SHORT STORY
"Devices and Desires"
Attribution
Series:	Star Trek: The Original Series
Author(s):	Kevin Lauderdale
Publication information
Printed:	Constellations
Pages:	297-323

Contents 1 Summary 2 Characters 2.1 Regulars 2.2 Starfleet/Federation 2.3 Others 3 References 3.1 Starships and vessels 3.2 Locations 3.3 Races and Species 3.4 States and organizations 3.5 Others 4 Information 5 Related Stories 5.1 Canon 5.2 Non-Canon 6 Connections

SummaryEdit

Spock is offered a position at The Yard, Starfleet's secret alien technology research station commanded by Bishop, the Nasat who first steered him away from the Vulcan Science Academy and into Starfleet Academy.

CharactersEdit

RegularsEdit

Pavel Chekov | Hadley | James T. Kirk | Montgomery Scott | Spock | Hikaru Sulu

Starfleet/FederationEdit

B6 Blue (aka Bishop) | Culla | Ka | Lacsamana | Miyazaki | Pad | Sah | Sarek | Shahar | Thyner | Toliver

OthersEdit

Albert Einstein | F3 Red | John Keats | T'cal

ReferencesEdit

Starships and vesselsEdit

USS Enterprise | Heart of Qo'noS (D7-class)

LocationsEdit

Epsilon Sagittarii IV | Lagoon Nebula | Moffett Field | Narnel's World | Vulcan Science Academy | The Yard

Races and SpeciesEdit

Nasat

States and organizationsEdit

OthersEdit

dark running | doomsday machine | Efrosian frost-field | Guardian of Forever | Hyperion | Izarian memory crystal | Medevlan gauss cannon | Midnight Sphere | Occita's theorem | Realm Dialect | Scepter of Ket'cha | Smoke Trapezoid | Sorel | Sorel's Salvage | veQ

InformationEdit

• The story takes its title from a prayer of confession found in The Book of Common Prayer.
• This story contradicts multiple novels by stating that Sarek was still an astrophysicist, not a diplomat, when Spock decided to attend Starfleet Academy. This information does, however, tie in with deleted dialogue from the script of TOS episode: "Journey to Babel".

Related StoriesEdit

CanonEdit

• "The Doomsday Machine" (TOS episode)
• "The Enterprise Incident" (TOS episode)
• "Errand of Mercy" (TOS episode)
• "I, Mudd" (TOS episode)
• "Journey to Babel" (TOS episode)
• "The Return of the Archons" (TOS episode)

Non-CanonEdit

ConnectionsEdit

http://www.allyngibson.net/st-const.html - author's annotations

published order
Previous story: Ambition	Constellations	Next story: Where Everybody Knows Your Name
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Sundered (Chapter 24)	Pocket	Next Adventure: The Starship Trap