Sarek

Sarek is a Vulcan character in the Star Trek fictional universe. Mark Lenard performed all of the appearances of Sarek in the Star Trek films and television programs, with the exception of a flashback in ' in which Jonathan Simpson played a younger version of character.

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A legendary Vulcan ambassador for the United Federation of Planets, Sarek was born in Terran year 2164 to Skon and an as-yet-unnamed Vulcan woman. (Skon himself had a famous father, Solkar, who was the first Vulcan ambassador to Earth.)

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Sarek was married three times during the course of an illustrious career that was taught in Vulcan and Federation history classes well before Sarek's death at age 204. Sarek's first wife was Sybok's mother T'Rea, a Vulcan priestess; his second marriage was to Spock's mother, a human named Amanda Grayson; his last wife, Perrin, survived him.

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Sarek's accomplishments were many, and included the Coridan admission debate in 2267 before the UFP Council, early Klingon treaties, and his incredible 93-year effort to bring about a Federation-Legaran treaty. Contrastingly, his personal life was stormy, even for a Vulcan. Sarek rarely saw his first son, Sybok, who was born in 2224 by a Vulcan princess, his first wife who died shortly after the delivery.

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Sarek's second son, Spock, entered Starfleet Academy. Sarek opposed the decision, and the two were estranged for years. Following Spock's resurrection (as seen in '), father and son reconciled.

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Sarek continued to work as an ambassador and negotiator for the United Federation of Planets for more than a century. In the ' episode "Sarek", set in 2366, he was discovered to have Bendii syndrome, an incurable degenerative disease of the mind, somewhat similar to Alzheimer's disease, that resulted in him being unable to control his emotions. In order to complete a negotiation that he had been working on for some 90 years, Sarek entered into a mind-meld with Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D. Sarek was able to use some of Picard's emotional strength to complete the negotiations; in return, Picard received (and later retained) elements of Sarek's memory and even some Vulcan abilities such as knowledge of the Vulcan nerve pinch.

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Sarek then retired to Vulcan where he continued for fight the Bendii syndrome for two more years, before dying during the events of "Unification" (TNG) in 2368.

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Sarek appeared in the following episodes and films:

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• "Journey to Babel"
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• "Yesteryear"
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• "Sarek"
• "Unification" Part 1
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