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Vulcan is a main character in the novel The Automation by B.L.A. and G.B. Gabbler. His role is often a "deus ex machina" one, but he and his wife (called Venus) are still essential to the overall plot. [84] [85] Vulcan is a character in the Starz TV series American Gods, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman. He is not a character in the novel and ...
The fictional Vulcan homeworld, also named Vulcan, was visited several times in the Star Trek series and feature films. The inhabitants are known as "Vulcans" or "Vulcanians". First seen in the TOS episode "Amok Time", Vulcan, a Class M planet, is an arid world with a thinner atmosphere than Earth. Upon beaming down, McCoy states "'Hot as Vulcan.'
An ahn'woon is a Vulcan catch–strangle weapon, similar in principle to a cast net but more versatile. Depending on the skill of the user, it can be used several ways. It is wide enough to be a sling. In the James Blish written adaptation of the TOS script, Kirk employs it this way and hits Spock in the ribs with a stone.
Trellium-D, shown in Star Trek: Enterprise, was an alloy used in the Delphic Expanse as a protection against spatial anomalies there. It had unusual effects on Vulcan physiology, causing a loss of emotional control, and became a recurring plot element in the third season of Star Trek: Enterprise, exploring the theme of drug addiction.
Vulcan's infant body is aged to adolescence through the Shi'ar incubation-accelerator. Art by Trevor Hairsine. Vulcan is the unborn child of Christopher Summers (later known as Corsair) and Katherine Summers, parents of Cyclops and Havok. After the Shi'ar kill Katherine, they take Gabriel from her body and place him in an incubator so he can ...
Vulcan Materials (NYS: VMC) carries $3.8 billion of goodwill and other intangibles on its balance sheet. Sometimes goodwill, especially when it's excessive, can foreshadow problems down the road.
Vulcan Materials (NYS: VMC) carries $3.8 billion of goodwill and other intangibles on its balance sheet. Sometimes goodwill, especially when it's excessive, can foreshadow problems down the road.
Avro's submission in May 1960 was the Phase 6 Vulcan, which would have been the Vulcan B.3. The aircraft was fitted with an enlarged wing of 121 ft (37 m) span with increased fuel capacity; additional fuel tanks in a dorsal spine; a new main undercarriage to carry an all-up-weight of 339,000 lb (154,000 kg); and reheated Olympus 301s of 30,000 ...