Why did Spock kneel?

[Colin]

When Spock beams down to Vulcan to save the Elders, he kneels on the transporter pad and is beamed down in that position. Any particular reason for this? Perhaps to avoid wind blown objects, or for respect to the temple?

 

[Lynn Minmay]

Maybe it was a defensive stance?

 

[Locutus of Bored]

One must always be prepared for random Zod encounters.

He was probably expecting to be knocked off balance by the planet collapsing around him, so he adopted a low stance for both stability and to avoid flying debris, like you said.

 

[gimpy117]

because it looks cool in a movie.

 

[Mighty Chin]

When Spock beams down to Vulcan to save the Elders, he kneels on the transporter pad and is beamed down in that position. Any particular reason for this? Perhaps to avoid wind blown objects, or for respect to the temple?

I have to admit that really struck me as odd. Not to mention the bubble on the transporter pads!

 

[Guartho]

One must always be prepared for random Zod encounters.

DAMN YOU! I came in here, a thread with only 2 replies, all set to make a Zod joke!

 

[Roshi]

Zod asked him to.

EDIt: shit...

 

[Guartho]

Zod does not ask.

 

[Alpha_Geek]

Seismic activity... lower center of gravity, less of a chance to take a major fall and bust that green blooded vulcan ass before he could help the counsel.

 

[Squiggy]

He saw an Robau apparition and immediately showed the proper respect.

 

[NewHorizon]

Well, the planet was flying apart. I'm sure it was trying to lessen the chance of being struck by debris.

 

[ed629]

Like others have said, he probably did that because he knew the planet was unstable at that point, expected earthquakes and possibly not sure if the ground would of been stable or shifting\tilting when he was getting beamed down.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

One must always be prepared for random Zod encounters.

DAMN YOU! I came in here, a thread with only 2 replies, all set to make a Zod joke!

Zod asked him to.

EDIt: shit...

Too slow.

 

[Amaris]

It was logical.


J.

 

[Jeri]

Seismic activity... lower center of gravity, less of a chance to take a major fall and bust that green blooded vulcan ass before he could help the counsel.

That's it; there was a discussion already, as others have noted...

 

[scottydog]

A more important question is what happened just before Spock kneeled. Kirk and Sulu were beamed aboard as they were about to make impact with the surface of Vulcan while traveling hundreds of miles per hour. Shouldn't they have been killed on impact with the transporter pad?

 

[David cgc]

If the transporter can cancel out the relative momentum of a ship traveling thousands of miles per hour in orbit, correcting for a falling speed of a hundred miles an hour, at most, is cake.

 

[Roshi]

Spock (Prime) kneeled before Nero too!

 

[cooleddie74]

I see you are practiced in worshipping established canon.

Good.

 

[VonHelton]

One must always be prepared for random Zod encounters.

He was probably expecting to be knocked off balance by the planet collapsing around him, so he adopted a low stance for both stability and to avoid flying debris, like you said.

Got it in 1.......