How many vulcans survived

Joined: Oct 22, Location: St. Paul, MN. I always just assumed that 10, was the number that survived the assault on Vulcan itself. Ryan8bit , Apr 18, Joined: Dec 10, Cake , Apr 18, How could 10, Vulcans be saved from Vulcan itself? The only starship available was the Enterprise , and we saw her transporters working at a snail's pace; it would be a miracle if they got people up in that fashion. Shuttles might rescue a thousand if every one of them had time for two sorties.

But that's discounting Nero's apparently complete "space supremacy" and his keen interest in shooting down all small craft because any one of them could destroy his drill, just like happens later in the movie. It seems that Nero only stopped blockading the planet once his drill was damaged and his killing shot delivered - mere minutes before the planet was lost. Did a thousand small Vulcan craft see their window of opportunity and launch at that moment? If you watch closely when Spock beams down, you can see a small ship or two leaving vapour trails in the sky.

They call attention to it in the commentary, IIRC. Whether those ships reached minimum safe distance or not is another matter, but it would appear an evacuation akin to the one seen in Of Gods and Men is underway, if not the centre of attention.

King Daniel , Apr 19, Joined: Oct 30, Location: Tatoinne. Vulcans have a very acute sense of smell. This drastically limits the number of worlds they can comfortably live on. Most places with humans, and anyplace with Klingons, is definitely out.

And let's not even mention the Skreeans. It's all quite fraught -- a powderkeg of identity politics that people would avoid at cocktail parties for fear of ruining the evening. He would probably be an assimilationist, committed to integrating Vulcan identity into the patchwork of galactic civilization, otherwise why would he have committed himself to Starfleet, or the Federation itself? This commitment would already be present given what we know about Spock's "half-breed" psychology, but the destruction of Vulcan would magnify those feelings and give his actions even greater urgency.

But not every Vulcan would agree with Spock. There would probably be separatist elements, perhaps with a militant mentality. We know that the universe of "Star Trek" has a relativist approach to time, not determinist. By implying a future friendship, could the old Spock be actually affecting — perhaps even dooming — that bond? How would Spock, now the true hero of "Star Trek," deal with such a dilemma?

This line of argument also suggests a more fundamental difference between classic "Trek" and the reboot. In the original version, destiny does not play a part. The ship is called Enterprise, and is the vessel to uncover hitherto unknown possibilities. The reboot errs strictly on the side of destiny.

The crew of the Enterprise is destined to be together; Kirk and Spock are destined to be best friends; the Enterprise is destined to encounter Khan. But if all these conceits, previously established in the original Trek universe, are destined to happen, how, then, would they be affected by the destruction of Vulcan?

And how would Spock, as the real hero of this incarnation of "Star Trek," surmount these personal, philosophical, and physical challenges? Features Vulcan survivor's guilt: Why J. Abrams should make Mr. Spock the hero of the new "Star Trek" franchise. Ali Arikan May 23, In this universe, actions have consequences.

The survivors of wars, extermination campaigns, famines and other dark events carry the psychological aftershocks around for years or generations; the trauma becomes a part of who they are as individuals, as well as a part of galactic history.

Talk about diverging timelines: this one bold, perhaps reckless plot improvisation, annihilating Vulcan, calls for a page-one rewrite of the whole Roddenberry-inspired mythos. Through the use of a Centaurian slug , Nero gained pertinent knowledge of Federation defenses from Pike that would later be utilized in his follow-up attack against Earth.

The deep emotional effects Spock suffered as a result of the destruction of Vulcan were later used to justify relinquishing his command of the Enterprise to its temporarily promoted first officer , Jim Kirk. In the wake of the devastation, Ambassador Spock was able to locate a suitable planet to establish a colony and assist the estimated 10, remaining Vulcans in restoring their way of life. The colony was simply named New Vulcan. The destruction of Vulcan resulted in Section 31 taking a much more active role in defending the Federation.

They began to aggressively explore uncharted regions of the galaxy. Along the way, they recovered the SS Botany Bay carrying 85 genetically augmented humans in cryosleep. Admiral Alexander Marcus then awakened their leader, Khan Noonien Singh believing his superior intelligence would aid them. Marcus threatened to kill Khan's 72 surviving crew members, blackmailing him into helping Section 31 design advanced weapons and warships, among them the Dreadnought -class USS Vengeance.

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