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Battles
Romulan Attack
A tactical display of the area in which the battle took place. [1]
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Romulan Attack
The Romulan warship decloaks and fires a plasma torpedo. [1]
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Romulan Attack
The Romulan ship in flight. The bird of prey painted on the hull is characteristic of Romulan ships. [1]
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Romulan Attack
Spock holds a piece of cast rodinium from Outpost 4. The hardest substance known to Federation science, the material was rendered extremely brittle by the impact of the plasma torpedo. [1]
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Romulan Attack
The Enterprise fires a phaser pulse. [1]
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Romulan Attack
Proximity phaser blasts detonate in space. [1]
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Romulan Attack
The Enterprise hangs in space after surviving a nuclear explosion. [1]
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Romulan Attack
One of the Enterprises phaser coolant systems develops a leak. [1]
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Romulan Attack
The Romulan ship is crippled after the Enterprise scores a direct hit. [1]
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People
Hansen Al-Salah [2]
A picture of Commander Hansen in 2266. [1]
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People
Decius [1]
A picture of Decius [1]
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Engineer Fields [1]
A picture of Engineer Fields [1]
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Angela Martine [3]
A picture of Ensign Angela Martine. [1]
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Romulan Commander [1]
A picture of Romulan Commander [1]
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Stiles [1]
A picture of Lieutenant Stiles [1]
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Robert Tomlinson [1]
A picture of Lieutenant Robert Tomlinson [1]
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Remus [1]
A picture of Remus [1]
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Romulus [1]
A picture of Romulus [1]
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Romulan Bird of Prey
The first of the Romulan bird of prey class. [1]
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Romulan Bird of Prey
This sequence shows the Bird of prey beginning to cloak. [1]
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Romulan Bird of Prey
The cloaking device renders the ship invisible to the naked eye... [1]
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Romulan Bird of Prey
...although sensors can sometimes gain some indication of the location of a cloaked ship. [1]
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Constitution Class [4]
A phaser control room aboard a Constitution. [1]
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Constitution Class [4]
The chapel of a Constitution class. [1]
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Romulan Bird of Prey
The bridge of a Bird of Prey, 2266. [1]
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Romulans [1]
An image of a Romulan in 2266. [1]
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Weapons
Plasma Weapons - Plasma Torpedo - Image 1 [1]
This log recording from the bridge of the USS Enterprise shows an early Romulan Warbird attacking with its plasma torpedo device. This incident nearly triggered a war between the Federation and the Romulan Empire. [1]
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Plasma Weapons - Plasma Torpedo - Image 2 [1]
Although capable of high warp speeds and extremely powerful, the plasma torpedo has limited range and does not manoeuvre well. Here the torpedo is beginning to dissipate. [1]
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References

# Series Season Source Comment
1 TOS 1 Balance of Terror
2 SNW 1 A Quality of Mercy
3 Various Original Series episodes
4 TNG 1 The Naked Now
Series : TOS Season 1
Episode : Balance of Terror
Series : SNW Season 1
Episode : A Quality of Mercy
Series : TOS Season
Episode : Various Original Series episodes
Series : TNG Season 1
Episode : The Naked Now


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