In 2380 the Romulan government began to crack. With Tomalok supporting the Praetor and taking charge of the fleet, Commander Donatra, inspired by new found Federation allies rallied her supporters to break from the Empire. While Tomalok swore to deal with the situation, the Remans demanded reparations as part of negotiations with the Federation to create a new era of peace after the fall of Shinzon.

Making no progress to their benefit on either situation, the Romulans turned to the Federation the following year, only to have their supposed new allies supporting the Remans. Soon, the Klingons joined the Federation in offering aid to the Reman homeworld.

With the Romulan fleet divided, the Praetor chose not to oppose the Federation-Klingon alliance and began to consider Reunfication with Vulcan. At least, they gave that impression. They wanted to appear to be more sympathetic and diplomatic to the Federation, and so far any alliance between them would be shaky at best with the Reman situation.

After dodging images of characters with symbols, I’ll be nice and let you see how I see these guys through the power of my sever lack of artistic ability. Seriously… almost as bad as my writing…

These are the six central characters throughout Sha Ka Ree. There are others who are just as, if not teeny bit more important, to the plot, but these are the ‘power six’ for reasons you’ll have to find out later.

Part of the reason I went for a Trek base was due to the fact that the Star Trek universe had a rich history and technology that was so commonly known there’d be no need to explain it. Klingons, Vulcans, transporters, phasers… all leaked into popular culture.

So when I came up with the Link, I’m not sure what I was thinking…

The Link is a multi-functioning tool and mini-personal computer. In the Star Trek world it looks similar to a PADD (Personal Access & Display Device, basically an electronic file) at first glance but it’s more like a 25th century iPhone. By that I mean it has a crap load of add ons and applications and as such can be used as a tricorder, interfaces with the central database (internet) and you can store files, use it as a notebook, write reports, store personal schedule and set alarms, use it as a backup communicator and every possible function you can think of.