T'Plana-Hath (starship)

The T'Plana-Hath was a Vulcan  survey ship that was in service with the Vulcan High Command in the mid-21st century.

On the morning of April 5th, 2063, it was passing through the outskirts of the Sol system, when it detected Dr. Zefram Cochrane's warp signature during a test flight of the Phoenix from the vicinity of Earth, a planet which the Vulcan High Command had been monitoring for decades. As per Vulcan first contact protocols, they decided to land on Earth, to meet the person who flew the first warp ship of their world. They landed in Bozeman, Montana. (; )

The commanding officer of its three-person crew exited the vehicle first, and offered the Vulcan salute, "Live long, and prosper." Dr. Cochrane tried and failed to perform the same hand gesture, so he shook the Vulcan's hand and thanked him. The Vulcans and Dr. Cochrane then went into the local establishment for beverages, and a presentation of the local music, with an invitation to dance along to "Ooby Dooby" by Roy Orbison. ()

By the late 24th century, a replica of the T'Plana-Hath stood as part of the Historical Bozeman theme park, at the same location where the original had landed for First Contact. The replica ship served as part of the First Contact Fun Zone, a playground for children. In 2382, Sam Rutherford pointed out the ship to his friends when they visited the town. ()

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Background information 
The ship was presumably named for , the matron of Vulcan philosophy.

Apocrypha 
The Star Trek Customizable Card Game identified its captain as Solkar, who later went on to become the first Vulcan ambassador to Earth. Mike Sussman used this information when writing , though the final line as it appeared in the episode is ambiguous.

In the novel Preserver, the T'Plana-Hath was studying potential wormhole eddies that could be created by the interaction of Jupiter and Sol when it detected the Phoenixs warp flight and changed course to investigate.

According to the RPG sourcebook The Way of Kolinahr, the Vulcan ship that made first contact with Earth was called the Vesaya and its captain was named Sevak.

The Hidden Universe Travel Guide: Vulcan suggested that the T'Plana-Hath would go on display at the T'Plana-Hath Historical Museum, a Smithsonian Air and Space Museum-like Vulcan museum located in ShiKahr. (p. 31)

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