A three-part Vulcan story Star Trek: Enterprise Part 4 explains why the Vulcans of the 22nd century were afraid of humans. Enterprise Episodes of Season 4 “The Forge”, “Awakening”, and “Kir’Shara” introduce younger versions of Star Trek: Original Series Symbol T’Pau (Kara Zediker). With the help of Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and T’Pol (Jurene Blalock), T’Pau is able to restore Surak’s teachings and expose the Vulcan High Command. A conspiracy between the Ministry and the Romulan Star Empire.
In the Star Trek timeline, Enterprise less than a century after the event Star Trek: First Contactwhen Dr. Zephram Cochrane (James Cromwell) makes humanity’s first successful vertical flight, bringing the curious Vulcan to Earth.exist EnterpriseBy the middle of the 22nd century, however, the relationship between humans and the Vulcans was far from idyllic. United-Earth Starfleet, especially Captain Archer, is hostile to the Vulcans, who they believe are limiting humanity’s ambitions to explore the galaxy. In turn, Vulcans are arrogant and arrogant towards humans. EnterpriseVulcans behave differently from what Star Trek fans expect, and there is an undercurrent of racism in both cultures. This is an issue that the crew of T’Pol, Archer, and NX-01 Enterprise have overcome during their years of service together.
Why are the Vulcans afraid of humans in Star Trek: The Enterprise Age
Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4’s episode “The Forge” begins by confronting how the Vulcans really feel about humans. When Admiral Maxwell Forrest (Vaughn Armstrong) met with Ambassador Thorval (Gary Graham) at the Earth-Vulcan Union Embassy, Thorval was blunt about why the Vulcans were afraid of humans: “We don’t know what to do with humans. Of all the species we’ve come in contact with, you’re the only one we haven’t been able to identify. You have Andorian arrogance, stubborn pride. You’re like a Kling. You’re emotionally driven like a Congolese, and the next you’re confusing us with your sudden grasp of logic.”
Admiral Forrest points out that every culture contains conflicting emotions, but Sauval points out that people possess a “Bewilderingly rich.” Eventually, Forrest learns that the real reason the Vulcans fear humans is that they remind the Vulcans of themselves thousands of years ago, when they were a violent, emotional race. However, this confession is only part of it Star Trek: EnterpriseVarious Vulcans such as Archer, T’Pol and T’Pau eventually exposed the corruption of the Vulcan High Command and allied with the Romans to make Vulcan a vassal state.
How Enterprise’s Retcons Changed and Explained Vulcans
Star Trek: Enterprise It is a fact that their portrayal of Vulcans is more xenophobic and even sinister unlike the Vulcans in Star Trek: Original Series Later. EnterpriseThe Vulcan trio reveals that administrator V’Las (Robert Foxworth Robert Foxworth), who leads Vulcan’s supreme command, is an associate of Tallock (Todd Stashwick Todd Stashwick). As part of a far-reaching conspiracy, Tarlock is an agent deep in Romulan guise disguised as Vulcan. Their ultimate goal was to make the Vulcans submit to the Romulan Empire. It was this Vulcan High Command that established a secret listening post at P’Jem to spy on Andoria, and T’Pol rebelled against her when she chose to officially join Starfleet.
Subversion of V’Las allowed T’Pau to reinstate the teachings of Surak, which paved the way for Vulcan culture, as they have been described throughout the rest of Star Trek. Star Trek: EnterpriseVulcans are truly an anomaly, and fixing them to get Spock’s (Leonard Nimoy) men on track is part of the prequel game plan. In the later Star Trek series, humans and Vulcans still annoy each other from time to time, as Spock and Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelly) have shown. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. But Vulcans’ true feelings about humans are revealed Star Trek: Enterprise.