What is Ambassador Spock doing on Romulus?
Comments: A Starfleet Admiral informs Captain Picard that long-range scanners have detected Ambassador Spock on Romulus, the home world of the Romulan Empire. The question on the table is whether or not Spock has done the unthinkable by defecting. The Enterprise travels to Vulcan where Picard meets with a dying Sarek, who explains that Spock has been cultivating a friendship with Pardek, a Romulan Senator. Sarek believes his son went to Romulus to meet with Pardek to discuss the possibility of the “unification” of their2peoples (An aside: seeing as how the Romulans have an empire and the Vulcans have just their planet, this reminds me of China wanting “unification” with Taiwan; these are not exactly equal parties in these negotiations–however the parallel sure works). After Sarek’s death, Picard and Data are transported to a cloaked Klingon warship, which will take them to Romulus where they will beam down and attempt to locate Spock. Meanwhile, the Enterprise tries to solve a seeming
