On Apr 20, 11:25=A0pm, nebu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Joseph Nebus) wrote:
> The Conscience of the King
> The Plot:
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Kirk suspects the leader of a Shakespearean troupe is
Kodo=
s the
Snip
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 - ``My father's race was spared the dubious benefits of
> alcohol.'' =A0``Oh. =A0Now I know why they were conquered.'' =A0Ah, this
i=
s a
> good line for setting off dumb Trekkie arguments. =A0Does Vulcan not
have
> alcohol at all, or is it that Sarek's race within the Vulcan species
> that doesn't have it? =A0Of course, there's not much indication of races
> within Vulcan society other than that Tuvok's black and Spock's kind of
> greenish I suppose.
The Orions, I believe. The Pacifist Vulcans did not resist and were
tortured and enslaved. The splinter group that fought back, ejected
the Orions, and then left because the rest of the Vulcans ostracised
them.... well, we've met them in the Trekiverse too.....


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