Pakled

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Pakled
Grebnedlog, a member of the Pakled
Base of Operations	Alpha Quadrant
Affiliation	None

A Pakled is a member of a fictional alien race in the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Pakleds are short, stocky humanoids with large bushy eyebrows. They are fairly simple-minded, but they keep pace with the capabilities of other spacefaring races by stealing technology (such as shields of Romulan design) from ships they encounter.

Pakleds tend to speak in a very simple and childlike way (for example: "We look for things. Things that make us go. Can you make us go?" "We are smart, we are strong!!"). This can fool a Good Samaritan into thinking the Pakleds are harmless and helpless; the Pakleds wait until their benefactors' guard is down, then use a show of force to take what they need.

The Pakleds were first seen in the TNG episode "Samaritan Snare". In "Brothers", Lore comments that after being reassembled he drifted in space until picked up by Pakleds.

Several Pakleds appeared as background characters on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

In a deleted scene from Star Trek Nemesis, B-4 commented that some Pakleds had rescued him from Omicron Theta and made him work for them for a few months before they dumped him, finding that he was useless even by their low standards.