Ro Laren
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| CHARACTER | |
| Ro Laren | |
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| Actor: | Michelle Forbes |
| Species: | Bajoran |
| Gender: | female |
| Born: | 2340 |
| Hair: | dark brown |
| Eyes: | brown |
| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet Maquis |
| Assignment(s): | Leader |
| Stationed: | Maquis cell |
| Occupation: | Maquis rebel |
| Rank: | Lieutenant, resigned |
| Insignia: | .PNG){kind=small} |
| Mother: | Ro Talia |
| Father: | Ro Gale |
| Siblings: | Ro Nevin |
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| Ro, after joining the Maquis in 2370 | |
Ro Laren was a Bajoran Starfleet officer and later renegade Maquis member.
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[edit] Canon
Ro Laren was born during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor. She was raised in a Bajoran refugee camp on Valo II. At the age of 7, she was forced to watch as Cardassian guards tortured her father to death. (TNG: "Ensign Ro", "Rascals")
This spurred Ro to attend Starfleet Academy, from which she graduated in 2362. (TNG: "The Next Phase")
One of her first assignments was aboard the USS Wellington. During a mission to Garon II, she disobeyed orders, resulting in the deaths of eight away team members. At her resulting court martial, Ro declined to defend herself. She was found guilty and sent to Jaros II. (TNG: "Ensign Ro")
In 2368, Admiral Kennelly ordered Ro's release for work on a secret mission aboard the USS Enterprise-D: to offer Federation weapons in exchange for Bajoran groups, led by Orta, halting their attacks on Federation colonies, in breach of the Prime Directive. She came clean with Enterprise Captain Jean-Luc Picard, and, with further help from the Enterprise crew and the Bajoran groups, they discover the Cardassians had destroyed the Federation colony.
Picard requested she stay aboard as a crew member, and Ro took the flight controller position. (TNG: "Ensign Ro")
During her time aboard the Enterprise, she became a valuable member of the crew, assisting during several crises. (TNG: "Power Play", "Cause and Effect", "Rascals", "The Next Phase")
Picard recommended Ro for Starfleet's Advanced Tactical Training in 2370. She returned to the Enterprise with the rank of lieutenant and an assignment to infiltrate a Maquis resistance cell.
The mission called her loyalties into question, and, towards the mission's end, she admitted to Enterprise first officer William Riker that, with the Maquis, she finally felt like she belonged. Instead of betraying the Maquis to a Starfleet trap, Ro revealed the trap and joined the Maquis as a member. (TNG: "Preemptive Strike")
[edit] Non-Canon Timelines
[edit] Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions
Olivia De Luca, Antonio Ramirez's partner, was one of the officers killed as a result of Ro disobeying orders. As soon as Ro and the survivors were aboard the Wellington, Ramirez, the highest ranking officer not incapacitated or killed in the fight, ordered Ro be thrown into the brig and stay there until the Wellington reached safe haven. (Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions: "Catalyst, Part One", "An Innocent Time", "Salvation")
[edit] Star Trek: Pendragon
Ro Laren served in Nebula Squadron while in Starfleet Academy.
During the Federation Civil War, Ro was one of the Maquis cell leaders that joined with the patriot Starfleet in opposing Admiral James Leyton. Like the rest of the Maquis, she felt betrayed when Starfleet and the Federation once again turned their backs on the Demilitarized Zone.
During the late 2370s, she provided support to Michael Eddington's colony on Volan III, and in the 2380s was instrumental in founding the Colonial Alliance. In 2386, Ro became Captain of the CAS Independence. She was also romantically involved with Thomas Riker for a time. (Star Trek: Sons of Liberty)
[edit] Star Trek: Hidden Frontier
Ro Laren had a brother named Ro Nevin, also a Starfleet officer.
[edit] United Trek fan fiction universe
Shortly after the Dominion War, the USS Independence was sent to a forced labor camp, where Ro was found alive. After the war ended, Ro and her group murdered their captors. She was again sent to prison for a few months for hampering an investigation. (Star Trek: Independence: "Retributions")
The Federation, in order to help restore relations with the Cardassian, reinstated the boundary created by the 2370 Federation-Cardassian Treaty. Upon her release, Ro joined a new Maquis movement. (Star Trek: Gibraltar: "Backup")
| Flight controllers of the starships Enterprise | |
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| Enterprise-D: | La Forge | Torres | O'Brien | Worf | Solis | Clancy | Crusher | Wallace | Allenby | Gates | Graham | Ro | Monroe | Dern | Jae |
| Enterprise-E: | Hawk | Perim | Branson |
[edit] External links
- Ro Laren article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Ro Laren article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
