▁acts ▁against ▁any ▁V ul can ▁proven ▁to ▁have ▁committed ▁a ▁mind ▁m eld ; ▁and ▁hunting ▁down ▁and ▁capt uring , ▁sometimes ▁killing , ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁under ground ▁diss ident ▁group , ▁the ▁S yr ran ites . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 1 5 4 , ▁V ' L as , ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁High ▁Command ▁and ▁under cover ▁agent ▁for ▁the ▁Rom ul ans , ▁bom bed ▁the ▁United ▁Earth ▁emb ass y ▁on ▁V ul can ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁frame ▁and ▁eliminate ▁all ▁S yr ran ites ▁while ▁simultaneously ▁attempting ▁an ▁invasion ▁of ▁And oria . ▁He ▁was ▁fo iled ▁by ▁the ▁crew ▁of ▁the ▁Enter prise . ▁During ▁these ▁events , ▁the ▁Kir ' Sh ara , ▁a ▁device ▁containing ▁the ▁original ▁writ ings ▁of ▁Sur ak , ▁was ▁discovered ▁by ▁Jonathan ▁Arch er . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁prompt ▁dissol ution ▁of ▁the ▁High ▁Command ▁and ▁a ▁re evalu ation ▁of ▁V ul can ▁traditional ▁values . ▁It ▁also ▁resulted ▁in ▁V ul can ▁agree ing ▁to ▁stop ▁" looking ▁over ▁Earth ' s ▁shoulder " ▁in ▁space ▁expl oration ▁matters . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁revealed ▁to ▁view ers ▁that ▁the ▁High ▁Command ' s ▁il log ical ▁and ▁often ▁em otion ally ▁based ▁actions ▁were , ▁in ▁reality , ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁cover t ▁Rom ul an ▁influence . ▁The ▁Rom ul ans ▁had ▁secret ly ▁made ▁contact ▁with ▁V ' L as ▁and ▁attempted ▁to ▁reun ify ▁their ▁long - lost ▁pe op