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| title =Vulcan's Glory
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| title = Vulcan's Glory
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| cover image =[[Image:Vulcans glory 07.jpg|220px|Cover image.]]
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| cover image = [[file:vulcans glory 07.jpg|220px|Cover image.]]
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| artist =[[Cliff Nielsen]]
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| artist = [[Cliff Nielsen]]
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| series ={{ST|The Original Series}}
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| series = {{ST|The Original Series}}
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| number =44
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| number = 44
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| author =[[D.C. Fontana]]
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| author = [[D.C. Fontana]]
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| publisher =[[Pocket Books]]
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| publisher = [[Pocket Books]]
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| format =[[paperback]]
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| format = [[Paperback]]
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| published =[[1989|February 1989]]
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| published = {{srcdate|1989|February}}
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| reformat =paperback
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| reformat = [[Paperback]]
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| reprint =[[2006|August 2006]]
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| reprint = [[July]] [[2006]]<br>[[December]] [[2010]]
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| pages =252
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| pages = 252
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| ISBN =ISBN 0671656678
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| ISBN = ISBN 0671656678<br>(2006) ISBN 1416524622<br>(2010) ISBN 1451623348
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| date =[[2253]]
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| date = [[2253]]
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| altcover =[[Image:VulcansGlory.jpg|220px|Cover image.]]
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| altcover = [[file:vulcansGlory.jpg|220px|Cover image.]]
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| caption =original 1989 cover<br>{{small|''cover art unattributed in volume''}}
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| caption = original 1989 cover<br>{{small|''cover art unattributed in volume''}}
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''Spock's first mission aboard the ''Enterprise''!''
  
''Spock's first mission aboard the ''Enterprise''!''
   
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==Summary==
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==Introduction==
 
;From the book jacket : ''Here is a very special ''[[Star Trek]]'' novel—from the woman constantly voted by the fans as their favorite writer from the original ''Star Trek'' [[television]] series!''
  
;From the book jacket : ''Here is a very special ''[[Star Trek]]'' novel—from the woman constantly voted by the fans as their favorite writer from the original ''Star Trek'' [[television]] series!''
   
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:''[[Vulcan's Glory]] is the tale of Spock's struggle to reconcile his many obligations - those forced on him by his [[Vulcan]] heritage, and those chosen by him upon his enlistment in [[Starfleet]] - to balance the wishes of others against the desires of his own heart.''
  
:''[[Vulcan's Glory]] is the tale of Spock's struggle to reconcile his many obligations - those forced on him by his [[Vulcan]] heritage, and those chosen by him upon his enlistment in [[Starfleet]] - to balance the wishes of others against the desires of his own heart.''
   
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===Chapter One===
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==Summary==
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At [[Ka'a Beach]] on [[Kauai]], [[Hawaii]], [[Lieutenant]] [[Spock]] walks barefoot and reminisces about [[Yesteryear|the events]] surrounding his ''[[kahs-wan]]'' ritual. He has recently been promoted and assigned to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, but has received two weeks' leave prior to his new assignment, during which he has been ordered to relax by his previous [[commanding officer]], [[Captain]] [[Daniels (Captain)|Daniels]] of the {{USS|Artemis|23rd century}}. Spock receives a message from his father, [[Sarek]], ordering him to return to [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]].
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At [[Ka'a Beach]] on [[Kauai]], [[Hawaii]], [[Lieutenant]] [[Spock]] walks barefoot and reminisces about [[Yesteryear|the events]] surrounding his ''[[kahs-wan]]'' ritual. He has recently been promoted and assigned to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, but has received two weeks' leave prior to his new assignment, during which he has been ordered to relax by his previous [[commanding officer]], [[Captain]] {{dis|Daniels|Captain}} of the {{USS|Artemis|23rd century}}. Spock receives a message from his father, [[Sarek]], ordering him to return to {{planet|Vulcan}}.
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On [[Vulcan]], Sarek refuses to see his son but communicates through Amanda his disappointment with Spock's management of family properties and of his delayed marriage to his betrothed [[T'Pring]]. After coming to an agreement with his father, Spock goes to visit T'Pring, where she expresses her own dissatisfaction with their arrangement. Only after Spock agrees to make a formal announcement of their marriage and pay a bride price to her family for the duration of their "engagement" is T'Pring satisfied (along with her secret lover, [[Stonn]]).
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Meanwhile, the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} prepares to resume its mission after a shore leave over Earth, while [[Captain]] [[Christopher Pike]] and his first officer [[Number One]] discuss their new second officer – Spock. Shortly after his transfer is complete, the ''Enterprise'' is ordered to the planet, [[Areta]], to follow up on a previous mission during which Pike masqueraded as an Aretian to promote trading among three isolated populations on the planet, still recovering from a deadly nuclear holocaust. However, soon after launch, the ''Enterprise'' is redirected to investigate a new lead in the historical mystery of [[Vulcan's Glory]], a priceless historical emerald that disappeared from Vulcan centuries ago.
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When new research determines the course of the Vulcan ship ''He-shii'' carrying the Glory, the ''Enterprise'' follows it to an uncatalogued world. Pike allows a team of Vulcans to investigate the world where the ''He-shii'' might have crashed out of cultural sensitivity regarding the Glory. On the team, Spock and a junior scientist, [[T'Pris]] discover the remains of the Vulcan ship, missing an escape pod. Eventually, it is determined that the likely destination of the escape pod was Areta itself and the ''Enterprise'' resumes its original mission.
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Meanwhile, the newly-transferred junior engineer [[Montgomery Scott]] and his roommate [[Bob Brien]], engage in an age-old tradition of brewing engine room "hooch," or moonshine, during the downtime of the graveyard shift. Spock finds himself gradually drawn to T'Pris, in part for her difference from T'Pring and the two grow close as their mission advances. When the ''Enterprise'' arrives at Areta, the site of the escape pod's landing is discovered and the Vulcan away team transports down -- and soon discovers the Glory cradled in the arms of a dead Vulcan.
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While Pike resumes his mission of promoting trade among the three populations of Aretians, a pair of star-crossed Aretian lovers (from opposing factions) are abducted by the third population (the mutant survivors of the nuclear war). On the ''Enterprise'' the ship's geologist, Meadows, seeks authorization to study the Glory, despite Pike's orders to keep it in a security vault. Even as Spock and T'Pris develop a romantic relationship, Meadows forges the captain's signature to obtain the Glory from the vault and takes it to study. Soonafter, Spock is called away from T'Pris to learn that Meadows has been murdered and the Glory stolen.
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When Spock points out that the method of Meadows' murder could only have been performed by a Vulcan, the few Vulcan crew members are put under investigation, including himself and T'Pris.
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On Areta, Pike encounters a familiar tribe of nomads and learns about the abduction of the lovers -- the son of a nomad leader and daughter of a city-dweller leader -- and becomes involved in the search for the two youths. Eventually, it is discovered that the youths were taken by mutants and the fathers become convinced their children are dead. But Pike insists on continuing the search and requests an away team assist him.
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On the ''Enterprise'', Number One puts T'Pris in charge of the investigation, which leads the Vulcan woman to search personnel histories for a clue into the possible non-Vulcan suspects. However, before long, T'Pris becomes a victim of the murderer herself and her research is erased.
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Spock, Pike, and the other officers discover the location of the mutant settlement and stage a rescue attempt of the lovers, only to discover that they intend to stay with the surprisingly-civilized and docile mutants. However, the mutant leader soon explains his purpose for abducting them: to serve as ambassadors between the mutants and two other populations. When Pike returns with the lovers, they serve to establish trade between the three populations and he realizes his mission is complete. Upon returning to ''Enterprise'', Spock learns his own lover is dead and requests to conduct the investigation himself.
   
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In the end, Spock realizes that the murderer is a human-Vulcan hybrid like himself but one with more human genes than Vulcan, and therefore able to masquerade as a human. The officer is eventually taken into custody, explaining his intentions to avenge his banished Vulcan great-grandmother for injustices received by Vulcan.
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==References==
  
==References==
 
===Characters===
  
===Characters===
 
====USS ''Enterprise'' personnel====
  
====USS ''Enterprise'' personnel====
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:[[Spock]] (referenced also as [[Selek]]) • [[Christopher Pike]] • [[Number One]] • [[T'Pris]] • [[Bob Brien]] • [[Davies (Lieutenant Commander)]] • [[Caitlin Barry]] • [[Philip Boyce]] • [[Andela]] • [[Orloff]] • [[Montgomery Scott]] • [[Myoki Takahara]] • [[Daniel Reed (Lieutenant)|Daniel Reed]] • [[Endel]] • [[Zacharia]]
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:[[Andela]] • [[Caitlin Barry]] • [[Blayton]] • [[Philip Boyce]] • [[Bob Brien]] • [[Pete Bryce]] • [[Ars Dan]] • {{dis|Davies|Lieutenant Commander}} • [[Endel]] • [[George Meadows]] • [[Number One]] • [[Orloff]] • [[Oyama]] • [[Christopher Pike]] • {{dis|Daniel Reed|Lieutenant}} • [[Sandson]] • [[Montgomery Scott]] • [[Sefor]] • [[Spahn]] • [[Spock]]/[[Selek (alias)|Selek]] • [[Myoki Takahara]] • [[T'Pris]] • [[Unnamed USS Enterprise personnel (2240s and 2250s)|unnamed USS ''Enterprise'' personnel]] (transporter chief, shuttlebay chief) • [[Zacharia]]
   
 
====Other characters====
  
====Other characters====
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: [[Amanda Grayson|T'Sai Amanda Aduna Sarek]] • [[Daniels (Captain)]] • [[Sarek]] • [[Senak, son of Solen]] • [[Solen]] • [[Stonn]] • [[T'Pring]] • [[unnamed Vulcans]] (the healer)
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:[[Barden Aliat]] • [[Melkor Aliat]] • [[Berendel]] • [[Andor Clite]] • {{dis|Daniels|Captain}} • [[Durlin]] • [[Farnah]] • [[Ingarin]] • [[Neepah]] • [[Panlow]] • [[Sarek]] • [[Amanda Grayson|T'Sai Amanda Aduna Sarek]] • [[Senak, son of Solen]] • [[Silene]] • [[Sirak]] • [[Solen]] • [[Stonn]] • [[T'Dar]] • [[T'Pring]] • [[unnamed Vulcans]] (the healer)
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{{ref}} [[Alicia Boyce]] • [[Janeese Carlisle]] • [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] • [[Sherlock Holmes]] • [[Sanford Lynch]] • [[Edgar Allan Poe]] • [[Senak|Senak of Zayus]] • [[Sepel]] • {{dis|Sidak|Vulcan}} • [[Sorrd]] • [[Spens]] • [[Stepn]] • [[T'Clar]] • [[T'Dess]] • [[T'Lan]]
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{{ref}}[[Alicia Boyce]] • [[Sepel]] • [[Senak of Zayus]] • [[T'Lan]] • [[Sidak]] • [[Sorrd]] • [[Spens]] • [[T'Clar]]
  
   
 
===Starships and vehicles===
  
===Starships and vehicles===
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:{{USS|Artemis|23rd century}} • {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} ({{Class|Constitution}}) • {{USS|Lionheart|23rd century}} • {{USS|Musashi|23rd century}} • {{USS|Yorktown|Constitution class}} ({{Class|Constitution}}) • ''[[He-shii]]'' • [[unnamed shuttlecraft]] (maintenance shuttles, inspection shuttle, passenger shuttle)
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:{{USS|Artemis|23rd century}} • {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} ({{class|Constitution}}) • [[unnamed shuttlecraft]] (maintenance shuttles, inspection shuttle, passenger shuttle)
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{{ref}} ''[[He-shii]]'' • {{USS|Lionheart|23rd century}} • {{USS|Musashi|23rd century}} • {{USS|Yorktown|Constitution class}} ({{class|Constitution}})
   
 
====Starship types====
  
====Starship types====
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:[[cutter]] • [[cruiser]] • [[lifeboat|life shell]] • [[shuttlecraft]]
   
 
===Locations===
  
===Locations===
 
====Shipboard or stationbound locations====
  
====Shipboard or stationbound locations====
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:USS ''Enterprise'' : [[shuttlebay]] • [[bridge]] • [[corridor]] • [[briefing room]] • [[turbolift]] • [[quarters]] (Spock's, Pike's, Scotty's)
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;USS ''Enterprise'' : [[bridge]] • [[briefing room]] • [[corridor]] • [[engineering]] • [[gymnasium]] • [[Jefferies tube]] • [[quarters]] (Spock's, Pike's, Scotty's, Reed's) • [[recreation room]] • [[shuttlebay]] • [[transporter room]] (3) • [[turbolift]]
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{{ref}}[[service tunnel]]
  
   
 
====Outposts and stations====
  
====Outposts and stations====
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{{ref}}[[Starbase 13]]
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:[[Starbase 12]]
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{{ref}} [[Starbase 13]]
   
 
====Planets and planetoids====
  
====Planets and planetoids====
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:[[Areta]] • [[Earth]] • [[GS391]] • [[Luna]] • [[planet Vulcan]]
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:[[Areta]] • [[Earth]] • [[GS391]] • [[Luna]] • {{planet|Vulcan}}
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{{ref}} [[Delta Indus II]] • {{planet|Vulcan}}
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{{ref}}[[Ilyria]]
  
   
 
====Planetary locations and institutions====
  
====Planetary locations and institutions====
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;Earth : [[Hawaii]] ([[Ka'a Beach]], [[Kauai]]; [[Honolulu]]) • [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]] • [[California]] ([[Carmel]]; [[Starfleet Academy]], [[San Francisco]]) • [[Scotland]] ([[Linlithgow]], [[West Lothian]] • [[Cape Cod]], [[Massachusetts]]
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;Earth : [[Hawaii]] ([[Ka'a Beach]] & [[Lihue]], [[Kauai]]; [[Honolulu]]) • [[Pacific Ocean]] • '''referenced only''': [[California]] ([[Carmel]]; [[Starfleet Academy]], [[San Francisco]]; [[Mojave]]) • [[Cape Cod]], [[Massachusetts]] • [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]] • [[Scotland]] ([[Linlithgow]], [[West Lothian]])
   
 
;Luna : [[Armstrong Lunaport]]
 
;Luna : [[Armstrong Lunaport]]
   
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;Vulcan : [[Keldeen]] • [[In-Yar]] • [[Lan]] • [[Llangon Mountains|Llangon Hills]]• [[ShiKahr]] • [[Vulcan Science Academy]] • [[Zayus]]
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;Vulcan : [[Llangon Mountains|Llangon Hills]] • [[ShiKahr]] • [[In-Yar]] • '''referenced only''': [[Keldeen]] • [[Lan]] • [[Vulcan Science Academy]] • [[Zayus]]
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;Areta : [[Andasia]] • [[Antorin Oasis]] • [[Druncara Range]] • [[Sendai]] • [[Tisirah Oasis]]
   
 
====Stars and star systems====
  
====Stars and star systems====
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:[[Beta Circinus]] • [[Vulcan system]] • [[Sol]] ([[Sol system]])
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:[[Beta Circinus]] • [[Delta Indus]] • [[Sol]] ([[Sol system]]) • [[Vulcan system]]
   
 
===Races and cultures===
  
===Races and cultures===
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:[[Kelyan]] • [[Human]] ([[Scot]]s) • [[Vulcan]]
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:[[Aretian]] • [[Dioptan]] • [[Human]] ([[Native American|Indian]] • [[Scot]]) • [[Kelyan]] • [[Vulcan]]
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{{ref}} [[Tellarite]]
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{{ref}}[[Tellarite]]
  
   
 
===States and organizations===
  
===States and organizations===
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:[[Federation]] • [[Starfleet]] • [[Starfleet Command]] • [[Vulcan High Council]]
   
 
====Vulcan clans====
  
====Vulcan clans====
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[[Talek sen-deen]] • [[Ansa-sen-tar]] • [[Kawarda]] • [[Archenida]]
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:[[Ansa-sen-tar]] • [[Archenida]] • [[Kawarda]] • [[Talek sen-deen]]
   
 
===Technology and weapons===
  
===Technology and weapons===
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:[[ground car]] • [[library computer]] • [[nuclear weapon]] • [[pressure suit]] • [[short-hopper]] • [[shuttlecraft]] • [[spacedock]] • [[space probe]] • [[starship]] • [[subspace radio]] • [[sword]] • [[targe]] • [[transporter]] • [[turbolift]]
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:[[communicator]] • ''[[dree]]'' • [[food synthesizer]] • [[ground car]] • [[impulse engine]] • [[knife]] • [[lance]] • [[library computer]] • [[message beacon]] • [[nuclear weapon]] • [[phaser]] • [[pressure suit]] • [[short-hopper]] • [[shuttlecraft]] • [[spacedock]] • [[probe|space probe]] • [[starship]] • [[still]] • [[subspace radio]] • [[sword]] • [[targe]] • [[transporter]] • [[tricorder]] • [[turbolift]] • [[universal translator]] • [[warp engine]] • [[warp nacelle]]
   
 
===Lifeforms===
  
===Lifeforms===
 
====Animals====
  
====Animals====
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:[[bird]] • [[reptile|reptilian]] • ''[[le-matya]]'' • ''[[sehlat]]'' ([[I-chaya]])
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:[[ape]] • [[bird]] • [[dog]] • [[dolphin]] • [[fish]] • [[insect]] • ''[[le-matya]]'' • ''[[meercan]]'' • [[ox]] • [[reptile|reptilian]] • ''[[sehlat]]'' ([[I-Chaya]]) • ''[[ucha]]''
   
 
====Plants====
  
====Plants====
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:[[barrel cactus]] • ''[[bonsai]]'' • [[candlestick tree]] • ''[[induku]]'' • ''[[isuke]]'' • ''[[karanji]]'' • [[oak]] • [[birch]] • [[maple]] • [[rose]]
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:[[barrel cactus]] • [[birch]] • ''[[bonsai]]'' • [[candlestick tree]] • [[grass]] • ''[[induku]]'' • ''[[isuke]]'' • ''[[karanji]]'' • ''[[kerra]]'' • [[maple]] • [[oak]] • [[rose]]
   
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===Materials, substances and energies===
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===Substances and energies===
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[[alcohol]] • [[emerald]] • [[metal]]
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:[[alcohol]] • [[antimatter]] • [[dilithium]] • [[emerald]] • [[matter]] • [[metal]] • [[oxygen]]
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====Radiation====
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:[[gamma ray]]
   
 
====Food and drink====
  
====Food and drink====
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:''[[saya]]'' • [[engine room hooch]] • [[fruit]] • [[fruit-water]] • [[Glenlivet]] • [[sweetmeat]] • [[tartlet]] • [[tea]] • [[whisky]] • [[Scotch whisky]]
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:[[engine room hooch]] • [[fruit]] • [[fruit-water]] • [[Glenlivet]] • [[grape]] • [[herb tea]] • [[grain|mash]] • [[Saurian brandy]] • ''[[saya]]'' • [[Scotch whisky]] • [[sweetmeat]] • [[tartlet]] • [[tea]] • [[ucha meat stew|''ucha'' meat stew]] • [[water]] • [[whisky]] • [[wine]]
   
 
===Ranks and titles===
  
===Ranks and titles===
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:[[ambassador]] • [[captain]] • [[chief]] • [[chief engineer]] • [[chief medical officer]] • [[commander]] • [[commanding officer]] • [[communications officer]] • [[doctor]] • [[engineer]] • [[ensign]] • [[first officer]] • [[lieutenant]] • [[lieutenant commander]] • [[lieutenant junior grade]] • [[navigator]] • [[officer]] • [[science officer]] • [[second officer]] • [[security]] • [[security chief]] • [[shuttlebay chief]] • [[specialist]] • [[superintendant]] • [[third officer]]
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:[[ambassador]] • [[cadet]] • [[captain]] • [[chief]] • [[chief engineer]] • [[chief medical officer]] • [[commander]] • [[commanding officer]] • [[communications officer]] • [[doctor]] • [[engineer]] • [[ensign]] • [[first officer]] • [[lieutenant]] • [[lieutenant commander]] • [[lieutenant junior grade]] • ''[[makleh]]'' • [[navigator]] • [[officer]] • [[science officer]] • [[second officer]] • [[security]] • [[security chief]] • ''[[shinsei]]'' • [[shuttlebay chief]] • [[specialist]] • [[superintendant]] • [[technician]] • [[third officer]] • [[transporter chief]]
   
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===Other===
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===Other references===
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:[[astrobiology]] • [[Battle of Deen T'zal]] • [[city]] • [[class M planet]] • [[communications]] • [[December]] • [[diplomacy]] • [[game]] • [[gas|cloud]] • [[genetic engineering]] • [[genetic hybrid]] • [[government]] • [[gravity]] • ''[[kahs-wan]]'' • [[kilometer]] • [[light-year]] • [[lifeform]] • [[literature]] • [[logic]] • [[marriage]] • [[meditation]] • [[null-G ball]] • [[philosophy]] • [[planet]] • [[planetary calssification]] • [[plant]] • [[poetry]] • [[pon farr]] • [[rank]] • [[science]] • [[serial number]] • [[space]] • [[spaceport]] • [[star]] • [[Starfleet regulations]] • [[Starfleet uniform]] • [[subspace]] • [[technology]] • [[title]] • [[uniform]] • [[Vulcan neck pinch]] • [[Vulcan's Glory]] • [[Vulcan lute]]
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:[[agriculture]] • [[Aretian language]] • [[astrobiology]] • [[astrophysics]] • [[Battle of Deen T'zal]] • [[biology]] • [[cards]] • [[chess]] • ''[[chooka]]'' • [[city]] • [[class M planet]] • [[gas|cloud]] • [[communications]] • [[credit]] • [[December]] • [[diplomacy]] • [[DNA]] • [[drink]] • [[food]] • [[game]] • [[gemology]] • [[genetic engineering]] • [[genetic hybrid]] • [[geology]] • [[government]] • [[gravity]] • [[holography]] • ''[[kahs-wan]]'' • ''[[keshel]]'' • [[kilometer]] • ''[[koan]]'' • [[landing party]] • ''[[lan-dovna]]'' • [[lifeform]] • [[light-year]] • [[literature]] • [[logic]] • [[marriage]] • [[meditation]] • [[mineralogy]] • [[money]] • [[mutant]] • ''[[nakh]]'' • [[nation-state]] • [[null-G ball]] • [[orbit]] • [[philosophy]] • [[planet]] • [[planetary classification]] • [[plant]] • [[poetry]] • [[poker]] • [[pon farr]] • [[rank]] • [[science]] • [[serial number]] • [[shore leave]] • [[smoking]] • [[space]] • [[spaceport]] • [[star]] • [[Starfleet regulations]] • [[Starfleet uniform]] • [[subspace]] • ''[[tal-shaya]]'' • [[technology]] • [[three-dimensional chess]] • [[title]] • [[uniform]] • [[vid]] • [[vidrama]] • [[Vulcan language]] ([[Ancient High Vulcan]]) • [[Vulcan lute]] • [[Vulcan neck pinch]] • [[Vulcan's Glory]] •
   
 
==Timeline==
  
==Timeline==
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;[[Vulcan history|1443 (Vulcan year)]] : The Glory is taken from the house of Kawarda by the clan Archenida at the battle of Deen T'zal.
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;[[8th century|796 AD]]: Areta's nuclear holocaust.
  
;[[8th century|796 AD]]: Areta's nuclear holocaust.
 
;[[2215]] : Orloff born.
  
;[[2215]] : Orloff born.
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==Appendices==
  
==Appendices==
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===Related media===
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* {{e|TOS|The Cage|Amok Time|Babel}}; {{e|TAS|Yesteryear}}
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===Background===
  
===Background===
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*''Vulcan's Glory'' was reissued in [[2006]] as part of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[40th Anniversary]] celebration, along with ''[[The Entropy Effect]]'', ''{{nov|Federation}}'' and ''[[Strangers from the Sky]]''.
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* ''Vulcan's Glory'' was reissued in [[2006]] as part of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[40th Anniversary]] celebration, along with ''[[The Entropy Effect]]'', ''{{nov|Federation}}'' and ''[[Strangers from the Sky]]''.
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*This novel contains an early mention of [[Vulcan's Forge]], a concept that would eventually be used in [[canon]] episodes of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', as well as many other sources.
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* This novel contains an early mention of [[Vulcan's Forge]], a concept that would eventually be used in [[canon]] episodes of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', as well as many other sources. The Forge was first mentioned in Fontana's script for {{e|TAS|Yesteryear}}.
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* It might be assumed that the nuclear holocaust on Areta was, in some way, the product of outside interference and therefore Areta was not fully subject to the [[Prime Directive]], thus justifying Pike's missions there.
   
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==Images==
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===Related stories===
  
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* {{e|TOS|The Cage|Amok Time|Babel}}
  
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===Connections===
  
===Connections===
 
{{EV}}
  
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{{Pike stories}}
  
{{Pike stories}}
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===External link===
  
===External link===
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Spock's first mission aboard the Enterprise!

Introduction

From the book jacket
Here is a very special Star Trek novel—from the woman constantly voted by the fans as their favorite writer from the original Star Trek television series!
D.C. Fontana, writer of such classic Star Trek episodes as "Journey to Babel" and "This Side of Paradise", here brings us the never-before-told story of a very young Mr. Spock, on his first mission aboard the USS Enterprise. You'll also meet Captain Christopher Pike and his enigmatic first officer "Number One" (previously seen only in the original Star Trek pilot, "The Cage"), as well as the ship's brand new engineering officer, Montgomery Scott.
Vulcan's Glory is the tale of Spock's struggle to reconcile his many obligations - those forced on him by his Vulcan heritage, and those chosen by him upon his enlistment in Starfleet - to balance the wishes of others against the desires of his own heart.

Summary

At Ka'a Beach on Kauai, Hawaii, Lieutenant Spock walks barefoot and reminisces about the events surrounding his kahs-wan ritual. He has recently been promoted and assigned to the USS Enterprise, but has received two weeks' leave prior to his new assignment, during which he has been ordered to relax by his previous commanding officer, Captain Daniels of the USS Artemis. Spock receives a message from his father, Sarek, ordering him to return to Vulcan.

On Vulcan, Sarek refuses to see his son but communicates through Amanda his disappointment with Spock's management of family properties and of his delayed marriage to his betrothed T'Pring. After coming to an agreement with his father, Spock goes to visit T'Pring, where she expresses her own dissatisfaction with their arrangement. Only after Spock agrees to make a formal announcement of their marriage and pay a bride price to her family for the duration of their "engagement" is T'Pring satisfied (along with her secret lover, Stonn).

Meanwhile, the USS Enterprise prepares to resume its mission after a shore leave over Earth, while Captain Christopher Pike and his first officer Number One discuss their new second officer – Spock. Shortly after his transfer is complete, the Enterprise is ordered to the planet, Areta, to follow up on a previous mission during which Pike masqueraded as an Aretian to promote trading among three isolated populations on the planet, still recovering from a deadly nuclear holocaust. However, soon after launch, the Enterprise is redirected to investigate a new lead in the historical mystery of Vulcan's Glory, a priceless historical emerald that disappeared from Vulcan centuries ago.

When new research determines the course of the Vulcan ship He-shii carrying the Glory, the Enterprise follows it to an uncatalogued world. Pike allows a team of Vulcans to investigate the world where the He-shii might have crashed out of cultural sensitivity regarding the Glory. On the team, Spock and a junior scientist, T'Pris discover the remains of the Vulcan ship, missing an escape pod. Eventually, it is determined that the likely destination of the escape pod was Areta itself and the Enterprise resumes its original mission.

Meanwhile, the newly-transferred junior engineer Montgomery Scott and his roommate Bob Brien, engage in an age-old tradition of brewing engine room "hooch," or moonshine, during the downtime of the graveyard shift. Spock finds himself gradually drawn to T'Pris, in part for her difference from T'Pring and the two grow close as their mission advances. When the Enterprise arrives at Areta, the site of the escape pod's landing is discovered and the Vulcan away team transports down -- and soon discovers the Glory cradled in the arms of a dead Vulcan.

While Pike resumes his mission of promoting trade among the three populations of Aretians, a pair of star-crossed Aretian lovers (from opposing factions) are abducted by the third population (the mutant survivors of the nuclear war). On the Enterprise the ship's geologist, Meadows, seeks authorization to study the Glory, despite Pike's orders to keep it in a security vault. Even as Spock and T'Pris develop a romantic relationship, Meadows forges the captain's signature to obtain the Glory from the vault and takes it to study. Soonafter, Spock is called away from T'Pris to learn that Meadows has been murdered and the Glory stolen.

When Spock points out that the method of Meadows' murder could only have been performed by a Vulcan, the few Vulcan crew members are put under investigation, including himself and T'Pris.

On Areta, Pike encounters a familiar tribe of nomads and learns about the abduction of the lovers -- the son of a nomad leader and daughter of a city-dweller leader -- and becomes involved in the search for the two youths. Eventually, it is discovered that the youths were taken by mutants and the fathers become convinced their children are dead. But Pike insists on continuing the search and requests an away team assist him.

On the Enterprise, Number One puts T'Pris in charge of the investigation, which leads the Vulcan woman to search personnel histories for a clue into the possible non-Vulcan suspects. However, before long, T'Pris becomes a victim of the murderer herself and her research is erased.

Spock, Pike, and the other officers discover the location of the mutant settlement and stage a rescue attempt of the lovers, only to discover that they intend to stay with the surprisingly-civilized and docile mutants. However, the mutant leader soon explains his purpose for abducting them: to serve as ambassadors between the mutants and two other populations. When Pike returns with the lovers, they serve to establish trade between the three populations and he realizes his mission is complete. Upon returning to Enterprise, Spock learns his own lover is dead and requests to conduct the investigation himself.

In the end, Spock realizes that the murderer is a human-Vulcan hybrid like himself but one with more human genes than Vulcan, and therefore able to masquerade as a human. The officer is eventually taken into custody, explaining his intentions to avenge his banished Vulcan great-grandmother for injustices received by Vulcan.

References

Characters

USS Enterprise personnel

Andela • Caitlin Barry • Blayton • Philip Boyce • Bob Brien • Pete Bryce • Ars Dan • Davies • Endel • George Meadows • Number One • Orloff • Oyama • Christopher Pike • Daniel Reed • Sandson • Montgomery Scott • Sefor • Spahn • Spock/Selek • Myoki Takahara • T'Pris • unnamed USS Enterprise personnel (transporter chief, shuttlebay chief) • Zacharia

Other characters

Barden Aliat • Melkor Aliat • Berendel • Andor Clite • Daniels • Durlin • Farnah • Ingarin • Neepah • Panlow • Sarek • T'Sai Amanda Aduna Sarek • Senak, son of Solen • Silene • Sirak • Solen • Stonn • T'Dar • T'Pring • unnamed Vulcans (the healer)
Referenced only
Alicia Boyce • Janeese Carlisle • Arthur Conan Doyle • Sherlock Holmes • Sanford Lynch • Edgar Allan Poe • Senak of Zayus • Sepel • Sidak • Sorrd • Spens • Stepn • T'Clar • T'Dess • T'Lan

Starships and vehicles

USS Artemis • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • unnamed shuttlecraft (maintenance shuttles, inspection shuttle, passenger shuttle)
Referenced only
He-shii • USS Lionheart • USS Musashi • USS Yorktown (Constitution-class)

Starship types

cutter • cruiser • life shell • shuttlecraft

Locations

Shipboard or stationbound locations

USS Enterprise
bridge • briefing room • corridor • engineering • gymnasium • Jefferies tube • quarters (Spock's, Pike's, Scotty's, Reed's) • recreation room • shuttlebay • transporter room (3) • turbolift

Outposts and stations

Starbase 12
Referenced only
Starbase 13

Planets and planetoids

Areta • Earth • GS391 • Luna • Vulcan
Referenced only
Delta Indus II • Vulcan

Planetary locations and institutions

Earth
Hawaii (Ka'a Beach & Lihue, Kauai; Honolulu) • Pacific Ocean • referenced only: California (Carmel; Starfleet Academy, San Francisco; Mojave) • Cape Cod, Massachusetts • Colorado Springs, Colorado • Scotland (Linlithgow, West Lothian)
Luna
Armstrong Lunaport
Vulcan
Llangon Hills • ShiKahr • In-Yar • referenced only: Keldeen • Lan • Vulcan Science Academy • Zayus
Areta
Andasia • Antorin Oasis • Druncara Range • Sendai • Tisirah Oasis

Stars and star systems

Beta Circinus • Delta Indus • Sol (Sol system) • Vulcan system

Races and cultures

Aretian • Dioptan • Human (Indian • Scot) • Kelyan • Vulcan
Referenced only
Tellarite

States and organizations

Federation • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • Vulcan High Council

Vulcan clans

Ansa-sen-tar • Archenida • Kawarda • Talek sen-deen

Technology and weapons

communicator • dree • food synthesizer • ground car • impulse engine • knife • lance • library computer • message beacon • nuclear weapon • phaser • pressure suit • short-hopper • shuttlecraft • spacedock • space probe • starship • still • subspace radio • sword • targe • transporter • tricorder • turbolift • universal translator • warp engine • warp nacelle

Lifeforms

Animals

ape • bird • dog • dolphin • fish • insect • le-matya • meercan • ox • reptilian • sehlat (I-Chaya) • ucha

Plants

barrel cactus • birch • bonsai • candlestick tree • grass • induku • isuke • karanji • kerra • maple • oak • rose

Substances and energies

alcohol • antimatter • dilithium • emerald • matter • metal • oxygen

Radiation

gamma ray

Food and drink

engine room hooch • fruit • fruit-water • Glenlivet • grape • herb tea • mash • Saurian brandy • saya • Scotch whisky • sweetmeat • tartlet • tea • ucha meat stew • water • whisky • wine

Ranks and titles

ambassador • cadet • captain • chief • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • doctor • engineer • ensign • first officer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • lieutenant junior grade • makleh • navigator • officer • science officer • second officer • security • security chief • shinsei • shuttlebay chief • specialist • superintendant • technician • third officer • transporter chief

Other references

agriculture • Aretian language • astrobiology • astrophysics • Battle of Deen T'zal • biology • cards • chess • chooka • city • class M planet • cloud • communications • credit • December • diplomacy • DNA • drink • food • game • gemology • genetic engineering • genetic hybrid • geology • government • gravity • holography • kahs-wan • keshel • kilometer • koan • landing party • lan-dovna • lifeform • light-year • literature • logic • marriage • meditation • mineralogy • money • mutant • nakh • nation-state • null-G ball • orbit • philosophy • planet • planetary classification • plant • poetry • poker • pon farr • rank • science • serial number • shore leave • smoking • space • spaceport • star • Starfleet regulations • Starfleet uniform • subspace • tal-shaya • technology • three-dimensional chess • title • uniform • vid • vidrama • Vulcan language (Ancient High Vulcan) • Vulcan lute • Vulcan neck pinch • Vulcan's Glory •

Timeline

1443 (Vulcan year)
The Glory is taken from the house of Kawarda by the clan Archenida at the battle of Deen T'zal.
796 AD
Areta's nuclear holocaust.
2215
Orloff born.
2237
Spock reminisces of his kahs-wan
2253
Spock is transferred to the Enterprise, when that vessel recovers an ancient Vulcan starship and travels to Areta in search of the Glory stone.

Appendices

Related media

Background

Images

Connections

Star Trek: Early Voyages
comics: "Flesh of My Flesh" • "The Fires of Pharos" • "Our Dearest Blood" • "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" • "Cloak & Dagger" • "Cloak and Dagger, Part 2" • "The Flat, Gold Forever" • "Immortal Wounds" • "One of a Kind" • The Fallen • "Futures, Part One" • "Future Tense" • "Futures, Part Three" • "Now and Then" • "Thanatos" • "Nemesis"
related works: episodes: "The Cage" • "The Menagerie" • DSC season 2 • Short Treks: "Q&A", "The Trouble with Edward", "Ask Not" • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds • novels: Vulcan's Glory • The Captain's Table: Where Sea Meets Sky • Burning Dreams • DSC: The Enterprise War • related comics: "To Walk the Night" • "Captain's Log: Pike"
main characters: Christopher Pike • Number One • Phillip Boyce • Spock • José Tyler • Nano • Moves-With-Burning-Grace • Sita Mohindas • Gabrielle Carlotti • Mia Colt • Nils Pitcairn
recurring characters: Robert April • Dermot Cusack • Kaaj, son of Torg • Virka • Kir • Shane Samson • James T. Kirk • Montgomery Scott • Chang
ships and places: USS Enterprise
IKS Varchas • USS Cortez • USS Nelson • Bounty • USS Enterprise-A • USS Excelsior
Algol II • Darien 224 • Earth • Marrat Nebula • Starbase 45 • Temazi • Theta Kalyb
races and cultures: Human • Vulcan • Klingon • Lirin • Ngultor • Chakuun • Temazi
writers and artists: Dan Abnett • Ian Edginton • Patrick Zircher • Greg Adams • Michael Collins • Steve Moncuse
Media featuring Christopher Pike
Episodes and movies The Original Series The Cage • The Menagerie
Movies Star Trekk • Star Trek Into Darknessk
Discovery Will You Take My Hand? • Brother • New Eden • Point of Light • An Obol for Charon • Saints of Imperfection • The Sound of Thunder • Light and Shadows • If Memory Serves • Project Daedalus • The Red Angel • Perpetual Infinity • Through the Valley of Shadows • Such Sweet Sorrow
Short Treks Q&A • The Trouble with Edward • Ask Not
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Novels Killing Timea • Enterprise: The First Adventure • Vulcan's Glory • Legacy • The Rift • Where Sea Meets Sky • Burning Dreams • A Less Perfect Uniona • The Children of Kings • Child of Two Worlds • Desperate Hours • The Enterprise War • The High Country
Short stories "Conflicting Natures" • "A Private Anecdote" • "Sins of the Mother" • "The Greater Good"m
Comics Early Voyages "Flesh of My Flesh" • "The Fires of Pharos" • "Our Dearest Blood" • "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" • Cloak and Dagger (1 • 2) • "The Flat, Gold Forever" • "Immortal Wounds" • "One of a Kind" • The Fallen (1 • 2) • "Futures, Part One" • "Future Tense" • "Futures" • "Now and Then" • "Thanatos" • "Nemesis"
Starfleet Academy "Return to the Forbidden Planet" • "A Prelude to War"
Crew "Shadows of the Past" • "The Ends of Eternity"
other "All Those Years Ago..." • "To Walk the Night" • "Door in the Cage" • Alien Spotlight Alien Spotlight, Volume I (Vulcans • Orions) • Mirror Imagesm (1 • 2 • 4 • 5) • Spock: Reflections, Issue 2 • Star Trek Movie Adaptationk (2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Captain's Log: Pike • Aftermath (1 • 2 • 3)
k : Kelvin timeline • m : Mirror Universe • a : alternate reality
published order
Previous novel:
The Final Nexus 		TOS numbered novels Next novel:
Double, Double
chronological order
Previous Adventure:
Flesh of My Flesh
Flashback 		Memory Beta Chronology Next Adventure:
Alien Spotlight: Vulcans
Previous Adventure:
Chaotic Response
Sections 5 & 7 		Pocket Next Adventure:
Shadows on the Sun
Book Two
Previous Adventure:
Flesh of My Flesh
Flashback 		The Early Voyages of the
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) 		Next Adventure:
Alien Spotlight: Vulcans


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