Enterprise (Picard, Data, bridge crew) vs. the Klingon cruiser Pagh (Kargan and his officers): escalating mistrust and brinksmanship that nearly converts a diplomatic exchange into open combat.
Enterprise (Picard, Data, bridge crew) vs. the Klingon cruiser Pagh (Kargan and his officers): escalating mistrust and brinksmanship that nearly converts a diplomatic exchange into open combat.
Events in This Arc
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 the Transporter Room to prepare, …
On the Pagh's bridge a single, clipped report — "Forty thousand" — collapses the available time for deliberation. Kargan responds instantly: drop the cloaking shields and open fire. The command …
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 the Pagh while arranging immediate …