![]() ![]() Spock explains to his companions that Vulcan children enter into arranged marriages during a ritual ceremony. This is their first time on Vulcan, and McCoy states he now understands the phrase "hot as Vulcan." Kirk, Spock, and McCoy beam down to the surface of Vulcan, to the ancestral lands of Spock's family. When asked by Lieutenant Uhura who she is, Spock states that she is " T'Pring, my wife," much to the shock of Kirk, McCoy, and especially Chapel. ![]() A beautiful Vulcan woman appears on the viewscreen, and she exchanges formal greetings with Spock. Upon the arrival of Enterprise at Vulcan, Vulcan Space Central establishes contact. Spock notices she has cried and asks for plomeek soup. Nurse Chapel visits Spock in his quarters to tell him they are going to Vulcan. ![]() Kirk jeopardizes his career by disobeying a direct order to the contrary from Admiral Komack of Starfleet, and proceeds with all possible speed to Vulcan. Spock has reached his time, the pon farr, and if he doesn't return to Vulcan immediately to mate, he will die. Vulcans do not typically discuss this mating cycle even among themselves, instead cloaking it in archaic ritual, as it is shameful for such a logical race to be overcome by urges so powerful as to strip them of their intellect and veneer of civilization. Spock explains to Kirk that, like the giant eel-birds of Regulus V or the salmon of Earth, Vulcans must also periodically return home to mate. Kirk eventually persuades Spock to reveal that his problem is "Vulcan biology," which Kirk correctly infers to mean Vulcan reproduction. Spock says he cannot tell the captain the cause of his problem because it is a deeply personal affair, and that no "outworlder" may know except those that have been involved. As Kirk walks in, Spock is looking at a picture of a Vulcan girl and turns the screen off immediately. Upon hearing this news, Kirk confronts Spock in his quarters. McCoy informs Kirk that Spock will die from this condition within eight days at most if he is not taken to Vulcan. Kirk orders Spock to sickbay, where McCoy examines him and finds that he is suffering from extreme stresses resembling those produced by high levels of adrenaline in Humans. When questioned by Kirk in a turbolift, Spock is visibly confused and says he does not remember doing this, though he admits that if Chekov says he did, he must have. When Kirk later asks Ensign Chekov how late they would be if they diverted to Vulcan, the puzzled navigator reveals that they are already on course for Vulcan, as ordered by Commander Spock. However, a priority message forces him to change course to Altair VI in order to be on time for the planetary President's inauguration ceremony, which is to take place a week earlier than planned. After this outburst, he demands that Captain Kirk grant him a leave of absence on his home planet Vulcan.Ĭaptain Kirk is baffled by Spock's behavior, but orders the Enterprise to Vulcan. As the two men discuss this, they come upon Spock's quarters, in time to see the first officer throwing Nurse Christine Chapel out of his quarters and physically flinging the Vulcan plomeek soup she has specially prepared for him after her, furiously shouting that if he'd wanted anything from her he'd have asked for it. McCoy notices that Spock is growing restless and has stopped eating, and decides to discuss this with Captain Kirk in the corridor outside Spock's quarters.
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