Ro Laren
Ro Laren
Species:	Bajoran
Gender:	female
Hair color:	brown
Eye color:	brown
Home planet:	Bajor
Affiliation:	Starfleet Maquis
Posting:	USS Wellington Prisoner on Jaros II USS Enterprise-D helmsman
Rank:	Ensign, Lieutenant junior grade, Lieutenant
Portrayed by:	Michelle Forbes

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She served aboard the USS Enterprise-D under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard during the fifth through seventh years of the Enterprise's mission. The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (or Enterprise-D, to distinguish it from prior starships with the same name) is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. ... Captain Jean-Luc Picard is a Starfleet officer in the fictional Star Trek universe. ...

Overview

Ro joined the crew in the fifth season of the series as a troubled young Bajoran officer who had been court-martialled while serving on the USS Wellington, for disobeying orders on an away mission, resulting in eight deaths. She was imprisoned on Jaros II, but Picard gave her a second chance and made her one of his crew. A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a military court that determines punishments for members of the military subject to military law. ...

Once past initial hostility, Ro formed friendships with several Enterprise crew members, including Lieutenant-Commander Geordi La Forge and Commander William Riker. Of Bajoran descent, she had a great dislike for Cardassians. Although Picard had great faith in her, her hatred for the Cardassians would later win out over her loyalty to him. Geordi La Forge is a regular character in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, played by LeVar Burton. ... William Thomas Riker is a character in the Star Trek universe played by Jonathan Frakes, who appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) and all the movies focusing on the TNG characters. ... Kira Nerys Bajorans, a race of humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe, were introduced in the Next Generation series and played an integral part in the Deep Space Nine series. ... Damar of the Cardassian Union, prior to launching a revolution against the Dominion. ...

In her first episode, entitled "Ensign Ro", she was given a full pardon in exchange for going on a secret mission to help stop dissident raids, in order to protect a treaty with Cardassia. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Ro Laren. ...

In "The Next Phase", Ro and La Forge were presumed dead after a transporter accident while returning from rescue operations on a disabled Romulan ship. Upon regaining consciousness they discovered they had become invisible and intangible to everyone but each other, "cloaked" in an unexpected manner. Ro also initially believed they were dead, converted to a ghostlike existence, which awakened a number of Bajoran spiritual beliefs she thought she'd abandoned decades earlier. By invisibly observing the crew of the Romulan vessel, Ro and La Forge discovered the accident, as well as the damage to the Romulans' ship, was the result of a Romulan weapons test, and that the Romulans were performing a subtle act of sabotage that would destroy the Enterprise the moment that ship's crew engaged their warp drive. After discovering and defeating a similarly-cloaked Romulan operative, Ro and La Forge found a way to alert the Enterprise crew and return to normal, warning Picard and averting the plot. The Next Phase is a fifth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... Romulans are a fictional alien species in the Star Trek universe. ... In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the warp drive is a form of faster-than-light (FTL) propulsion. ...

In the episode "Rascals", Ro, Picard, Guinan and Keiko O'Brien are transformed into adolescent versions of themselves, while retaining their adult intelligence. As children, they foil a Ferengi plot to steal the captured Enterprise and sell the crew as slave labor. During this episode, some of the unpleasant backstory of Ro's original childhood was revealed. The adolescent Ro was portrayed by Megan Parlen. After a transporter malfunction Captain Picard,Guinan,Ro and Keiko are children. ... Guinan is a character in the Star Trek universe played by Whoopi Goldberg. ... Keiko OBrien, née Keiko Ishikawa, is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Rosalind Chao. ... Ferengi on Star Trek: The Next Generation The Ferengi are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe. ... Megan Sloan Parlen (born July 9, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actor. ...

In her final episode, entitled "Preemptive Strike", the newly-promoted Lieutenant Ro was asked by Starfleet to infiltrate the rebel Maquis, who were undermining the Federation treaty with Cardassia. During the mission she became increasingly sympathetic to the plight of the Maquis and, in the end, she betrayed Starfleet and joined the rebel group. Picard saw this as a personal betrayal of him. Preemptive Strike is a seventh season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which wound up the plotline involving the character of Ro Laren. ... Starfleet Command In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet is the paramilitary defense, research, diplomacy, and exploration force of the United Federation of Planets (UFP) with – as of the late 24th century – hundreds of starships and starbases at its disposal. ...

Ro Laren appeared in these episodes as well:

• "Cause and Effect"
• "Power Play"
• "Conundrum"
• "Disaster"

According to her personnel file seen in the episode "Conundrum", Ro was born on January 17, 2340 on Bajora to Ro Talia and Gale, and attended Starfleet Academy from 2350 to 2354. Cause and Effect is considered by many fans to be one of the best episodes of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... Power Play is the title of a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, from the fifth season. ... The crew attempt to discover their identities. ... The crew attempt to discover their identities. ... The official logo of Starfleet Academy, circa 2370. ...

As a Bajoran, her family name comes first. When she first came aboard the Enterprise, Picard referred to her as "Ensign Laren". She corrected him, saying that Laren was her given name and Ro was her family name, and she was correctly referred to a "Ensign Ro."

Trivia

Forbes passed up two separate opportunities to be in other Trek series. The first was with Deep Space Nine. The second was with Star Trek: Voyager, which featured Maquis characters, one of whom was intended to have been Ro. Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ...

The non-canon Deep Space Nine continuation novels have made it clear that Ro survived the destruction of the Maquis and led her own anti-Dominion group in the latter days of the Dominion War. Following this, she returned to Bajor, where she was given a commission in the militia and assigned to DS9 as Chief of Security. Over the next year, Ro encountered Picard again, with whom she made peace. When Bajor joined the Federation, Ro intended to leave her post hastily to escape punishment for her crimes, but was convinced by Picard to accept a pardon and rejoin Starfleet. This article or section may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it. ...

Ro was also to have appeared in a proposed episode of Star Trek: Voyager called "The Sentry" (the episode was never actually filmed, although script outlines were made). The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ...

While Ro wears her traditional Bajoran earring in her left ear, other Bajorans consistently wear it in their right ear. The non-canon novels explain this by saying she wears her father's earring in his memory, but in the "wrong" ear as she is not a believer in the Prophets. Benjamin Sisko (right) speaks with his mother (left), a Bajoran Prophet In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Prophets, also known as Wormhole Aliens, are non-corporeal beings who inhabit the artificially constructed Bajoran wormhole which connects a distant point in the Gamma Quadrant to the Alpha Quadrant, near the...

External links

• Ro Laren article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki.