Everything you wanted to know about the big three Star Trek: Enterprise aliens, but where afraid to ask.

Vulcans

• One of the founding races of the Federation. Journey to Babel
• Have copper blood, thus there skin is bronze and green (even their naughty bits and should happen to their lips, sorry T'Pol). Skin bruises take on a green color.
• Their planet is hot (as in really) with a higher gravity.
• Higher body temperature than humans.
• Have nictitating membranes like cats, which shields their eyes. Operation: Annihilate!
• Have superior hearing.
• Female have a superior sense of smell. Broken Bow
• Are stronger than humans; how strong a female Vulcan is questionable. This Side of Paradise
• IDIC - infinite diversity in infinite combinations.  The Forge
• Greetings: live long and prosper, peace and long life while splitting their hands into a "v".
• Require less sleep than lazy humans.
• Don’t eat with their hands, unless it's popcorn with Capt. Archer. Broken Bow, Horizon
• Don’t eat meat. Broken Bow
• Males experience Pon Farr every 7 years where they are required to mate or die. Amok Time
• There are many sanctuaries for the Kolinahr, the ritual to train the mind to supress all emotion; not everyone passes this test. Star Trek I: The Motion Picture
• Kolinahr masters teach the Kolinahr. P'Jem is a sanctuary where the art is mastered. Andorian Incident
• Priests and priestesses can help the katra take its rightful place. Star Trek III: Search for Spock
• Are related to Romulans (Romulans left the planet during the Awakening), but during Enterprise's time no one knows their connection.
• Meditate daily to suppress emotions.
• Use the Vulcan neck (or nerve) pinch to incapacitate.
• Enter a healing trance in which they need to sometimes be slapped to exit. A Private Little War
• Are touch telepaths and are sometimes able to pick up strong emotions without touch.  Spock was capable of making telepathic contact with a mind through a door.
• Can survive several days without food or water. The Forge
• Heart is where a human’s liver would be. A Private Little War
• Pleenok is a learning device used by Vulcan parents to teach their infants primary logic. Human Error
• Kal-toh is a game that Vulcans play for recreation. Omega Directive
• Prayer is sometimes offered for the deceased. Basics Part II
• Sometimes practice euthanasia on the infirm or elderly. Death Wish
• Keethara, a structure consisting of numerous building blocks of different shapes each marked to indicate a different significance, is a test of Vulcan mental discipline. Flashback

Tellarites

• One of the founding races of the Federation.
• Impatient and have stubborn pride. United and The Forge.
• Like to argue. Arguing is considered a sport on their planet.
• Often begin an interaction with a series of complaints or insults.
• Enjoy being argued back with.
• Think of dogs as delicious looking creatures.
• Apparently have fingers (in TOS they had hooves).
• Like mud baths.

Andorians

• One of the founding races of the Federation.
• Live where it's icy. Are very susceptible to high temperatures, an Andorian could lose 10% of its body weight in as little as two days in climates approaching the boiling point of water. The Aenar.
• Have a higher metabolism than Humans. United.
• Because of physiology, intramuscular injects are used instead of intravenous injections. TOS: Whom God Destroys.
• Debatable - are a warrior race. Andorians have an artistic side too (DS9: Prodigal Daughter). Andorians consider their race deeply emotional and passionate. They highly value family. TOS: Journey to Babel.
• Have wiggling antennae. Antennae will regrow in nine months on its own, or in half that time with electrical stimulation. The loss of an antenna is a humiliating experience.
• Women are responsible for initiating mating and may be the stronger of the species. Andorians point their antenna at a potential mate to signify attraction. DS9: The Sound of her Voice.
• The Ushaan is a code of honor demanding a duel to the death in which participants fight each other with an ice miner’s tool, the Ushaan-tor. There are 12,000 amendments surrounding it.
• If a member of the Andorian Imperial Guard dies away from Andoria, a comrade carries a part of their body back to the ice of Andoria.
• Andorian weddings require groups of four people. TNG: Data’s Day.

Sources for More Information:

Canon @ entstcommunity http://canon.entstcommunity.org/

• Archer http://canon.entstcommunity.org/archer.htm
• T’Pol http://canon.entstcommunity.org/tpol.htm

Enterprise Timeline (Some dates and information is speculated).

Trek Core’s Enterprise Timeline http://trekcore.com/timeline/

Memory Alpha's Star Trek Encyclopedia
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Main_Page

•  Archer http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Jonathan_Archer

•   T’Pol http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/T%27Pol

Star Trek Official Website http://www.startrek.com/

Vulcan Language Institute http://home.teleport.com/~vli/vlif.htm

Grammar

A Few Common Mistakes

A Part/Apart

You are a part of me.

I don’t want us to be apart again.

Accept/Except

If you love someone, you accept them for who they are.

Take everything except the phase pistol.

Advice/Advise

If you want my advice, I say go for it.

My lawyer advised me not to answer any questions about our relationship.

Affect/Effect

Archer had that affect on her.

T’Pol knew the effect but not the cause.

Bare/Bear

He couldn’t bear to bare all of his skin.

Breath/Breathe

The bitter smell of whiskey tainted his breath.

Breathe in the smell of his cologne.

Choose/Chose

You wanted me to choose between Trip and you. I chose you.

Further/Farther

It’s not that much farther to the planet.

I can’t go any further.

Inferred/Implied

T’Pol inferred that he loved her.

He didn’t like what she implied with her statement.

Its/It’s

Its coloring comes from the secretions of a Tellarite bat.

It’s going to be a long day.

Know/No/Now

You know me.

No, I won’t let you.

I want to see you in my ready room now Sub-Commander.

Lay/Laid/Lie

T’Pol lay in her bed looking up at the ceiling.

Jonathan laid down the picnic blanket.

They will lie down and look up at the stars.

Lead/Led

Your crew trust you; lead them.

Emotion led me down the wrong path.

Less/Fewer

Archer has less patience.

T’Pol has fewer pajamas than Hoshi.

Loose/Lose

One thing he knew for sure: T’Pol wasn’t a loose woman.

I don’t want to lose you.

Passed/Past

He passed away that night in the presence of his wife, T’Pol.

I don’t want to think about the past today.

Phase/Faze

Porthos is going through a phase.

A big chunk of cheddar didn’t faze him.

Principal/Principle

Archer’s principal motivation is compassion.

He is a man of principle.

Quiet/Quite

Quiet! They’re coming!

She’s quite a woman.

Sight/Site

T’Pol caught sight of the colony site.

Than/Then

He was older than Trip, but that didn’t matter to her.

What do we do then?

That/Which

Archer’s apartment, which lay empty for years, smelled musty.

That is not the right way to do it. This is.

There/Their/They’re

Porthos, look at the mess you made over there.

Their bond connected them.

They’re going to be fine.

To/Too/Two

To whom it may concern: I, Jonathan Archer, bequeath all my possessions to T’Pol.

I wanted it, too.

Two Klingons walked into a bar.

Toward not towards

Move toward the shuttlepod.

Whose/Who’s

Whose lipstick is on your collar?

Who’s going to come with me?

Your/You’re 

Your meeting with Commander T’Pol is in ten minutes.

You’re going to have to spell it out to me.

20 Different Sentence Patterns

From the Book: The Art of Styling Sentences by K.D. Sullivan and Ann Longknife.

Examples by Jessica

DO: Direct object

IO: Indirect object

M: Modifier

O: Object of preposition

OC: Object Compliment

P: Preposition

S: Subject

SC: Subject compliment

V: Verb

1.    S V; S V.
T’Pol loved him; She didn’t know how to say it.

 

a. S V; conjuctive adverb ( such as: however,hence, therefore, thus, then, moreover, nevertheless, likewise, consequently, and accordingly) SV.
T’Pol loved him; therefore she couldn’t let him die.

 

b. S V; S V, conjunction S V.
She is the right one for him; she is strong and intelligent, and she can stand up to him.

2. S V DO or SC; S,  DO or SC.
Archer and T’Pol each had a goal; his, emotional; hers logical.
For many of the crew, the new chef was a godsend; for others, a pain.
A Vulcan’s nature is logical, not emotional; ordered, not chaotic.

 

3. Independent Clause General statement (idea): Independent Clause Specific statement (example).
Vulcans are more similar to humans than they think: both species are driven by curiosity and intelligence.

4. A, B, C.  A series without a conjunction.
The Federation is a government of the people, by the people, for the people.

 

a. A or B or C.  OR  A and B and C.
I have never seen Archer scared or panicked or flustered.

5. A and B, C and D, E and F. A series of balanced pairs.
Trip and Rostov, T’Pol and Hoshi, and Reed and Mayweather will all be on the away team.

6. Appositive, appositive, appositive- summary word  S V. (Summary word: such, all, those, this, many, each, which, what, these, something, someone.)
Loneliness, grief, sadness- which feeling bothered her the most?

7. S- appositive, appositive, appositive - V.
Archer’s favorite camping sites- Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon- would all be great places to take T’Pol.

8. If…., if…., if…, then  S V.
When…, when…, when…, S V.
S V that…, that…, that….
When she looked around his empty office, when she smelled his scent, when she hugged his favorite book to her, grief overwhelmed her.

9. S V key term  (- OR  ,) repeated key term.
They both are equal- equal in intelligence, leadership, and compassion.

a. S V repeated key word in the same position of the sentence.
They have a satisfying marriage, satisfying because their love and friendship.

10. S V word: the appositive (the second naming with 
 or without modifiers).
 S V word - the appositive.

a. Anyone in the Expanse will face many dangers: anomalies, pirates, and hostile alien species.

 

11. S, modifier, V.
 S - modifier - V.
 S (modifier that whispers) V.
 Plomeek broth, a Vulcan soup eaten for breakfast, 
 is easy to prepare.

a. S - a full sentence - verb. OR  S ( a full sentence) verb.
Archer’s question- “Do you think we’re moving too fast?” - echoed in T’Pol’s mind.

12. Participial phrase,  S V.  OR  S V, participial
 phrase.
 Overwhelmed by emotion, T’Pol returned to her 
 quarters to meditate.

 

13. Modifier, S V.
 Inside, Archer grieved with her.

14. Prepositional phrase  S V ( Or V S).
 From the steam filled bathroom, Archer and T’Pol  
 emerged.

 

15. Object or Subject complement S V.
     Groomed, pressed, and shined, we stood awaiting
     the Admiral.

 

a. Object or Complement or Modifier V S.
From her years of observation came eventual understanding and compassion.

 

    16.  Not only S V, but also S V. (The also may be
          omitted.)
          Just as S V, so too S V. (May be ‘so also’ or ‘so’.)

  The more S V, the more S V. (May be ‘the less’).

  The former S V, the latter S V.

  If no   , at least  *.

   (* If not … at least…. Joins individual grammatical
    units, not complete clauses.)

   Other pairs to use:

Whether… or       So…that

Such… that         Not only… more than that

Both… and          As… as

Neither… not      Not so… as

    Not only is T’Pol beautiful, but also she is an
    intelligent, capable officer.

 

a. A “this, not that” or “not this, but that”
   construction.
    Archer was convinced that it was his personality, 
    not his rank that kept him single.

    17. S [dependent clause as a subject] V.
         S V [dependent clause as a verb].

          How he did that still amazed T’Pol.

          She finally finished what she started weeks ago.

    18. Absolute Construction (noun plus participle)
         anywhere in sentence.
         Absolute construction, S V.

         The sand storm having stopped, Archer and T’Pol
         were able to walk to the colony market.

     19. S V.

           Sand crusted the palms of Archer’s hands.

 

a.    Short question for dramatic affect.
(Interrogative word) auxiliary verb S V?
(Interrogative word standing alone)?
(Question based solely on intonation)?
Auxiliary verb S V?
That’s your captain?

     20.  The Deliberate Fragment. Merely a part of a
           sentence.
           Silence.

Grammar Cheat Sheet
From: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creative Writing

Commas                    Use a comma to

• Separate items in a list.

• Set off interrupting words.

• Set off introductory words and phrases.

•  Separate parts of a compound sentence.

•  Set off a direct quotation.

• Separate the parts of an address.

Semicolons                Use a semicolon

• To separate items in a series when
  the items contain commas.

• Between main clauses when the conjunction (and, but, for, or) has been left out.

Colons                        Use a colon

• Before a list.

• To separate two independent clauses when the second clause restates or explains the first clause.

Parentheses  Use parentheses to enclose

• Additional information.

• Numbers or letters.

Hyphen                       Use a hyphen

•  To show a word break at the end of a line.

• In certain compound nouns.

• In fractions and in compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine.

Quotations                 Use quotation marks to set off

• A speaker’s exact words.

• The titles of shorts works such as poems, essays, songs, short stories, and magazine articles.

Apostrophes  Use an apostrophe to

• Show ownership.

• Show that letters have been left out of contractions.

• Make plurals that could be confused for other words.

Writing Numbers      

• Spell out numbers from one to nice.

• Use figures or numbers 10 and larger.

• Spell out any number that appears at the beginning of a sentence.

Dialogue Cheat Sheet

 

o       Every time someone speaks, start a new paragraph.

“I don’t know what to do,” Archer admitted.

“I think you do,” T’Pol said.

 

o       If more than two people are speaking, make sure the reader knows who is talking.

Malcolm examined the sensor scans and shook his head. His voice betrayed the tangible desperation on the bridge, “They have us boxed in, sir.”

Archer looked over the faces of his senior staff and asked, “Options?”

“We could create sensor echoes of the ship,” T’Pol said tapping the controls of the display until several ghost-like mirrors of Enterprise appeared.

“That wouldn’t buy us much time,” Trip pointed out.

 

o       A description that describes how the dialogue is said is a part of the sentence of dialogue. Set it off with a comma.

Archer mumbled, “I wish it were that easy.”

“It can be if you let it,” Trip said.

 

o       If a sentence next to the dialogue does not describe what is being said, don’t use the comma!

“I can’t be with you.” Archer turned around and walked away.

 

o       Don’t overuse exclamation marks, bolding, italics, underlining, and ellipses.

Bad: “I love you!!!!” Archer screamed.

 

o       Dashes and ellipses are for dialogue that trails off.
If the dialogue trails off then picks up again, use three periods. If the trailing off dialogue is a question, use …?  Dashes are used when there is an interruption. Ellipses can be used to show hesitation.

“I could never tell her…”

“I--I can’t go through with this.”

“As Captain… my responsibility is to my crew.”

 

o       Internal dialogue. Here are a few ways to do it.

Why did I let it get so far? Archer leaned against his ready room view port and stared out at the stars. I’m a captain in love with his first officer.

“Trip knows about us,” Archer thought.

 

o       A character repeating something another character said.

“Archer told me he would bust me down to Ensign if I didn’t report to my station.”
OR
“Archer said, ‘Report to your station before I bust you down to Ensign’.”

 

o        How to show a character is stressing a word.

“I want you in my ready room now.”

“I want you.”



 

Grammar Resources:

Bartelby.com – Thesaurus, dictionaries, and usage
http://www.bartleby.com/reference/

Holy Mother Grammatica’s Guide to Good Writing

http://silvablu.skeeter63.org/HMG/00-Introduction.htm

 

How to Write Fanfiction- Includes lists of words for emotions, actions, beats, etc.

http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/writefanfic.htm

Strunk and White’s Elements of Style http://orwell.ru/library/others/style/index.htm

Compiled by Tami, Jessica, and the other members of

The Logical Choice: Archer/T'Pol Message Board. ©2006.