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Solkar

For the mirror universe counterpart, see Solkar (mirror).

BIOGRAPHY
Solkar

Full Name:	Solkar
Species:	Vulcan
Gender:	Male
Died:	2249
Affiliation:	Confederacy of Vulcan
Family
Marital Status:	Married
Children:	Skon
Other relatives:	T'Rama (daughter-in-law) Sarek (grandson) Silek (grandson) Sybok (great-grandson) Spock (great-grandson)
Career
Occupation:	Commanding officer
Previous Assignment:	CO, survey ship T'Plana-Hath
Final Assignment:	Vulcan Ambassador to Earth
Rank:	Ambassador

Solkar was a male Vulcan who lived in the 21st, 22nd and 23rd centuries. He had a son named Skon. Solkar was the paternal grandfather of Sarek and the great-grandfather of Sybok and Spock. (TOS movies: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)

In the mid 21st century, Solkar was the captain of the survey ship T'Plana-Hath. On April 5, 2063, the T'Plana-Hath was passing through the Sol system when it discovered a human warp signature. Following procedure, Solkar had the T'Plana-Hath proceed to Earth to investigate the warp signature, and landed at the settlement in Montana from where the Phoenix was launched. Solkar was the first to exit the T'Plana-Hath, and met the creator of the warp ship, Zefram Cochrane. This marked the official first contact between humans and Vulcans. (TNG movie: Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek CCG) Later, Solkar became the first Ambassador of Vulcan to Earth. Solkar was featured in a downloadable crossword puzzle which an ensign on board the Enterprise was filling out when forced with the rest of the crew to live in a nacelle catwalk for several days. Stumped, this ensign asked Captain Jonathan Archer, who was able to help her out. (ENT episode: "The Catwalk")

In 2155, Solkar informed Administrator T'Pau that he believed first contact with Earth was the greatest event to fall on Vulcan history since Surak's Great Awakening. This was a position that was shared by Ambassador Soval. (ENT novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)

It was known that when it was first agreed amongst the neighbouring worlds to form a United Federation of Planets, the question came on which member world was to serve as the capital of this new organisation with Vulcan being a strong contender. However, Solkar, along with members of the Vulcan Council, did not desire this outcome as they felt such a position would threaten their culture and traditions; thus they informed ambassador Suvek to reject the proposal. Suvek later suggested an alternative, that the planet Earth be made the capital of the United Federation of Planets which was ultimately agreed. (Last Unicorn RPG module: The Way of Kolinahr: The Vulcans)

On August 12, 2161, Solkar, T'Pau and Ambassador Soval represented Vulcan when they signed the Federation Charter which established the United Federation of Planets. (ENT novel: Last Full Measure)

On April 4, 2249, T'Pau informed the family that Solkar had died, which left Sarek, Spock and Sybok as the only members of his direct blood line. (TOS novel: Sarek) This death came one day before the 86th anniversary of Human-Vulcan first contact.