Author(s):	D.C. Fontana
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TOS #44 Titan Books #20
Published:	February 1989 25 July 2006 (rerelease)
Pages:	252
Stardate:	Unknown (Unknown)
Reference(s):	ISBN 0671656678 ISBN 1416524622 (rerelease)

Spock's first mission aboard the Enterprise!

SummaryEdit

From the book jacket

Here is a very special STAR TREK novel; from the woman consistently voted by fans as their favorite writer from the original STAR TREK television series!

D.C. Fontana, writer of such classic episodes as "Journey to Babel" and "This Side of Paradise", here brings us the never-before-told story of a very young Mr. Spock, on his first mission aboard the USS Enterprise. You'll also meet Captain Christopher Pike and his enigmatic first officer, "Number One" (previously seen only in the original STAR TREK pilot "The Cage"), as well as the ship's brand-new engineering officer, Montgomery Scott.

VULCAN'S GLORY is the tale of Spock's struggle to reconcile his many obligations – those forced on him by his Vulcan heritage, and those chosen by him upon his enlistment in Starfleet – to balance the wishes of others against the desires of his own heart.

Memorable QuotesEdit

"Some officers have had a difficult time dealing with the fact that she is a genetically perfect being. On her planet, Ilyria, excellence is the only criterion that is accepted. She is technically designated as being the best of her breed for the year she was born."
"I see. She therefore would receive the appellation 'Number One' even if she were not the executive officer."
"You have it."

- Pike and Spock

Background InformationEdit

• This is the only Star Trek novel written by D.C. Fontana. Fontana also wrote several episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, early Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Dax".
• This novel was one of four classic Pocket novels re-released with new covers in 2006 to mark the 40th anniversary of Star Trek.

Cover gallery Edit

2006 rerelease cover

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CharactersEdit

Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in Pocket TOS characters.

Regular and recurring charactersEdit

Christopher Pike

Number One

Spock

Montgomery Scott 

A junior engineer assigned to the Enterprise

Sarek

Amanda Grayson

Other charactersEdit

T'Pring

Stonn

Caitlin Barry 

Enterprise chief engineer

ReferencesEdit

USS Artemis 

Federation starship, commanded by Captain Daniels, the former assignment of Spock.

I-Chaya

kahs-wan

le-matya

Sehlat

ShiKahr

Vulcan's Glory 

A large, uncut emerald, thought to have been lost years ago when the ship it was on crashed.

USS Yorktown 

Federation starship, the former command of Christopher Pike and his Number One.

External linksEdit

• Vulcan's Glory at Wikipedia
• Vulcan's Glory (novel) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works