Edward Hagler

dutiful operational vulnerable

Edward Hagler (Lieutenant) serves as a junior officer aboard the USS Enterprise-D, performing standard operational duties alongside Ensign Sariel Rager. His service highlights the constant hazards Starfleet junior officers face, including extraterrestrial threats such as subspace abductions by solanogen-based aliens. Hagler maintains quarters on Deck Seven, Section Nineteen and interacts with senior officers including Captain Picard, Commander Riker, Lieutenant Worf, Data, Kaminer, and Dr. Beverly Crusher. His experiences—ranging from routine ship functions to physiological alterations from alien experiments—embody the human cost of frontier exploration.

6 appearances

Starfleet Operations

Also known as: Lieutenant Hagler, Hagler

Edward Hagler's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

6 moments

S6E5 · Schisms

Crew reconstructs alien experiment table

Not applicable (off-screen, fate unknown to the crew at this point).

Lieutenant Edward Hagler is mentioned as the other missing crewmember, last seen at 23:32 hours. His disappearance is confirmed by the computer, and his fate is later revealed to be …

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S6E5 · Schisms

Tetryon emissions reveal subspace breach

Unknown, but inferred to be distressed or disoriented given the abruptness of his return and the ongoing crisis.

Lieutenant Hagler is not physically present on the bridge during this event, but his sudden reappearance in his quarters dominates the scene. His return is framed as an unexpected development—one …

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S6E5 · Schisms

Hagler’s return disrupts bridge investigation

Unknown—his emotional state is the central question of the moment, as his return could signify relief, danger, or something in between.

Lieutenant Hagler is not physically present on the bridge during this event, but his sudden return is the catalyst that disrupts the scene. His absence prior to this moment has …

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S6E5 · Schisms

Hagler’s violent alien transformation

Delirious with agony, his body and mind overwhelmed by the alien transformation, with no coherent thought beyond the pain.

Lieutenant Hagler stumbles out of his quarters in a violent physical collapse, his skin a sickly blue-gray and his movements erratic and convulsive. He is delirious with pain, his body …

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S6E5 · Schisms

Riker challenges Data’s alien analysis

Null (deceased), but his memory evokes grief, fear, and a sense of urgency in the living crew members.

Lieutenant Hagler is referenced by Riker as having died after his return from the alien abduction, with his blood transformed into a liquid polymer. His death is a stark reminder …

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S6E5 · Schisms

Picard confronts the alien threat’s true nature

Not directly observable, but his death is a source of grief and anger for Riker, reinforcing the crew's sense of loss and the aliens' threat.

Lieutenant Hagler is referenced by Riker as a crewmember who died after the alien abduction, with his blood transformed into a liquid polymer. His death is cited as evidence of …

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Affiliation

Starfleet

Federation Starship Command, Classified Intelligence, and Hierarchical Operations