Spock's first mission aboard the Enterprise!
Summary
- 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.
Chapter One
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.
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References
Characters
USS Enterprise personnel
- Spock (referenced also as Selek) • Christopher Pike • Number One • T'Pris • Bob Brien • Davies (Lieutenant Commander) • Caitlin Barry • Philip Boyce • Andela • Orloff • Myoki Takahara • Daniel Reed • Endel • Zacharia
Other characters
- T'Sai Amanda Aduna Sarek • Daniels (Captain) • Sarek • Senak, son of Solen • Solen • Stonn • T'Pring • unnamed Vulcans (the healer)
Starships and vehicles
- USS Artemis • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • USS Lionheart • USS Musashi • USS Yorktown (Constitution-class) • He-shii • unnamed shuttlecraft (maintenance shuttles, inspection shuttle, passenger shuttle)
Starship types
Locations
Shipboard or stationbound locations
- USS Enterprise : shuttlebay • bridge • corridor • briefing room • turbolift • quarters (Spock's, Pike's, Scotty's)
- Referenced only
- service tunnel
Outposts and stations
- Referenced only
- Starbase 13
Planets and planetoids
- Areta • Earth • GS391 • Luna • planet Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Ilyria
Planetary locations and institutions
- Earth
- Hawaii (Ka'a Beach, Kauai; Honolulu) • Colorado Springs, Colorado • California (Carmel; Starfleet Academy, San Francisco) • Scotland (Linlithgow, West Lothian • Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- Luna
- Armstrong Lunaport
- Vulcan
- Keldeen • In-Yar • Lan • Llangon Hills• ShiKahr • Vulcan Science Academy • Zayus
Stars and star systems
- Beta Circinus • Vulcan system • Sol (Sol system)
Races and cultures
- Referenced only
- Tellarite
States and organizations
Vulcan clans
Talek sen-deen • Ansa-sen-tar • Kawarda • Archenida
Technology and weapons
- ground car • library computer • nuclear weapon • pressure suit • short-hopper • shuttlecraft • spacedock • space probe • starship • subspace radio • sword • targe • transporter • turbolift
Lifeforms
Animals
Plants
Materials, substances and energies
Food and drink
- saya • engine room hooch • fruit • fruit-water • Glenlivet • sweetmeat • tartlet • tea • whisky • Scotch whisky
Ranks and titles
- 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
Other
- astrobiology • Battle of Deen T'zal • city • class M planet • communications • December • diplomacy • game • 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
Timeline
- 1443 (Vulcan year)
- 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
Background
- Vulcan's Glory was reissued in 2006 as part of the Star Trek 40th Anniversary celebration, along with The Entropy Effect, Federation and Strangers from the Sky.
- 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.
Related stories
Connections
published order | ||
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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 |
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 |
External link
- Vulcan's Glory (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.