Vice Admiral Pasalk

Universe :	Prime Timeline
Name :	Vice Admiral Pasalk [1]
Species :	Vulcans

Pasalk was a male Vulcan Starfleet officer. He was once a colleague of Sarek, Spock's father, and was strongly disliked by Spock. He was part of the prosecution team in the court martial of Una Chin-Riley in 2259, by which time he had achieved the rank of Vice Admiral. [1]

After unexpectedly joining her arraignment with the Judge Advocate General, he amended. the charges to include sedition. [1]

Prior to the trial, Pasalk visited the USS Enterprise where he sat with Spock in the ship's recreation room, although the two said almost nothing to each other. [1]

During his cross examination of Chin-Riley, he asked how long Christopher Pike had known she was an Illyrian. When she revealed that Pike had known for approximately four months, Pasalk stated that this indicated that Pike, in fact, involved himself in a conspiracy. In Pasalk's closing arguments, he pointed out that the defence wanted wants the court to ignore the facts in favor of emotion. He said that the only important thing today was the law, and that by her own testimony Una had violated that and encouraged Pike to do the same. [1]

Pasalk punished Captain Batel for losing the Chin-Riley case by refusing to promotte her to commodore. Instead promoting William Geary in her place. [2] Between 2258 and 2260 Pasalk was promoted to Judge Advocate General. [3]

In 2261 Captain Batel met with Pasalk over a meal in Captain Pike's quarters. She hoped to discuss returning the Judge Advocate General's office. Unfortunately, Captain Pike had taken part in an away team mission to the pre-warp planet of Tezaar. In order to take part he had to be turned into a Vulcan. When the time came to turn him back thee serum failed and he was stuck in Vulcan form. Keen to go ahead with the meeting Batel, Pasalk and a Vulcan Pike met in her quarters. This meant she faced not only Pasalk's frank Vulcan feedback, but also Pike's. Overwelmed with this she eventually lashed out and told both of them what she thought of their arguments. To her great surprise, Pasalk was very impressed by her impassioned arguments, saying that his reservations about her were mainly due to her not voicing her real thought on certain matters. In the end he was so impressed that he recommended that she take over as Judge Advocate General following his upcoming retirement. [3]

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Series	Season	Actor	Film / Episode Title
SNW	2	Graeme Somerville	Ad Astra per Aspera
SNW	3	Graeme Somerville	Four-and-a-Half Vulcans

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#	Series	Season	Source	Comment
1	SNW	2	Ad Astra per Aspera
2	SNW	2	Among the Lotus Eaters
3	SNW	3	Four-and-a-Half Vulcans

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Last updated : 21 Oct 2025

Series :	SNW Season 2
Episode :	Ad Astra per Aspera

Series :	SNW Season 2
Episode :	Among the Lotus Eaters

Series :	SNW Season 3
Episode :	Four-and-a-Half Vulcans