| “ | We had our wars, Admiral, just as Humans did. Our planet was devastated, our civilization nearly destroyed. Logic saved us. But it took almost 1500 years for us to rebuild our world and travel to the stars. You Humans did the same in less than a century. There are those on the High Command who wonder what Humans would achieve in the century to come. And they don't like the answer. | „ |
| ~ Soval, admitting some Vulcans were afraid of humans. |
Soval was a Vulcan protagonist introduced in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode Broken Bow.
He was portrayed by the late Gary Graham, who had portrayed as well as Soval's mirror universe counterpart. He also played Matthew Sikes in the sci-fi TV series Alien Nation, based on the 1988 film of the same title.
History[]
Soval was born sometime before 2032. As a young man, Soval had been part of the occupation force that occupied Weytahn/Paan Mokar in the mid 21st century. During that occupation he fired a weapon for the last time for nearly a century.
In the early 22nd century Soval was assigned as the Vulcan's ambassador to Earth, and would serve in that post for the next 30 years. Despite the gruff exterior he put on, Soval developed an affinity for Earth and its people.
During the 2150s Soval butted heads with Captain Jonathan Archer as the Enterprise began to explore the Alpha Quadrant. Over the next several years he came to respect the human as Archer helped the Andorians and Vulcans put their differences aside, and as Archer helped expose the Romulan plot to subvert Vulcan.
In the aftermath of the bombing of the United Earth embassy, Soval was revealed to be a mind melder when he melded with a comatose Corporal Askwith to determine the identity of the individual who bombed the United Earth embassy, possibly the first time a Vulcan had melded with a human. When the High Command learned that Soval had performed a mind meld he was ousted as Ambassador to Earth. Following the recovery of the Kir'shara and the fall of the V'Las regime, Soval was allowed to resume his position of Ambassador.
Soval would become one of the strongest supporters of the Coalition of Planets. During the Earth-Romulan War he convinced T'Pau to help the humans drive back the Romulans, pointing out that if humanity was destroyed the Romulans would next attack Vulcan.
After the ending of the Earth-Romulan War Soval supported the formation of the United Federation of Planets, and was one of Vulcan's signatories to the Federation charter - becoming one of the Federation's founders. Soval then served as the Federation Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, and represented the Federation as they negotiated a trade agreement with the Saurians.
In the 24th century the Federation Starfleet honored Soval by naming a starship after him.
Quotes[]
| “ | Listen to me, you're making a mistake! When your logic doesn't work, you raise your voice? You've been on Earth too long. |
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| ~ Soval and Archer. |
| “ | He was a soldier who lived a long time ago. He was standing watch over the gates of the city of Gol and he saw a cloud on the horizon moving toward him. He thought it was a sandstorm, so he told no one. It was an army. They destroyed the city, but they let Nirak live. His name now means "fool" in our language, just as yours will in Andorian!" | „ |
| ~ Soval, to Shran |