Zhat Vash

"What is Zhat Vash?"
"A Tal Shiar myth. It's a kind of boogeyman they use to frighten new recruits, and children."

—Jean-Luc Picard & Zhaban, 2399

Zhat Vash
Service type:	espionage/assassination
Primary missions:	Extermination of synthetic lifeforms

The Zhat Vash was a ancient Romulan cabal that predated the Tal Shiar. Zhat Vash was also a term used to refer to the dead who were the "only reliable keepers of secrets".(PIC episode: "Maps & Legends")

History

300,000 to 200,000 years before the 24th century, the Romulans discovered Aia. There, they found an artifact known as the Admonition. The artifact showed memories of devastation carried out by synthetic "Destroyers". The discovers of the artifact dedicated themselves to eliminating synthetic lifeforms to avoid this fate. They recruited followers to their cause by showing them the admonition in order to strengthen their belief in their cause.(PIC episode: "Broken Pieces")

By the 24th century, The Zhat Vash were considered just a boogey man story told to frighten Tal Shiar recruits such as Zhaban, his mother and wife, Laris. The Zhat Vash operated across the galaxy without regard of treaty or jurisdiction. Their theater of operations went beyond Romulan worlds to places such as the Klingon Empire, the Gorn Hegemony, and the United Federation of Planets.(PIC episode: "Maps & Legends")

Known members

• Oh
• Ramdha
• Narissa Rizzo

Appendices

External link

Zhat Vash article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.