It was hammered over the head pretty hard in Enterprise that each Starfleet vessel should ideally have at least one Vulcan. For reasons. Cooperation, integrity, quality assurance, meeting some peace treaty guideline, whatever.
Even in Kirk’s time the best ships had a Vulcan. But never in command, always serving the one in command. They wanted Human brashness 99% of the time but the Vulcan was there to say “Nah, Bro.” that 1% of the time when something could go horribly sideways.
We 21st century humans see it and think racism because we’re still dealing with racism. They looked at it and simply felt reassured that the Vulcan assigned to Kirk Pike signed off on the report. No need to doubt its contents.
The Half- part was probably required by the Vulcans. For reasons. Damned racist Vulcans…
It was hammered over the head pretty hard in Enterprise that each Starfleet vessel should ideally have at least one Vulcan. For reasons. Cooperation, integrity, quality assurance, meeting some peace treaty guideline, whatever.
Even in Kirk’s time the best ships had a Vulcan. But never in command, always serving the one in command. They wanted Human brashness 99% of the time but the Vulcan was there to say “Nah, Bro.” that 1% of the time when something could go horribly sideways.
We 21st century humans see it and think racism because we’re still dealing with racism. They looked at it and simply felt reassured that the Vulcan assigned to
KirkPike signed off on the report. No need to doubt its contents.The Half- part was probably required by the Vulcans. For reasons. Damned racist Vulcans…