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From: m1b@rayssd.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: pon farr query
Message-ID: <576@rayssd.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Nov-84 12:54:22 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 20 12:54:22 1984
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	This may have come over the net already, so bear with me.

	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
Raytheon Co,		 Submarine Signal Div., Portsmouth, RI