Tuvok
Tuvok is a male extraterrestrial television character who features in Star Trek.
Contents |
Biography
Tuvok
As a teenager, he was noted to had experienced shon-ha'lock (Translation: love at first sight) when he fell in love with a Terrelian girl named Jara who was the daughter of a diplomat stationed on Vulcan. This caused him to rebel against the Vulcan ideals of logic and he was willing to violate every tenet of the philosophy just to be near her. However, Jara did not return his feelings and he ultimately chose to leave her as a result. He then spent several months in isolation as he studied under a Vulcan master in order to learn to subdue his emotions. (VOY: Gravity) Later on, he underwent the tal'oth ritual where he had to survive in the Vulcan desert for four months with nothing more than his ritual blade being his only possession. (VOY: Displaced) When he was 25 years old, he came to enrol at Starfleet Academy in 2289 though he found it difficult to fit in as it was difficult for him to endure the egocentric nature of humans. However, it was his parents wish that he join Starfleet which meant that Tuvok felt obligated to fulfil their obligations. (VOY: Flashback)
After Tuvok graduated from Starfleet Academy in 2293, he was assigned to the sciences division as a junior science officer aboard the USS Excelsior under the command of Captain Hikaru Sulu. He worked during the gamma shift and shared common quarters on Deck 7 with Dimitri Valtane and two other officers on the same shift. Two months later, Tuvok was present during the Excelsior's attempt to rescue James T. Kirk and Leonard McCoy from the Klingon penal colony, Rura Penthe. This was despite a direct order from Starfleet that no rescue attempt must be tried. Tuvok protested to Captain Sulu about his breach of orders, but to no avail. Decades later, however, an older and wiser Tuvok determined that he had not necessarily been right either. In the subsequent battle in the Azure Nebula with a K't'inga-class battle cruiser, Valtane nearly died in Tuvok's arms. An alien virus that Valtane was carrying transferred itself to Tuvok, and then disguised itself as a repressed memory engram. This virus later manifested itself in 2373, when Tuvok served aboard the Voyager, before being destroyed by The Doctor. (VOY: Flashback) Tuvok was also among those who spoke out against Spock's proposed alliance between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. (VOY: Alliances) After the Excelsior's three-year mission in the Beta Quadrant ended, Tuvok resigned his commission on account of his dealings with Humans. His experiences on the Excelsior were not pleasant. Humans, in Tuvok's view, believed that everyone in the galaxy should be like them; that all should share their sense of humor and their Human values. His perceptions of Humanity, and of Starfleet, were undoubtedly colored by the fact that he did not want to be there in the first place. (VOY: Flashback)
Tuvok was still undercover on the Val Jean sometime later, when, while hiding from a Cardassian ship in the Badlands, the raider was hit by an energy wave which transported it over 70,000 light years to the other side of the galaxy, in the Delta Quadrant. While looking for the missing raider, Voyager itself was hit by the energy wave and transported to the Delta Quadrant, reuniting Tuvok with his ship and Captain – much to Chakotay's dismay who had to face the fact that Tuvok had been a Federation spy all along. When their situation required that the crews of both the Val Jean and Voyager merge for their long journey back home, he became Captain Janeway's security- and second officer. (VOY: Caretaker)
Tuvok proved Tom Paris innocent of murdering a Banean scientist whose wife Paris was caught with, despite the fact that the scientist's memories showed Paris committing the murder. Tuvok was able to prove that the Banean doctor, who was an agent of the Banean's enemies, had perpetrated the crime, thanks to his mind-meld with Paris showing that the murderer was actually shorter than Paris. (VOY: Ex Post Facto)
While visiting the Sikarians, it was learned that they possessed the means to fold space and travel great distances in a short time. However, they could not give the technology to Voyager due to their equivalent of Starfleet's non-interference order, or prime directive. Defying the orders of Captain Janeway, Tuvok attempted to obtain the technology in a trade. However, it was found that the technology was incompatible with Voyager, and Tuvok was reprimanded by Janeway. (VOY: Prime Factors)
Tuvok set a trap for the crewmember who was giving the Kazon Voyager technology. The guilty party turned out to be Seska, a Cardassian who had served on Chakotay's ship and had been altered through cosmetic surgery to look Bajoran. She escaped before Tuvok could arrest her. (VOY: State of Flux)
Later that year, Tuvok attempted a rescue of Harry Kim who had disappeared in a "Beowulf" holoprogram. An energy being had been trapped in the program and had turned Kim into pure energy. The same fate befell Tuvok, but both were released by the being after the crew freed it from the holodeck. (VOY: Heroes and Demons)
An alien entity known as the Komar assaulted the shuttlecraft manned by Tuvok and Chakotay, leaving Tuvok injured and Chakotay apparently brain-dead. The alien had the ability to enter into the minds of others and control them. It seized control of Tuvok, who took over command of the ship and ordered it into the nebula. The crew was able to drive the lifeform from Tuvok's body and leave the nebula. (VOY: Cathexis)
He also tried to train the former Maquis crewmembers to Starfleet standards. The four former Maquis had a great disdain for Tuvok, and he was very strict with them. They found a new respect for each other after they banded together to save each other after a systems failure. (VOY: Learning Curve)
While Janeway was making first contact with the Drayan, a shuttle piloted by Tuvok crashed on a Drayan moon. Tuvok found three frightened children who told Tuvok that the Drayans sent them to the moon to die and asked him to help them hide. The next day Tuvok discovered that two of the children had vanished. In a nearby cave, he found their clothes, but not the children. When the Drayans landed on the planet, Tuvok tried to protect the last child, named Tressa. The Drayans explained that Tressa was 96 years old. The Drayan aging process is reversed, and Tressa wasn't brought there to be killed, but to die a natural death. Tuvok stayed with Tressa to comfort her in her final moments. (VOY: Innocence)
Later that year, a transporter accident caused Tuvok to be combined with crewmate Neelix (and a plant) at a molecular level, forming a new individual, Tuvix. Tuvix possessed the memories of both men and had a mixture of their personalities. It took The Doctor over a month to find a method to restore Tuvok and Neelix to their original state. (VOY: Tuvix)
When Janeway and Chakotay were infected by an alien disease, they were forced to be left behind on an alien planet, leaving Tuvok in command of an uneasy crew. At the insistence of the crew, who were uncomfortable with abandoning their captain and first officer, he sought a remedy from the Vidiian physician, Danara Pel, who had become romantically involved with The Doctor when Voyager treated her for a severe case of the phage. (VOY: Resolutions)
Tuvok helped the crew survive on a primitive planet where they were stranded after the Kazon captured Voyager. (VOY: Basics, Part II)
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was his parents wish that he join Starfleet and despite the difficulties he felt obligated in fulfilling their expectations. (VOY: Flashback)
Despite being a married man, Tuvok once did become close to a young woman, Noss, while he and Tom Paris were stranded on an inhospitable planet for a number of months. However, after he was rescued, he explained to her that they could only be friends, although he did form a mind meld with her to share his feelings for her. (VOY: Gravity)
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Tuvok was portrayed by actor Tim Russ and featured in the setting of Star Trek: Voyager.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Video games
- In Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force, Tuvok appeared in the setting of the first-person shooter video game where he was voiced by actor Tim Russ.
- In Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force, Tuvok appeared in the setting of the first-person shooter video game sequel where he was once more voiced by actor Tim Russ.
- In Star Trek Online, Tuvok appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game where h was once again voiced by actor Tim Russ
Novels
Appearances
- Star Trek: Voyager:
- Star Trek: Picard:
External Links
This article is a stub. You can help Multiversal Omnipedia by expanding it.
