Epilogue

It was not, in fact, the end. As it turns out Captain Archer and the crew of Enterprise were successful in thwarting John Paxton's and Terra Prime's objective, however they did not destroy the array. It did, in fact, fire upon Earth; however, thankfully, it missed San Francisco by several kilometers. Instead the path of the beam was directed into the Pacific Ocean. Local residents of the San Francisco area had said that they had never seen anything like it. The flash of light from the beam of the array was said to have been seen for more than 800 kilometers in all directions. That is farther than the distance from San Francisco, California to Las Vegas, Nevada.

T'Pau survived the incident as did Constance and Soval. However, she returned to Vulcan where she remained a minister on the High Council in the newly formed Vulcan government where she would preside for the rest of her life. The Kir'Shara had a profound impact on her as did witnessing a Human carrying Surak's katra. Having, also, presided over Ambassador Soval's and Constance Corcoran's marriage the event helped shape her view of future Human and Vulcan relations. It was a good thing as in the years to come her own grandson, Sarek, who eventually became Ambassador to Earth, would marry a Human schoolteacher named Amanda and they would eventually have a child named Spock… but that is another story. To this day, T'Pau remains the only Vulcan to have ever turned down a seat at the Federation Council.

Ambassador Soval remained the Vulcan Ambassador to United Earth for another six more years until 2161 when the United Federation of Planets was organized. The Federation Charter was drafted and was then signed on October 9, 2161; Soval being one of the signatories. Shortly after Soval was appointed an Ambassador to the Federation, and Skon replaced him as Ambassador to Earth. It would be many years later when Skon would, in turn, would be replaced as Ambassador by his son Sarek.

Soval continued to retain a permanent residence on Earth for many years while living with his wife, Constance. She, herself, continued working for Starfleet Intelligence even after they cleaned house following the Terra Prime debacle, however it was not as an Officer. Constance returned to work at Starfleet Intelligence after a brief sabbatical as a Counterterrorism Analyst which was sorely needed by the newly realigned agency.

Both Soval and Constance, after residing at the Vulcan Consulate for a brief stint, chose to relocate to her home in Mill Valley which, in time, became their home. They never did have children. They did attend the memorial for the hybrid child, Elizabeth, who proved that it was a possibility, but neither felt it was ever the right time. As time passed they did adopt a female dog which Constance named T'Bone much to Soval's chagrin. Soval likened the creature to a Sehlat, once, abet on a much smaller, less vicious scale when it ripped one of his ambassadorial robes to shreds. The years that followed passed in relative bliss for the couple and Constance, who was once asked if she could change anything about her life would she, quickly replied:

"No. No, I wouldn't change a thing."

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THE END

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A/N: Thanks to all of you for taking this journey with me. I'm truly humbled. It's been fun!

~Paradise