The crew of Moya encounter Gahv and his companion Fento after Talyn destroys one of their freighters. The Plokavians capture John Crichton, Aeryn Sun, Stark, Ka D'Argo and Zhaan and hold them on a platform above a large open space with no way to escape. Plokavians are passionate about justice, as well as extremely violent, ugly, bad smelling and dealers of arms and Forbidden Cargos, such as Novatrin gas. Gahv and Fento interrogated each of their captives one by one in order to seek out the individual responsible for the destruction of their other trade ship.