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Devices and Desires
| SHORT STORY | |
| "Devices and Desires" | |
| Attribution | |
| Series: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
| Author(s): | Kevin Lauderdale |
| Publication information | |
| Printed: | Constellations |
| Pages: | 297-323 |
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Summary
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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.
Characters
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Regulars
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Pavel Chekov | Hadley | James T. Kirk | Montgomery Scott | Spock | Hikaru Sulu
Starfleet/Federation
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B6 Blue (aka Bishop) | Culla | Ka | Lacsamana | Miyazaki | Pad | Sah | Sarek | Shahar | Thyner | Toliver
Others
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Albert Einstein | F3 Red | John Keats | T'cal
References
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Starships and vessels
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USS Enterprise | Heart of Qo'noS (D7-class)
Locations
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Epsilon Sagittarii IV | Lagoon Nebula | Moffett Field | Narnel's World | Vulcan Science Academy | The Yard
Races and Species
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States and organizations
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Others
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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
Information
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- 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 Stories
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Canon
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- "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-Canon
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Connections
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http://www.allyngibson.net/st-const.html - author's annotations
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