( TOS - Mere Anarchy eBook: Its Hour Come Round) In 2293, Tuvok helped conduct a global medical survey of the planet Mestiko, filling in for Doctor Leonard McCoy while the doctor investigated a medical mystery elsewhere on the planet. ( VOY episode & novelization: Flashback) While serving on the Excelsior, Tuvok befriended Lieutenant Leonard James Akaar and Lieutenant Lojur. Upon graduating from the Academy, Tuvok was assigned to the science division of the USS Excelsior under Captain Hikaru Sulu. ( TOS - The Captain's Table novel: War Dragons) ( VOY novel: Pathways)Īs part of his Academy training, Tuvok was temporarily assigned to the USS Excelsior during Hikaru Sulu's first assignment as the ship's captain. He chose to end their friendship, and was left more disdainful of humans than ever.Īs a freshman at the Academy, Tuvok beat an athlete from UCLA in the four hundred meter hurdles competition. After spending some time together, Sophie broke down and admitted she had developed romantic feelings toward Tuvok, but of course, Tuvok did not reciprocate. He found himself fascinated by a fellow cadet named Sophie Timmons who had developed an interest in the Vulcan way of life and did not show her emotions.
( VOY episode & novelization: Flashback)ĭuring his time at the Academy, Tuvok was left constantly puzzled by human behaviour and found himself the victim of several practical jokes laid by his roommate Cadet Scott Hutchinson. Reluctant to disobey his parents' wishes, Tuvok pursued a Starfleet career. In 2289, Tuvok was preparing for a life of study, logic, and the Kolinahr discipline, when his parents, believing that his galaxy-view was too narrow, enrolled him in Starfleet Academy. Tuvok again journeyed across the desert and studied for several months under the tutelage of a Vulcan master in another attempt to purge his emotions. In 2280, he became infatuated with a visiting Terellian girl named Jara. In 2273, shortly after the death of his pet sehlat Wari, the grief-stricken Tuvok fled into the desert of the Plains of Gol for four months, embarking on the ritual of tal'oth, in which he purged the emotions that came with attachment and pride. ( VOY episodes: " Flashback", " Unimatrix Zero", " Hunters" VOY novel: Pathways) Tuvok was betrothed at a very young age to T'Pel, in an arrangement made by his parents. Tuvok was born in 2264 on the Vulcanis Lunar Colony on T'Rukhemai to Sunak and T'Meni.