RACE: Beagle Hound
POST: Man's Best Friend

Porthos, best canine friend to Captain Jonathan Archer, is the first hound of the beagle breed to fly into space on a ship equipped with a Warp 5 engine. He was born one of four male pups in a litter belonging to a dog Archer grew fond of while dating the owners daughter. The four pups were labeled "the four musketeers" based on the main characters in the Alexandre Dumas novel The Three Musketeers. Porthos being the name one of those characters

Porthos is an easy going tail wagging four legged friend to all with a love for cheese, though it upsets his tummy something fierce. Though Porthos is happy go lucky he has an intuitive sense of danger and has on several occasions alerted his master when foul play is afoot.

Porthos was nearly lost when he contracted a severe virus after urinating on a sacred Kreetassan

tree while visiting their planet. His pituitary gland was replaced by that of a Calrissian Chameleon, Archer spent the night in sickbay with his furry friend who made a complete recovery. Dr. Phlox joked that with the gland of the chameleon Porthos would now be able to 'blend into the scenery'.

Porthos continues happily alongside his master, as Commander Tucker so aptly put it; "Going where no dog has gone before."