Memory Alpha
Don't have an account?
Register
Register
Memory Alpha
Memory Alpha
57,146
pages
in: Humans
English

Changes: Vina

Back to page
Sign in to edit
m (MA/de)
m (Robot: Automated text replacement (-. +. ))
Tag: apiedit
(33 intermediate revisions by 23 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
  +
{{Sidebar individual
−
[[Image:Vina2254.jpg|thumb|175px|Vina as she first appeared to Christopher Pike.]]
  
  +
| image = Vina.jpg
−
[[Image:OrionSlavegirl2254.jpg|thumb|175px|Vina posing as an [[Orion slave girl]].]]
  
  +
| imagecap = Vina, as she initially appeared to Captain Pike
−
[[Image:RealVina.jpg|thumb|175px|The appearance of Vina behind the illusion.]]
  
  +
| image2 = Vina as an Orion slave girl.jpg
−
'''Vina''' was a crewmember of the ill-fated [[SS Columbia|SS ''Columbia'']] mission launched to the [[Talos Star Group]] by the [[American Continent Institute]]. Seriously injured when the ship crashed on [[Talos IV]] in [[2236]], she was nevertheless the sole survivor and was healed and brought back to health by the [[Talosian]]s.
 
  +
| imagecap2 = Vina as an Orion slave girl
  +
| image3 = Vina, true appearance.jpg
  +
| imagecap3 = Vina's actual appearance
  +
| gender = Female
  +
| species = [[Human]]
  +
| occupation = [[Crew]]member, {{SS|Columbia}}
  +
| status = Active
  +
| datestatus = 2267
  +
| actor = [[Susan Oliver]]
  +
}}
  +
'''Vina''' was a female [[Human]] civilian in the [[23rd century]]. She was a [[crew]]member on the {{SS|Columbia}} in [[2236]]. Her ship was carrying [[scientist]]s from the [[American Continent Institute]] on an expedition to the [[Talos star group]].
   
  +
The same year, she was the sole survivor when the [[survey ship]] [[crash landing|crashed]] on [[Talos IV]]. In the aftermath, she was brought back to health by the [[Talosian]]s.
⚫
Vina piqued the Talosians' interest in the [[human]] species, and this prompted them to lure the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] to the planet, in [[2254]], hoping to find a mate for her. They selected [[Christopher Pike|Captain Christopher Pike]], and through a series of illusions, attempted to induce him to remain on the planet and begin a family with her.
 
   
  ⚫
Vina piqued the Talosians' interest in the [[Human]] species, and this prompted them to lure the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} to the planet in [[2254]], hoping to find a mate for her. They selected [[Captain]] [[Christopher Pike]], and through a series of illusions, attempted to induce him to remain on the planet and begin a family with her, in an attempt to learn about Human sexuality and companionship.
−
When Pike demonstrated his ability to defy the Talosians, and therefore the unsuitability of humans for their plans to reclaim the surface of their world, Vina declined the opportunity to leave with the ''Enterprise''. ([[TOS]]: "[[The Cage]]")
  
   
  +
When the ''Enterprise'' crew demonstrated that they would prefer death to life in captivity, the Talosians declared Humans unsuitable for their plans to reclaim the surface of the planet. After the crewmembers [[beam]]ed up, Vina expressed her desire to remain with the Talosians, who then allowed Captain Pike to see that her youthful beauty was an illusion. She explained she had nearly died in the crash and that the Talosians, who had never seen Humans, had had no guide in repairing her smashed body. Hunchbacked, old and ugly, severely [[scar]]red, but in good [[Physiology|physiological]] health, she preferred to retain her illusion of beauty on Talos IV rather than live among Humans and die away. Back aboard the ''Enterprise'', Pike told the crew nothing of what he had just seen, saying only that Vina was remaining with the Talosians and that he agreed with her reasons. ({{TOS|The Cage}})
⚫
Vina appears to have still been alive thirteen years later, when the crippled Pike was brought back to Talos by [[Spock|Mr Spock]], although it is also possible that the Vina that Pike was reunited with was another Talosian illusion. ([[TOS]]: "[[The Menagerie, Part I]]", "[[The Menagerie, Part II]]")
  
  +
  ⚫
Vina appeared to have still been alive [[2267|thirteen years later]], when the crippled Pike was brought back to Talos by [[Spock]]. ({{TOS|The Menagerie, Part I|The Menagerie, Part II}})
  +
{{bginfo|Vina was played by actress [[Susan Oliver]].|Her [[mirror universe]] counterpart was mentioned but did not appear in the short story "The Greater Good" contained in the anthology ''[[Shards and Shadows]]''. As in the primary universe, the Talosians had used a distress call to lure the {{ISS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} to the planet with the intention of having its captain {{mu|Christopher Pike}} mate with Vina so as to create a race of Terran slaves. However, Pike rejected Vina, refusing to mate with an "insipid Human female." }}
  +
  +
=== External link ===
  +
*{{mbeta}}
   
−
:''Vina was played by actress [[Susan Oliver]].''
  
 
[[de:Vina]]
  
[[de:Vina]]
  +
[[fr:Vina]]
 
[[sv:Vina]]
  
[[sv:Vina]]
  +
[[Category:Humans]]

Revision as of 00:58, 5 April 2016

Vina was a female Human civilian in the 23rd century. She was a crewmember on the SS Columbia in 2236. Her ship was carrying scientists from the American Continent Institute on an expedition to the Talos star group.

The same year, she was the sole survivor when the survey ship crashed on Talos IV. In the aftermath, she was brought back to health by the Talosians.

Vina piqued the Talosians' interest in the Human species, and this prompted them to lure the USS Enterprise to the planet in 2254, hoping to find a mate for her. They selected Captain Christopher Pike, and through a series of illusions, attempted to induce him to remain on the planet and begin a family with her, in an attempt to learn about Human sexuality and companionship.

When the Enterprise crew demonstrated that they would prefer death to life in captivity, the Talosians declared Humans unsuitable for their plans to reclaim the surface of the planet. After the crewmembers beamed up, Vina expressed her desire to remain with the Talosians, who then allowed Captain Pike to see that her youthful beauty was an illusion. She explained she had nearly died in the crash and that the Talosians, who had never seen Humans, had had no guide in repairing her smashed body. Hunchbacked, old and ugly, severely scarred, but in good physiological health, she preferred to retain her illusion of beauty on Talos IV rather than live among Humans and die away. Back aboard the Enterprise, Pike told the crew nothing of what he had just seen, saying only that Vina was remaining with the Talosians and that he agreed with her reasons. (TOS: "The Cage")

Vina appeared to have still been alive thirteen years later, when the crippled Pike was brought back to Talos by Spock. (TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II")

Vina was played by actress Susan Oliver.
Her mirror universe counterpart was mentioned but did not appear in the short story "The Greater Good" contained in the anthology Shards and Shadows. As in the primary universe, the Talosians had used a distress call to lure the ISS Enterprise to the planet with the intention of having its captain Christopher Pike mate with Vina so as to create a race of Terran slaves. However, Pike rejected Vina, refusing to mate with an "insipid Human female."

External link

Deutsch Français Svenska
Community content is available under CC-BY-NC unless otherwise noted.
More Fandoms