Devices and Desires

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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

[edit] Summary

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.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Regulars

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

[edit] Starfleet/Federation

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

[edit] Others

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

[edit] References

[edit] Starships and vessels

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

[edit] Locations

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

[edit] Races and Species

Nasat

[edit] States and organizations

[edit] Others

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

[edit] Information

The story takes its title from a prayer of confession found in The Book of Common Prayer.

[edit] Related Stories

[edit] Canon

• "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)

[edit] Non-Canon

[edit] Connections

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

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