At some point, it becomes a sanctuary for the practice of the
Kolinahr discipline. (3000 years before the NX-01 visits it).
"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
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4,000,000,000 B.C.
A humanoid species seeded the oceans of at least
19 class-M planets throughout the galaxy (Vulcan among
them) with genetic material,
from which a number of humanoid forms evolved. This explains the
remarkable commonality in
form, and genetic coding of many species including the tendency to find
intelligent life in bipedal,
generally mammalian forms.
"The Chase" [TNG]
2,000,000 B.C.
The Preservers seed various planets with carbon-based,
predominately humanoid, life. Their influence may
explain some elements of
Vulcan pre-history.
"The Paradise Syndrome" [TOS]
597,730 B.C.
Sargon's people, a technically advanced civilization,
are exploring the galaxy aboard space vessels and
planting colonies on many
planets. Spock speculated that such a colonization of Vulcan might
explain
certain elements of Vulcan
prehistory, suggesting that Spock's people may have originally been from
Sargon's planet, or at least
influenced by them.
"Return to Tomorrow" [TOS]
ca. 2849 B.C.
A historical event occurs which is cited by modern
Vulcans as proof that Vulcans who attempt to embrace
their emotions often revert
to their dangerous primal natures. Tolaris thought this story was
when
"propaganda" about the Vulcan
primal nature began.
"Fusion" [ENT]
2,737 B.C.
When Commander Spock and Dr. McCoy are trapped in
the Ice Age on the planet Sarpeidon, having been
transported 5,000 years
back through time by the Atavachron, Spock described this period as savage,
even
by Earth standards.
Vulcans were a violent people whose civilization was torn by terrible and
destructive
wars, a result of the passions
and emotions that govern the Vulcan heart.
"All Our Yesterdays" [TOS]; "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" [TOS]
The ancient Vulcans were ruled by emotion, but above
all else they believed in a place, Sha Ka Ri, in which
questions of existence,
would be answered.
"The Final Frontier" [ST5]
The ancient Vulcans used something like a boomerang,
and slings, and spears as weapons.
"The Savage Curtain" [TOS]
date unknown
The ancient Vulcans erected obelisks. Their
later excavations were of great importance to historians.
"One Small Step" [VOY]
date unknown
Trip says that the Vulcans took a hundred years
between their discovery of warp and their being able
to break warp
2.
"First Flight" [ENT]
Archer asks T'pol how Vulcans dealt with aliens
during their early exploration; she claims there were
fewer warp-capable species
then. "Silent Enemy" [ENT]
Vulcan, like Earth, had an aggressive colonizing
period, savage even by Earth standards.
"Balance of Terror" [TOS]
ca 849 B.C.
The monastery of P'Jem is constructed on a planet near Andorian space.
At some point, it becomes a sanctuary for the practice
of the
Kolinahr discipline. (3000 years before the NX-01
visits it).
"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
ca 260:
Spock's ancestors adopt a ceremonial ground.
In 2267, Spock described it as "the land of my family
... held by us for more
than 2,000 Earth years." These grounds, used for Vulcan mating rituals,
embody the Vulcan heart
and soul, reflecting Vulcan culture from the "time of the beginning".
"Amok Time" [TOS]
ca 350: The
Time of Awakening
Surak, starting at a site called "Gateway" made
a journey through the Vulcan desert, called the Forge,
seeking enlightenment. He walked through a
place now called the "Plain of Blood". Some say Surak
crossed this expanse when the hot blood of battle
still flowed green, but with logic, he cooled it. The
T'Karath sanctuary was also on the path. 1800
years later, Syrrannites will follow the same path
seeking enlightenment. The
date is also corroborated by the remark that V'Las made in 2154
that even after 1800 years Surak
is still considered the most important Vulcan who ever
lived. (that would put the time
of Surak at around 354).
"The Forge" [ENT]
The ancient philosopher Surak, revered as the father
of Vulcan civilization, led his people in a great
reformation to adopt a code of behavior where they reject their emotions
in favor
of a philosophy that embraces pure logic and peace.
"The Savage Curtain" [TOS]
One group did not accept Surak's teachings
and so a group of dissidents,
the future Romulans, split off from
the Vulcans at this time.
Date is 2000 yrs before "Gambit",
which would be ca. 369.
"The Gambit, part 2" [TNG]
date unknown: Kiri-kin-tha formulates the "First law of
Metaphysics" which states that "nothing
unreal exists." It is considered a more basic
teaching than those of T'Plana Hath.
"The Voyage Home" [ST4], "The Forge" [ENT]
T'Plana Hath helps to shape Vulcan philosophy.
She is author of the famous quote
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which
we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide."
"The Voyage Home" [ST4], "The Forge" [ENT]
The
Hundred Year War between Surak's followers and the (as yet unnamed)
Romulan factions
on Vulcan begins, presumably leading to their mass departure. It
was unknown
at the time, but Q will later claim that one of
the "self-destructive stunts" of
a Philosopher Q, later also known as Quinn, is what
created the misunder-
standing that ignited the Hundred Year War.
"Death Wish" [VOY]
It is believed that at one
point 90% of Vulcan was at war. Terrible weapons such as the Stone of Gol,
a psionic-resonator, were created. Legend said that it was
destroyed by the
gods on Vulcan during the Awakening.
Actually, it was disassembled
and its parts scattered.
"The Gambit, part 2" [TNG]
ca 440: Surak lays down the story of the IDIC philosophy.
"Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination."
...Words that are a mere shadow of its true meaning.
According to Surak the story of the IDIC has no
end, but it begins at Mount Seleya (symbolized by
the triangle shape in the figure).
"The Forge" [ENT]
ca 450: Surak died on Mount Seleya. But
his katra was spirited away before the last battle against
those who marched beneath the Raptor's Wings, those
who wanted to return to the Savage Ways.
"The Forge" [ENT]
Surak demonstrated enormous courage working for
peace in the face of war. And as another war
was about to begin, Vulcan was torn, but out of
their suffering, some found the discipline to act.
Emmisaries were sent to their opponents to propose
peace. The first were killed, but others followed.
Ultimately peace was achieved which has lasted since
then.
"The Savage Curtain" [TOS]
The dissidents leave Vulcan. They will later
found the warrior Romulan Star Empire.
"Unification, part 1" [TNG]
The planet was devastated, Vulcan's civilization
was nearly destroyed. But Logic saved them.
Unlike humans who only took a century to rebuild
after their devastating third world war, it will
take Vulcans almost 1,500 years for them to rebuild
their world and travel to the stars again.
"The Forge" [ENT]
date unknown: Vulcan law is vested in the Vulcan Bill of Rights
"The Maquis, Part I" [DS9]
ca 1372:
The Rumarie celebration,
an anachronism from Vulcan's emotional past, is held for the last time.
"Meld" [VOY] - 1,000 years before the episode (2372)
ca 1950: Vulcans have finally rebuilt their civilization
after their devastating wars and are once again
reaching out to the stars. The High Command
was probably formed at this time. When it was first
formed it was only responsible for the exploration
of space.
"The Forge" [ENT]
ca 1953: First Contact
with Andorians:
Despite their heightened emotions, first contact
with the Andorians seemed promising. But they
were duplicitous, and only honored agreements that
didn't conflict with their interests. (The date
1953 was chosen because Shran mentioned that
"For 200 years, all that's kept them from invading
Andoria is the threat of massive retaliation.")
"Proving Ground" [ENT]
ca 1954: A set of Katric Arks were discovered at the P'Jem
monastery. They were scanned, and
analyzed. One of the scientists even attempted
to meld with them. They found nothing to indicate
the presence of a katra. (date based on
T'Pol in 2154 saying this occured "Centuries ago".)
"The Awakening" [ENT]
1957, October 4: Sputnik I, Earth's first artificial satellite, is launched.
1957, late October: Actual
First
Contact between Vulcans and humans:
A Vulcan ship travels to Earth to investigate the
launch of Sputnik I.
In their third week of gathering information,
a malfunction causes the Vulcan ship to crash-land on
Earth, 6 km outside of Carbon
Creek, Pennsylvania. The Captain was killed, leaving T'Mir in
command of the remaining
crew. A distress signal was sent, but because the equipment was damaged
the crew did not know if
the signal got through. A Tellarite freighter did pick it up and
forwarded
it to the Vulcan High Command.
Six days later, they ate the last of their
emergency rations.
After five days without food, they set off
for the nearby town of Carbon Creek and attempt to fit in
with the Humans. The
group take up work while waiting to be rescued. Stron, the ship's
warp field
engineer, works as a plumber
while Mestral works at the local mine; T'Mir works at a pool hall,
called the Pine Tree.
Some time later, an explosion occurs in the mine
where Mestral is working, trapping twelve men.
Rescue efforts begin almost
immediately, but since it could take several days to free the miners,
Mestral decided to use a
particle weapon to reach those trapped by the cave-in, despite the
possibility of contaminating
the culture should anyone see the weapon. That day, Mestral
became a local
hero.
"Carbon Creek" [ENT]
1958, February:
Three months after the cave-in, the Vulcans
are contacted by Captain Tellus of the survey vessel
D'Vahl. They are to
meet at their vessel in three days.
The following morning, Jack relates to T'Mir that
he won't be going to college, because the deadline
for payment is Friday and even with his scholarship,
he and his mother weren't able to collect enough
money. T'Mir sells the patent for a Velcro-like
material to a businessman in a nearby city, for several
hundred dollars, which she anonomously contributes
to Jack's college fund.
Mestrall decided to not return to Vulcan, and instead
remained on Earth.
When Captain Tellus inquires after the captain
and Mestral; T'Mir lies by telling him that Mestral
also died in the crash, and that both of their bodies
had been cremated. Stron and T'Mir enter the vessel,
which returns them to Vulcan.
T'Mir took along with her a purse from Earth
which ultimately was passed down to her
great-granddaughter, T'Pol.
"Carbon Creek" [ENT]
ca 2000:
A Vulcan science vessel surveys the seventh planet
of the Berengaria system. They found it to be
a MinShara-Class world with a flourishing ecosystem,
and no intelligent life. They also reported
a species of flying reptile, some over 200 meters
long which were also said to breathe fire. There's
been lingering questions over the accuracy of their
report.
"Bound" [ENT]
2050:
The T'Plana was a Vulcan starship lost with all
hands "about a century ago" when it couldn't outrun the wave
front of a Class 5 neutronic
storm.
"Catwalk" [ENT]
ca. 2050: A planet which the Vulcans call "Paan Mokar"
and the Andorians "Weytahn" is an
uninhabitable class D planet, not much larger than
earth's moon. The Andorians begin terraforming
it. Once an atmosphere was developed, they
established a settlement. Weytahn's sole value is its
strategic location near Vulcan space, so in spite
of the fact that they lacked any other evidence, the
Vulcans came to the only logical conclusion they
could which was that the Andorians were setting up
a military base there. The Andorians
refused to let the Vulcan High Command inspect the colony,
so the Vulcans annexed Paan Mokar to protect their
territory. The Vulcans forcibly relocated the
colonists. Soval is sent to Paan Mokar
as an intelligence officer as part of the occupation force.
An
agreement is reached and a surveillance satellite
is placed in orbit to monitor it. As a result, the planet
stays deserted for nearly a century, but in that
century the Vulcans and Andorians nearly go to war
over it
twice.
"Cease Fire" [ENT]
2055: Shortly after the Arkonians first develop warp
drive, they are contacted by the Vulcans, which is
the Arkonians' first contact with an alien race.
(almost
100 years before "Dawn") The meeting of the
two cultures does not go well, the Arkonians do
not accept cultural exchanges and are suspicious of the
Vulcans. Ultimately, after some time (years?)
and after discovering that the Arkonians have been deceitful,
the Vulcan High Command withdraws its contingent
from Arkonians.
"Dawn" [ENT]
2058:
V'Lar's diplomatic career begins. This
was 94 years before 2152.
"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
ca 2062:
The first territorial peace accords between
Vulcan and Andoria are held.
This happened before Vulcan-Human first
contact in 2063 and perhaps right after the first major conflict
between Vulcan and the Andorians over Paan Mokar.
"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
2063, April 5: First Contact
The Official
First Contact
between Vulcans and humans is made in Bozeman, Montana.
"First Contact" [ST8]; "Carbon Creek" [ENT]
Diplomatic relations are established between Earth
and Vulcan. The Vulcans guide, and/or shelter
Earth for the next 100 years.
"Broken Bow" [ENT]
Solkar becomes the first Vulcan ambassador to Earth.
"The Catwalk" [ENT]
date unknown:
A Vulcan anthropologist witnesses a football game
and misunderstands it, believing that the players
were trying to kill the
quarterback instead of just tackling him.
"Fusion" [ENT]
2075: Captain Vannick first signs up with the Vulcan
Space Fleet. 76 years before.
" Breaking the Ice" (ENT)
2089: Talks begin on a Territorial Compromise with the
Andorians over Paan Mokar. Soval helped
negotiate it. (possibly, this was the Revised
Intersystem Agreement?). It is logical to assume that
this process began at the end of a conflict -
perhaps the second major conflict that was fought over
Paan Mokar involving the Andorians?
"Cease Fire" [ENT]
ca. 2089: T'Pol is born. T'Pol finally told
Tucker on Feb 14, 2154 (She got the date wrong in her
acting-Captain's star
log, saying it was 2152): "I am *not* old! I'll be 66 on my next birthday."
"Zero Hour" [ENT]
2093: T'Pol "participated in the kahswan ritual".
She told Archer that she "was taken to the desert and
left to survive for ten
days." (It is assumed that 7 yrs. old is the age at which Vulcans
are made
to go through the
Kahswan.)
"The Catwalk" [ENT]
T'Pol was betrothed to Koss
as a child. (assuming T'Pol was 7 yrs. old when her marriage was
arranged as per Vulcan custom.)
"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
2097: After 8 years, the Territorial Compromise Treaty
(1200 pages) is passed in which Paan Mokar
(known to the Andorians as Weytahn) is officially
annexed by the Vulcans.
"Cease Fire" [ENT]
2101: During her early schooling (50 years ago),
T'Pol traveled a great distance to Vulcana Regar in
order to meet Ambassador
V'Lar, who was participating in the Second Ka'Tann Conference there.
T'Pol impressed the ambassador
with her "blunt" questions and, in turn, she was inspired to choose
a "life-course", leading
her eventually to the Science Council.
"Fallen Heroes" [ENT]
ca. 2102: This is the last time Soval had handled a weapon.
(In 2152, he commented to Archer that he
hadn't handled a weapon in 50 years... possibly
this is when he joined the Diplomatic service.)
"Cease Fire" [ENT]
2112:
Border incursions occur in which Paan Mokar
(Weytahn) becomes a focus of dispute again.
"Cease Fire" [ENT]
(A few decades before 2153) Border skirmishes
with Andoria are common. The Vulcans would
violate Andoria's territory
and the Andorians would retaliate.
"Proving Ground" [ENT]
2119: The Warp 5 Complex on Earth is established.
Eventually it would come under the jurisdiction of
the new entity, Starfleet, working in conjunction
with the Vulcan Advisory Council.
"First Flight" [ENT]
Vulcan Ambassador Sorval is first stationed on Earth.
(date
is speculation - possibly he was sent to monitor
the warp 5 program and oversee the Advisory Council?).
"Broken Bow" [ENT]
before 2135: Prior to T'Pol joining the Vulcan "Science
Directorate", she worked at the "Ministry
of Security", and was trained
in reconnaisance, investigation, and retrieval.
"The Seventh" [ENT]
It is possible that this
is where she acquired training in the Suus Manah, a Vulcan martial art
which
takes several years to master.
"Marauders" [ENT]
T'Pol had (informal?) contacts
with several members of the Klingon government.
"Judgment" [ENT]
2135: T'Pol was one of the retrieval agents assigned by
The Ministry of Security to apprehend 19
agents which did not return
from a mission to the planet Agaron in 2122. In that mission, 109
Vulcan
agents were surgically altered
and sent undercover to overthrow Agaron's very corrupt and criminal
factions. T'Pol was
assigned to apprehend 7 of the 19 rogue Vulcans. She was able to
catch 5 of the 7
which had been assigned
to her, but the fugatives Menos and Jossen were able to escape. Later,
T'Pol
was able to track Menos
through a Tellarite transport captain who took him to Risa. She managed
to catch up with him and
Jossen there on Risa and chased them through the Risan jungle. During
the pursuit, in self-defense,
she was forced to kill Jossen when she believed he was reaching for
a
weapon. This upset
her greatly. Upon her return, she sought guidance from the Elders
at the
Sanctuary of P'Jem.
Under their direction she underwent the Fullara, an obsolete Vulcan ritual
used
to repress the memory and
emotions of an event. They resigned her position in the Ministry
of Security.
(17 years before the episode)
In 2152 she eventually did apprehend Menos.
"The Seventh" [ENT]
In grade 10, Charlie "Trip" Tucker encounters his
first Vulcan - Mr. Velik. Velik was sent to Earth as
part of a cultural exchange,
and serves as a teacher in Trip's Florida high school. One notable
quote
that Trip remembers from
Mr. Velik is "challenge your preconceptions, or they will challenge you."
"Strange New World" [ENT]
Captain Vannick begins serving in the Vulcan Space
Fleet aboard the T'Mur. (15 years before)
"Breaking the Ice" [ENT]
ca 2141: Around this time was when the Vulcan Kov, who
had determined to explore his emotions, had
a falling out with his father. (Ten years
before "Fusion")
"Fusion" [ENT]
2143, August: During the test of the NX-alpha, Robinson
successfully breaks the Warp 2 barrier, but the
craft is lost, and Robinson barely manages to eject
in time to save his life. The Vulcan Advisory Council
is not impressed, and they demand that the program
be stopped for the time being. They also called into
question the engine design. But Archer and
Robinson proved to Starfleet and the Vulcans that the engine
design was sound by stealing and flying the NX-beta
at a stable warp 2.5. Still, the Vulcan Advisory
Council required that the NX program begin a series
of simulations and tests on the engine which lasted
over a
year.
"First Flight" [ENT]
2144: The ship Vahklas, under the command of Captain Tavin,
leaves Vulcan to begin a voyage of self
discovery. (Eight years before "Fusion.")
"Fusion" [ENT]
ca. 2147: T'Pol served aboard the Seleya for over a year,
as Deputy science officer under Cpt.Voris,
before joining the consulate
on Earth.
"Impulse" [ENT]
2149: T'Pol is assigned as a science advisor to Ambassador Soval
at the Vulcan Compound in Sausalito
on Earth and spent two years
there. During her stay on Earth, T'Pol broke protocol and left the
compound because of her
curiosity about humans. She remembers wandering the night streets
and
the steam vents. She
wore a hood to conceal her ears. Upon hearing some jazz music, she
entered a
nightclub where she briefly
"felt" emotions.
"Fusion" [ENT]
She once had to visit a
Terran hospital in San Francisco.
"Two Days and Two Nights" [ENT]
While on Earth, she took
a five day leave, visiting Yellowstone Park, the Carlsbad Caverns and
Carbon Creek in Pennsylvania.
"Carbon Creek" [ENT]
ca 2150: Dr. Phlox attends a Tal Shanar religious ceremony
at the Vulcan consulate.
"Cold Front" [ENT]
2151: Soval objected to giving Archer command of the Enterprise
NX-01, and was one of the Vulcans
who would have preferred
having Gardner as captain of Enterprise instead.
"Shadows of P'Jem" [ENT]
2151, April: Even though the Vulcans insist that the Klingon
government has requested that they handle
the situation, the humans
launch Enterprise early to return Klaang to Kronos. T'Pol was assigned
as
a Vulcan "advisor" to monitor
the mission in exchange for Vulcan starcharts and databases. During
the mission Capt. Archer
was injured and T'Pol assumed command. After the mission was successfully
completed, T'Pol surprised
everyone, by chosing to remain aboard the ship rather than simply
returning to
earth.
"Broken Bow" [ENT]
Her assignment to Enterprise
was only supposed to last 8 days; she was there as both an observer
and to "represent the interests
of the Vulcan people".
"Shadows of P'Jem" [ENT]
She wasn't the first Vulcan
to be posted aboard a human ship, but none of her predecessors had
lasted very long;
The prior record for a Vulcan on a human ship was 10 days.
"Carbon Creek" [ENT]
ca 2151, June 21: Captain Archer and an away
team were caught in the middle of a hostage situation
at P'Jem. The raiding Andorians were members
of the Andorian Imperial Guard which had long suspected
that the Vulcans were hiding a spying station at
the P’Jem monastery in violation of treaty. In two
previous raids of the monastery, they had failed
to find it. After an armed conflict, and with the help
of Enterprise, they discovered that the Vulcans
had indeed been using advanced sensor technology to
spy on Andoria, and they were able to bring back
evidence of the Vulcan spy station to their people.
"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
2151, mid October: Andorian commandos destroy
the P'Jem sanctuary. A warning was given, thus no
Vulcans were
injured.
"Shadows of P'Jem" [ENT]
2151, late October: As a result of the destruction
of P'Jem, the Vulcan High Command temporarily
suspended joint Earth/Vulcan fleet operations and
recalled ambassador Soval to Vulcan for consultations.
T'Pol has also been ordered by the Vulcan High Command
to leave Enterprise. When she and Archer are
kidnapped by a militant faction on the planet Coridan,
they discover that the Andorians are there
because they had ties to the people rebelling against
the government, despite their presence being a
violation of the Tau Ceti Accords. They believe
that Vulcan is planning to declare war upon their race,
and have monitored all Vulcan transmissions since
confirming the use of P'Jem as a spy station.
"Shadows of P'Jem" [ENT]
The First Minister of the Vulcan Ministry of Security
is dismissed over the incident at P'Jem.
"Home" [ENT]
2151, late November: Captain Archer agrees to assist
a civilian Vulcan ship with repairs, and learns this
group of Vulcans left their homeworld years ago
to explore ways to reintegrate emotions into their lives.
As the two crews work together and become fast friends,
one of the visitors named Tolaris reaches out
to T'Pol and urges her to experiment with releasing
her own "primal nature."
Apparently having returned to Earth, Soval informally
requested Starfleet Command to
ask Archer to persuade Kov
to contact his dying father, a high-ranking minister of the Vulcan
High
Command.
"Fusion" [ENT]
2152, February 6-9: The Vulcan ambassador V'Lar is
accused of secretive criminal misconduct. Soval
delivered the High Command's request for Enterprise
to ferry her from the planet Mazar to a rendezvous
with the Vulcan cruiser Sh'Raan to transport her
back to the Vulcans. T'Pol defends the Ambassador and,
for the first time, asks Archer for his help. Meanwhile,
after the Vulcan diplomat boards the Enterprise,
alien weapons begin firing from hostile ships, putting
everyone's lives at risk.
"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
2152: Soval and the High Command used the destruction of
the Paraagan colony to try to persuade
Starfleet to cancel their
deep space explorations for twenty years.
"Shockwave, parts 1&2" [ENT]
2152: An Andorian regimental commander named Shran landed
a force on Paan Mokar (Weytahn) and
occupied the settlement. The Vulcans respond
by attempting to enforce the Treaty of 2097. During
the following six days of military conflict, the
Vulcans regained control of half the colony, but two
dozen of them were wounded and three had been taken
hostage. The Vulcans send a communique to
Shran asking to discuss terms for a cease fire and
return of the prisoners. Shran agrees but only if
Jonathan Archer, who he believes to be trustworthy
and even-handed, can mediate the negotions.
So the Enterprise are called into the fray.
Archer's shuttle, which also carried T'Pol and
Soval, was shot down by
renegade Andorian elements. Soval was injured by phaser fire in the
left-
shoulder but recovered from
his injuries to start peace talks with Commander Shran of the Andorian
Imperial Guard aboard the
Enterprise. "Cease Fire" [ENT]
Soval tried to warn Captain Archer about entering
the Delphic Expanse, and even showed him a
transmission from the Vankaara
immediately before its destruction. Captain Archer went ahead
with the mission anyway.
Soval ordered T'Pol to return to Vulcan and agreed to allow the
Enterprise to ferry her
back. She decided to stay with her shipmates and was discharged from
the
Vulcan
service.
"The Expanse" [ENT]
ca 2152: Syrran finds Surak's katra. "The Forge" [ENT]
2154:
Administrator V'Las of the High Command attempts
to start a war with Andoria. The pacifist mindset
of the faction known as the Syrrannites is a detriment
to his efforts. During a summit where the High
Command was to decide whether to conduct joint missions
with Starfleet, V'Las had the Earth's embassy
on Vulcan bombed and attempted to blame the Syrrannites
for the terrorist act. The bombing was used
as justification to massacre the Syrranites at their
hideout in the Forge. With help from Ambassador
Soval onboard Enterprise, the Andorians were warned
of V'Las' attack plans. While Archer
carried the Kir'Shara to the High Command.
The existence of Surak's original writings in the possession
of the Syrrannites convinced them that the war was
wrong and should be stopped. V'Las was relieved
of his position. And the High Command was
eventually disbanded.
"The Forge" [ENT], "The Awakening" [ENT], "Kir'Shara" [ENT]
2161:
Vulcan is a founding world of the United Federation
of Planets
"Gambit, Part II" [TNG]
date unknown:
Cardassian serialist poet Iloja of Prim spent time
on Vulcan while he was in exile (sometime in the
last 300 years, when Tobin
Dax met him.)
"Destiny" [DS9]
2165:
Sarek of Vulcan is born, the child of Skon and Solkar.
He becomes one of the Federation's most distinguished
diplomats.
"Journey to Babel" [TOS]; "The Search for Spock" [ST3]
2224:
Sybok is
born
"The Final Frontier" [ST5]
2230:
Spock is born in ShiKahr, Vulcan. He is the son
of Sarek of Vulcan and Amanda Grayson of Earth; T'Pring is
born.
"Amok Time" [TOS]
2235:
Young Spock is tormented by other young Vulcans
due to his hybrid heritage. His mother, Amanda,
is consequently disturbed.
Spock attempts his first practical joke.
"Yesteryear" [TAS]
2237 (20th Day of Tasmeen):
Spock undergoes the Kahs-wan ordeal on Vulcan. His
life is saved by his cousin Selek prior to the
actual test. His pet sehlat,
I-chaya dies. Selek teaches Spock the Vulcan nerve pinch; Spock
is
joined by law, tradition,
and the Vulcan mind touch to T'Pring.
"Yesteryear" [TAS], "Amok Time" [TOS]
In an alternate timeline, Spock dies undertaking
his own Kahs-wan test. His parents seperate
after his death and Amanda
Grayson dies in a shuttle accident at Lunaport on her way home
from Earth. Commander Thelin,
an Andorian Star Fleet officer, later serves as First Officer /
Science Officer aboard the
starship "Enterprise." Sarek serves as an ambassador to 17 planets
over the next thirty years
in this alternate timeline.
"Yesteryear" [TAS]
2249:
Sarek declines to speak to his son, Spock,
after his choosing Star Fleet service over the Vulcan
Academy of
Science.
"Journey to Babel" [TOS]
ca 2250:
A subspace rupture is reported in the Hanoli system
in the mid 23rd century. The cause is unknown.
A Vulcan science mission
was sent to the Hanoli rift. They were in range of the anomaly for
twelve
hours. They detonated
a pulse wave torpedo at the coordinates of the tear. By the standards
of the
24th century it was a primative
device with inadequate ways of controlling the flux density. It was
unable to contain the internal
reaction. Five minutes after it was detonated, the rupture expanded
radically. When the
rupture exploded they were wiped out and the entire Hanoli system was destroyed.
After that the rupture reached
critical mass and imploded, then disappeared from normal space
altogether.
"If Wishes Were Horses" [DS9]
2264, (stardate 38774):
Tuvok is born, Vulcanis lunar colony.
Tuvok said
he was 29 at the time of the Khitomer conference.
"Flashback" [VOY]; "Fury" [VOY]; "Unimatrix Zero, Part 2" [VOY]
2267, (stardate 3372.7):
Commander Spock is forced to return to Vulcan due
to the Pon farr mating drive. Captain Kirk and
Dr. McCoy are introduced
to T'Pau. "Amok Time" [TOS]
2267, (stardate 3140.0):
Harry Mudd sells the Denebians the rights to a Vulcan
fuel synthesizer, resulting in imprisonment
by the local authorities.
He is convicted of patent fraud on Deneb V and incurs a death sentence.
However he escaped from
their custody.
"I, Mudd" [TOS]
2267, (stardates 3842.3-3843.4):
The "Enterprise" is assigned the task of transporting
ambassadors of U.F.P. planets to the planet
Babel, including Sarek of
Vulcan and his wife Amanda.
"Journey to Babel" [TOS]
2268, (stardate 4307.1):
The U.S.S. "Intrepid" (NCC-1708) heavy cruiser,
an entirely Vulcan manned starship, is destroyed by a
space-going ameba life form. Spock said Vulcan
had never been conquered, and in fact that they couldn't
even conceive of a conqueror.
"The Immunity Syndrome" [TOS]
2285, (stardate 8210.3):
Admiral James Kirk, in direct violation of Star
Fleet orders, takes the "Enterprise" to Genesis to retrieve Spock's body.
Admiral Kirk and his officers encounter Captain
Kruge who has taken prisoners. They defeat him as the Genesis planet
destroys itself and capture his Klingon bird of
prey. They rescue Saavik and recover Captain Spock, who has been
regenerated by the Genesis wave. They return
with Spock's living body to Vulcan where the Fal-tor-pan is performed
to reunite Spock's katra with his body - a ceremony
that hasn't been performed for ages. Kirk and crew spend the next
three months in exile on Vulcan.
"The Search for Spock" [ST3]
2286, (stardate 8390.0):
The Klingon Ambassador to the U.F.P. demands that
Kirk be turned over to them to stand trial in the Klingon Empire
for his role in the Genesis project. The Federation
insists that Kirk is going to stand trial within the Federation and under
Federation jurisprudence. At the moment, however,
Kirk is immune to prosecution while recieving political asylum from
Ambassador Sarek on Vulcan.
"The Voyage Home" [ST4]
2293:
At a second Khitomer Conference, Captain Spock and
Ambassador Sarek meet Delegate Pardek of the Romulan Star
Empire (replacing Ambassador Nanclus). Spock considers
the unification of the Romulan and Vulcan peoples. The
Khitomer Accords are signed.
"Unification, part 1" [TNG]
2293:
Tuvok, recently graduated from Starfleet Academy,
assigned as a junior science officer to Captain Sulu's
command, USS
Excelsior.
"Flashback" [VOY]
2304:
Tuvok undergoes pon farr, abandons the Kohlinar
training and marries T'Pel.
"Ex Post Facto" [VOY]; "Persistence of Vision" [VOY]
2349:
Tuvok returns to Starfleet after an absence of over
50 years and is assigned aboard USS Wyoming.
"Flashback" [VOY]
2354, (stardate 31416.4):
Dr. T'Pan becomes the director of the Vulcan Science Academy.
"Suspicions" [TNG]
2363, (stardate 40812):
Commander Sela begins planning the "Reunification"
invasion of Vulcan.
"Unification, part 2" [TNG]
2364, (stardate 41344):
The Vulcan starship "T'Pau" (NSP-17938) is
brought to the Qualor II depot.
"Unification, part 1" [TNG]
2366, (stardates 43173.5-43174.2):
Accidental violation of the Prime Directive on Mintaka
III, a primitive world dominated by proto-Vulcanoids,
leads Captain Picard to explain the "Enterprise"
to the natives.
"Who Watches the Watchers?" [TNG]
2366, (stardates 43917.4-43920.7):
Ambassador Sarek is transported by the "Enterprise"
from Vulcan to Legara II to negotiate with the
Legarans. But it is discovered that he is
suffering from Bendii's Syndrome. To continue the negotiations,
he is forced to mind meld with Captain Picard to
stabilize his mental condition. He is successful and is
transported back to Vulcan aboard the "Merrimac"
(NCC-61827) and retires shortly afterwards.
"Sarek" [TNG]
2367, (stardate 44390.1):
The "Enterprise" ferries Vulcan ambassador T'Pel--later
revealed to be a Romulan plant--into the
Romulan Neutral Zone to the warbird "Devoras."
"Data's Day" [TNG]
2368, (stardate 45156.1):
Ambassador Spock disappears from Vulcan. His
destination is Romulus.
"Unification, part 1" [TNG]
2368, (stardate 45245.8):
Senator Pardek betrays Ambassador Spock. Commander
Sela's plan of conquering Vulcan fails and the
stolen Vulcan ships transporting 2,000 Romulan troops
are destroyed to prevent capture. Picard and
Data return to the Enterprise and Spock remains
on Romulus to continue his peace efforts.
"Unification, part 1" [TNG]
date unknown: The Vulcans send archeological expeditions to study
the ancient (25,000 years old) ruins
on Tagus III. They concentrate on the northeastern
part of the city.
"Qpid" [TNG]
2368:
Bashir was a star player in racquetball, serving
as captain of the Starfleet Medical School team when it
won the sector championship
his last year there in 2368-69; in the finals he defeated a Vulcan.
2369:
Vulcans make contact with the Wadi, the first Gamma
quadrant species introduced to the Alpha Quadrant.
"Move Along Home" [DS9]
A small number of Vulcan citizens sought reconciliation
with their Romulan cousins, a movement supported by
Ambassador Spock, as well
as by members of a Romulan underground.
"Unification, Parts I and II" [TNG]
2370, (stardates 47160.1-47169.2):
The final module of the ancient Vulcan Stone of
Gol weapon is found in the Hiralan sector. After returning to
Vulcan to reassemble the
weapon, Telara, a member of the Isolationist movement on Vulcan, is taken
into
custody.
"Gambit, part 2" [TNG]
ca 2372: Kor is made Klingon ambassador to the planet Vulcan.
A Vulcan geological survey team was mining the mineral
bakrinium on an uncharted planet in the Gamma
quadrant when they accidentally unearth some ancient
ruins. The team was meticulous, mapping the entire
area during their mining operations. In a
structure that was furthest north they found a force field they
couldn't get through. Several artifacts were
brought back for study including a cloth with markings which
Kor recognized. He got them to give him the
cloth as a gift. They didn't realize it but the markings were
Hur'q and the cloth turned out to be the actual
Shroud of the Sword of Kahless.
"The Sword of Kahless" [DS9]
date unknown:
A group of Vulcan scientists co-develop the MIDAS
Array with a team led by Cmdr. Harkins as part of
Project Pathfinder led by
Adm. Owen Paris. Its aim was to relay messages over great distances,
but it
wasn't until a breakthrough
was made by Lt. Barclay, one of Harkins' team, that it became possible
to
transmit messages to and
from Voyager.
"Pathfinder" [VOY]
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