Remus

A sister planet or nearby solar system labeled "Romii" appeared on a star map in the original series episode "Balance of Terror", the first episode to feature the Romulans. The name "Remus" is mentioned by Kirk in this episode as a planet when he says "patrolling outposts guarding the neutral zone between planets Romulus and Remus and the rest of the galaxy received an emergency call..." But its actual inhabitants were first mentioned in the sequel film Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). (Two Remans appear in the background in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise which, while set two hundred years before the events of Star Trek: Nemesis, was filmed after the film's release.)

As revealed in Star Trek: Nemesis, the inhabitants of Remus are the Remans, who were subjugated ever since the Romulans staked their claim to Remus and set up their new homeworld in the system. Because the planet is tidally locked to its sun, one side of the planet is in constant darkness. Living on this dark side has made the Remans extremely sensitive to light.

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A sister planet or nearby solar system labeled "Romii" appeared on a star map in the original series episode "Balance of Terror", the first episode to feature the Romulans. The name "Remus" is mentioned by Kirk in this episode as a planet when he says "patrolling outposts guarding the neutral zone between planets Romulus and Remus and the rest of the galaxy received an emergency call..." But its actual inhabitants were first mentioned in the sequel film Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). (Two Remans appear in the background in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise which, while set two hundred years before the events of Star Trek: Nemesis, was filmed after the film's release.)

As revealed in Star Trek: Nemesis, the inhabitants of Remus are the Remans, who were subjugated ever since the Romulans staked their claim to Remus and set up their new homeworld in the system. Because the planet is tidally locked to its sun, one side of the planet is in constant darkness. Living on this dark side has made the Remans extremely sensitive to light.

The Remans were treated as second-class citizens within the Romulan Star Empire. Remus is the prime planet of dilithium mining and as such many Remans are forced into slave labor.

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