Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxs!okie From: okie@ihuxs.UUCP (B.K. Cobb) Newsgroups: net.movies,net.startrek Subject: Re: Saavik and the Katra Ritual Message-ID: <545@ihuxs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Jun-84 10:52:26 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxs.545 Posted: Fri Jun 8 10:52:26 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Jun-84 07:57:36 EDT References: <125@tellab2.UUCP>, <561@ihuxt.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 26 Considering the fact that Saavik *is* half-Romulan, perhaps we should all be willing to give her a break about being Vulcan. After all, it probably took her quite a while to even come under Spock's guidance, considering her wild upbringing (for reference, read the novelization of ST:TWOK). It's likely that she might not have understood the *katra* ritual fully, or that Spock may not have reached the point of explaining it fully (I know, this makes Spock a bit fallible, but...). However, if she had known about it, it would make for an interesting subplot. Just imagine Saavik holding Spock's *katra*, and then Spock suddenly undergoing *pon far*...(no, of course I'm not serious!) While we're on the subject of the *katra*, anyone want to undertake the explanation of the Vulcan culture to include their logic, their mystic origins, and their family structure--say, in a three-volume set? BKCobb ihnp4!ihuxs!okie "I never understood Vulcan mysticism."