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Star Trekhas revealed that the Romulans have weaponize the Kolinahr , a ritual their cousins the Vulcans utilize to purge emotions . InStar Trek#15 , Captain Sisko learn the Romulans have open up relations with the violent Tzenkethi . As the Romulans examine to curry favor with the tremendous Tzenkethi , fans hear that they have taken the Kolinahr rite and perverted it into a weapon of warfare .
Star Trek#15 is written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and draw by Marcus To . Ariennye isasked by the Tzenkethi if theyhave pre - war rite . She replies they do : pass water sure their weapons are tested and optimized , and this includes their psyche . Ariennye reveals that they practice a form of Kolinahr that , or else of purging emotion , really sharpen them . She assure the Tzenkethi representative that “ the most virulent blade a Romulan can wield is their intent . ”
Romulans then practice that intent to destroy their foe .
The Kolinahr is an Intense Vulcan Ritual
Despite their exacting adherence to the principles of system of logic , the Vulcans have a recondite tradition of rituals and ceremonies , and the Kolinahr is one of them . introduce inStar Trek : The Motion Picture , Kolinahr is a serial publication of rite that Vulcans can pick out to undergo that will purge all continue emotions . Meditating upon the planet ’s hot sandy surface , adherent undergo tight training that liberate them from emotions . Upon provide Starfleet after the ending of Kirk ’s five - year charge , Spock returns to his home world to study Kolinahr . Spock was unsuccessful , his human side too strong .
The Vulcans are naturally telepathic , and it has been assumed that the Romulans have lose touch with this . It was consider that centuries of diverging phylogeny , mixed with the Romulans ’ brutal and violent natures , do their psychic powerfulness to atrophy . While a Romulan has yet to perform a mind - basket rummy on sieve , certain comics and novels have demo that they can indeed harness these talent . Nero , the antagonist of 2009’sStar Trek , build up his mental powers during his time in a Klingon prison house . Nero had to take drugs to unlock the ability , but it showed that the Romulans still had it – and it could manifest under the right circumstances .
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What Other Psychic Secrets are the Romulans Hiding?
The revelation that the Romulans exercise a perverted variant of Kolinahr forcesStar Trekfans to rethink what they know about the race . The Romulans see the time value in the rite , and have subvert it , turning a tool of reflexion into an instrument of war . Ariennye does not say what the Romulan interlingual rendition of Kolinahr imply , but given their violent nature , it can not be pleasant . As the Romulans reckon of their enemies during the religious rite , they are no doubt channeling their hatred and anger . While the Vulcans use Kolinahr to purge emotions , the Romulans expend it to heighten theirs – and make themselves one of the deadliest races in the galaxy .
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