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INTRODUCTION ROMULAN EARLY YEARS SHIPS & BASES DESIGNER’S NOTES ...... 2 EARLY YEARS ERA SHIPS...... 103 PUBLISHER’S INFORMATION ...... 2 SUBLIGHT FREIGHTER...... 117 FIGHTER AND BOMBER BASES ...... 117 ROMULAN SHIPS Sample HEAVYfile FIGHTER HANGAR MODULE...... 122 PUBLISHED MAIN ERA SHIPS ...... 3 ADDITIONAL SHIPS ...... 122 SHIPS IN CAPTAIN’S LOG...... 74 ROMULAN EARLY YEARS SHUTTLES ROMULAN FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS EARLY YEARS SUBLIGHT SHUTTLE...... 126 PUBLISHED FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS...90 EARLY YEARS SUBLIGHT FIGHTERS.....126 FIGHTERS IN CAPTAIN’S LOG...... 94 EARLY YEARS SUBLIGHT SHUTTLES ....127 FIGHTER SABOT REFIT...... 95 EARLY YEARS SUBLIGHT BOMBERS .....128 EARLY YEARS HEAVY FIGHTERS...... 130 ROMULAN GROUND FORCES EARLY YEARS SUBLIGHT MRS ...... 131 COMPANY AND BATTALION TO&Es ...... 95 PRAETORIAN TEAM ORGANIZATION...... 96 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SHIPS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SHIPS...... 132 ROMULAN FAST PATROL SHIPS DECURION INTERCEPTORS...... 97 ROMULAN GENERAL UNITS CENTURION FAST PATROL SHIPS ...... 97 MAIN ERA GENERAL UNITS...... 140 STARHAWK MODULAR GENERAL UNITS IN CAPTAIN’S LOG...... 162 FAST PATROL SHIPS ...... 100 EARLY YEARS ERA GENERAL UNITS.....165 CENTURION-E ESCORT VARIANT...... 102 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY GENERAL UNITS...... 175

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(Z52.0) NOTES ON THE ROMULAN given ship is a carrier or fast patrol ship tender, or a scout or commando ship, or some or all of these included. Commando MASTER STARSHIP BOOK ships were all spelled out as to their landing forces and whether or not they could, themselves, land on planets. (Z52.1) ORGANIZATION AND COMPONENTS Further, all information that had been published in Captain’s Logs as of the date this product was completed STAR FLEET BATTLES ROMULAN MASTER were also included. Ships prior to Captain’s Log #35 had all STARSHIP BOOK is a modular expansion of the SFB game been published, but any unit that has not been formally system. You will need the SFB Basic Set to use this material. published from Captain’s Log #35 through Captain’s Log #51 This material will also require Advanced Missions and other has been included. products (e.g., Module J, Module J2, Module K, Module M, Further, bombers and fighters that had appeared in Module R4, Modules R5 through R12, Module X1, Module Captain’s Log but not previously had a box display had their X1R, and Modules Y1 through Y3) to use it to the fullest displays created and included in this book. extent. The Romulan Master Starship Book includes this This book also includes all Romulan ships which have 178-page book. been published from the Early Years, and those equipped with advanced technology. As of its date of publication, this book is the most (Z52.2) DESIGN CREDITS complete accounting of all Romulan ships, bombers, fighters, fast patrol ships, Interceptors, and Romulan ground forces SFB Designer...... Stephen V. Cole, PE organizations in the game system. 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No material which is based on, for use with, incorporates elements of, or is derived from , (Z52.4) DESIGNER’S NOTES Star Fleet Battles, Federation & Empire, Star Fleet Missions, Star Fleet Battle Force, GURPS Prime Directive, Star Fleet Armada, or the background This product was born out of requests by our customers can be published by any party without the advanced written to have all of the Romulan ship descriptions, including their permission of ADB, Inc. fighters, bombers, and fast patrol ships, included in one SFB is produced under license from Franz Joseph product to make it easier to look things up. All ships are in Designs, authors of the STAR FLEET TECHNICAL MANUAL. rule number order to make searching through the book for a specific unit as simple as any reference book. Note that Elements of the Star Fleet Universe are the property of Romulan Early Years (sublight) shuttles, fighters, and Paramount Pictures Corporation and are used with their bombers are at the end of the Early Years section. permission. The ship descriptions were all formatted to include all relevant refits applicable to a given unit, and all special considerations, such as special sensors or whether or not a 2 Copyright © 2016 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. — ROMULAN MASTER STARSHIP BOOK STAR FLEET BATTLES (R4.0) ROMULAN STAR EMPIRE (R4.0) THE ROMULAN STAR EMPIRE that seem more Machiavellian than parliamentary, houses can be divided or merged, new houses can be declared, and existing houses can be declared terminated. (R4.1) ROMULAN BACKGROUND Romulan ships, and their military aspirations, can be divided into three groups. are an off-shoot of the species, with The Eagle Series are the old Vulture (R4.94), Warbird pointed ears and copper-based blood (giving them a slightly (R4.2), Hawk (R4.46), and Snipe (R4.41) types (and their greenish tinge). The most important thing to the average numerous refits, variants, and derivatives), all of which were Romulan is “honor,” i.e., his own personal reputation for doing originally sublight designs. These were the only ships the the correct and honorable thing. For some Romulans, Romulan fleet had until the Treaty of Smarba with the however, ambition overcomes honor and replaces it with in Y159. During this period of time the Federation, greed, revenge, or perhaps with hubris. Klingons, and regarded the Romulans as only a persistent and vicious nuisance. The Klingons began supplying ships to the Romulans in Y159. These ships, all conversions of ships built by the Klingons, are known as the Kestrel Series. During the period Y160-Y170, the Romulans became a deep space navy in all respects, but their training and professionalism left much to be desired. With the Hawk Series [Condor dreadnought (R4.6), FireHawk heavy cruiser (R4.38) SparrowHawk modular cruiser (R4.N1), SkyHawk modular destroyer (R4.N2), SeaHawk frigate (R4.76), and their variants], the Romulans not only began producing their own excellent ship designs, but they also became a major military power and a significant threat to peace. All Romulan ships are assumed to have the unless stated otherwise. Note that the presence of this device is noted on the Master Ship Chart. Also note that no Romulan ship (even those purchased from the Klingons) has the capability to perform ship separations. The Romulans are the most aggressive of the several empires. Their territory includes even fewer habitable planets ROMULAN MILITARY RANKS than territory and no other technologically advanced ROMULAN ...... FEDERATION EQUIVALENT sentient species. (Three relatively primitive species exist on High Admiral ...... Admiral-in-Chief planets near the galactic rim and their planets have been Magna Admiral ...... Grand Admiral occupied by the Romulans; they are knownSample as the fileFleet Admiral...... Fleet Admiral “Suppressed Species.”) The Romulans seem to honestly Senior Admiral...... Vice Admiral believe that they are destined to rule the galaxy and are Sub-Admiral...... Rear Admiral constantly working toward this end. Commander...... Commodore The Romulan government includes the emperor, the Sub-Commander ...... Captain praetor, the senate, the military command (which includes the Tribune ...... Commander various fleets, training command, base commands, and Ante-Tribune ...... Lieutenant Commander military production), and the civil administration (planetary Pente-Centurion ...... Senior Lieutenant governors, etc.) Centurion ...... Junior Lieutenant The emperor is a hereditary monarch although the lines Ante-Centurion ...... Ensign of succession are not always clear. Theoretically a new Ultra-Decurion ...... Sergeant-Major emperor is selected by the members of the ruling house, but if Magna-Decurion ...... Master Sergeant they cannot agree (or if another house claims to be the Major-Decurion...... Senior Sergeant rightful ruling house), the senate makes the final decision. Decurion ...... Petty Officer, Sergeant The praetor is a prime minister who is selected by the Ante-Decurion ...... Corporal senate. The emperor may indicate his preference in this selection, and depending on the relative political power of the (R4.R0) ROMULAN FLEET REFITS senate and throne, the emperor may succeed in blocking the election of an enemy or forcing that of a friend. The praetor may, at any given time, be a bureaucrat who serves as chief (R4.R1) KR CLASSES: Most of the -supplied ships of staff to an active emperor or the actual power. It was received refits by about Y170. These refits (designated by a Praetor Karzan who led the Romulans into the First Romulan “B” added to the end of the ship designation) include the War (with the Federation). conversion of fixed type-G plasma torpedoes to swivel The senate consists of the ranking member of the various (LP/RP) type-S plasma torpedoes and the strengthening of houses. A “house” is an extended family of Romulan nobles. the #3, #4, and #5 to equal the strength of the #2 Various family members serve in positions within the military shield. These changes are shown on the SSDs, which are not command and civil administration, and a house will attempt to included in this book. maneuver its members into positions that enhance the power, prestige, and wealth of that house at large. 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