V ' Las Administrator V ' Las was the head of the Vulcan High Command in the mid - 22nd century . In that capacity , he entered into a conspiracy with Talok , a deep - cover Romulan operative , to facilitate the Vulcan invasion of Andoria and the subjugation of the Vulcan people by the Romulans . Early career . Early in his career , V ' Las demonstrated a particular talent for governing which , under the Vulcan meritocracy system , led to his ascension to the position of Administrator . ( ) Conspiracy . In 2152 , and Andoria signed a peace treaty , facilitated by the assistance of Starfleet captain Jonathan Archer . It was later revealed , however , that , in signing the treaty , V ' Las was simply stalling for time , with which to prepare a full - scale attack on the Andorian s . The plans for invasion , however , were threatened by a dissident group of Vulcans known as " Syrrannite s , " who believed that the High Command was following a corrupted version of Surak ' s teachings , and that war was antithetical to the Vulcan way . Considering this mindset a dangerous one , V ' Las initiated a conspiracy to eliminate the Syrranites . ( ) In 2154 , along with Stel , chief investigator of the Vulcan Security Directorate , V ' Las initiated a bomb ing of the United Earth Embassy on Vulcan , resulting in the deaths of forty - three people . Intending for planted evidence to be found implicating T ' Pau , a well - known Syrranite , V ' Las used the bombing as an excuse to hunt down the Syrranites in the Vulcan desert known as " the Forge . " Although the plot was initially successful , and the Syrranites were implicated , a mind meld with a coma tose victim of the bombing , performed by Vulcan ambassador to Earth Soval , revealed that Stel was , in actuality , the individual who planted the bomb . Due to the taboo held by most Vulcans regarding mind melds , V ' Las relieved Soval of his position , and subsequently implicated Stel as a Syrranite in an attempt to preserve the conspiracy . ( ) As V ' Las ' s campaign to eliminate the Syrranites progressed , he presented falsified evidence to the High Command indicating that the Andorians had been outfitting their ships with Xindi weapon ry , in an attempt to justify the invasion . As this was happening , however , the crew of , under the command of Commander Charles Tucker , were made aware of V ' Las ' s planned attack on Andoria by Soval , and subsequently made contact with Commander Shran , an Andorian military officer with whom they had prior dealings . Joining the Andorian fleet in opposing the Vulcans , Tucker made contact with V ' Las and attempted to convince him to halt the invasion , but V ' Las was determined , and ordered his ships to commence an attack on " Enterprise " and the Andorians . As the battle raged , however , Jonathan Archer , " Enterprise " s captain , arrived with T ' Pau in the High Command and presented the Kir ' Shara , the original records of Surak ' s true teachings , undermining V ' Las ' s authority and leading Minister Kuvak to relieve V ' Las of his position . Ultimately , the battle was halted and V ' Las was placed under investigation for his role in the embassy bombing . ( ) Afterwards , V ' Las confronted Talok , his Romulan contact , and accused him of failing in his mission to preserve Romulan influence on Vulcan . As his position on Vulcan had been compromised , Talok was forced to return to Romulus , although he refused to take V ' Las with him , claiming V ' Las ' s disappearance at the same time as V ' Las was being investigated would cause too much suspicion . Before his departure , however , Talok reassured V ' Las that recent events were only " a minor delay , " and that the reunification of Vulcans and Romulans was " only a matter of time . " ( )