Even the underground Logic movement was welcomed into the light - there would be no more persecutions under the benevolent Nero. The Tal Shiar was seemingly disbanded for "a government should not fear its own people", but they were instead secretly redeployed to a hidden fleet.

Senators were sent to the federation to begin the talks. With the subterfuge in place, Picard was chosen as the envoy - the only Starfleet officer and diplomat with any real experience of Romulus itself. The Enterprise D ( newly refitted after Veridian III ) was dispatched.