10 Biggest Star Trek Events We Never Got To See

10. The Romulan Cessation From Vulcan

What would eventually become the Romulan Star Empire broke away from the rest of the Vulcan race in around 370 AD. This was during the Time of Awakening, when Surak was beginning to lead the Vulcan people, who had until then been a savage, warlike race, into a new era of logic and wisdom.

Not all Vulcans were on-board with this idea, which led to atomic war. While this part of the breakaway was shown in Star Trek: Enterprise, specifically during The Forge trilogy, the rest of the formation of the Romulan state remains shrouded in mystery. It is known that a sect of them broke even further away, becoming the Debrune, who had become extinct by the 24th century.

As Admiral Dougherty comments in Star Trek: Insurrection, when the Romulans first went out into the galaxy, they were little more than thugs. However, before the supernova that destroyed much of the Romulan Empire in the late 24th century, they were a vastly powerful force to be reckoned with in both the Alpha and Beta Quadrants.

They have yet to receive the exploration that even the Klingons have, but a good place to start would be their landing on what would become Romulus.