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The '''"''Book of the People''"''' was the most sacred [[Book|text]] of the people of [[Yonada]]. According to their leader, [[Natira]], it was "to be opened and read" when they arrived at their "new world of the promise." Before then, it was housed in a monolith in the chamber of [[Oracle of the People]].

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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 [[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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Natira also told [[Doctor]] McCoy that it 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]] [[James 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]]")

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:''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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-The '''"''Book of the People''"''' was the most sacred [[Book|text]] of the people of [[Yonada]]. According to their leader, [[Natira]], it was "to be opened and read" when they arrived at their "new world of the promise." Before then, it 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 [[Leonard McCoy]] did in [[2268]], he would be shown the ''Book,'' as well as submit to the insertion of the [[instrument of obedience]].
-Natira also told [[Doctor]] McCoy that it 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]] [[James 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]]."''
 [[Category:Literature]]