Changes: Decius

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You may also be looking for the holographic Romulan Warbird IRW Decius.

Decius was a male Romulan military officer in the 23rd century. He served aboard the Praetor's flagship under the command of an unnamed commander in 2266.

That same year, the unnamed Bird-of-Prey participated in the Empire's effort to test Earth forces' resolve nearly a century after the Earth-Romulan War. The starship attacked a number of Earth Outpost Stations along the Romulan Neutral Zone. During this initiative, Decius dispatched a coded message to the Romulan praetor, providing a status update. As a result of this unauthorized action, he was reduced two steps in rank, despite the fact that Decius had influential friends within the Empire, by the commander who believed that they were being shadowed by an Earth vessel.

Later, in response to his commander's refusal to attack the USS Enterprise, Decius successfully manipulated him into launching an attack by requesting permission to destroy the enemy vessel himself. His commander, refusing to relinquish his own authority, did indeed attack, but soon found that the Enterprise was, in fact, only feigning disablement, and found himself overpowered by the Earth vessel. Decius and the other Romulan crewmembers were killed when the commander initiated a self-destruct, refusing to surrender to the Humans. (TOS: "Balance of Terror")

Decius was played by actor Lawrence Montaigne. He technically had the distinction of being the first Romulan to ever appear in Star Trek, even though he was wearing a helmet and we couldn't see his ears. The first Romulan seen with the ears was Decius' commander, played by Mark Lenard.
Decius was also the only Romulan in the episode who was given a name, thus making him the first named Romulan character. Indeed, he and Tal in "The Enterprise Incident" were the only Romulan characters with names in the Original Series.

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+:''You may also be looking for the [[holographic]] [[Romulan]] [[Warbird]] [[IRW Decius|IRW ''Decius'']].''
-[[Image:Decius.jpg|thumb|200px|Decius (2266)]]
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-'''Decius''' was a [[23rd Century]] [[Romulan]] officer with many powerful allies in the [[Romulan Star Empire]]. Decius served aboard the [[Romulan Bird-of-Prey (23rd century)|Praetor's flagship]] that crossed the [[Romulan Neutral Zone]] in [[2266]] and attacked several [[Earth Outpost Station|Federation outposts]]. Following their attack, Decius broke radio-silence to send word back to the [[Praetor]] of their success. In doing so, he alerted the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] of their location, and as a result he was lowered in rank by two grades by [[Unnamed_Romulans_%2823rd_century%29#Romulan_Commander_.282266.29|his Commander]]. Decius would eventually be killed when their ship was hunted and destroyed by the ''Enterprise'', while teetering on the edge of the Neutral Zone. ''([[TOS]]: "[[Balance of Terror]]")''
+| image        = Decius.jpg
+| imagecap         = Decius
+| gender           = Male
+| species          = [[Romulan]]
+| affiliation      = [[Romulan Star Empire]]
+| status           = Deceased
+| datestatus       = 2266
+| actor            = [[Lawrence Montaigne]]
+}}
+'''Decius''' was a male [[Romulan military]] [[officer]] in the [[23rd century]]. He served aboard the [[Praetor]]'s [[Unnamed Romulan Birds-of-Prey#Praetor's flagship|flagship]] under the [[commanding officer|command]] of an unnamed [[Unnamed Romulans (23rd century)#Commander (2266)|commander]] in [[2266]].
+That same year, the unnamed [[Romulan Bird-of-Prey (23rd century)|Bird-of-Prey]] participated in [[Romulan Star Empire|the Empire]]'s effort to test [[Earth]] forces' resolve nearly a century after the [[Earth-Romulan War]]. The [[starship]] attacked a number of [[Earth Outpost Station]]s along the [[Romulan Neutral Zone]]. During this initiative, Decius dispatched a coded message to the [[Romulan]] [[praetor]], providing a status update. As a result of this unauthorized action, he was reduced two steps in rank, despite the fact that Decius had influential friends within the Empire, by the commander who believed that they were being shadowed by an Earth vessel.
-:''Decius was played by actor [[Lawrence Montaigne]].''
+Later, in response to his commander's refusal to attack the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, Decius successfully manipulated him into launching an attack by requesting permission to destroy the enemy vessel himself. His commander, refusing to relinquish his own authority, did indeed attack, but soon found that the ''Enterprise'' was, in fact, only feigning disablement, and found himself overpowered by the Earth vessel. Decius and the other Romulan crewmembers were killed when the commander initiated a self-destruct, refusing to surrender to the [[Human]]s. ({{TOS|Balance of Terror}})
+{{bginfo|Decius was played by actor [[Lawrence Montaigne]].  He technically had the distinction of being the first Romulan to ever appear in ''Star Trek'', even though he was wearing a helmet and we couldn't see his ears.  The first Romulan seen with the ears was Decius' commander, played by [[Mark Lenard]].|Decius was also the only Romulan in the episode who was given a name, thus making him the first named Romulan character.  Indeed, he and [[Tal]] in {{e|The Enterprise Incident}} were the only Romulan characters with names in the Original Series.}}
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