From The Ashes

Chapter Three First Contact “Power. That was the first thought I remember. Do you know of the first time you truly looked at a star, from up close? The feeling of there being something immeasurable, a living...

The fateful first contact and the events leading up to it was the subject of chapter 3 of From the Ashes:

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For those who want to have a clearer overview of the stellar geography of the Romulan search for the Borg and encounters with the remnants of the Taurhai Unity, as showcased in chapter 3, please see below:

THE LAST FOUNDER: The Presidency of Jonathan Archer (2185-2192) “THE LAST FOUNDER: The Presidency of Jonathan Archer, 2185-2192 C.E.” Start Reading Chapter Guide What is Archerism? From 2185 to 2192, the most famous Human in the galaxy, Jonathan Bec…

Welcome to the 2190s.

It's time to rediscover the first great President of the UFP: Jonathan Beckett Archer.

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Over the next few days, there will be posts helping describe what you should expect from this upcoming work, but here's a great place to start:

As for her ancestry while there is definitely prejudice Sela’s career proves that it is definitely possible for people of mixed background to reach high positions within the empire.

True but also the diplomatic corps is something of a dead end. They’re constantly overwritten by the Tal Shiar or by senators who think they should handle every important negotiation themselves.

Her beta canon background is that she took the worst assignment on purpose to prove herself. I think she was an ideaslist, lots of those around in the heady days of the early Second Empire.

As an aside Cai’th’lin had partial human ancestry, from a grandfather who had been taken captive as a child on Deneva during the Earth-Romulan war. She would claim to be of Irish descent during her career though there is no evidence she was: her given name has its roots in Rihan for compassion.

Her reputal of her goverment's unification plan is one of the clearest evidence of wide-spread discord regarding the foreign policy of the late Third Republic. The fact that she did so and lived shows just how high that discord went.

By the 2360s she was considered the grandee of what amounted to the Romulan diplomatic corps and the head of the Committee for Interstellar Correspondence, the closest thing the Third Republic had to a foreign service think tank.

Cai’th’lin t’Dar was a Romulan diplomat famous for her involvement in the Nimbus III incident of 2287, the Khitomer conferences in the 2290s and as the penultimate Romulan ambassador to Earth before the Tomed incident and subsequent Romulan isolation in 2315.

Chapter 22 – Declawing the Birds of Prey The battle against the Birds of Prey was a grim business, and it wasn’t won by charm or personality –  Vice Admiral Amelia Bridges The efforts to end the threat posed by the Birds of Pre…

Chapter 22 – Declawing the Birds of Prey

The battle against the Birds of Prey was a grim business, and it wasn’t won by charm or personality – Vice Admiral Amelia Bridges

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Oh probably, but then again a good portion of the senate assume the Tal Shiar did him in so…

Somewhat though they are quite used to Cardassian intelligence playing hardball. But in any case, why worry about the lackey when you know who the master pulling strings are?

"We are facing a long and bitter war. But we shall met it, met it as we have faced every battle, every struggle, every challenge since we first time took our tender steps in the skies.

We are the Romulan Star Empire! And our shadow will blot out the very sun of Cardassia before we are done."

"This is a war that will force us to work with those we once considered enemies. Our old foes expect us to show weakness in front of them: let everyone know that the Rihannsu are no one's fools."

"To those living under the protection of the Raptors Wings I say: this is your war too! The founders do not care for your race or creed, only your subjugation. The Senate guarantees reward for your service , the founders nothing but your destruction. Only together can we survive this treachery! "

"This will not be an easy or short struggle but our people are used to hardship! I call on everyone to do their part for the war-effort! Our fleets need soldiers and our armies warriors. Our shipyards need skilled hands and our hospitals gifted healers. We are each responsible for our part."

"This was not a war we sought! For the longest time we worked to stymy the march of the Dominion, to keep them to their side of the wormhole even as others dithered. Only when clear that their foothold was made and that no one else would rise to the challenge did we make peace."

"In response to this agression the senate have ordered a full mobilisation and I am pleased to report that our forces have already struck the first blows against this treacherous enemy. They will learn that we are not to be taken lightly and will cower in fear of the appearance of our Warbirds!"

"This was not a spontanous act, for the Senator was returning to Romulus with proof that the Dominion plans on extending their war to our homes. In violation of our treaty of nonaggression the founders have been plotting against us. Foul is the day when these shapeless beings stand against you."

"I hold in my hand the final report from the Tal Shiar investigation into the death of our brother, the honorable senator Vreenak tr'Merken, a report that proves without a doubt that he was fouly murdered by the hand of the Dominion and their Cardassian lackies."

OTD in 2374:

"My fellow declared, Citizens and Subjects of the Romulan Empire. Grave are the tidings which I bring, for it is with the authority of the Senate of the Romulan people that I hereby must declare that a state of war exists between the Romulan Republic and the Dominion."

Chapter Twenty One " 90% of conservations with a Federation Ambassador will leave you wondering if T'Kuvma had the right idea."  - Lorna McClaren "' The Premier says war with the Federation will end in immediate,...

"90% of conversations with a Federation Ambassador will leave you wondering if T'Kuvma had the right idea." - Lorna McClaren

Federation and Empire prepare for the worst: one striving for peace, the other for survival.

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Chapter One Heirs of the Empress As all children, the Third Republic was perhaps never more fragile then in those few short moments that heralded its birth. Her biographers disagree on whether or not Ael...

Ael's death in 2315 and her refusal to name an heir brought the Second empire to an end and brought on the Third Republic, which would govern until the apocalypse of 2387.

Buuuuut if you want to read the details of how exactly the Third Republic was established, please see below:

The rise of Ael t'Rllaillieu heralded the Second Empire. The empress oversaw some neccesary reforms, the beginning of exploration into the deep Beta quadrant and a period of hitherto unknown opening to the surrounding galaxy, only to be forced to close the gates after the Tomed incident in 2311.

The Second Republic fought, lost and yet somehow survived the war against Earth and its allies, a massive uprising of demobilized Reman troops and decades of skirmishes with the Klingons. Its fall came when rebellious outmarches flew on the capital in 2276 and installed an unlikely figurehead

The Second Republic, while more inclusive then the First Empire, was still very much a oligarchy and continued the expansionistic policies of the Valkis. It was this state that made first contacts, first with the Klingons in 2080 and then most faithfully, with their long dreaded Vulcan cousins

The last emperor, Shiarkar tr'Valkis, was famously paranoid and established a new security service, the Tal Shiar. It would not avail him: like so many dictators he fell to the blades of his own security service on the stairs of the Senate during the tumult that gave rise to the Second Republic.