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 |
[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
[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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