The logo of Legacy of Romulus
Launched on May 21, 2013, Legacy of Romulus was Star Trek Online's first expansion which brought numerous updates to the game, first and foremost a third playable faction, the Romulan Republic.
General[]
Official solicitation cover
- The new Reputation: Nukara Strikeforce was made public, complete with its own rewards.
- New Level 20 Nimbus III adventure zone with 6-mission Wasteland story arc and 4 dailies.
- Players became able to customize and rearrange existing traits.
- Players became able to unlock additional traits for themselves and their crew.
- The UI was modified by allowing players to choose from colors for their HUD.
- Introduced new enemy faction: the Elachi.
- Introduced Suliban.
- Introduced Tal Shiar Lock Box.
- Warp core slot available for non-Romulan starships.
- The interior of Drozana Station underwent a major overhaul.
Klingon characters[]
The new character creation screen introduced with Legacy of Romulus
- Instead of having to play a Federation character to level 20 to unlock the creation of a Klingon Empire character, every faction, including the new Romulan Republic, became playable from the beginning of the game.
- Completely new tutorial for Klingon characters and new story content for levels 1-20.
Playable Romulan Faction[]
- A new playable faction, the Romulan Republic, became available to players with this expansion.
- The player can choose between Romulan and Reman playable species for this faction.
- Remans became available as either a C-store unlock, or an account-wide reward for achieving Tier 5 in the Romulan Reputation System.
- New Romulan player-hubs: New Romulus Command and Romulan Flotilla
- Romulan episode content including around 30 exclusively Romulan episodes.
- Around level 10, in the mission “Turning Point”, players have to ally with either the Federation or the Klingon Empire.
- This choice is permanent, and allows access to some of the ally's equipment and starships.
- Empress Sela and Colonel Hakeev return in the story, including voice-overs by Denise Crosby.
- In addition to their ally's Tier 1-4 ships, Romulan players will be able to fly iconic Romulan warbird class starships. These ships use **Singularity Core engines, and cannot equip standard Warp Core engines.
| Legacy of Romulus - New Starships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | Rank | Class | Type | Cost |
| Tier 1 | Civilian/Lieutenant 
|
T'liss Light Warbird | Standard | 8,000 or FREE*
|
| T'varo Light Warbird | Refit | 500
| ||
| Tier 2 | Centurion
|
Dhelan Warbird | Standard | 15,000 or FREE*
|
| Dhael Warbird | Refit | 750
| ||
| Tier 3 | Subcommander
|
Mogai Heavy Warbird | Standard | 40,000 or FREE*
|
| Valdore Heavy Warbird | Refit | 1,000
| ||
| Tier 4 | Commander
|
D'deridex Warbird Battle Cruiser | Standard | 80,000 or FREE*
|
| D'ridthau Warbird Battle Cruiser | Refit | 1,500
| ||
| Tier 5 | Subadmiral
|
Ha'apax Advanced Warbird | Standard | 120,000 or FREE*
|
| Ha'nom Guardian Warbird | Standard | 120,000 or FREE*
| ||
| Ha'feh Assault Warbird | Standard | 120,000 or FREE*
| ||
Vice Admiral
|
T'varo Light Warbird Retrofit | Retrofit | 2,000
| |
| Dhelan Warbird Retrofit | Retrofit | 2,000
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| Mogai Heavy Warbird Retrofit | Retrofit | 2,000
| ||
| D'deridex Warbird Battle Cruiser Retrofit | Retrofit | 2,000
| ||
| Small Craft
|
Tiercel Shuttle | Shuttle | 20,550 or FREE**
| |
| Kestrel Runabout | Runabout | 34,250
| ||
| Scorpion Fighter | Fighter | 500
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*with Free Ship Token awarded up to Subadmiral
**obtainable through “Small Packages”
