brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) (06/11/84)
At age 7, two vulcans are united by a mind meld that builds a bond called the "kah" between them. If they don't mate every seven years, the male goes progressively crazier each time until he dies. The bond can be broken by means of the Kal-i-fee, but not otherwise. This from the Star Trek novel by Joe Haldeman. Anyway, Spock's Kah with T'Pring was broken by his fight with Kirk in Amok time. But his body has a new one with Saavik. Will they have to get it on every 7 years? Who knows... As for pregnancy, if the vulcans mate every seven years, and DON'T get pregnant 99% of ot the time, then there will shortly be no vulcans left if you compare that to the breeding rates of other creatures. Perhaps with longer life-spans it all evens out, but you can't argue that "the vulcans have been logical so long they have evolved into a one child per person cycle" because it's clear that the mating habits of vulcans are something from their barbaric past (when they used to practice wonton killing) that they would rather not talk about. Of course, perhaps the woman can control her fertility. Anyway, it seems likely that Saavik is preggy. -- Brad Templeton - Waterloo, Ontario (519) 886-7304
wildbill@ucbvax.UUCP (William J. Laubenheimer) (06/15/84)
> but you can't argue that > "the vulcans have been logical so long they have evolved into a one child > per person cycle" because it's clear that the mating habits of vulcans > are something from their barbaric past (when they used to practice wonton > killing) that they would rather not talk about. > Brad Templeton - Waterloo, Ontario (519) 886-7304 Aha! So that's why wontons are an endangered species (see last month's net.misc)! Those nasty Vulcans have been roaming the galaxy since time immemorial knocking them off. A little bit of resurrected net.silliness from ____ Bill Laubenheimer ___ / \ ___ UC-Berkeley Computer Science / \ | o o | / \ ucbvax!wildbill ------+++----------()----------+++------ ...Killjoy was here!