Deep Space Nine - Oh, it`s a TV series from the 90s...

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Originally Posted by Nic Corelli

Which reminds me - what do the rest of you think about the terrible underuse of Romulans in DS9? Do you also believe they were underused? Why wasn`t there more of them? Huh, huh?

I don't know if I'd say they were underused. No, we didn't see them a lot, but they did tend to put in appearances at critical points. Looking at the map found on this page, you see that the events revolving around DS9 and Bajor are taking place on the side of the Federation most distant from the Romulan Empire. It seems reasonable to assume that the Romulans, who had only relatively recently resumed taking an interest in affairs outside their own borders (so far as we can see), would be less interested in becoming directly involved until such time as a threat to their own security is perceived, as in Improbable Cause/The Die Is Cast and In the Pale Moonlight.