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The Vahklas was a Vulcan civilian transport commanded by Tavin, the leader of its crew of V'tosh ka'tur. The vessel used a Vulcan frequency to hail other ships and was capable of visual communication. The Vahklas left Vulcan in approximately 2143.

Although the crew of the Vahklas disagreed with the common interpretation of Surak's teachings, an ornament resembling the Vulcan philosopher was displayed in a room aboard the transport ship.

Encounter with Enterprise

In 2151, the Vahklas encountered the Earth starship Enterprise NX-01, charting the nearby Arachnid Nebula, far from Vulcan. Captain Jonathan Archer, commanding officer of Enterprise, commented that he had never seen a Vulcan ship like the Vahklas before. Sub-Commander T'Pol revealed that the Vulcans had not used the class of ship the Vahklas belonged to for a long time.

Repair work

Though the Vahklas was equipped with an impulse drive, the ship's propulsion and life support systems required several days of repair work when the vessel encountered Enterprise. When Captain Archer agreed to provide assistance to the Vulcan crew, the Vahklas docked with the Starfleet vessel.

In Enterprise's main engineering department, Commander Charles Tucker claimed that he had never seen an engine as badly damaged as the one aboard the Vahklas. He reported that every plasma relay in the damaged vessel's reactor would have to be changed.

The Vulcan crew asked for medical supplies and 1,000 liters of plasma coolant from Enterprise, a request which Captain Archer was happy to meet.

Studying the Arachnid Nebula

While still docked with Enterprise, the Vahklas accompanied the starship to the Arachnid Nebula. Upon arrival, Tavin informed Captain Archer that the Vahklas was equipped with translinear sensors. The Vulcan suggested using the advanced sensors to help Enterprise quickly complete a survey of the nebula. Archer, who was grateful for the assistance, ordered T'Pol to visit the Vahklas and monitor the data collected there.

Vahklas viewscreen — One of the *Vahklas*' viewscreens

Enterprise and the Vahklas entered the Arachnid nebula, while Tolaris, a member of the Vulcan crew, watched the spatial anomaly on a viewscreen aboard the transport ship. T'Pol frequently visited the Vahklas, where she worked in the same room as Tolaris.

During her first day aboard the Vahklas, T'Pol noticed the statue of Surak and took readings of the Arachnid Nebula which she later brought aboard Enterprise.

File:Vahklas T'Pol and Tolaris.jpg

T'Pol and Tolaris study the Arachnid Nebula

When she returned to the Vahklas on the following day, T'Pol reported that she hadn't been able to scan the Arachnid Nebula's disodium layer, since the transport ship's lateral sensors had been out of alignment. Later, she mentioned that the transport ship's sensors were detecting more than twenty million cubic meters of disodium and traces of ethylchlorate.

Repair work continues

Aboard Enterprise, Kov, an engineer from the Vahklas, commented that the repairs to the Vulcan transport ship were going well. At night, Kov test-fired the Vahklas' port thruster. The following day, Kov remarked that the thruster was still off by twelve percent, which Commander Tucker expected was due to a faulty plasma injector. The Human engineer believed the problem would be relatively easy to correct.

As Kov was leaving Enterprise, Tucker told him not to let the intermix pressure aboard the transport ship drift above five thousand and to constantly be aware of the vessel's injector ports.

Departure

Vahklas leaves Enterprise — The *Vahklas* leaves *Enterprise*

Following extensive repair work on the Vahklas' systems, the Vulcan craft disengaged its docking port from Enterprise and left the Arachnid Nebula. (ENT: "Fusion")

Background information

In the final draft script of "Fusion", the Vahklas is described as "a small, weathered transport ship."

In a documentary included in the ENT Season 1 DVD, Geoffrey Mandel recalled some notable features of the room where T'Pol and Tolaris work; "We basically saw, for the first time, Vulcan control panels, Vulcan backlits, kind of a Vulcan architecture. 'Cause we'd always heard about these things, maybe glimpsed a little bit of it on The Original Series but this, I think, was the first time we ever really saw it and... personally, I think it looked great. I mean, we had all sorts of cool things going on. There were domes that we had silk-screened and backlit so they were domes within domes that were sort of astrogator-type things where you see stars projected on the inside."

He also revealed that one of his favorite things that he designed for Star Trek: Enterprise was a Vulcan starmap seen in the room where the Vulcans study. On the subject of Vulcan starmaps, he noted, "I decided that, because Vulcans grew up in a planet with a different sun, they see colors differently, so their starmaps, instead of having a black background, would have reddish backgrounds...."

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-[[Image:Vahklas.jpg|thumb|The ''Vahklas''.]]
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-[[Image:Vahklas elevated.jpg|thumb|An elevated aft view of the ''Vahklas''.]]
+|Name       = ''Vahklas''
-The '''''Vahklas''''' was a [[Vulcan]] civilian [[transport]] commanded by [[Tavin]], the leader of its crew of [[V'tosh ka'tur]]. The vessel used a Vulcan frequency to hail other ships and was capable of visual communication. The ''Vahklas'' left the [[planet]] [[Vulcan]] in approximately [[2143]].
+|Class      = [[Vulcan civilian transport]]
+|operator   = [[Vulcan]] [[V'tosh ka'tur]]
+|Status     = Active
+|Datestatus = 2151
+|image2     = Vahklas elevated.jpg
+|imagecap2  = An elevated aft view of the ''Vahklas''
+}}
+The '''''Vahklas''''' was a [[Vulcan civilian transport]] commanded by [[Tavin]], the leader of its crew of [[V'tosh ka'tur]]. The vessel used a [[Vulcan]] frequency to [[hail]] other ships and was capable of visual communication. The ''Vahklas'' left {{dis|Vulcan|planet}} in approximately [[2143]].
-Although the crew of the ''Vahklas'' disagreed with the common interpretation of [[Surak]]'s teachings, an ornament resembling the Vulcan philosopher was displayed in a room aboard the transport ship.
+Although the crew of the ''Vahklas'' disagreed with the common interpretation of [[Surak]]'s teachings, an ornament resembling the Vulcan philosopher was displayed in a room aboard the [[transport]] ship.
+==Encounter with ''Enterprise''==
-==History==
+In [[2151]], the ''Vahklas'' encountered the [[Earth]] [[starship]] {{EnterpriseNX}}, charting the nearby [[Arachnid Nebula]], far from Vulcan. [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]], [[commanding officer]] of ''Enterprise'', commented that he had never seen a Vulcan ship like the ''Vahklas'' before. [[Sub-Commander]] [[T'Pol]] revealed that the Vulcans had not used the class of ship the ''Vahklas'' belonged to for a long time.
-===Encounter with ''Enterprise''===
-In [[2151]], the ''Vahklas'' encountered the [[Earth]] [[starship]] [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']], charting the nearby [[Arachnid Nebula]], far from the planet Vulcan. [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]], [[commanding officer]] of ''Enterprise'', commented that he had never seen a Vulcan ship like the ''Vahklas'' before. [[Subcommander]] [[T'Pol]] revealed that the Vulcans had not used the class of ship the ''Vahklas'' belonged to for a long time.
 ===Repair work===
+Though the ''Vahklas'' was equipped with an [[impulse drive]], the ship's propulsion and [[life support]] systems required several days of repair work when the vessel encountered ''Enterprise''. When Captain Archer agreed to provide assistance to the Vulcan crew, the ''Vahklas'' docked with the [[Starfleet]] vessel.
+In ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[main engineering]] department, [[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III|Charles Tucker]] claimed that he had never seen an engine as badly damaged as the one aboard the ''Vahklas''. He reported that every [[plasma relay]] in the damaged vessel's reactor would have to be changed.
-The ''Vahklas'' was equipped with an [[impulse drive]], though the ship's propulsion and [[life support]] systems required several days of repair work when the vessel encountered ''Enterprise''. When Captain Archer agreed to provide assistance to the Vulcan crew, the ''Vahklas'' docked with the [[Starfleet (Earth)|Starfleet]] vessel.
+The Vulcan crew asked for medical supplies and 1,000 liters of [[plasma coolant]] from ''Enterprise'', a request which Captain Archer was happy to meet.
-In ''Enterprise''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[main engineering]] department, [[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III|Charles Tucker]] claimed that he had never seen an engine as badly damaged as the one aboard the ''Vahklas''. He reported that every [[plasma relay]] in the damaged vessel's reactor would have to be changed.
-The Vulcan crew asked for medical supplies and 1,000 litres of [[plasma coolant]] from ''Enterprise'', a request which Captain Archer was happy to meet.
 ===Studying the Arachnid Nebula===
 While still docked with ''Enterprise'', the ''Vahklas'' accompanied the starship to the Arachnid Nebula. Upon arrival, Tavin informed Captain Archer that the ''Vahklas'' was equipped with [[translinear sensor]]s. The Vulcan suggested using the advanced sensors to help ''Enterprise'' quickly complete a survey of the nebula. Archer, who was grateful for the assistance, ordered T'Pol to visit the ''Vahklas'' and monitor the data collected there.
-[[Image:Vahklas viewscreen.jpg|thumb|125px|One of the ''Vahklas''<nowiki>'</nowiki> viewscreens.]]
+[[File:Vahklas viewscreen.jpg|thumb|left|One of the ''Vahklas''{{'}} viewscreens]]
 ''Enterprise'' and the ''Vahklas'' entered the Arachnid nebula, while [[Tolaris]], a member of the Vulcan crew, watched the [[spatial anomaly]] on a [[viewscreen]] aboard the transport ship. T'Pol frequently visited the ''Vahklas'', where she worked in the same room as Tolaris.
-During her first day aboard the ''Vahklas'', T'Pol noticed the statue of Surak and took readings of the Arachnid Nebula which she later brought aboard ''Enterprise''. Earlier, she had mentioned to  Tolaris that she meditated each night. Tolaris suggested to her not to follow her routine, for once, and advised her to experiment with her dreams.
+During her first day aboard the ''Vahklas'', T'Pol noticed the statue of Surak and took readings of the Arachnid Nebula which she later brought aboard ''Enterprise''.
-[[Image:Vahklas T'Pol and Tolaris.jpg|thumb|200px|left|T'Pol and Tolaris aboard the ''Vahklas'', studying the Arachind Nebula.]]
-When she returned to the ''Vahklas'' on the following day, T'Pol reported that she hadn't been able to scan the Arachnid Nebula's [[disodium]] layer, since the transport ship's [[lateral sensor]]s had been out of alignment. She told Tolaris that she had taken his advice, though she was initially reluctant to discuss her dreams. When Tolaris questioned her further, she announced that the transport ship's sensors were detecting more than 20 million cubic meters of disodium and traces of [[ethylchlorate]]. Setting her [[PADD|padd]] down, Tolaris suggested that he and T'Pol could run the scans of the nebula later and asked her once more about her dreams. She recounted an intense dream she had experienced during the previous night, before she and Tolaris went aboard ''Enterprise''.
-T'Pol did not return to the ''Vahklas'', as she had been injured by Tolaris when sharing a Vulcan [[mind meld]] with him.
-===Kov===
-[[Ambassador]] [[Soval]] and the [[Vulcan High Command]] were aware that the ''Vahklas'' had docked with ''Enterprise'' and that some of the transport vessel's crew had been invited aboard the starship as guests. [[Kov]], an engineer aboard the ''Vahklas'', was among the Vulcan guests visiting the Starfleet vessel. Kov had refused to respond to any communication with his father for nine to ten years.
+[[File:Vahklas T'Pol and Tolaris.jpg|thumb|T'Pol and Tolaris study the Arachnid Nebula]]
-Aboard ''Enterprise'', Kov later mentioned that the repairs to the ''Vahklas'' were going well. At night, Kov test-fired the ''Vahklas''' port [[thruster]]. The following day, Kov remarked that the thruster was still off by twelve percent, which Commander Tucker expected was due to a faulty [[plasma injector]]. The [[human]] engineer believed the problem would be relatively easy to correct.
+When she returned to the ''Vahklas'' on the following day, T'Pol reported that she hadn't been able to scan the Arachnid Nebula's [[disodium]] layer, since the transport ship's [[lateral sensor]]s had been out of alignment. Later, she mentioned that the transport ship's sensors were detecting more than twenty million cubic meters of disodium and traces of [[ethylchlorate]].
+===Repair work continues===
-As Kov was leaving ''Enterprise'', Tucker told him not to let the intermix pressure aboard the transport ship drift above five thousand and to constantly be aware of the vessel's injector ports. Shortly before returning to his ship, Kov thanked Tucker for persuading him to speak with his father.
+Aboard ''Enterprise'', [[Kov]], an engineer from the ''Vahklas'', commented that the repairs to the Vulcan transport ship were going well. At night, Kov test-fired the ''Vahklas''' port [[thruster]]. The following day, Kov remarked that the thruster was still off by twelve percent, which Commander Tucker expected was due to a faulty [[plasma injector]]. The [[Human]] engineer believed the problem would be relatively easy to correct.
+As Kov was leaving ''Enterprise'', Tucker told him not to let the intermix pressure aboard the transport ship drift above five thousand and to constantly be aware of the vessel's injector ports.
-:''Kov appeared to take particular note of the fact that there were many women aboard ''Enterprise''. It therefore seems likely that there were either less, or no, females serving on the ''Vahklas''.''
 ===Departure===
+[[File:Vahklas leaves Enterprise.jpg|thumb|The ''Vahklas'' leaves ''Enterprise'']]
-Following extensive repair work on the ''Vahklas''<nowiki>'</nowiki> systems, the Vulcan craft disengaged its [[docking port]] from ''Enterprise'' and left the Arachnid Nebula. ([[ENT]]: "[[Fusion]]")
+Following extensive repair work on the ''Vahklas''{{'}} systems, the Vulcan craft disengaged its [[docking port]] from ''Enterprise'' and left the Arachnid Nebula. ({{ENT|Fusion}})
-==Crew==
+==See also==
+*[[Vahklas personnel]]
+*[[Vulcan civilian transport]]
+==Background information==
-*[[Tavin]] - captain
+In the final draft script of {{e|Fusion}}, the ''Vahklas'' is described as "a small, weathered transport ship."
-*[[Kov]] - engineer
-*[[Tolaris]] - crew member (position unknown)
+In a documentary included in the [[ENT Season 1 DVD]], [[Geoffrey Mandel]] recalled some notable features of the room where T'Pol and Tolaris work; "''We basically saw, for the first time, Vulcan control panels, Vulcan backlits, kind of a Vulcan architecture. 'Cause we'd always heard about these things, maybe glimpsed a little bit of it on [[Star Trek: The Original Series|''The Original Series'']] but this, I think, was the first time we ever really saw it and... personally, I think it looked great. I mean, we had all sorts of cool things going on. There were domes that we had silk-screened and backlit so they were domes within domes that were sort of astrogator-type things where you see stars projected on the inside.''"
-==Background Information==
-In a documentary included in the [[ENT Season 1 DVD]], [[Geoffrey Mandel]] revealed that one of his favourite things that he designed for ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' was a Vulcan starmap seen on board the ''Vahklas''. On the subject of Vulcan starmaps, he noted - "I decided that, because Vulcans grew up in a planet with a different [[sun]], they see colours differently, so ''their'' starmaps, instead of having a black background, would have reddish backgrounds..."
+He also revealed that one of his favorite things that he designed for ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' was a [[Vulcan star charts|Vulcan starmap]] seen in the room where the Vulcans study. On the subject of Vulcan starmaps, he noted, "''I decided that, because Vulcans grew up in a planet with a different [[sun]], they see colors differently, so ''their'' starmaps, instead of having a black background, would have reddish backgrounds....''"
+{{featured|date=May 2005|id=98989}}
-He also recalled some notable features of the room where T'Pol and Tolaris study the Arachnid Nebula - "we basically saw, for the first time, Vulcan control panels, Vulcan backlits, kind of a Vulcan architecture. 'Cause we'd always heard about these things, maybe glimpsed a little bit of it on [[Star Trek: The Original Series|''The Original Series'']] but this, I think, was the first time we ever really saw it and... personally, I think it looked great. I mean, we had all sorts of cool things going on. There were domes that we had silk-screened and backlit so they were domes within domes that were sort of astrogator-type things where you see stars projected on the inside."
+[[de:Vahklas]]
-The class of ship that the ''Vahklas'' belonged to did not appear on ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' again.
+[[Category:Vulcan starships]]