Vulcan

Live Long & Prosper, Spock (In Memory of Leonard Nimoy, 1931-2015)

The **Vulcans**, also known as **Vulcanians** (or **Species 3259** to the Borg), are a highly logic-focus race from the planet, Vulcan. They are renowned for their strict adherence to logic and reason as well as their remarkable stoicism as they striped most of their emotions from the Star Trek.

## Physiology

Vulcans have an appearance similar to humans except for their pointed ears and upswept eyebrows. Their skin coloration was most commonly pale with a bronze or greenish tint, though some had brown skin. Physiognomy, they appear as human European, Asian or African descent. Most of them have straight, glossy black hair, though brown and/or curly hair is also possible. They do have body hair with males able to grow beards, but they choose to shave them. Their teeth include anterior tricuspids, which could be protected from decay for decades by sealing them with a trifluorinate compound. Their hearts are where the human liver should be. They have green-colored blood due to having copper instead of iron.

Vulcans evovled on a desert world that causes some adaptations. They have colder body temperatures compare to humans. They have a much faster metabolism with their heart beats several hundred times per minute and they are physically faster and three times stronger than a human. In spite of this fast metabolism, they are relatively long-lived, having an average lifespan of two-hundred years. They become very resilient which they are able to survive for many days without food, water or sleep. Vulcans also have a set of inner eyelids which protects their eyes from brightness and sandstorms. They also have a very efficient respiratory system, in order to get enough oxygen from their planet's thin atmosphere. Vulcans' body chemistry use little, if any, sodium chloride (salt) compared to humans. Caffine and sapotoxins have very little effect on them.

Vulcans do have certain levels of pain they are unable to suppress, forcing them to endure the experience. This trance could be self-induced and gave the physical appearance of near-death. It was similar, in principle, to Vulcan nerve pinch which could be used to relax the mind and body.

All Vulcans have an acute sense of hearing while females have a more acute sense of smell.

Every seven years, adult Vulcans pass through a mating ritual called "pon farr", where they face dangerously intense emotional stress, and whereupon they must mate or die

### Brain

The Vulcans have the ability to use telepathy, being able to read the minds of others via their finger tips on the being's head, which is called the Vulcan Mind Meld. It is also possible, although probably not as efficient, to perform mind meld without having physical contact. Another ability they have is the "Vulcan nerve pinch", which is used to render another being unconscious by pinching them on the neck region. Vulcans are at least partially able to voluntarily control aspects of their physiology which would usually be involuntary. When injured, for example, they can concentrate all their strength into healing the injury faster.

The Vulcan body can function without the brain and even capable of walking around, albeit a zombie-like state, with portable life support system. Traumatic memories don't hurt them psychologically, but hurts them physically. In order to reorder their neural pathways, could literally lobotomize itself. When faced with death, Vulcans are able to use mind meld to transfer their *katra* or living essence to another being or object, thus allowing for their spiritual essence to be preserved.

Stronger minds are capable of non-contact telepathic projection and scanning, usually over short distances, but sometimes even over interstellar distances. Another psionic ability of the Vulcan race was the telepathic suggestion or compulsion, which can be done consciously. The psycho-suppression system responsible for the Vulcan suppression of emotions is located in the mesiofrontal cortex.

## Pre-Apocalypse

There are two types of Vulcans that exist in the psyche multiverse (and no, the Terran Empire ones don't count). The first are the *original* Vulcans. Vulcans from the original television series and continuation. The second is the *altered timeline* Vulcans. These ones are on the verge of extinction due to a time anomaly caused by the 2009 movie, Star Trek. Which is a mix of a sequal and a reboot after a Romulan captain, Nero, induced a black hole on planet Vulcan. Despite the differences, they continue to explore much under the United Federation of Planets as they conduct researches, see new cultures, do humanitarian aid and having their logic dictate on their next move.

There are a few Avatar Vulcans among them that strive to explore the vast unknowns as they use logic and scientific equipment to see what is out there. They also use that same logic, and honesty, to establish diplomatic relations and trade agreements with other species. Yet they also use their acute senses to detect stealthily approaching enemies, limited telepathy to contact squad members, mind meld to stun enemies and reveal their secrets, and so forth.

## Post Apocalypse

Even after crossing into the real universe, they still continue their work to help those in need and uphold the values of the United Federation of Planets such as liberty, rights and equality for all species and to share their knowledge and resources in peaceful cooperation and space exploration. Vulcans are very loved in the real universe with the town of Vulcan in Alberta, Canada now full of Vulcan immigrants and home to the new Starfleet Academy. Due to Vulcan's philosophy being revolved around logic and suppress any and all forms of emotions, most of their artworks are less than to be desired. But with some human help, the place became more artistic.

However, some of the Avatar Vulcans have been corrupted by a parasitic organism as they use the ships to rain down death and destruction. They even use their abilities to stun people and continue to spread the parasite to other Avatars. But many have been cured with many feeling regret, guilt and sorrow to a point where they resigned from Starfleet. So, many exiled themselves on various worlds that are part of the United Confederacy of Exiles.

## Trivia

* Having copper causes blood to turn blue, not green. Hemoglobin causes that along with chlorocruorin.