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==History==  

The inhabitants of Vulcan would be tearing themselves apart by the 4th century. Their rampant emotions, combined with their hostile warrior culture, led to many wars utilizing weapons such as atomic bombs (and the [[ma:Stone of Gol|Stone of Gol]]). A philosopher named [[ma:Surak|Surak]] would emerge from the chaos, and proposed leading a life governed by logic, rather than emotion. His teachings would quickly spread and be recorded in the Kir'Shara, and finally, Vulcans would begin on the path to peace. Surak himself would ultimately die of radiation sickness on Mount Seleya, now one of the most revered sites on Vulcan - though his katra was saved.

By the 9th century BC, Vulcans were capable of space travel. When they first travelled into deep space, they didn't face encounters with hostile aliens often - and not nearly at the same rate as [[Human]]s during their first endeavors - due to fewer warp-capable species. The P'Jem monastery was founded on another planetary body, and early Vulcan space exploration would be taught in schools of the [[Federation]] many years later. After the invention of the warp drive, it took them another century before they broke the warp 2 barrier.

Vulcans would make contact with the [[Tellarite]]s in the early 20th century, as did contact with the [[Andorian]]s. However, they found themselves in a border dispute with the latter, due to their neighboring home systems and the Vulcans suspicious nature towards the Andorians' territorial and militaristic nature. It lasted two hundred years, with many Andorians feeling that the only thing keeping Vulcans from invading their homeworld was the threat of Andorian retaliation.

The Vulcans would be at the forefront of exploring the Gamma quadrant after discovery of the [[Bajoran]] wormhole in 2369. Here, they would first encounter the [[Wadi]], and science ships would later encounter the [[Rakhari]]. Unfortunately, the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole also introduced the Alpha quadrant to the [[Dominion]], and in late 2373, the Dominion War broke out. During the early months of the war, the Fifth Fleet fought against Dominion forces near the Vulcan homeworld. When [[Betazed]] fell, it left Vulcan in increased danger as the Dominion began building its forces on the [[Betazoid]] home planet. The danger would thankfully never materialize, with the Dominion War ending in late 2375, the Federation Alliance with the [[Klingon]]s and the [[Romulan]]s emerging victorious.

==Government==  

The government on Vulcan is a representative democracy. Individual political advancement is based on meritocratic principles.  

==Physiology==

Their blood is copper-based, and is copper or rust coloured when deoxygenated in the veins, and green when oxygenated in the arteries. Bruises and dermal abrasions take on greenish tinges. The substance trellium-D acted as a neurotoxin to Vulcans, destroying the neural pathways which controlled their emotions. Treatment had to be provided quickly after exposure; otherwise, the damage was irreversible. Vulcans typically had a lifespan of two hundred years or more.

A Vulcan often has sensitive hearing, and female Vulcans in particular, a heightened sense of smell. Having evolved on a planet which was mostly desert, Vulcans developed ways of surviving in desert conditions. For example, they could survive for several days without water and had inner eyelids which protected their eyes. Vulcans are also capable of surviving for long periods of time without food, and under stress, can potentially go without sleep for weeks.

==Psychology==

==Religion==

*V'tosh ka'tur

*Nel-Gathic

*[[Rigelian (vulcanoid)|Rigelian]]

Vulcans believe knowledge to be the best defense against unknown dangers, and pursue them with the intellect and logic that makes them some of the finest scholars in the Federation.

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