Solkar

Solkar was a male Vulcan who lived in the 21st century. He had a son named Skon. Solkar was the grandfather of Sarek, and the great-grandfather of Sybok and Spock. (TOS movies Star Trek III: The Search For Spock and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier).

In the mid 22nd century, Solkar was the Captain of the survey ship T'Plana-Hath. On April 5th, 2063 the T'Plana-Hath was passing through the Sol system when it discovered a human warp signature. Following procedure, Solkar had the T'Plana-Hath proceed to Earth to investigate the warp signature, and landed at the settlement in Montana where the Phoenix was launched from. Solkar was the first to exit the T'Plana-Hath, and met the creator of the warp ship, Zefram Cochrane. This marked the official first contact between humans and Vulcans. (TNG movie Star Trek: First Contact and the Star Trek Customizable Card Game).

Later, Solkar became the first Ambassador of Vulcan to Earth. Solkar was featured in a downloadable crossword puzzle which an ensign on board the Enterprise (NX-01) was filling out when forced with the rest of the crew to live in a nacelle catwalk for several days. Stumped, this ensign asked Captain Jonathan Archer, who was able to help her out. (ENT episode The Catwalk).

On August 12, 2161 Solkar, T'Pau, and Ambassador Soval represented Vulcan when they signed the Federation Charter which established the United Federation of Planets. (ENT novel Last Full Measure).