Pardshay was an alien individual who served under Captain Kasidy Yates on the SS Xhosa. In 2371, Yates saw Pardshay attempt to lift a heavy container and told him to use an anti-gravity sled to shift it. (DS9 episode: "Family Business") In 2383, Pardshay was killed when the Xhosa was destroyed in a collision with a Tzenkethi starship at Deep Space 9. (ST - Typhon Pact novels: Plagues of Night, Raise the Dawn)