Skon
The Vulcan Skon, son of Solkar, was a native of the  city Shi'Kahr and the father of Sarek as well as the forefather of Sybok and Spock. (; ) Sometime before 2152, he translated The Teachings of Surak into English. ()

{{bginfo|It should be noted that until the Kir'Shara was discovered by Jonathan Archer in 2154, the Vulcans did not have an authentic version of Surak's original writings. This would seem to cast uncertainty onto the scholarship of Skon’s work, as it would have likely been based on copies of Surak’s teachings made by his followers, which, as Archer pointed out, were open to interpretation. ()}}

According to Sarek's wife, Amanda, the disagreement between Sarek and Spock over Spock's career choice of Starfleet, rather than attending the Vulcan Science Academy, stemmed from Sarek's wish that his son follow his teachings, as Sarek had followed those of his own father. ()

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In , Sarek's family line is given – the line states, "Sarek, child of Skon, child of Solkar." This is normal for many cultures even on Earth – to list one's direct ancestors in this manner. Sarek is the child of Skon, who is the child of Solkar, and so on. Following the traditional Vulcan name nomenclature, Skon should be male, and thus, Sarek's father.

There were plans for Skon to make an appearance in the unproduced fifth season of . He was also a principal character in the aborted film Star Trek: The Beginning, set in 2159, as the Vulcan ambassador to Earth.  In the first draft script of that film, Skon was described as "a wise and distinguished-looking Vulcan."

 Apocrypha 
According to the Star Trek Customizable Card Game, Solkar, father of Skon, was the Vulcan captain who greeted Zefram Cochrane in . The mirror universe counterpart of this Vulcan was killed in 2063. Since Sarek was born in 2165 and his mirror counterpart was alive and well in 2257, both the regular and mirror versions of Skon must have been born before 2063.

Skon's wife is named  in the short story "A Girl for Every Star". In the Thirteenth UK Story Arc, Spock had a cousin named . If Horek was Spock's first cousin, this implies that Skon had another child besides Sarek, one of Horek's parents.

In the   The Lives of Dax, Skon is portrayed as a mathematician temporarily aboard the USS Heisenberg. He was friends with Tobin Dax, but was not impressed by his magic tricks. The  Star Trek: Enterprise - The Romulan War novels Beneath the Raptor's Wing and To Brave the Storm feature Skon and Tobin working on United Earth's Warp Seven Program during the Earth-Romulan War. The novels likewise depict them as being close friends, as does the subsequent Rise of the Federation novel A Choice of Futures''.

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