Bit weird to see Pakleds on DS9?

[PTRACER]

Just thought given how uncivilised they seemed in that TNG episode, there seemed to be a lot of them hanging around the station.

If there's anything to discuss...discuss

 

[GNDN]

I guess they were looking for things...

 

[marksound]

I guess they were looking for things...

Yes, they were cruising for foxes.

 

[od0_ital]

I guess they were looking for things...

...things that make them go.

And don't forget, the Pakleds were able to outsmart Riker & Company long enough to kidnap Geordi. And they were interstellar travelers and traders. So, I was cool with them as background aliens on DS9.

 

[David cgc]

They might be Quark's favorite customers.

 

[Distorted Humor]

They might be Quark's favorite customers.

I always thought "Little ship" would of been much better if it was Pakleds who took over the ship....

 

[Freman]

I found it weird in the A Time to...books where the Pakleds talked just as intelligently as anyone else.

 

[Jono]

I don't see why it would be weird. The Pakleds were known to trade with the Cardassians and they are an group capable of interstellar travel, so a few turning up on DS9 isn't that outrageous.

 

[Cakemixo]

I guess they were looking for things...

...things that make them go.

Let's hope they never find Worf's prune juice.

I don't remember Pakleds on DS9. What episodes were they in?

 

[AdmiralGarak]

^They had no speaking roles as far as I can remember. The OP is probably referring to Pakled costumes & make-up being used on Promenade extras.

Pakled 1: "Give us luck. Luck that makes us go 'Dabo.'"
Leeta: "Sorry guys, you lost."
Pakled 2: "Our spin was not strong. {Sniffle}"
Leeta: "Aww... Don't cry. If you bet more latinu... err more shiny things, then you can make the wheel go again."
Pakled 1: "She is smart."
Pakled 2: "Our spin will be strong now."

 

[od0_ital]

The first time I remember seein' 'em was in 'Playing God' - they exited the airlock just ahead of Bashir & Arjin...

I'm sure they've been used in other episodes, but just as Promenade extras.

 

[indolover]

They're an interstellar species. As both TNG and DS9 were set in the Alpha Quadrant, every species the Federation has regular contact/relations with would be at DS9.

 

[od0_ital]

^

I never saw the Bynars...

 

[AdmiralGarak]

^

I never saw the Bynars...

They probably hung out on the other side of the Promenade.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

I found it weird in the A Time to...books where the Pakleds talked just as intelligently as anyone else.

I seem to have forgotten that...but then I wasn't that impressed with that particular series.

I actually liked the Seven Deadly Sins story better; it seemed more like what we saw on the show.

Personally, though--I suspect the Pakleds aren't stupid, but that it's a communication problem. I have wondered if perhaps they were intended (evolutionarily speaking) to use a different mode of communication from speech, but that was interfered with by someone.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

They orginally communicated via gastrointestinal pheremones and facial-follical movements before being technologically uplifted by a non-Federation culture whose motto was something like "The Prime Directive can grok my glands."

 

[David cgc]

Personally, though--I suspect the Pakleds aren't stupid, but that it's a communication problem. I have wondered if perhaps they were intended (evolutionarily speaking) to use a different mode of communication from speech, but that was interfered with by someone.

IIRC, that was the rationale for having them speak and narrate in a more sophisticated manner in A Time To.... The book's universal translator was better than Starfleet's had been at picking up on the nuance.