Shinzon
Tom Hardy as Praetor Shinzon in Star Trek: Nemesis
Species:	human
Gender:	male
Hair color:	bald
Eye color:	bluish-brownish grey
Home planet:	Remus
Affiliation:	Romulan Star Empire
Position:	Romulan Praetor Scimitar commanding officer
Portrayed by:	Tom Hardy

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Overview

Shinzon was the chief antagonist in the movie Star Trek: Nemesis, set in 2379, in which he led a coup d'état of the Romulan Senate, becoming Praetor, and then attempted to destroy Earth, the center of the United Federation of Planets. Star Trek Nemesis (Paramount Pictures, 2002; see also 2002 in film) is the tenth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... A coup détat (pronounced ), or simply coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government through unconstitutional means by a part of the state establishment — mostly replacing just the high-level figures. ... Romulans are a fictionalized alien species in the Star Trek universe. ... // Definition According to Cicero, Praetor was a title which designated the consuls as the leaders of the armies of the state. ... Although nearly all fictional work features the Earth, this page describes its fictional place in the Universe. ... In the Star Trek fictional universe, the United Federation of Planets (UFP) – widely referred to and known as the Federation – is an interstellar federal state of more than 150 member planets and thousands of colonies. ...

Shinzon was a clone of Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation and later movies. Shinzon was created by the Romulans with the intent of replacing Picard and using the clone to bring about the downfall of the Federation. The plan was soon abandoned when a new government came to power who feared that if he was discovered it would lead to war, and Shinzon was sent to work the mines on Remus, the twin planet of Romulus where he was rescued by a Reman who became his Viceroy. Cloning is the process of recreating an identical copy of an original organism or thing. ... Captain Jean-Luc Picard is a Starfleet officer in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, Romulus and Remus are the twin Romulan homeworlds (so-called because they have a similar size and are neighbours, like Earth and Venus). ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, Romulus and Remus are the twin Romulan homeworlds (so-called because they have a similar size and are neighbours, like Earth and Venus). ...

During the Dominion War, Shinzon led the Reman forces to victory against Dominion forces several times. However, he was not happy with the Federation/Romulan alliance that formed during the war. In 2379, the Romulan Senate was briefly overthrown in a Reman coup led by Shinzon. The Praetor and the Romulan Senate were killed by thalaron radiation which emanated from a handheld device. Shinzon became Praetor and the Remans took over the Romulan Senate. However, the cloning process that had created Shinzon was killing him, and he required a fresh infusion of Picard's DNA to stay alive. This article or section may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, Remans are natives of the planet Remus. ... Thalaron radiation is a type of deadly radiation in the fictional Star Trek Universe. ... The general structure of a section of DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions for the biological development of a cellular form of life or a virus. ...

Shinzon decided to fulfill his destiny by assembling his forces and building a new starship, the Scimitar, which was the most powerful and fastest of her time. It also carried a new type of cloaking device which rendered it completely undetectable by contemporary technology. It also carried 52 disruptor banks and 27 photon torpedo bays. Picard described it as "a predator". In this vessel, Shinzon and the Remans met Captain Picard and his crew from the USS Enterprise-E during a diplomatic mission to Romulus; prior to this, Picard had no knowledge of his doppelgänger. The Reman Warbird Scimitar was a very powerful starship in the Star Trek universe that appeared in Star Trek: Nemesis. ... The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) is a Sovereign class starship in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... A doppelgänger ( ) is the ghostly double of a living person. ...

Shinzon would later be killed aboard the Scimitar when battling with Picard in which his last words were: "Our destiny is complete". Picard was about to sacrifice himself by firing his phaser into the Thalaron radiation generator, thus saving the crew of the Enterprise-E. Before he could, Data quickly came in, beamed Picard away using an experimental transporter device, and sacrificed himself by firing his phaser into the generator and destroying the Scimitar. Destiny refers to a predetermined course of events. ... Thalaron radiation is a type of deadly radiation in the fictional Star Trek Universe. ... The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) is a Sovereign class starship in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... Data, portrayed by Brent Spiner, is a character in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...

Trivia

• "Shinzon" is a variant, non-standard romanization of the word xinzang (心臟), meaning "heart" in Mandarin Chinese.

The heart and lungs, from an older edition of Greys Anatomy. ... Mandarin, or Beifanghua (Chinese: 北方話; Pinyin: Běifānghuà; literally Northern Dialect(s)), or Guanhua (Traditional Chinese: 官話; Simplified Chinese: 官话; Pinyin: Guānhuà; literally official speech) is a category of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. ...

External links

• Shinzon article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki.