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S'task records something of their first meeting in the memoirs he left before he went off-planet. | |||
S'task records something of their first meeting in the memoirs he left before he went off-planet. | |||
Surak looked up from his writing as the young man came in and put down the fruit he was eating. "Who are you?" he said. | Surak looked up from his writing as the young man came in and put down the fruit he was eating. "Who are you?" he said. | ||
"S'task," he said. | "S'task," he said. | ||
"What can I do for you?" | "What can I do for you?" | ||
"Teach me what you know." | "Teach me what you know." | ||
S'task says that Surak put the fruit down and said to him most sincerely, "I thank you very much indeed. Please leave." | S'task says that Surak put the fruit down and said to him most sincerely, "I thank you very much indeed. Please leave." | ||
"But why? Have I done something wrong?" | "But why? Have I done something wrong?" | ||
"Of course you have," Surak said, "but that is not the point I am making. You are about to get into a great deal of trouble, and I would save you that if I could. Entropy will increase." | "Of course you have," Surak said, "but that is not the point I am making. You are about to get into a great deal of trouble, and I would save you that if I could. Entropy will increase." | ||
"It will increase anyway, whether I get in trouble or not," S'task said. | "It will increase anyway, whether I get in trouble or not," S'task said. | ||
Apparently it was the right thing to say. "You are quite right," Surak said, nodding. "That is why you should leave." | Apparently it was the right thing to say. "You are quite right," Surak said, nodding. "That is why you should leave." | ||
"You are not making a lot of sense," S'task said, somewhat nettled. | "You are not making a lot of sense," S'task said, somewhat nettled. | ||
"I know," Surak said. "Logic is a delight to me, but there are things it is no good for." And he shook his head regretfully. "But I must cast out sorrow," he said. "And you, too. Please leave." | "I know," Surak said. "Logic is a delight to me, but there are things it is no good for." And he shook his head regretfully. "But I must cast out sorrow," he said. "And you, too. Please leave." | ||
S'task thought he would stand his ground, but a few seconds later, he says "I found myself sitting on the pavement outside the front door, and he would not answer the signal. I never met anyone that strong, from that day to this. But I was determined to work with him, so I sat there. For four days I sat there - there wasn't a back door to his apartment - and I was determined to catch him as he went in or out. But he did not go in or out, and I became very angry and decided to leave. Then I thought 'What am I doing sitting here, being angry at him, when I cam all this way to learn how not to be?" So I sat there longer. I don't know how long it was: it might have been another seven or ten days. And finally someone came in from the street and stood over me, and said, 'What about windows?'It was he. He opened the door, and we went in, and I stayed and I studied with him for the next three years." | S'task thought he would stand his ground, but a few seconds later, he says "I found myself sitting on the pavement outside the front door, and he would not answer the signal. I never met anyone that strong, from that day to this. But I was determined to work with him, so I sat there. For four days I sat there - there wasn't a back door to his apartment - and I was determined to catch him as he went in or out. But he did not go in or out, and I became very angry and decided to leave. Then I thought 'What am I doing sitting here, being angry at him, when I cam all this way to learn how not to be?" So I sat there longer. I don't know how long it was: it might have been another seven or ten days. And finally someone came in from the street and stood over me, and said, 'What about windows?'It was he. He opened the door, and we went in, and I stayed and I studied with him for the next three years." | ||
== The Duthulhiv Pirates == | == The Duthulhiv Pirates == | ||
Revision as of 21:03, 15 October 2015
Sadahshaya (The Sundering) refers to the exodus of S'task and his followers from Vulcan.
Surak and S'task
S'task records something of their first meeting in the memoirs he left before he went off-planet.
Surak looked up from his writing as the young man came in and put down the fruit he was eating. "Who are you?" he said.
"S'task," he said.
"What can I do for you?"
"Teach me what you know."
S'task says that Surak put the fruit down and said to him most sincerely, "I thank you very much indeed. Please leave." "But why? Have I done something wrong?"
"Of course you have," Surak said, "but that is not the point I am making. You are about to get into a great deal of trouble, and I would save you that if I could. Entropy will increase."
"It will increase anyway, whether I get in trouble or not," S'task said.
Apparently it was the right thing to say. "You are quite right," Surak said, nodding. "That is why you should leave."
"You are not making a lot of sense," S'task said, somewhat nettled.
"I know," Surak said. "Logic is a delight to me, but there are things it is no good for." And he shook his head regretfully. "But I must cast out sorrow," he said. "And you, too. Please leave."
S'task thought he would stand his ground, but a few seconds later, he says "I found myself sitting on the pavement outside the front door, and he would not answer the signal. I never met anyone that strong, from that day to this. But I was determined to work with him, so I sat there. For four days I sat there - there wasn't a back door to his apartment - and I was determined to catch him as he went in or out. But he did not go in or out, and I became very angry and decided to leave. Then I thought 'What am I doing sitting here, being angry at him, when I cam all this way to learn how not to be?" So I sat there longer. I don't know how long it was: it might have been another seven or ten days. And finally someone came in from the street and stood over me, and said, 'What about windows?'It was he. He opened the door, and we went in, and I stayed and I studied with him for the next three years."
The Duthulhiv Pirates
By the time of Surak, the first landing on Vulcan's sister planet T'Khut was already centuries in the past and mining expeditions to the inner worlds of 40 Eridani were becoming, if not commonplace, at least not unusual.
By and large the Vulcans regarded the rest of the universe with interest and expected to find - or be found by - other intelligent life at some point. As a result of Vulcan culture in which the threat is usually your neighbor, but the stranger is offered hospitality, they expected to treat fairly and courteously with any outworlders, though always from a position of strength.
First Contact
After having surveyed the system for months, the Orion pirates employed their usual method of subterfuge: stumbling transmission of codes by conventional radio (which according to their own records "no one ever cracked as swiftly as the Vulcans did. It was almost as if they had been expecting it.").
When communication was established, the pirates offered peaceful trade and cultural opportunities; the first messages were debated for months around the planet. Several wars or declarations of war were in fact put on hold or postponed in order to present a united front.