worry about the radiation. Teams are delving deeper into the caverns and trying to tame the beasts near the river for domestic use.<br/><br/>There are some who think that's good enough. We can continue to make improvements here, be we can't guarantee that there is a habitable planet that fits our requirements somewhere else. I think many of these people just can't face getting back on the ships and a return to the cold of space. <br.{{sic}} I agree with the Science Council. There is too much we would need to change about this world to live here. In adapting it to our needs we could do irreparable damage to the ecosystem. <nowiki><br></nowiki>{{sic}}<br/>It is time to try again. We will be sending out scout vessels, but I fear unless a more suitable candidate for colonization is found soon, it will be difficult to persuade people to continue the search. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 6, Chapter 6 || The leaders announced that they would hold an open debate on the fate of Vastam. Everyone would have the chance to speak.<br/><br/>I admire the attempt at democracy, as misguided as it was. But too many people already had their minds made up. People started shouting, and then a man pushed the captain of the Surani. Her guards knocked the man to the ground and there were shots fired. After that, it was chaos.<br/><br/>I wanted to get away, take our parents someplace safe, but Thel is so impulsive. He saw two men beating old Veka, who has been outspoken about her desire to stay on Vastam. Thel plunged into the crowd toward them. That was the last I saw of him until now.<br/><br/>He's been badly injured. Thank the Elements that someone brought him to a healer. He's still unconscious, but the healer thinks he will survive. Others weren't so fortunate. There are more than a hundred dead, and the fighting hasn't stopped. || 5 |- | align="center" | {{accoladeIcon|The History of New Romulus}} || The History of New Romulus: Volume 6, Chapter 7 || We are leaving Vastam. As soon as the ships are resupplied we will depart forever.<br/><br/>Two hundred and forty seven people died in the fighting. The Sword of the Raptor Star, one of the great weapons created by S'harien before the Sundering, is gone. It was last seen in the hands of the captain of the Surani. Her body was found, but the blade is missing.<br/><br/>After the battles burned themselves out and the funerals were done, the leaders announced that anyone who wanted to stay on Vastam could do so, but the fleet would move on. As far as I know, no one is staying.<br/><br/>I have no doubt that there is still bad blood between people who survived the fighting. But no one wants a return to the wars we fought on Vulcan. No one wants to admit that is who we are.<br/><br/>Now people smile at one another while concealing knives. || 5 |- |}
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