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Emissary K'Ehleyr helped avert such a crisis by working with T'Penna. Outstanding operatic soprano from the planet Vulcan Enterprise-D Security Chief Worf to gain command of the T'Ong T'Penna performed Mimi in Puccini's La Boheme opposite before any hostilities could occur. (“The Emissary” [TNG]). The Soral's Rudolpho. To learn about opera, the Voyager's T'Ong was a re-use of Klingon battle cruiser footage originally Emergency Medical Hologram studied recordings of La Boheme produced for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. featuring T'Penna. ("The Swarm" [VGR]

T'Paal. SEE: Tallera T'Pera. (Amy Traicoff). A holodeck character designed by Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram, part of a therapy pro T'Pan, Dr. (Joan Stuart-Mormns). Director of gram intended to cure Ensign Vorik of the effects of Pon farr the Vulcan Science Academy from 2354 to (“Blood Fever” [VGR]) 2369. Dr. T'Pan was a pre-eminent expert in subspace morphology. She was invited T'plana-Hath. Matron of Vulcan philosophy who said, “Logic is aboard the Enterprise-D in 2369 to witness the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos the test of a new metaphasic shield using reason as our guide.” Spock successfully identified the invented by Dr. Reyga. When Dr. Reyga quote during a memory test in 2286. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage was killed shortly after the test, Dr. T'Pan Home). According to Star Trek: First Contact cowriter Ronald D. came under suspicion for his murder. Moore, the Vulcan ship that made first contact with humans on (“Suspicions” [TNG] planet Earth in 2063 was the T'plana-Hath, although this was not established in actual dialog. T'Para. Learned Vulcan priestess who dwelt in the province of Raal. (“Innocence” [VGR]) T'Pring. (Arlene Martel). Vulcan woman who was telepathically bonded with T'Pau. (Celia Lovsky) Spock when they were both saven years High-ranking Vulcan offi- old. At their marriage ceremony in 2267 —~ y | cial. T'Pau, who was the she rejected Spock and selected Captain +d only person ever to turn Kirk as her champion, forcing the two men ~ p down a seat on the Feder- to fight for her possession. She had cho f WY § h] =~. ation Council, presided at sen Kirk, knowing that Spock would y N ’ ? Spock's near-wedding in release her for making the challenge and y : 2267. (“Amok Time" [TOS]). that Kirk would not want her, so that she - ] In 2373, Voyager's Emer- would be free to choose Stonn as her gency Medical Hologram consort. T'Pring explained that Spock ¥ EY incorporated segments of had become something of a legend among her people, and that \ AN T'Pau’s personality into his she did not wish to be the consort of a legend, preferring Stonn \ 2 5 personality-improvement (“Amok Time" [TOS)). SEE: Pon farr. T'Pring was the first Vulcan \ A AS BM project. (“Darkling” [VGR). woman seen on Star Trek, and her name established the pattern that Vulcan women tend to have names beginning with the letter T. T'Pau. Vulcan spacecraft, registry number NSP-17938. The T'Pau was decommissioned in 2364 and assigned to the Starfleet ¥ T'Rul, Subcommander. (Martha Hackett) surplus depot in orbit around planet Qualor Il. In 2368, parts of Officer of the Romulan Empire. When the the T'Pau’s navigational deflector array were discovered in the Romulan government loaned a cloaking wreckage of a Ferengi cargo shuttle. Investigation of the unau device to Starfleet in 2371, T'Rul was thorized parts transfer led to the discovery that the T'Pau had wy assigned to operate and guard the device been surreptitiously acquired by the Romulans. The ship was \ p (“The Search, Parts | and II" [DS9)). Martha ised to carry some two thousand Romulan troops during an w Hackett also portrayed Seska on Star Trek attempted Romulan invasion of planet Vulcan in 2368. When the > Voyager attempted invasion was exposed by Ambassador Spock, the EG) > JN Romulans destroyed the ship to avoid capture. (“Unification, Part ESIC t'san s’at. A Vulcan process of eliminating I" [TNG]). The ship was presumably named after the Vulcan digni- I & oe ll emotions, t’san s'at is the intellectual tary from “Amok Time" (TOS). SN 7 deconstruction of emotional patterns hp’ EF (“Alter Ego” [VGRY]) T'Pel, Ambassador. (Sierra Pecheur). False p—— identity assumed by Romulan Subcom- T'Shanik. (Tasia Valenza). One of three mander Selok on an undercover mission in candidates who competed with Wesley the Federation. As T'Pel, Selok posedasa Crusher for a single opening to Starfleet ’ Vulcan ambassador who was renowned Academy at Relva VII in 2364. A female & as one of the Federation's most honored from Vulcana Regar, T'Shanik was a run diplomats. In 2367, T'Pel was transported ~~ ner-up in the competition. (“Coming of - to the Romulan Neutral Zone aboard the Age” [TNG]) ~ Enterprise-D as part of a supposed Rom ulan peace initiative. T'Pel was apparently t'stayan. A Talarian riding animal. T'stayans possessed Six killed in a transporter accident while beaming over to the Romulan hooves and were reported to be very powerful animals. Talarian warbird Devoras. It was later learned that her “death” was staged Captain Endar said his adopted son, Jono, had broken two ribs to cover her return to Romulan territory. (“Data’s Day” [TNG]) while riding one of these creatures. (“Suddenly Human" [TNG])

T'Pel. (Marva Hicks). Citizen of planet T'su, Ensign Lian. (Julia Nickson) Vulcan, wife to Starfleet officer Tuvok Relief-operations manager aboard the T'Pel had three sons and a daughter with 4 Enterprise-D. T'Su took ops when Data Tuvok. After Tuvok was lost aboard the beamed down to planet Minos to invesStarship Voyager, he once hallucinated that NL tigate the disappearance of the Drake he was back home on Vulcan with T'Pel 3 - (“The Arsenal of Freedom” [TNG)). Julia (“Persistence of Vision" [VGRY]). T'Pel mar- a ° | = Nickson also played Cassandra in ried Tuvok after he entered Pon farr in ’ “Paradise” (DS9), and Catherine Sakai on 2304. (“Flashback” [VGR)) ~~ Babylon 5.