>Now, as a UF character, I like Vulcans - that ought to be
>pretty obvious - but all the ones I've had much close contact with
>have deviated somewhat from Surak's teachings. They've figured out
>that being humorless automatons doesn't really go well with the
>vaunted Vulcan tradition of courtesy, for one thing. :) (Admittedly,
>only two of the four Vulcans I've been shown to be on a named basis
>with are pure-blooded, and of those two, one is a Charismatic and kind
>of a nutball besides, but... :)

As a general rule, 'he's a Charismatic and kind of a nutball besides' is a redundancy. }:-{D

>And as I mentioned above, I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that
>some - perhaps quite a few - just crack outright.

Mentioned in brief, as one of the charges against Aya in her Starfleet court-martial, is the case of Lt. Cdr. Spack. Spack was also in Aya's class and, like her, on the super-accelerated fast track, but he was also a total goit. For you Red Dwarf fans, think Rimmer as a Vulcan.

He finally snapped, according to official records, because of pon farr, but Vulcan psychologists also believe that a deeply repressed fear of Aya Nakajima helped. His actions were technically mutiny, although running around after anything in a skirt shouting, "WOMAN! WOMAN!" is not exactly the same thing as undermining a captain's authority. When he escaped from the brig and resumed his 'attacks,' Aya had him put in stasis and launched off the ship in a torpedo, from which he was eventually rescued by the Klingons. At last report he was stark raving mad and in command of an Imperial Klingon Bird of Prey, searching for some means of revenge against the object of his darkest desires and fears.

One positive aspect of Spack's tale is the medical endorsement of the phrase, "That boy needs to get laid more often."

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