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Pagh (Klingon ship)

Klingon military operations, tactical engagement, and regional threat projection

Description

The Pagh is a Klingon Defense Force warship commanded by Captain Kargan with a hierarchical bridge crew (including tactics officers and warriors). It enforces Klingon honor codes through ritual and coercive discipline, conducts tactical scans, cloaking and weapons operations, and is the provenance point for an unusual organism that precipitates a tactical crisis with the USS Enterprise. The vessel alternates between hostile posturing and becoming the subject of Starfleet intervention, serving as an antagonistic contact authority in the narrative.

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Events mentioning this organization

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S2E8
Klingon Honor, Riker's Test

Captain Picard records a formal log announcing Commander Riker's temporary assignment to the Klingon cruiser Pagh and the Enterprise departs Starbase 179. As Worf walks …

S2E8
Kargan's Ultimatum — Riker Summoned

The Enterprise establishes formal contact with the Klingon cruiser Pagh, and Captain Kargan abruptly demands that Commander Riker be beamed aboard. Picard complies outwardly, ordering …

S2E8
Tone‑Deaf Quip and the Red Smear

On the Enterprise bridge an offhand, culturally awkward remark by Ensign Mendon — a Benzite observer making light of Klingon hospitality — draws an immediate, …

S2E8
Appraised and Escorted: Riker Meets Klingon Scrutiny

Riker walks the stark corridor of the Pagh under the slow, predatory scrutiny of Klingon crew. A terse, almost clinical exchange with the tactics officer …

S2E8
Bridge of Honor: Riker's Klingon Oath

Riker announces himself aboard the Klingon cruiser Pagh and is immediately placed on trial for loyalty. Captain Kargan demands an oath; Lieutenant Klag accuses Riker …

S2E8
Oath by Force — Riker's Klingon Proof

On the Pagh's bridge Riker is formally challenged: Klingon pride demands a public oath, and Lieutenant Klag accuses him of lying. With Kargan watching, Riker …

S2E8
Dorsal Fin Contagion — Mendon's Protocol Delay

An automatic hull scan reveals a hazy mass clinging to the Enterprise's dorsal fin; Data magnifies it and identifies a rare subatomic organism that doubles …

S2E8
Protocol Before Peril — Mendon Withholds Klingon Scan

A routine diagnostic becomes a moral and command crucible when Data magnifies an unknown haze and identifies a rapidly reproducing subatomic organism. Ensign Mendon admits …

S2E8
The Mess Hall Test: Riker's Social Trial

Riker records a steadying supplemental log and sits among the Pagh's crew, attempting to blend into a hostile, amused crowd. What begins as ribbing — …

S2E8
Quantified Breach — Biological Threat Declared

Ensign Mendon confirms a fast‑reproducing organism is consuming hull compounds and—after a visible hesitation rooted in his species' procedural caution—reveals the Klingon vessel is far …

S2E8
Picard Orders Emergency Intercept for Hull‑Eating Organism

After Mendon confirms a hull‑eating organism and hesitates over Klingon vulnerability, Data accelerates the analysis and quantifies the threat — a twelve‑centimeter breach should already …

S2E8
Hull‑Eater: Discovery and Accusation

A small, hazy breach in the Klingon cruiser Pagh reveals a fast‑eating, spaceborne organism devouring the hull. KLAG identifies catastrophic loss of integrity within hours, …

S2E8
Two‑Minute Scan: Kargan's Verdict

A diagnostic meeting on the Pagh's bridge explodes into accusations. Riker is summoned to assess a hull breach eaten by a space organism; Klag's grim …

S2E8
Hull Contagion and the Turn to Battle

A fast‑eating subatomic organism eats through the Pagh's hull, but the technical crisis quickly mutates into a political one when Captain Kargan orders Riker to …

S2E8
Kargan Declares Battle Alert

On the Pagh's bridge tension snaps into overt hostility when the Tactics Officer reports the Enterprise on an intercept course. Kargan, already suspicious of the …

S2E8
From Warp to Alarm: Data Orders Impulse as the Pagh Goes Dark

At warp with a persistent subatomic organism clinging to the hull, the bridge pivots from routine cruise to urgent investigation. Wesley reports expected contact; Data …

S2E8
Silent Pagh — Cloaked or Obliterated

What begins as a routine contact check immediately hardens into an urgent mystery. With a persistent subatomic organism clinging to the hull and the ship …

S2E8
A Lifeline Offered — A War Order

On the Pagh's bridge a small mercy arrives: the tactics officer flags an incoming hail and Klag reads that the Enterprise has amended its message …

S2E8
Kargan Rejects Diplomacy — Weapons to Battle

On the Pagh's bridge a fragile thread of hope is snapped. Klag reports that the Enterprise's new hailing promises decontamination and repairs; Riker seizes it …

S2E8
Forty Thousand — Cloak Down, Open Fire

On the Pagh's bridge a single, clipped report — "Forty thousand" — collapses the available time for deliberation. Kargan responds instantly: drop the cloaking shields …

S2E8
Energize — Picard's High‑Stakes Command

With the Klingon cruiser Pagh freshly decloaked and moments from delivering a devastating strike, Picard makes an instantaneous, risk-heavy decision: he orders the transporter energized. …

S2E8
Riker Seizes Command of the Pagh

When Captain Kargan inexplicably dematerializes on the Pagh's bridge, Riker exploits the sudden authority vacuum and issues a blunt, Klingon‑styled relief: he formally removes Kargan …

S2E8
Riker Forces the Pagh to Decloak — Choosing Honor Over Safety

With the Klingon bridge tense and the Pagh cloaked and ticking toward catastrophe, Riker seizes the command vacuum and orders the tactics officer to lower …

S2E8
Pagh's Sudden Lock-On: Diplomacy Meets Klingon Distrust

The Klingon cruiser Pagh materializes without warning on the viewscreen, instantly locking weapons on the Enterprise. Data’s clinical report turns the encounter into an immediate …

S2E8
Riker Claims the Pagh — A Klingon Command Bluff

Amid a sudden command vacuum on the Klingon bridge, Riker performs a daring cultural and tactical gambit: adopting a Klingon voice, he declares himself "Captain …

S2E8
Picard's Tactical De‑Escalation — Riker Accepts Command Closure

Picard ends the standoff with a measured, authoritative maneuver: he orders the Klingon bridge to lower shields and instructs the transporter to return Kargan to …

S2E22
Oath Under Klingon Scrutiny

In a remembered encounter aboard the Klingon cruiser Pagh, Captain Kargan forces Riker to publicly declare his loyalties. When Lieutenant Klag brands Riker a liar …

S2E22
Trial by Fist: Riker's Klingon Assertion

In a flashback to the Pagh's bridge, Riker meets a public loyalty test with instant, controlled violence. When Lieutenant Klag brands him a liar and …

S3E17
Picard's Charge: Honor the Klingon First Officer (and Note the Request)

Walking to the transporter room, Picard gives Riker a formal briefing: Commander Kurn must be treated with the full rights and responsibilities of a first …

S1E1
Spag Bol Hierarchy — Kids Fed, Adults Forsaken

Amanda ladles steaming spaghetti bolognese to a room full of children while the adults hover, expecting hospitality. Julia wanders to the pot and discovers it …