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officer aboard the original Starship Enterprise under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. Born 2230 on planet Vulcan. His mother, Amanda Grayson, was a human schoolteacher
from Earth, and his father, Sarek, was a diplomat from Vulcan. As a result, he was torn between two worlds,
the stern discipline of Vulcan logic and the emotionalism of his human side.
The struggle to reconcile his two halves would torment him for much of his
life. Spock's Starfleet service number was S179-276 SP. As of 2267, he had
earned the Vulcanian Scientific Legion of Honor, had been twice decorated
by Starfleet Command, and held an A7 computer expert classification. His
blood type was T-negative. When he was five years old, Spock came home upset
because Vulcan boys had tormented him, saying he wasn't really
Vulcan. As a child, Spock had a pet sehlat, sort of
a live Vulcan teddy bear. Spock was raised with an older
half-brother, Sybok, until Sybok was ostracized from Vulcan society because he rejected the Vulcan dogma of pure logic. Spock himself endured
considerable anti-human prejudice on the part of many Vulcans, an experience that may have later made it
easier for Spock to find a home in the interstellar community of Starfleet.
At age seven, Spock was telepathically bonded with a young Vulcan girl named T'Pring. Less than a marriage, but
more than a betrothal, the telepathic touch would draw the two together
when the time was right after both came of age. Spock experienced Pon farr,
the powerful mating drive, in 2267, when he was compelled to return to Vulcan to claim T'Pring as his wife. T'Pring spurned
Spock in favor of Stonn, freeing Spock. (Amok Time [TOS]). Spock's father,
Sarek, had hoped his son would attend the Vulcan Science Academy, and was bitterly disappointed
when Spock instead chose to join Starfleet. Spock and his father had not
spoken as father and son for 18 years until a medical emergency drew them
together. Spock was the first Vulcan to enlist in the Federation Starfleet, and
distinguished himself greatly as science officer aboard the original U.S.S. Enterprise. His logical Vulcan thought-patterns proved of tremendous value
when Spock first served aboard the Enterprise during the command of Captain Christopher
Pike. Spock said he worked with Pike for 11 years, 4 months, which suggests
he was young enough when he first came on board the Enterprise that he was probably still attending Starfleet
Academy. Because of this, we speculate that Spock's first year on the Enterprise was as a cadet. Under the command of James Kirk, Spock suffered infection by parasites on planet Deneva
in 2267, an intensely painful experience. He survived the Denevan neural
parasites after being exposed to intense electromagnetic radiation that
drove the parasites from his body. Spock was briefly feared to have been
blinded by the light, but it was later learned that his Vulcan inner eyelid had protected his vision. Spock
was critically wounded on Tyree's planet in 2267 with an ancient weapon
known as a flintlock. He survived using a Vulcan healing technique in which the mind concentrates
on the injured organs. Following the conclusion of Kirk's five-year mission, Spock retired from Starfleet, returning
to Vulcan to pursue the kolinahr discipline. Although
he completed the training intended to purge all remaining emotion, Spock
nonetheless failed to achieve kohlinar because his emotions were stirred
by the V'Ger entity in 2271. Spock subsequently remained with Starfleet
and was eventually promoted to Enterprise captain when that ship was assigned as a training
vessel at Starfleet Academy. Spock was killed in 2285 while saving the Enterprise from the detonation of the Genesis Device
by Khan Noonien Singh. His body was consigned to space, but unknown to anyone
at the time, his casket landed on the Genesis Planet. Although believed
dead at the time, Spock had, just prior to his death, mind-melded with McCoy. Spock had apparently intended for his friend to return
Spock's katra to Vulcan in accordance with Vulcan custom. The presence of Spock's living spirit
in McCoy's mind was later found to be an extraordinary opportunity
to reunite Spock's body and spirit when his body was found to have been
regenerated on the Genesis Planet. The fal-tor-pan (refusion) process was
conducted at Mount Seleya on Vulcan, supervised by high priestess T'Lar. Spock
underwent several months of reeducation, during which his mind was instructed
in the Vulcan way, but his mother, Amanda, was concerned
that he regain knowledge of his human heritage as well. Spock elected to
return to Earth with his shipmates from the Enterprise to face charges stemming from Kirk's violation of Starfleet regulations in Spock's rescue. In
later years, Spock's work became more diplomatic than scientific, even while
he was still part of Starfleet. At the request of Ambassador Sarek, Spock
served as Federation special envoy to the Klingon government in 2293, paving the way for the
Khitomer peace accords with Chancellor Azetbur. In 2368, Spock secretly
traveled to Romulus, on a personal mission to further the cause of Romulan/Vulcan reunification. Spock's disappearance caused
great consternation among Federation authorities, and the Enterprise-D was dispatched to determine his whereabouts
and intentions. Spock's contact on Romulus was Senator Pardek, who was believed
to have met Spock during the Khitomer conference in 2293. Pardek was later
learned to be an agent of the conservative Romulan government, seeking to use Spock's initiative
to cover an attempted Romulann invasion of Vulcan. Following the attempted invasion, Spock chose
to remain underground on Romulus in hopes of furthering the cause of reunification.
Spock continued his activities in the Romulan underground, and in 2369 helped arrange the
defection of Romulan vice-proconsul M'ret to the Federation. Spock indicated he believed the escape
of M'ret would help establish an escape route for other Romulan dissidents who lived in fear for their lives.
Following the death of his father, Spock had one final, unexpected encounter
with Sarek. Prior to his death, Sarek had mind-melded with Jean-Luc Picard, sharing with Picard his deepest emotions, unclouded by Vulcan logic. On Romulus, Picard allowed Spock to mind-meld with him, and Spock
finally came to know of his father's love for him. As far as we know, Spock
remained on Romulus.
