YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
The Vulcan Treasure
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series
Author(s):	William Rotsler
Publication information
Publisher:	Wanderer Books
Published:	Paperback - June 1984
Pages:	117
ISBN:	ISBN 0671501380

Contents 1 Introduction (blurb) 2 Summary 3 Characters 3.1 Regulars 3.2 Others 3.3 Referenced 4 References 4.1 Vessels 4.2 Locations 4.3 Species 4.4 States and organisations 4.5 Ranks and titles 4.6 Technology and weapons 4.7 Other references 5 Information 6 Related Stories 7 Reviews 8 Connections

Introduction (blurb)Edit

The ancient civil war on Vulcan, between the forces of illogic and the armies of logic, was a conflict that threatened the very structure of that planet. In a desperate move to protect the crown jewels of Vulcan from the continuing conflagration, a small ship left the planet to hide this precious treasure. And never returned!

Now the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise beams down on three moons orbiting the planet Cathy, to track down the mysterious signal being transmitted from the system.

Join your favorite Star Trek III characters in this twisting, many-faceted adventure where you control the action and determine how the stories end. YOU are in command.

SummaryEdit

In the time of Surak, during Vulcan's civil war between the forces of logic and illogic, General Barat sends the young officer Sobak into space aboard the combat starship Le-Troska with the crown jewels of Vulcan. The ship disappears and is never seen again.

As the Enterprise passes the Novak system, Uhura picks up strange signals from the three moons of the outermost planet, Cathy. Spock recognizes that the signals are in pre-war Vulcanese. The Enterprise enters orbit around Abigail, the nearest moon. Spock suggests sending landing parties to all three moons.

Admiral Kirk beams down to the moon Charlotte with Dr. Chapel, Engineering Lieutenant Lex Nakashima, and Sergeant Juan Aragonés, Barry St. John and Marta Bergstresser from Security. Spock beams down to Abigail with Dr. Weinstein, Scotty, and Sergeant Jerry Workman, Bobbi Wagner and Sergio Mendoza from Security. Chekov goes to the third moon, Gerald, with Dr. McCoy, Engineering Ensign Pat Bradley, and Lieutenant Tom Collins, Ricky Randall and Maude Fox from Security. Combat assault craft are also beamed down to the moons for each team's use.

On Charlotte, Kirk's team explores a cave system containing one-third of the lost treasure. On Abigail, Spock's party crosses a prairie to find the second portion of the treasure underground. In the desert on Gerald, Chekov's group uses phasers to excavate a dune and find the entrance to a glass-walled tunnel, beyond which lies the third part of the treasure. On all three moons the landing parties find jewels, precious metals and artwork of great value, as well as historical, intellectual and cultural artifacts of even greater significance. The Enterprise crew prepares to return the treasure to Vulcan.

CharactersEdit

RegularsEdit

• James T. Kirk
• Spock
• Leonard McCoy
• Montgomery Scott
• Hikaru Sulu
• Nyota Uhura
• Pavel Chekov

OthersEdit

Juan Aragonés • Barat • Marta Bergstresser • Bollak • Pat Bradley • Christine Chapel • Tom Collins • Maude Fox • Sergio Mendoza • Lex Nakashima • Ortmo • Ricky Randall • Sobak • Barry St. John • Surak • Sutar • Thagard • Bobbi Wagner • Weinstein • Jerry Workman

ReferencedEdit

Blackbeard • Amanda Grayson • Jesus Christ • Henry Morgan • Gerald Novak • Saavik • Sarek • Sikar • Stonn • T'Pau • T'Pring • Tutankhamen • Zeus

ReferencesEdit

VesselsEdit

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) • Combat assault craft

Referenced only 

Vulcan combat starship Le-Troska • Federation starship USS Alfred North Whitehead

LocationsEdit

Abigail • Cathy • Charlotte • Gerald • Novak system • Vulcan

Referenced only 

Earth (Russia • Troy) • El-alfor • Fire Moons Toor-el-botar • Galen IX • Griffin (McCarthy system) • Jupiter (Sol system) • Pyramid of Vulcan • Vulcana

SpeciesEdit

Human • Teela • Vulcan (Valna)

Referenced only 

Klingon • Romulan • Scarnaflan • Tramora

States and organisationsEdit

Royal Guards (Vulcan) • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • United Federation of Planets

Ranks and titlesEdit

admiral • captain • chief helmsman • commander • commanding officer • doctor • engineer • ensign • first officer • general • guard • king • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • medic • medical officer • non-commissioned officer • officer • science officer • second-in-command • sergeant • soldier • Supreme Vulcan • yeoman

Technology and weaponsEdit

anti-gravity • armor • ax • beta ray • cargo transporter room • combat armor • combat assault craft • communicator • communicom device • computer • dagger • eel-zador • electropad • Feinberger • firing mechanism • hypospray • impulse engine • laser • logic circuit • phaser • radio • radio-band direction finder • robot • screen magnifier • sensor • shield • shuttle • spear • starship • stasis tube • sword • technology • transporter • transporter room • tricorder • tri-dimensional photo • universal translator • viewscreen • warp drive • weapon

Other referencesEdit

algae • alien • ancient Vulcan language • archaeology • art • atmosphere • autopsy • Baroni language • battlecode • blood • book • brain • bridge • bunker • calcium • cannibalism • carbon • cargo cult • cathedral • civil war • colony • combat team • communications • concrete • copper • crown • crown jewels • crown of Mutarra • crowns of Metor • death • desert • diamond • Do-an-muli language • dorf • egg • emotion • engineering • English language • essence stone • Excalibur • first-contact team • flag • flower • G-type star • galaxy • garfdurm • ghost • glass • gold • grass • gravity • heart attack • history • Holy Grail • honor • humanoid • insect • ivorium • jade • jreel • kilt • knight • landing party • language • Library of Vulcan • lifeform • life support • logic • malamoor • matter • medicine • meditation stone • memoir • metal • meteor • mine • mirron • moon • oracle • orbit • orbs of Soo-la-tam • orchid • pearl • philosophy • pirate • planet • plant • plastic • possession • pyramid • quartz • radien • reptile • Rigellian language • science • security • silver • simulator • space • spirit • star • stardate • stardate 1412.7 • suicide • Teela language • temporal displacement • Terran Library of the Grand Council • tra-lo-klee • transfixed water • Trexlor language • tri-meladrozimine • uniform • universe • Vegan Overlords • Vulcan civil war • Vulcan history • Vulcan mind touch • Vulcan nerve pinch • Vulcan reconstruction • Vulcanese language • war • water • wheat • witch • wood

InformationEdit

• The Vulcan Treasure is a "Plot-It-Yourself Adventure", told in the third person but allowing the reader to make choices affecting the direction of the plot. The above summary describes only what happens or can be assumed to happen no matter which path the reader follows through the book.
• Spock is incorrectly stated to have two hearts (page 44).
• Depending on which pages one chooses to read after page 68, St. John's disappearance may never be explained.
• There is an inappropriate transition from page 69 to page 80.
• "Surek, perhaps the most revered person in Vulcan history" (page 110) is presumably a misspelling of "Surak" (whose name is spelled correctly throughout the rest of the book).

Related StoriesEdit

ReviewsEdit

ConnectionsEdit

Published Order
Previous book: Distress Call	Plot-Your-Own Adventure Stories	Next book: last book
Previous story: Star Trek III: Short Stories	Stories by: William Rotsler	Next story: most recent work
Chronological Order
Previous adventure: Distress Call	Pocket Books Timeline	Next adventure: "World's End"
Previous adventure: The Sorrows of Empire Chapters 4-6	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: "World's End"