It escaped into forestland after she "accidentally" left the door of their home open while moving her belongings into the residence following their marriage. ( DS9: " Strange Bedfellows" TNG: " Where No One Has Gone Before") Martok once described a targ he had owned during his childhood as " a filthy, mangy beast, but in his bony breast beat the heart of a warrior" and "faithful" to its master but "ever-ready to follow the call of the wild." Martok's wife, Sirella, detested the creature. As evidenced by the episode's final version, though, these animals were ultimately reduced to a single targ: Boshar.īoth Martok and Worf owned pet targs at some point in their lives. The audience was to glimpse them while the two targs were fighting with each other over a scrap of food. In the final draft script of ENT: " Affliction", a pair of targs were described as being kept as pets by Dr. In 2153, what appeared to be a dead targ was seen hanging at its hind legs at the Xanthan floating bazaar. A while after Phlox advised Archer to eat the targ meat because it seemed to be rich in protein, Archer tried it but almost immediately spat it out, moments later telling Advocate Kolos that it tasted "a little underdone." ( ENT: " Judgment") Archer decided, based merely on the appearance of the meat, that he disliked Klingon cuisine and Denobulan doctor Phlox concurred that the food did not look appetizing. Later that year, Enterprise captain Jonathan Archer was provided a bone joint from a targ, served on a metal plate, while enduring imprisonment on Narendra III. ĭuring a conflict between Klingon troops led by Captain Korok and a combined force of colonists from a deuterium mining colony and officers from Enterprise, Korok described the behavior of his opponents when they were trying to evade him and his officers as "hiding in the dirt like targ." ( ENT: " Marauders") "I thought that was just so wonderful! " he remarked. Veteran Star Trek actor Vaughn Armstrong was very impressed by the effects of the computer-generated Targs. " ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 3, Issue 9, p. 48 (X) ) One of the hanging targ corpses from the same episode was put up for auction on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction. Then it was a big deal getting it approved and putting three of them in there, and attaching them to the chains, building the whole room and putting straw on the floor. They sat there getting this thing to look right. John Teska had to build the pig Dan was in on that too. Everything beyond that door Hoshi opens was CG. Robert Bonchune recalled the creation of the shot "The Targs were a big deal, even though they were in a throwaway shot. The targs shown as being alive in "Sleeping Dogs" were depicted using a CGI model created at Foundation Imaging. The phrase "targ manure" (an expression used by Boothby) was a slang term to describe a lie, or a made-up story (analogous to the Human expletive "bullshit").
Toby the targ was a popular children's character and purported holo-novel author of a series of children's works, published by Broht & Forrester. ( ENT: " Marauders") The Hamar Mountains were abundant with targ. ( VOY: " Elogium") A behavior typically associated with targ was hiding in dirt. Targ herds could be a collision hazard on Qo'noS Klingon ground assault vehicles used targ scoops to clear the animals away from their path. ( DS9: " A Time to Stand") As part of the Day of Honor ceremony, the participant had to eat from the heart of a sanctified targ. Klingon wedding ceremonies sometimes involved the ritual sacrifice of a targ. ( TNG: " In Theory") Wistan gagh was packed in targ blood. ( TNG: " A Matter Of Honor" DS9: " You Are Cordially Invited" VOY: " Day of Honor") Targs produced milk targ milk could be used as an ingredient in beverages such as the Prakal II mixed drink. The meat of the targ – including the heart – was eaten, while their shoulder fat was used to make var'Hama candles. Klingons kept domesticated targs as pets and livestock, and hunted wild targs for sport. Targs were generally regarded as "vicious and destructive" animals. They were usually dark brown, although some were spotted. Targs were comparable in form to Terran boars but with spikes on their backs.