Series:	The Original Series, No. 44
Author(s):	D.C. Fontana
Publication information
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Published:	paperback - February 1989
Reprint(s):	paperback - August 2006
Pages:	252
ISBN:	ISBN 0671656678
Chronology
Date:	2253
original 1989 cover cover art unattributed in volume

Spock's first mission aboard the Enterprise!

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 2.1 Chapter One 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.1.1 USS Enterprise personnel 3.1.2 Other characters 3.2 Starships and vehicles 3.2.1 Starship types 3.3 Locations 3.3.1 Shipboard or stationbound locations 3.3.2 Outposts and stations 3.3.3 Planets and planetoids 3.3.4 Planetary locations and institutions 3.3.5 Stars and star systems 3.4 Races and cultures 3.5 States and organizations 3.5.1 Vulcan clans 3.6 Technology and weapons 3.7 Lifeforms 3.7.1 Animals 3.7.2 Plants 3.8 Substances and energies 3.8.1 Radiation 3.8.2 Food and drink 3.9 Ranks and titles 3.10 Other references 4 Timeline 5 Appendices 5.1 Background 5.2 Related stories 5.3 Connections 5.4 External link

Introduction

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.

Summary

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 planet 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 • Montgomery Scott • Pete Bryce • Myoki Takahara • Daniel Reed • Endel • Zacharia • Sefor • Spahn • George Meadows • Sandson • Ars Dan • Oyama • Blayton • unnamed USS Enterprise personnel (transporter chief, shuttlebay chief)

Other characters

T'Sai Amanda Aduna Sarek • Daniels (Captain) • Sarek • Senak, son of Solen • Solen • Stonn • T'Pring • Silene • Farnah • Barden Aliat • Melkor Aliat • Andor Clite • Durlin • Berendel • Ingarin • Neepah • Panlow • Sirak • T'Dar • unnamed Vulcans (the healer)

Referenced only 

Alicia Boyce • Sepel • Senak of Zayus • T'Lan • Sidak • Sorrd • Spens • T'Clar • Stepn • Janeese Carlisle • Arthur Conan Doyle • T'Dess • Sanford Lynch • Edgar Allen Poe

Starships and vehicles

USS Artemis • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • unnamed shuttlecraft (maintenance shuttles, inspection shuttle, passenger shuttle)

Referenced only 

USS Lionheart • USS Musashi • USS Yorktown (Constitution-class) • He-shii

Starship types

cutter • cruiser • life shell • shuttlecraft

Locations

Shipboard or stationbound locations

USS Enterprise 

shuttlebay • bridge • engineering • gymnasium • recreation room • corridor • briefing room • quarters (Spock's, Pike's, Scotty's, Reed's) • turbolift • transporter room (3) • Jefferies tube

Outposts and stations

Starbase 12

Referenced only 

Starbase 13

Planets and planetoids

Areta • Earth • GS391 • Luna • planet Vulcan

Referenced only 

Ilyria • Delta Indus II

Planetary locations and institutions

Earth 

Hawaii (Ka'a Beach & Lihue, Kauai; Honolulu) • Pacific Ocean • referenced only: Colorado Springs, Colorado • California (Carmel; Starfleet Academy, San Francisco; Mojave) • Scotland (Linlithgow, West Lothian) • Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Luna 

Armstrong Lunaport

Vulcan 

Llangon Hills • ShiKahr • In-Yar • referenced only: Keldeen • Lan • Vulcan Science Academy • Zayus

Areta 

Sendai • Andasia • Antorin Oasis • Tisirah Oasis • Druncara Range

Stars and star systems

Beta Circinus • Vulcan system • Delta Indus • Sol (Sol system)

Races and cultures

Aretian • Dioptan • Kelyan • Human (Scots, Indians) • Vulcan

Referenced only 

Tellarite

States and organizations

Federation • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • Vulcan High Council

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 • still • sword • targe • transporter • turbolift • impulse engine • warp engine • warp nacelle • communicator • message beacon • tricorder • food synthesizer • phaser • universal translator • tricorder • sword • lance • knife • dree

Lifeforms

Animals

ape • ox • dog • fish • dolphin • bird • ucha • meercan • insect • reptilian • le-matya • sehlat (I-Chaya)

Plants

barrel cactus • grass • bonsai • candlestick tree • induku • isuke • karanji • oak • birch • maple • rose • kerra

Substances and energies

alcohol • dilithium • emerald • matter • oxygen • antimatter • metal

Radiation

gamma ray

Food and drink

saya • Saurian brandy • grape • wine • herb tea • engine room hooch • mash • fruit • fruit-water • Glenlivet • sweetmeat • tartlet • tea • whisky • Scotch whisky • water • ucha meat stew

Ranks and titles

ambassador • cadet • 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 • technician • transporter chief • makleh • shinsei

Other references

astrobiology • keshel • koan • biology • shore leave • nation-state • agriculture • credit • Aretian language • Vulcan language • three-dimensional chess • chess • money • geology • mineralogy • gemology • chooka • smoking • holography • orbit • nakh • mutant • DNA • Vulcan language (Ancient High Vulcan) • astrophysics • landing party • cards • poker • vid • vidrama • Battle of Deen T'zal • city • class M planet • communications • December • diplomacy • drink • food • game • cloud • genetic engineering • genetic hybrid • government • gravity • kahs-wan • kilometer • light-year • lifeform • literature • logic • marriage • meditation • null-G ball • philosophy • planet • planetary classification • 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 • Sherlock Holmes • tal-shaya • lan-dovna

Timeline

1443 (Vulcan year) 

The Glory stone is won on Vulcan as a prize of war by the Kawarda

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. The Forge was first mentioned in Fontana's script for TAS episode: "Yesteryear".

Related stories

• TOS episodes: "The Cage", "Amok Time", "Babel"; TAS episode: "Yesteryear"

Connections

Star Trek: Early Voyages
Comics	Flesh of My Flesh | The Fires of Pharos | Our Dearest Blood | Nor Iron Bars a Cage | Cloak and Dagger | The Flat, Gold Forever | Immortal Wounds | One of a Kind | The Fallen | Futures | Future Tense | Futures | Now and Then | Thanatos | Nemesis
Related works	Episodes: The Cage | The Menagerie Novels: Vulcan's Glory | Where Sea Meets Sky | Burning Dreams
Main characters	Christopher Pike | Number One | Phillip Boyce | Spock | José Tyler | Nano | Moves-With-Burning-Grace | Sita Mohindas | Gabrielle Carlotti | Mia Colt | Nils Pitcairn
Reoccurring characters	Robert April | Dermot Cusack | Kaaj, Son of Torg | Virka | Kir | Shane Samson | James T. Kirk | Montgomery Scott | Chang
Ships and places	USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) IKS Varchas | USS Cortez (NCC-1834) | USS Nelson | Bounty | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) | USS Excelsior (NCC-2000) Algol II | Darien 224 | Earth | Marrat Nebula | Starbase 45 | Temazi | Theta Kalyb
Species	Human | Vulcan | Klingon | Lirin | Ngultor | Chakuun | Temazi
Writers and Artists	Dan Abnett | Ian Edginton | Patrick Zircher | Greg Adams | Michael Collins | Steve Moncuse

Stories featuring Christopher Pike
Comics	Early Voyages	"Flesh of My Flesh" • "The Fires of Pharos" • "Our Dearest Blood" • "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" • "Cloak and Dagger" • "The Flat, Gold Forever" • "Immortal Wounds" • "One of a Kind" • "The Fallen" • "Futures, Part One" • "Future Tense" • "Futures" • "Now and Then" • "Thanatos" • "Nemesis"
	other	"All Those Years Ago..." • "To Walk the Night" • "Door in the Cage" • "Return to the Forbidden Planet" • "A Prelude to War" • "Alien Spotlight: Vulcans" • "Alien Spotlight: Orions" • "Mirror Images, Issue 1" • "Mirror Images, Issue 2" • "Mirror Images, Issue 4" • "Mirror Images, Issue 5" • "Shadows of the Past" • "The Ends of Eternity" • "Spock: Reflections, Issue 2"
Novels		Enterprise: The First Adventure • Vulcan's Glory • Legacy • The Rift • Where Sea Meets Sky • Burning Dreams • "A Less Perfect Union" • The Children of Kings
Short stories		"Conflicting Natures" • "A Private Anecdote" • "Sins of the Mother" • "The Greater Good"
Episodes		"The Cage" • "The Menagerie"	Movie	Star Trek

published order
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	Pocket	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 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.