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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: pon farr query
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Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 16:19:32 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 27 16:19:32 1984
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> 	During the series, when Spock goes through pon farr
> ("Amok Time"?), he goes to great lengths to return to Vulcan,
> otherwise he will *die*.  Now, in STIII, there is no desire
> to return to Vulcan.  My question to the panel of experts is:
> why doesn't Spock die since he cannot possibly get to Vulcan?
> 
> 	I have a possible solution but I don't want to bias the
> responses that will probably be more clever!  Thanks.
> 
> 
> Joe Barone,		{allegra, decvax!brunix, ccieng5}!rayssd!m1b


Well, let's see.  There are two good answers:

1.  It wasn't the fact that Spock was away from Vulcan that would
    have caused him to die, it was the fact that he was away from
    whatsername.  She just happened to be on Vulcan.  Ergo, Spock
    had to get to Vulcan.

2.  He had to return to the land of his birth.  Before, he was 
    born on Vulcan.  Therefor, he had to return to Vulcan.  In
    this case, he was "born" on Genesis.  He was already there
    so he didn't have to worry.

Good right margins, too.
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                                                          Peter Merchant