At some point in each Yonadan's life (possibly part of a coming-of-age ceremony) the high official of the People implanted the Instrument of Obedience. In 2268, Leonard McCoy became one of the People in this way. Following this, the high official showed the inductee how to access the Book. The stele contained a representation of the Fabrini sun and its eight planets. Pressing the three lower planets simultaneously operated a mechanism that caused the top portion of the stele to slide up. To open the stele and behold the contents of the Book was considered sacrilege and warranted death. The Oracle nearly killed McCoy for revealing this information; only the timely intervention of Spock saved the doctor's life.
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| - At some point in each Yonadan's life (possibly part of a coming-of-age ceremony) the high official of the People implanted the Instrument of Obedience. In 2268, Leonard McCoy became one of the People in this way. Following this, the high official showed the inductee how to access the Book. The stele contained a representation of the Fabrini sun and its eight planets. Pressing the three lower planets simultaneously operated a mechanism that caused the top portion of the stele to slide up. To open the stele and behold the contents of the Book was considered sacrilege and warranted death. The Oracle nearly killed McCoy for revealing this information; only the timely intervention of Spock saved the doctor's life.
- The "Book of the People" was the most sacred text of the people of Yonada. According to Natira the Book was "to be opened and read" when they arrived at their "new world of the promise" on Daran IV. Before that time arrived, the Book was housed in a monolith in the chamber of Oracle of the People. To open the monolith and behold the contents of the Book was considered sacrilege and warranted death. When one became a member of the people of Yonada, as Dr. Leonard McCoy did in 2268, he would be shown the Book, as well as submit to the insertion of the instrument of obedience.
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| - The "Book of the People" was the most sacred text of the people of Yonada. According to Natira the Book was "to be opened and read" when they arrived at their "new world of the promise" on Daran IV. Before that time arrived, the Book was housed in a monolith in the chamber of Oracle of the People. To open the monolith and behold the contents of the Book was considered sacrilege and warranted death. When one became a member of the people of Yonada, as Dr. Leonard McCoy did in 2268, he would be shown the Book, as well as submit to the insertion of the instrument of obedience. It was later learned by a landing party from the USS Enterprise that the Book was merely a technical manual and guidebook. Yonada was, in fact, a multi-generational worldship and the "Oracle" its computer. By consulting the Book of the People, Captain James T. Kirk and Commander Spock were able to gain access to the computer and correct the flaw in its propulsion system, thus averting a collision with Daran V, and put Yonada on its proper course for Daran IV. (TOS episode: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky")
- At some point in each Yonadan's life (possibly part of a coming-of-age ceremony) the high official of the People implanted the Instrument of Obedience. In 2268, Leonard McCoy became one of the People in this way. Following this, the high official showed the inductee how to access the Book. The stele contained a representation of the Fabrini sun and its eight planets. Pressing the three lower planets simultaneously operated a mechanism that caused the top portion of the stele to slide up. To open the stele and behold the contents of the Book was considered sacrilege and warranted death. The Oracle nearly killed McCoy for revealing this information; only the timely intervention of Spock saved the doctor's life. Natira also told Doctor McCoy that the book was given by the Creators. It was subsequently learned that the "Creators" were the ancient Fabrini and that the Book was merely a technical manual and guidebook. Yonada was, in fact, a multi-generational colony ship and the "Oracle" its computer. By consulting the Book of the People, Captain Kirk and Commander Spock were able to gain access to the computer and correct the flaw in its propulsion system, thus averting a collision with Daran V. (TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" ) The Book of the People prop was first seen as Chicago Mobs of the Twenties in TOS: "A Piece of the Action" .
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