Surak's Soul (Star Trek Enterprise)
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ISBN: 0743462807 / Publisher: Star Trek, February 2003
Forced into killing as an act of self-defense, Vulcan Sub-Commander T'Pol fears that she has forsaken the teachings of Surak and vows never again to kill, for any reason, despite Captain Archer's warning that her actions could endanger the entire ship. Original.
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You are alone in the dark reaches of space, surrounded by aliens who do not understand who you are and what you are, and who will not accept your beliefs. Under such circumstances, an emotional human would feel lost, cut off, adrift, but Sub-Commander T'Pol is a Vulcan, and Vulcans control their emotions. However, no other Vulcan has served for longer than a few weeks on a human ship. Has she, as others imply, lost her way? Pulled, once again, into one of Captain Archer's dangerously impulsive attempts to make first contact, the sub-commander finds her life threatened. T'Pol reacts, draws her phase pistol and kills. It was a simple act of self-defense. But is killing ever simple? Has she forsaken the teachings of Surak? Determined to be true to her heritage, T'Pol forswears violence. She tells Captain Archer that never again will she kill -- even if ordered. Is she, as Archer suggests, endangering the entire ship?
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