Romulan Warbird (Romulan Star Empire)

Interstellar Military Power Projection, Border Enforcement, and Antagonistic Naval Operations

Description

A Romulan military warbird element representing the Romulan Star Empire's armed forces in this encounter. The vessel performs aggressive border-enforcement and power-projection actions—crossing the Neutral Zone, pursuing a scout, and inflicting damage that creates a humanitarian crisis. Observed methods include pursuit, threatening posture, and engagement that severs communications. Hierarchy is implied as a state naval/military asset acting in opposition to the Federation and directly causing the episode's central conflict.

Related Events

Events mentioning this organization

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S3E10
Hail from the Neutral Zone — Warning or Trap

A sudden sensor contact in the Neutral Zone forces the bridge into immediate alert: Riker confirms a Romulan scout approaching, Worf urges the standard withdrawal …

S3E10
Plea for Asylum — Warbird Decloaks

A desperate Romulan transmission interrupts the Enterprise's surveillance of the Neutral Zone: a lone scout requests asylum and claims to be under pursuit. Picard calmly …

S3E10
Scout Under Fire — Torpedo Strike

A Romulan scout, clearly outgunned and limping through space, is pursued without mercy by a larger Romulan warbird. The warbird fires multiple torpedoes; one finds …

S3E10
Interpose: Extending Shields Around the Crippled Scout

On the bridge Picard orders Red Alert and opens a channel as a Romulan warbird menaces a crippled scout. Data times the scout's approach to …

S3E10
Shielded Intercept — The Cloak and the Choice

The Enterprise intercepts a crippled Romulan scout and deliberately extends shields around it, a protective posture that halts a looming provocation. A Romulan warbird approaches, …

S3E10
Cloak, Retreat and Emergency Evacuation

A tense Neutral Zone standoff resolves without battle when the Romulan warbird abruptly withdraws and cloaks, leaving a crippled scout drifting near the Enterprise. Engineering …

S3E10
Calculated Provocation: The Warbird That Didn't Close

Geordi runs a slow-motion replay of the Romulan warbird chasing the crippled scout, revealing that the warbird repeatedly decelerated to match the scout’s crippled speed …

S3E10
Trap at Nelvana — Tomalak's Deception and the Klingon Counter

As the Enterprise drops into orbit above barren Nelvana Three, Jarok's carefully constructed credibility collapses when scans show no base—Picard forces the possibility that Jarok …

S3E15
The Calculus of Sacrifice

On the Enterprise-D bridge Data presents a cold, clinical analysis: the temporal rift is symmetrical, so returning the battered Enterprise‑C would deposit her at the …

S3E20
The Shadow Unfolds: Echoes of Betrayal and the Weight of Isolation

The Enterprise’s bridge erupts into tension as Wesley Crusher’s sensor anomaly—an ‘echo’ trailing the ship—triggers a cascade of revelations and escalating stakes. Worf’s confirmation of …

S3E20
Tam’s Telepathic Breaking Point: The Hidden Bond with Tin Man Revealed

This pivotal scene unfolds in two intercutting threads: the Enterprise’s escalating crisis on the bridge—where a cloaked Romulan warbird’s aggressive pursuit forces the crew into …

S3E20
The Romulan Gambit: Deception, Divide, and the Cost of First Contact

The Enterprise hurtles toward first contact with the alien starship Tin Man, only to be ambushed by a Romulan warbird that uncloaks and unleashes a …

S3E20
The Breaking Point: Tam’s Desperation and Tin Man’s Wrath

This high-stakes confrontation on the Enterprise bridge marks the explosive collision between Picard’s strategic caution and Tam’s telepathic desperation. After dismissing Tam’s warnings about Romulan …

S3E20
Tam’s Existential Reckoning: The Birth of a Fragile Bond and a Catastrophic Warning

This pivotal event unfolds in two emotionally charged segments: first, a rare moment of vulnerability between Tam and Data in Data’s quarters, where Tam—frustrated by …

S3E20
Tam’s Desperate Gambit: A Warning That Shatters Trust and Ignites War

In a moment of escalating tension, Tam Elbrun—overwhelmed by the Romulans' aggressive intentions toward Tin Man—takes a reckless, unilateral action. Ignoring Picard’s orders and the …

S3E20
The Weight of Judgment: Trust, Risk, and the Cost of Redemption

In the tense confines of the Enterprise's ready room, Captain Picard convenes an urgent assessment of Tam Elbrun’s psychological state and moral integrity, forcing him …

S3E20
The Romulan Gambit: Desperation and the Weight of Command

The Enterprise is thrust into a high-stakes standoff when a Romulan warbird materializes, its commander issuing an ultimatum that forces Picard into a brutal calculus: …

S3E20
The Point of No Return: Picard’s Desperate Gamble with Elbrun

In the high-stakes crucible of the Enterprise bridge, Captain Picard makes a decisive, morally fraught choice that will determine the fate of the crew and …

S3E20
First Contact Shatters: The Bridge Holds Its Breath as Trust Collapses into War

The Enterprise’s fragile first contact with the alien starship Tin Man implodes in real time as the bridge crew—already on edge—watches their worst fears materialize. …

S3E20
The Cosmic Reckoning: Data’s Return and the Supernova’s Aftermath

The Enterprise and Romulan warbird are violently hurled into uncharted space by Tin Man’s cataclysmic energy pulse, triggering the supernova of Beta Stromgren—a cosmic event …