Raal

Vulcan city where Spock was betrothed

A city on Vulcan where Spock and T'Pring were dining when she proposed to him in the first episode of Strange New Worlds.

Raal is a place on Vulcan identified by an on-screen caption in Strange New Worlds, the opening episode of the series of the same name. Spock, on leave while the Enterprise is in spacedock, meets T'Pring there for a meal.
T'Pring surprises him by asking him to marry her, and he accepts, formalising the bond arranged for them in childhood. Their evening together is then cut short by a call from Captain Pike, who needs his science officer for an urgent mission to find Number One at Kiley 279.
T'Pring remarks drily on Starfleet's hold over him, a strain that runs through the couple's later appearances. The name Raal had long been used for a Vulcan province in reference works and maps before it reached the screen.