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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Mission: A Cure Delayed</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Day: 5</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Stardate: 2445.10.28</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(Vulcan surface – Tourist shuttle Chief of Security Lt jg Keung Lee- 0900)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Keung Lee had taken the opportunity to go on a guided tour of Mars. This was the first time that Lee had stepped foot on Vulcan. Back in his time, Keung enjoyed visiting places of historical interests. fter all he was a former history
teacher. He had heard incredible stories about Vulcan and the influence they had on Earth’s development in space exploration.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As Lee settled in his seat on the tourist shuttle, . There nine other tourists on board the ship and All were human from Earth” . Everyone had a window view.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The shuttle lifted off for the two-hour flight. Standing up at the front of the cabin was the tour guide who was human who picked up a headset
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Good morning everyone. Welcome aboard the Sha Ka Ree <i> </i> for the tour of Vulcan. My name is Sandra your tour guide. You going to experience two hours of a wonderful time If you got any questions, do free to ask. How many of you
been to Vulcan?”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Keung noticed nobody indicated them have</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“That’s wonderful. Let me start by giving you some basic information about Vulcan .It an inhabited M-class planet in the Vulcan system . It had no moons, but appeared to have close planetary companions. Vulcan was a founding member of
both the Coalition of Planets in 2155 and the United Federation of Planets in 2161 The Vulcans are widely renowned for their strict adherence to logic and reason as well as their remarkable stoicism. The government is a representative democracy. Individual
political advancement was are based on meritocratic principles. As for the climate..you will have notice..it is hot and has a thin atmosphere. All I can say it that its climate is harsh and as you will see as we will be flying over large deserts and large
mountain ranges.” </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“So do they have a belief system.” Asked one tourist whom Lee noticed was wearing a clergy dog collar.”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Well, the Vulcans held a number of spiritual beliefs. Their religious system was polytheistic. They also believed in the katra, the soul and consciousness of a person, which could be transferred psionically prior to death.” Said Sandra.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Giggling again and waving her arms about, Sandra said ‘Now this tour is partly is focused on the human prospective although we will show you the wonderful sights of Vulcan. “How well do you know Vulcan’s involvement in Earth’s early space
development programme.”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This was intriguing, thought Lee. Early space development programme. “How far back are we talking about?” Lee could feel the shuttle lifting off.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Oh good. I’m glad you asked about that.” Said Sandra. “There is evidence that the Vulcans conducted a series of survey missions to Earth as early as 1957. There were stories of UFO sightings at the time..mostly probably of Vulcan origins.”
She laughed. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">She turned to a holographic image of a space craft “Anyone recognise this?”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The woman behind Lee put her hand up “That’s the Phoenix! Wasn’t that Zefram Cochrane’s ship which had the first warp drive.”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sandra smiled “That’s certainly true. It was the ship’s warp signature which attracted the attention of the Vulcan survey ship, the T’Phana-Hath and prompted first contact between humans and Vulcans. Although later the Vulcans offered
their technological guidance, they were heavily criticised for holding back Earth’s development. But we are all friends now, eh?”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lee could feel the shuttle flying faster. Sandra spent the next hour giving a commentary as the shuttle over the various points of interest on Vulcan. The shuttle flow over the Shirkar Academy “a prestigious Vulcan university’ ; a fly
pass of the Temple of Amonak “Now that’s a one of many sacred temples..” The Vulcan Science Academy building “Now only clever Vulcans work there.” Lee wondered
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<p class="MsoNormal">how T’Mur was getting on. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The shuttle flew over The Fire Plains a lava field consisting of fiery pits which bought a few appreciative ‘oohs and ahs’. Several large statues of historical figures could be seen although Sandra didn’t mention them. Then there was fascinating
Vulcan's Forge vast desert and deep forests. Vulcan history. “It’s the home to one of Vulcan’s animals called the sehlats “explained Sandra who giggled again when she explained they basically giant teddy bears “</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“We are flying over Mount Seleya. You could just see a temple next to the building known as the Hall of Ancients. It was here that the concept of the Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination or IDIC was formulated here. Unfortunately,
we not permitted to land there without a special permit.” Said Sandra. “Now we going to find another spot to land for a rest break and try out some Vulcan food which we have aboard. krei’la..sort of scones.. gespar-masu, the juice of gespar, a fruit grown
in the temperate zone of Kir Provence”</p>
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