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In the [[alternate reality]] created by [[Nero]]'s [[temporal incursion]] of [[2233]], the katric ark was a large facility on {{alt|Vulcan}} used for the preservation of Vulcan heritage and culture. The ark was impenetrable to both [[communications]] and [[transporter]] signals.
 
In the [[alternate reality]] created by [[Nero]]'s [[temporal incursion]] of [[2233]], the katric ark was a large facility on {{alt|Vulcan}} used for the preservation of Vulcan heritage and culture. The ark was impenetrable to both [[communications]] and [[transporter]] signals.
   
In [[2258]], as Vulcan was on the verge of destruction due to an attack by Nero, the [[Vulcan High Council]], including {{alt|Sarek}} and his wife {{alt|Amanda Grayson|Amanda}}, retreated into the ark in an effort to save the knowledge contained within. As this was occurring, Sarek and Amanda's son, {{alt|Spock}}, arrived to evacuate the High Council. Spock and the Council emerged from the ark on a cliff and awaited transport by the {{USS|Enterprise|alternate reality}}, although Amanda was killed when the cliff gave way beneath her due heavy seismic activity. ({{film|11}})
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In [[2258]], as Vulcan was on the verge of destruction due to an attack by Nero, the [[Vulcan High Council]], including {{alt|Sarek}} and his wife {{alt|Amanda Grayson|Amanda}}, retreated into the ark in an effort to save the knowledge contained within. As this was occurring, Sarek and Amanda's son, {{alt|Spock}}, arrived to evacuate the High Council. Spock and the Council emerged from the ark on a cliff and awaited transport by the {{USS|Enterprise|alternate reality}}, although Amanda was killed when the cliff gave way beneath her due to heavy seismic activity. ({{film|11}})
   
 
== Appendices ==
 
== Appendices ==

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Katric Ark

Surak's katric ark

A katric ark was a polycrystalline vessel used by ancient Vulcans to preserve a katra, a Vulcan's living spirit, after death.

History

Hundreds of years prior to the 22nd century, a set of katric arks was discovered at the P'Jem monastery. The arks were scanned and analyzed, and one of the scientists even attempted to initiate a mind meld with them, all to no effect.

In 2137, Syrran, leader of a Vulcan dissident movement, discovered the ark containing Surak's katra on Vulcan. Syrran was successful in transferring Surak's katra to his own mind, successfully carrying it until his death in 2154, at which time he transferred the katra to Jonathan Archer, a Starfleet captain. (ENT: "The Forge", "Awakening")

Alternate reality

Katric ark (alternate reality)

Interior of the katric ark

In the alternate reality created by Nero's temporal incursion of 2233, the katric ark was a large facility on Vulcan used for the preservation of Vulcan heritage and culture. The ark was impenetrable to both communications and transporter signals.

In 2258, as Vulcan was on the verge of destruction due to an attack by Nero, the Vulcan High Council, including Sarek and his wife Amanda, retreated into the ark in an effort to save the knowledge contained within. As this was occurring, Sarek and Amanda's son, Spock, arrived to evacuate the High Council. Spock and the Council emerged from the ark on a cliff and awaited transport by the USS Enterprise, although Amanda was killed when the cliff gave way beneath her due to heavy seismic activity. (Star Trek)

Appendices

Apocrypha

In several Star Trek novels, such as The Lost Years, the katric ark facility is a chamber within Mount Seleya known as the "Hall of Ancient Thought". In the Hall are thousands of receptacles (vre'katra) containing the katras of the greatest and most powerful Vulcan masters throughout history. Vulcan scholars, philosophers, and mystics could petition to be permitted to meld with these katras for research or enlightenment.

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