Harrad - Sar ' s barge Harrad - Sar ' s barge was an unusual design of Orion starship that was pilot ed by Harrad - Sar . Capabilities and design . Harrad - Sar ' s ship was equipped with powerful weapon systems . It also had scanner s that could detect mineral deposits below the surface of a planet , although their results could sometimes be incomplete . The ship was capable of receiving and transmitting visual communications between itself and another vessel . It had an advanced propulsion system and was capable of extremely erratic and swift movements . If its engines were damaged , the craft could still use its on - board impulse drive . The vessel was also able to dock with other ships and was capable of towing spacecraft with the use of a towing cable , a tactic that was often utilized to commandeer enemy vessels . At least two rooms were contained within the craft . The vessel ' s bridge had a padded , black command chair directly facing a visual communications device that was slightly to the side of a brilliant white light . Behind the chair , three tiny lights hung from the ceiling at different angles and helped to illuminate the room . The lights were positioned between the padded chair and a wall decorated with an intricate Orion design . The wall itself was brown but its Orion design incorporated little green lights . The other room was both colorful and comfortable , with thin light green and dark purple fabrics draped from a metallic ring built into the room ' s ceiling , which was colored golden brown . At the center of the ceiling , an oval , green light hung down . Circular walls that contained the room were also golden brown and included large , illuminated panels that were lit with gold - colored light . The panels were separated by other , thinner panels that were decorated with the same design as seen on the bridge , with small green lights between gaps in a brown pattern . The floor was light brown although it was carpeted with a large , circular purple rug that contained an inner circle of purple and light green trapeziums surrounding another circle , colored purple . Two doorways allowed access to and from the room . Rich red fabric was draped over the doorways and purple carpeted walkways led up from the light brown floor to the doorways . The room was furnished with cushions and fabrics of various colors and patterns , as well as several decorative metallic sculptures next to the walls that each incorporated a thin , red disc halfway between the floor and an illuminated green circular light that the sculpture supported . The light was similar in shade to the light hung from the center of the ceiling but slightly darker . Lastly , a table was positioned in the room that had a design much like the metallic sculptures that supported the green circular lights . History . First encounter with " Enterprise " . On December 27th , 2154 , the Starfleet vessel encountered Harrad - Sar ' s ship while traveling to Berengaria VII . Aboard the starship , science officer T ' Pol failed to recognize Harrad - Sar ' s ship due to the fact that Starfleet and the Vulcan s had never encountered that specific design before . Lieutenant Malcolm Reed opined that Harrad - Sar ' s ship appeared to be hostile . Upon contact with the Orion pilot , Harrad - Sar threatened to fire at " Enterprise " unless the Starfleet vessel ' s weapon systems were immediately deactivated . Eventually , " Enterprise " and Harrad - Sar ' s ship lowered their weapon systems simultaneously . Following their introduction , Harrad - Sar invited " Enterprise " s captain , Jonathan Archer , aboard the Orion ship . Although Archer was initially reluctant , given his past experience with Orions , he was ultimately persuaded to beam aboard Harrad - Sar ' s ship with an away team . Harrad - Sar served his guests Gorn Meridor and entertained them with dancing Orion slave girl s . Harrad - Sar claimed that his ship had detected a planet rich in magnesite . Although the scanners on his ship had detected large quantities of the mineral beneath the planet ' s surface , it was believed that more magnesite , which the scanners hadn ' t uncovered , might exist there . However , Harrad - Sar ' s ship was incapable of removing the magnesite from beneath the planet . Orion slave girls . The complement of Harrad - Sar ' s ship was lessened when the Orion slave girls , who had previously danced for the " Enterprise " away team , joined the Starfleet vessel . The Orion women were highly inquisitive about " Enterprise " , as Harrad - Sar hadn ' t allowed them to leave their assigned rooms on board his ship . While Harrad - Sar ' s ship left on an undetermined course , " Enterprise " continued to the planet where the magnesite could be found . However , Commander Kelby caused considerable damage to " Enterprise " s warp engine s , while under the effects of a pheromone that the Orion slave girls produced . Captain Archer later discovered that Harrad - Sar and the Orion women had planned to disable " Enterprise " . A communications device which the Orion slave girls had used to contact Harrad - Sar ' s ship was found in their assigned quarters aboard the Starfleet vessel . Both Archer and T ' Pol believed that Harrad - Sar ' s ship was probably waiting to attack " Enterprise " . Also , the transmissions which the Orion females had sent suggested that the Orion ship was approaching the Starfleet vessel . Archer worried that " Enterprise " s warp capacity would still be damaged when Harrad - Sar ' s ship attacked . Conflict with " Enterprise " . On the bridge , the Orion craft was eventually detected four hundred kilometer s away from " Enterprise " . When Harrad - Sar ' s ship contacted the Starfleet vessel , the Orion commander asked if he could be of any assistance to " Enterprise " . Although Harrad - Sar offered to use his ship to tow the Starfleet vessel , Archer threatened to fire on the Orion craft if Harrad - Sar made any attempt to commandeer " Enterprise " . Explaining that his ship was in the service of the Orion Syndicate , Harrad - Sar used his vessel to fire on " Enterprise " s weapons . In the ensuing conflict , " Enterprise " lost its forward phase cannon s , while targeting the weapons on Harrad - Sar ' s ship . On " Enterprise " , Captain Archer ordered Ensign Travis Mayweather to protect the starship ' s phase cannons , although the movement of Harrad - Sar ' s ship was too erratic and swift . The Orion craft caused extreme damage to " Enterprise " , which also lost its torpedoes and aft phase cannons in the battle . Powering down its weapon systems , the Orion craft launched a towing cable and pulled " Enterprise " behind it . Following an attempt to break free , " Enterprise " was again contacted by Harrad - Sar . The Orion commander planned to drag the Starfleet vessel to two waiting Orion marauder s . Meanwhile , Harrad - Sar revealed that he and his ship were under the control of the Orion women who were now aboard " Enterprise " . " Enterprise " breaks free . On the Starfleet craft , T ' Pol and Chief Engineer Charles Tucker learned that the towing cable on Harrad - Sar ' s ship was attached directly above the main deflector relay on " Enterprise " . Using the starship ' s deflector , they sent a positron burst through the towing cable . The burst triggered an energy cascade on the Orion ship and disabled the vessel ' s power systems . The Orion women were returned to Harrad - Sar ' s ship and , with damage to its engines , the craft continued to Orion space at impulse velocity . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Harrad - Sar ' s barge was the third Orion spacecraft seen on and the fifth Orion vessel to appear in a " Star Trek " series . The name for this vessel was derived from script sources . The rooms within the craft constituted the first appearance of an Orion vessel ' s interior in a live - action " Star Trek " series . In the final draft script of " Bound " , Harrad - Sar ' s barge was described as " a hulking cruiser , bristling with weaponry , its hull painted with menacing , graffiti - like pictographs . . . designed to intimidate . " The teleplay also referred to the craft as having " conduits and hull plating " , which were blasted out when the ship was hit by the positron burst from " Enterprise " . Apocrypha . An upgraded 25th century version of this starship also appears in " Star Trek Online " , where it is referred to as a " " Blackguard " - class Flight Deck Assault Cruiser " .