Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Summary
Star Trek : Deep Space Nineintroduced several changes to the Romulans , but one particular modification was made at the behest of author Ronald D. Moore . AfterStar Trek : The Next Generationended , Moore link up the faculty ofDS9for season 3 , which had several episodes involve a tentative bond between the Romulan Star Empire and the Federation . The season 3 opener , " The Search , Part I " break that the Romulans had providedDS9 ’s USS Defiantwith a cloaking machine so they could covertly acquire intel on the Dominion . Subsequent season 3 sequence divulge just what the Romulans mean to do with that information .
InStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 3 , episode 17 , " Visionary " , Chief O’Brien ( Colm Meaney ) unearthed a Romulan plot to destroy Deep Space Nine and the wormhole to forbid a Dominion incursion . Weeks later , " Improbable case " and " The Die is Cast " , revealed that the Cardassian ’s Obsidian Order and the Romulan Tal Shiar formed an alliance to destroy the Dominion . Starting life as a standalone episode about Garak ( Andrew J. Robinson ) , " Improbable reason " was expanded into an heroic two - parter that changed the course of not justDS9 ’s Dominion War electric arc , but the introduction of the Romulans inStar Trek .
Ronald D. Moore send many freehanded - name Star Trek characters to their final frontier during his time on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine …
Ronald D. Moore Insisted On A Big Romulan Change In Star Trek: DS9
No more Romulan shoulder pads.
When " Improbable campaign " was expanded into a two - parter , Ronald D. Moore wrote the conclusion , Star Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 3 , instalment 21 , " The Die is Cast " . However , Moore ’s prominent change to the Romulans did n’t come from anything he wrote in the script . think of the installment in theStar Trek : Deep Space Nine Companion , Moore discussed how he saw an opportunity to change something he ’d hated about the Romulans from as far back asStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 1 :
" I hated , underline hat , the Romulan costumes . large shoulder pads , the quilting , I just loathed it . I beg , insisted , scream , plead . "
The quilted Romulan costumes had antecedently been designed by William Theiss , who establish the look of theRomulans in Star Trek : The Next Generation . Theiss ' successor , Robert Blackman , deigned not to redesign them to hold open himself redundant workplace . ForStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , Blackman meet Ronald D. Moore ’s request , and gear up about design a " sleeker " and " more baleful " costume for Lovok ( Leland Orser ) and his fellow PI . Using the same textile , Blackman dyed it darker , and substantially reduce the width of the berm launchpad , creating a new face Romulan costume for futureStar Trekappearances .
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Star Trek: DS9 Changed The Romulans For The Better - Until Abrams Ruined It
Robert Blackman ’s sleeker Romulan costume , and their subsequent variations , continue to appearright up untilStar Trek : Nemesis . So too did the musical theme that , finally , the Romulan Star Empire and the Federation were closer than ever to becoming allies . One of the few interesting things aboutNemesisis the parallel between Lieutenant Commander Worf ( Michael Dorn ) setting aside his anti - Romulan bias and Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) doing the same with his own feelings toward the Klingons inStar Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country . At the end ofNemesis , it appeared that the Federation and the Romulans would continue working together .
TheStar Trek : Deep Space Nineepisode " Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges " let out that Section 31 were call for in manipulating Romulan political relation to help next sexual congress with the Federation when the Dominion War stop .
Unfortunately , J.J. Abrams ' 2009Star Trekmovie threw a spanner in the work with the annihilative Romulan supernova , and embittered mineworker Nero ( Eric Bana ) . Nero ’s hate of Ambassador Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) and the Federation for not doing enough to aid , defined the plot ofStar Trek : Picardseason 1 , which introducedevil Romulan siblingsand the villainous Commodore Oh ( Tamlyn Tomita ) . It was a disappointingly regressive footmark that fox off a lot of the positive changes thatStar Trek : Deep Space Ninehad brought about during the Dominion War .
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