Sarek (Star Trek: The Original Series)
Chapter One
Sunset on Vulcan.
In the west, 40 Eridani A-Nevasa-was setting,
staining the magenta sky with swaths of deep
amethyst, gold, and coral. But the tall figure
silhouetted against the sunset was blind to the
glory behind him; Sarek of Vulcan faced east,
watching his world's sister world, T'Rukh, at
full phase. The giant planet orbited a mere
149,895.3579 Federation Standard kilometers from
her companion world-and filled thirty degrees of
sky.
Because the two worlds were tidally locked,
Vulcan's sister planet, T'Rukh, was only visible
from this side of Vulcan. Looming perpetually
against the high, jagged horizon, the giant
world went through a full set of phases each
day. Only at sunset did the bloated sphere fully
reveal her ravaged visage.
Sarek had chosen this remote location for his
mountain villa in part because of its view of
T'Rukh. Here at the edge of the civilized world,
the ambassador never tired of watching T'Rukh
poised atop the Forge, an inhospitable continent
sized plateau seven kilometers higher than the
rest of the planet. Few indeed were the
individuals who saw the sister world's whole
face on a regular basis; only the ancient
retreat and shrine of Gol lay farther east ... read full excerpt from: Star Trek: The Original Series: Sarek ebook
