T'Ribble
T'Ribble is the identity adopted by the young Captain T'Met after the events at the end of Book I. She remains associated with the VSS Schak'Irra and the Temporal Division of Starfleet.
This profile focuses on what this name changes in the story, without repeating the full biography of T'Met. T'Ribble exists mainly from the moment when two versions of the same Vulcan must coexist.
Identity Card
- Original name
- T'Met
- Adopted identity
- T'Ribble
- Species
- Vulcan
- Affiliation
- Starfleet / Temporal Division
- Rank
- Captain
- Associated starship
- VSS Schak'Irra
- First appearance as young T'Met
- Book I, Episode 115 - The Ultimate Sacrifice
- T'Ribble identity
- Adopted from 2555 onward within a framework decided by Starfleet.
Profile
T'Ribble is a logical, disciplined officer who remains strongly attached to the framework of Starfleet. Her challenge is not to replace T'Met, but to exist alongside her.
This position places her in a rare situation: remaining herself while accepting that another version of her carries a far heavier history.
Reputation And Perception
In Starfleet's eyes, T'Ribble remains a competent, useful, and administratively necessary captain. Keeping her in her post prevents the temporal correction from further disrupting the Temporal Division.
For the crew and those close to T'Met, her presence remains more unsettling. She carries a familiar face, real authority, and a new identity whose reasons have not yet been fully revealed.
Shared Origin
T'Ribble shares with T'Met her birth on Vulcan, her adoption by Salekk and T'Ribble, her scientific training, and her early career in Starfleet. These elements are detailed in T'Met's profile.
Her own profile takes over after the temporal correction, when that shared origin is no longer enough to define a single person.
After Episode 115 - Captain Of The Schak'Irra
Read after Book I - Episode 115.
The young T'Met appears as captain of the Schak'Irra in the corrected timeline. At this stage, she is not yet called T'Ribble: she acts within the official framework of the mission and according to the information available in her era.
After Episode 129 - Facing T'Met
Read after Book I - Episode 129.
When the clandestine team returns in 2554 with Agnes, Angie, and elements of Lingua, the young T'Met finds herself facing her older double. The shock is not only physical: it forces her to understand that the official order surrounding the Schak'Irra is no longer enough to explain what really happened.
After Book I - Becoming T'Ribble
Read after the end of Book I.
After the correction and the return to the 26th century, the young T'Met keeps her status, her position, and her command. The T'Ribble identity allows her to occupy that place without being confused with her older double.
The exact reasons for this change remain discreet for now. This profile is therefore limited to what Book I establishes: T'Ribble exists, remains on duty, and now carries a separate name.
Overall Portrait
Read after the end of Book I.
T'Ribble is still a transitional figure at the end of Book I. The story has not yet explored everything this name implies, but it already establishes an essential distinction: T'Met and T'Ribble share an origin without telling the same present.
Administrative File
Read after the end of Book I.
- Name
- T'Met until 2555
- T'Ribble from 2555 onward
- Parents
- Adoptive daughter of Salekk and T'Ribble
- Species
- Vulcan
- Sex
- Female
- Date of birth
- January 4, 2245
- Civil status
- Confidential
- Timeline of origin
- Prime Timeline
- Temporal markers and displacements
- 2270 > 2547: extraction after T'Met's official death during the Battle of Caleb IV.
- 2554 > 1954: initial mission of the Schak'Irra.
- 1954 > 2554: return from the mission after correction.
- Status after correction
- Maintains command of the VSS Schak'Irra under her new identity.
- Ranks
- Cadet (2260-2262)
- Ensign (2262-2270)
- Cadet (2547)
- Lieutenant Commander (2548)
- Commander (2549)
- Captain (since 2550)
- Commanding officers
- Captain Garrett (2270)
- Admiral Quihoui (2548-2554)
- Admiral Censsukr' (since 2554)
T'Ribble's Appearances
Existential Threat
Continuity note.
In this book, she appears under the name Young Capt. T'Met.