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Vulcan High Command Building, 2154

The building of the Vulcan High Command in the Vulcan capital city in 2154

In the 22nd century, the Vulcan High Command (Vulcan: V'tosh Pid Khartau) was the most powerful governmental body on planet Vulcan, its de facto military government.

During the 22nd century, the High Command was an organization responsible for overseeing the Vulcan military as well as civilian organizations.

History

Prior to Federation membership

Vulcan high command

The High Command in 2154.

In May of 2153, the High Command ordered Subcommander T'Pol (via Ambassador Soval) to return to Vulcan rather than join Enterprise NX-01 on its mission into the Delphic Expanse. T'Pol resigned her commission rather than obey. (ENT: "The Expanse")

In 2154, V'Las, the head of the High Command, planned to attack Andoria, tricking the Vulcan High Council into believing that they were developing a planet killer based on Xindi technology. (ENT: "Awakening") Following that incident, V'Las' High Command was disbanded, ending their diplomatic influence of Earth's decisions. (ENT: "Kir'Shara")

Federation-era history

Later that year, T'Pau replaced V'Las as head minister of the Vulcan people, assuming responsibility over Vulcan's military structure including many of its warships. She actively began to restructure the military, and those vessels that remained in service no longer had full crew complements (many of whom were still sympathetic to the old High Command and left rather than serve the new leadership). During the incident with the Romulan drone-ship, T'Pau was only able to dispatch twenty-three starships to add to the combined Andorian-Human-Tellarite intercept fleet. (ENT: "United")

By the 23rd and 24th centuries, the High Command of Vulcan filled a very different role, as the planet was a Federation member, including the maintenance of its own military. (VOY: "Infinite Regress")

Vulcan Space Central was maintained by the High Command and oversaw all incoming and outgoing ship activity near Vulcan. (TOS: "Amok Time")

The Command continued to help maintain Vulcan security and defense, as well as other internal matters, including the V'Shar. (TNG: "Gambit, Part II", "Unification II")

Even after becoming a Federation member, Vulcan still maintained its own fleet of ships. In 2367, the High Command dispatched defense vessels to intercept the Romulan invasion fleet of Vulcan. (TNG: "Unification II")

Alternate timeline

The Vulcan High Command was reinstated sometime before 2258, when Vulcan was destroyed by Nero. (Star Trek)

Organizations

Education

High command officials

High council

Ministers

Diplomats

Diplomatic aides

Apocrypha

The High Command may be a very old organization that may have been present during the time of Surak, as there is mention of such an organization in the Vulcan's Soul book Exodus. Whether this is a separate High Command or the same organization is unknown.

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