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68-512: Ro Laren / ˈ r oʊ ˈ l æ r ə n / is a fictional character appearing on a recurring basis in the fifth , sixth and seventh seasons of the American science-fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation . The character returned for the third season of Star Trek: Picard . Portrayed by Michelle Forbes , she is a member of the Bajoran species who joins the crew of

136-586: A Ferengi plot to steal the Enterprise and sell the crew as slave labor. In her final episode, "Preemptive Strike", Ro returns to the Enterprise as a lieutenant after spending a year at Starfleet Advanced Tactical Training. During the course of her training, her commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Chakotay , resigns from Starfleet to join the Maquis when his father is killed by the Cardassians. She

204-673: A Holocaust survivor . In his chapter "Speakers for the Dead: Star Trek , the Holocaust, and the Representation of Atrocity" within the book Star Trek as Myth , writer Matthew Wilheim Kapell compared the experiences and reactions of Ro Laren and Kira Nerys following the Cardassian occupation of Bajor. He said that the impact on Ro represented the "non-american view of the holocaust" in that she does not fully recover from

272-432: A backstory for the character, who would be at odds with series creator Gene Roddenberry 's ideal that Starfleet officers should all work together seamlessly. One of her major character traits was that she would be a member of an oppressed people, whose homeworld had been conquered by another. Supervising producer Jeri Taylor explained that they had sought to add some "fresh life" using a darker character. Michelle Forbes

340-530: A contract. They are not obligated to play the role and have no guarantee of work. Actors on recurring status used to be referred to as day players . Jeri Taylor Jeri Cecile Suer (June 30, 1938 – October 24, 2024), known professionally as Jeri Taylor , was an American television scriptwriter and producer who wrote many episodes of the Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager series. Jeri Cecile Suer

408-514: A great character to watch interact with the loyal crew of the Enterprise ." In 2016, the character of Ro Laren was ranked as the 54th most important character of Starfleet within the Star Trek science fiction universe by Wired . In 2016, Screen Rant rated Ro Laren as the 15th best character in Star Trek . In 2017, IndieWire ranked Ro Laren as the 12th best character on Star Trek: The Next Generation . In 2018, CBR ranked Ro Laren

476-484: A main cast member in Deep Space Nine . The producers of Deep Space Nine decided to create a new character to fit a similar mold, which resulted in the creation of Kira Nerys , who was played by Nana Visitor . This was designed to require as minimal a change as possible in the premise of the pilot at that time, which was already under production. During the course of the series, Forbes told interviewers that she

544-414: A main character in the series, but she turned them down. She liked making occasional appearances on The Next Generation , but did not want to tie herself down to a five-to six-year main cast contract at that point in her career. She was also apprehensive about the types of demands fan appearances made on the stars of that series, and did not want to undertake the level of appearances that would be expected of

612-530: A mission to a planet called Selva, and Ro plays a major role. Also included is an expansion on her background and early life in the book Night of the Wolves by S. D. Perry and Britta Dennison . The events of the away mission while she was serving on the USS Wellington were shown in the second special issue of DC Comics ' The Next Generation series. Ro's career with the Maquis is also chronicled in

680-633: A raid on a Federation colony. He brings her to the USS Enterprise for the purpose of completing this mission. As shown in "Ensign Ro", during an away team mission to capture Orta, Ro manages to get the team taken hostage. As a result, Picard confines her to her quarters but discovers that the Bajorans were not responsible for the attack on the Federation colony, and Guinan ( Whoopi Goldberg ) convinces Ro to tell Picard of Kennelly's plan. Ro

748-800: A recurring character eventually becomes part of the main cast of characters; such a character is sometimes called a breakout character . Some notable examples of main characters who were originally recurring characters are: Eli Gold on The Good Wife ; Leo Chingkwake on That '70s Show ; Angel and Oz on Buffy the Vampire Slayer ; Marc St. James on Ugly Betty ; Vanessa Abrams on Gossip Girl ; Zack Allan on Babylon 5 ; Steve Urkel on Family Matters ; Donna Moss on The West Wing ; Steve Harrington on Stranger Things ; and Felicity Smoak on Arrow . In other cases, recurring characters have been given spin-off series of their own, such as Dr. Frasier Crane who originally

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816-526: A recurring character in the comic strip Li'l Abner , which eventually went on to appear in the TV cartoon series Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo and The New Shmoo . The Sherlock Holmes series of novels by Arthur Conan Doyle featured well-known recurring characters such as Inspector Lestrade and Mrs. Hudson . In American daytime soap operas , recurring characters are ones played by actors who do not have

884-653: A recurring sketch go on to appear in other sketches, or develop into their own TV shows. For example, when The Carol Burnett Show was canceled the central character of a popular recurring sketch called The Family , Thelma "Mama" Harper , went on to have her own show Mama's Family . Also, recurring characters in sketch comedy shows can go on to have their own movies. This is especially true with Saturday Night Live which has had many recurring characters turn into movies such as Stuart Smalley , Wayne and Garth of Wayne's World , The Blues Brothers , and The Ladies Man . Recurring characters may even revisit shows long after

952-552: A regular character, " Final Mission "; the episode that introduced the Cardassian race, which featured heavily in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , " The Wounded "; the first of a two part episode featuring Spock , " Unification ", and the script she has said she was most proud of, " The Drumhead ". During the last year of The Next Generation , Taylor worked with Rick Berman and Michael Piller to develop

1020-506: A side of you that's always wanted to come out. Would you really be comfortable with that? It's an interesting thing. I had a really good time with that episode." Later in the season, " The Next Phase " was written with the idea of being a vehicle for Geordi La Forge and Troi, but it was decided to include Ro instead as one of the lead characters. Ro had been included as one of three lead characters in Morgan Gendel 's original pitch for

1088-527: A variety of displaced peoples, with Star Trek novelist Keith DeCandido comparing them to " Palestinians , Jews , Kurds , Haitians ; the sad reality is that you can pretty much pick and choose. History is full of people who have had their homes taken from them, forced to become refugees." The Cardassian occupation of Bajor (the Bajoran homeworld) has been compared to the Holocaust , with Ro singled out as

1156-527: A view that he had expected her to place higher in the rankings, due to the number of her vocal supporters; however, she also had many booing her. On a poll run on the official Star Trek website in 2014 regarding the fans' favourite supporting character, Ro came eighth out of ten. In 2015, she was included in a list of the 21 "most interesting" supporting characters in the franchise by Lisa Granshaw at Blastr . Granshaw called Ro "a complicated, strong character", and said her "different layers and motivations made her

1224-482: Is also chronicled in the background to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Trek Online . In Twilight by David R. George III , the first part of the Mission: Gamma mini-series, Quark and Ro start to develop romantic feelings for each other. In Perry's Unity , Ro re-joins Starfleet after Bajor joins the Federation and its military forces are merged. She is initially apprehensive about

1292-531: Is another example, originating on the Channel Four series The Eleven O'Clock Show . The character was such a huge success that Cohen got his own show as the original show was cancelled. Recurring characters are not limited to television. In the early 20th century, the Saturday Evening Post frequently had recurring characters in their cover art, such as Baby New Year . The Shmoo was

1360-530: Is asked by Starfleet to infiltrate the rebel Maquis, who are undermining the Federation treaty with Cardassia. During the mission, she finds her loyalties in conflict with her duties as she becomes increasingly sympathetic to the plight of the Maquis. Despite Picard's effort to force her to do her duty, she joins the rebel group. Riker says she seemed pretty sure she was doing the right thing, though she regrets disappointing Picard. Clearly wounded by Ro's betrayal, Picard remains silent. Ro later returns in "Imposters",

1428-588: Is investigating the changelings and believes Starfleet has been compromised at the highest levels. Ro gives Picard a head start to get away, but is betrayed by her security team, actually changelings in disguise, and sacrifices herself to cripple the Intrepid in order to allow the Titan-A to escape, but not before giving Picard her Bajoran earring, revealed by Riker to be a data-chip containing files on her entire investigation. An incoming transmission reveals that she

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1496-517: Is tasked by Starfleet to infiltrate the Maquis , eventually defecting and joining them permanently. Ro was also planned to be a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . However, Forbes turned down the role, so Kira Nerys was created to replace her. Reviewers discussed Ro's religious views, comparing them to those of Kira. Ro was received positively by both critics and fans alike. Critics have praised Forbes's performance and Ro's interaction with

1564-483: Is then referred to as "Ensign Ro". Over the course of her several appearances in The Next Generation , information is revealed about her backstory. Bajor had been under the occupation of the Cardassians during her early life, and at the age of seven, she watched as one of the occupiers tortured her father to death. This led to a lifelong hatred of Cardassians. Ro joined Starfleet, and after being posted to

1632-779: The Star Trek: The Original Series episode " The City on the Edge of Forever ". He said that Ro was one of the "richest figures in Trek ", and wished to be able to see an alternative timeline where Forbes had accepted the main cast position on Deep Space Nine . A poll at the Creation Entertainment official Star Trek convention in 2013, conducted by Hoffman, placed Ro Laren as the fifth most popular recurring character among fans, behind Elim Garak , Q , Gul Dukat and General Martok . Hoffman expressed

1700-515: The Enterprise ." He did criticise the episode for not wrapping up the Riker-Ro relationship in the same way that closure had been given to her friendship with Picard. Zack Handlen reviewed "Ensign Ro" for The A.V. Club , and described Ro as "terrific" and said that the role represented "one of the rare times that TNG has managed to have a frustrated character who doesn't immediately seem overly hateful or falsely confrontational". But he criticized

1768-537: The TNG cast tends to be". In his review of "Preemptive Strike", he said that the Ro character arc "comes full circle: once again making a decision that puts her on the outs with Starfleet." He praised Forbes again, saying that she "inhabits the character so completely, from her awkwardness at the reception in her honor to her playing the role of rebel, to her pain at thinking about her father... to her decision to betray Starfleet and

1836-565: The USS Enterprise-D over the fervent objection of Captain Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ), who cited her previous court-martial. Ro, too, was against joining the Enterprise crew but said, "It is better than prison." The character was intended both to be at odds with the series regulars and to replace Wesley Crusher in the conn officer post on the bridge . Forbes was cast to portray Ro after previously appearing in

1904-435: The 15th best recurring character of all Star Trek . They point out she was the first Bajoran presented in Star Trek , and might have ended up as a character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . Recurring character Recurring characters sometimes start out as guest stars in one episode, who then reappear in future episodes because creators or audiences found the actors or storylines compelling enough to revisit. Sometimes

1972-416: The Bajorans. At the conclusion of the episode, Picard offers Ro a position on the crew of the Enterprise , which she accepts. In "Disaster", Ro is one of the crew trapped on the bridge of the Enterprise when it undergoes a series of power failures. The ship is placed at risk of destruction because of the potential failure of the containment fields on the antimatter pods. Ro argues that they need to separate

2040-519: The Fatman . While working on Jake and the Fatman , Taylor and her producer partner David Moessinger hired J. Michael Straczynski (who would later go on to create Babylon 5 ) as an executive story consultant, giving him his first experience working on an hour-long show. Taylor was recommended to the producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation by Lee Sheldon , with whom she had worked on Quincy . Taylor joined The Next Generation staff at

2108-416: The USS Wellington , she formed part of an away team . During that mission, she disobeyed orders, resulting in the death of eight crewmen. She was subsequently court-martialled and was imprisoned on Jaros II. Admiral Kennelly ( Cliff Potts ) later gave her a pardon and allowed her to return to Starfleet service in return for convincing the Bajoran terrorist Orta (Jeffrey Hayenga) to call off his attacks after

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2176-567: The actor who played them has left the cast, for example, the character Mary Katherine Gallagher was portrayed by Molly Shannon when she hosted Saturday Night Live in 2007, six years after she left the cast. Sometimes a recurring character from one show appears on another show, such as when Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis hosted Saturday Night Live in 1983 and portrayed Bob and Doug MacKenzie, or when Emily Litella (portrayed by Gilda Radner ) from Saturday Night Live appeared on The Muppet Show in 1978. Sacha Baron Cohen 's character Ali G

2244-538: The audience could connect with. Usually they appear in their own sketch and the sketch itself can become a regular part of the show. Some notable examples include the Church Lady and Hans and Franz from Saturday Night Live , the Gumbys from Monty Python's Flying Circus , and Bob and Doug McKenzie from SCTV . However, the characters are not always limited to their own sketches. Sometimes, characters from

2312-437: The beginning of the fourth season as a supervising producer, co-writing the second episode to go into production, " Suddenly Human ". After two years, Taylor became co-executive producer with Rick Berman and Michael Piller and served as executive producer/showrunner for the (final) seventh season of The Next Generation . During this time, she received credit on a number of episodes, including Wil Wheaton 's final episode as

2380-401: The character was effectively presenting Ro to the fans of the series and endorsing her. During the writing process, he felt that, once he came across the friendship between Guinan and Ro, he believed "we had really done something magnificent". Forbes, meanwhile, praised the writing and the cast of the series, saying that she had "become very attached to Star Trek ". Piller was disappointed with

2448-399: The character would have naturally evolved away from that conflicted position anyway. The intention was that Ro would be one of a handful of The Next Generation characters moving over to the new series, alongside Miles and Keiko O'Brien . At this stage, the other characters were only described as a wheelchair -using science officer, a brash doctor, a civilian law enforcer, a bar owner and

2516-447: The end of Cheers . On sketch comedy programs, recurring characters are generally a staple . For example, in the sketch comedy series Your Show of Shows , Sid Caesar used the concept frequently: As we were building and evolving our sketch comedy, we would look for new types of sketches that had legs (not caterpillar legs). We liked the idea of recurring characters and themes. It gave us something we could start with and something

2584-465: The end of the fourth season in 1998, when she retired and handed over control of the writing staff to Brannon Braga . Despite retiring, she continued to work with the Voyager team as creative consultant during the show's last three seasons. During her time on The Next Generation and Voyager , Taylor wrote three Star Trek novels for Pocket Books : a novelisation of "Unification" that she wrote at

2652-440: The engineering section of the vessel following a series of power failures in " Disaster ". Alongside Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ), she is affected by a Romulan experiment in " The Next Phase ", and must help prevent the aliens from destroying the Enterprise . In " Rascals ", she is among the crew who are transformed into children and helps prevent a Ferengi plot. When making her final appearance in " Preemptive Strike ", she

2720-425: The episode " The Inner Light ". This would have seen her in a love triangle with Picard and Riker. Instead, the concept was redeveloped to focus solely on Picard. Ro made a single appearance in the sixth season, in the episode " Rascals ". In this episode, a transporter accident reverts Ro and three others into adolescents, with the younger version of Ro portrayed by Megan Parlen . There was some consideration after

2788-505: The episode about whether or not to keep Ro as a child, as her return to adulthood was never shown on screen. Taylor said that the change would have been "too drastic for us", and the idea was abandoned. Her final appearance, in the penultimate episode of the series, " Preemptive Strike ", had been considered a long shot by the producers. After the failure to agree to her appearances on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Forbes' agent had warned them to stay away from her. A week prior to filming, there

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2856-444: The existing characters. She has been placed in several polls listing the most popular characters, with Jordan Hoffman calling her the second-strongest supporting female character in the franchise. Ro, again played by Forbes, returned for the third season of Picard in the episode "Imposters", serving as a commander for Starfleet Intelligence. During the course of planning out the fifth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation ,

2924-409: The fifth episode of the third season of Star Trek: Picard . Since leaving the Enterprise , Ro had turned herself in to Starfleet and was recruited by Starfleet Intelligence due to her experience with infiltrating terrorist organizations. She arrives on the Titan-A to presumably interrogate Picard and Riker for hijacking the ship but, after a heated exchange with Picard over her betrayal, reveals she

2992-419: The following Ro episode, " Disaster ", as it put her in the position of disbelieving Counselor Deanna Troi without having had the weight of "victories" in the past to convince the viewer of the power of her convictions. But she enjoyed her sudden relationship with Commander William Riker in " Conundrum ". Forbes shared the view of that episode, later saying: "When you have amnesia, you wonder if that brings out

3060-410: The fourth Star Trek series, Star Trek: Voyager . When The Next Generation production ended, Taylor transferred to the Voyager production staff and served as executive producer with Rick Berman during the first four years. At the beginning of the third season, when Piller moved to a reduced creative consultant role, Taylor became head of the writing staff (showrunner) and stayed in that role until

3128-423: The male actors wearing larger pieces. Piller described the addition of Ro to the cast as one of that season's biggest accomplishments, and was pleased that it was well received. He added that in "Ensign Ro", they made a deliberate decision to have Ro embraced by Guinan in order to ensure that the fans warmed to the new addition. Piller felt that when Guinan took Ro to meet Captain Jean-Luc Picard in that episode,

3196-437: The manner in which her opinion changed to be more favourable of Picard and the Enterprise , as he felt that Guinan's intervention was detrimental to the plot. Ro Laren has placed in several polls featuring the characters of the franchise over the course of several years. In a list of the strongest female characters on the official Star Trek website by Jordan Hoffman in 2012, Ro Laren was placed second behind Edith Keeler from

3264-647: The novels. In Rogue Saucer , she is responsible for planning out the attack on the Enterprise in which the Maquis steal a prototype saucer section. Ro appears in the novel Tunnel Through the Stars , set during the events of the Dominion War . Ro and the remaining Maquis join forces with Picard and the Enterprise-E to defeat the Dominion forces that are attempting to build an artificial wormhole to bypass

3332-559: The one near Deep Space Nine . She began to appear in the Deep Space Nine relaunch novels beginning with the two-part Avatar by Perry. The relaunch novels show the events that occur after the final episode of the television series. In Avatar , Ro enlists in the Bajoran Militia with the rank of Lieutenant, and is assigned to Deep Space Nine as the new Security Chief under the command of Colonel Kira. This move for Ro

3400-400: The producers were looking to add a recurring character who could conflict with the regular cast at times, as well as a new conn officer to replace Wesley Crusher . With that in mind, the episode " Ensign Ro " was written by Michael Piller , from a story idea created in conjunction with Rick Berman , to specifically introduce the character of Ensign Ro Laren. The episode was designed to show

3468-629: The prospect, but is convinced to accept a pardon for her time with the Maquis by Picard. Over time, Ro was promoted to captain and as of the Star Trek: The Fall series of books, is in command of the new Deep Space Nine , following the destruction of the original at the hands of a rogue element of the Typhon Pact . Ro was also one of the characters included at launch in the strategy video game Star Trek Timelines by Disruptor Beam . The Bajorans have been described as analogues for

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3536-405: The rest of the crew but in a way that would not detract from her appearance. Westmore created an appliance over Forbes' nose, before adding a row of ridges on her face. It was designed to be light and flexible, as he wanted the piece to move with Forbes' facial expressions. Her version of the make-up had seven ridges, while other actors in "Ensign Ro" had different numbers, between five and nine, with

3604-593: The same time she was scripting its first part, and two Voyager novels that expanded on the background of the characters she had helped create for the series. Between the years 1995 to 1998, Taylor gave the Indiana University Lilly Library a collection of her screenwriting work including outlines, scripts for the Next Generation series and for the first two Voyager seasons, technical notes, cast lists, and shooting schedules for

3672-417: The saucer section to save those on board it since they have no way of knowing if anyone is still alive on the engineering part of the vessel. When the crew undergoes group amnesia in "Conundrum", Ro and Riker act on a mutual attraction until their memories are restored. In "The Next Phase", Ro and La Forge apparently die after a transporter accident after returning from a Romulan Warbird, but they have suffered

3740-484: The series as Dara in the episode " Half a Life ". The character first appears in the fifth-season episode " Ensign Ro ", which reveals elements of Ro's backstory. She continues to appear throughout that season, and makes a further appearance in both the sixth and seventh seasons. Starfleet sought her aid to help the Cardassians apprehend a Bajoran terrorist. After joining the Enterprise crew, she wants to abandon

3808-532: The side effects of a Romulan cloaking experiment. Ro initially questions whether or not she has died and is now in the afterlife, but together with La Forge, she discovers a Romulan plot. Defeating a similarly cloaked Romulan operative, Ro and La Forge alert the crew and return to normal, warning Picard and averting disaster. In the episode "Rascals", Ro, Picard, Guinan, and Keiko O'Brien ( Rosalind Chao ) are transformed into adolescent versions of themselves while retaining their adult intelligence. As children, they foil

3876-480: The situation in which Ro and La Forge are trapped out of phase in "The Next Phase" to that of the purgatory dweller in Dante Alighieri 's Inferno . When reviewing "Ensign Ro" for Tor.com , DeCandido described Michelle Forbes as "stellar" and called Ro "one of TNG' s best recurring characters". He also added that the character was "a bit of piss and vinegar to add to the syrupy mix of homogeneity that

3944-428: The start of Deep Space Nine . Taylor had expected Ro to be written out of The Next Generation , and so had taken some steps to see that the character was replaced. She said that "We all just love Michelle Forbes", but the plans to replace Ro would not seek to add someone with the type of fire shown by the character in such episodes as "The Next Phase". She also said that if Ro were to remain on The Next Generation , then

4012-473: The station commander and his son. Ro's position on the station would have been to act as the liaison between the station and the Bajoran government. As described in the series bible , the producers had planned for Ro to be a point of conflict with "by-the-book Starfleet officers". Regarding the other main characters, she was planned to have a friendship with Odo and be mentored by Jadzia Dax . Both Berman and Piller sought to have Forbes sign on to portray Ro as

4080-510: The trauma and continues to affect in, for example preventing her from connecting with her religious beliefs in "The Next Phase". He explains that Kira is a far more "Americanize[d]" character, acting as a "resister and even liberator" during the occupation. As a result, unlike Ro, Kira retains her religious beliefs and does not typically show any ongoing emotional trauma. Further commentary of Ro's relationship to religion have been made. In The Literary Galaxy of Star Trek , James F. Broderick compared

4148-412: Was Worf and Raffi's mysterious handler. Before her death, Picard and Ro manage to come to terms with her betrayal, with Picard finally coming to understand her decisions. Her death greatly affects Picard. Ro makes a series of appearances in the non-canonical novel series based on The Next Generation . Her first appearance is in the novel, War Drums , by John Vorholt , published in 1992, which chronicles

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4216-403: Was a recurring character on Cheers . Kelsey Grammer , along with fellow recurring actor John Ratzenberger were hired for seven episodes, to play Frasier Crane and Cliff Clavin respectively. Cliff was scheduled to recur during the 1982–1983 season, Frasier to recur during 1984–1985 season. Both actors were subsequently upgraded to the main cast, and Crane continued in his own series following

4284-409: Was asked to return to the series, after impressing the producers with her performance as Dara in the episode " Half a Life ". The character was the daughter of Timicin, played by David Ogden Stiers , and supported the tradition that her father should commit ritual suicide upon reaching a certain age. The Bajoran make-up was created on her, with Michael Westmore seeking to make her look different from

4352-600: Was born in Evansville, Indiana, on June 30, 1938. She attended Indiana University Bloomington , where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta . Taylor also received her M.A. in English from California State University, Northridge in 1966. Taylor wrote scripts for television series like Little House on the Prairie and The Incredible Hulk , then served as a producer and director on Quincy, M.E. and Jake and

4420-527: Was interested in making one-off appearances in the series if she liked the story and role. In accordance with Bajoran tradition, her family name precedes her personal name. When she first joins the crew of the Enterprise-D during the course of "Ensign Ro", Captain Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) addresses her as "Ensign Laren". She corrects him, saying that Laren is her given name and Ro is her family name. She

4488-423: Was no story created for the episode other than the idea it would follow on from the Deep Space Nine episode " The Maquis ", and no agreement had been reached with Forbes to appear. Her agent indicated that Forbes wanted to talk directly to the producers, so she made the phone call, making up a story for the episode as the conversation went on. Forbes agreed, making her final appearance in the franchise. The character

4556-538: Was promoted to Lieutenant, and Forbes wore updated Bajoran makeup developed by Westmore for Deep Space Nine . "Ensign Ro" influenced the creation of Deep Space Nine , with the Bajorans and Cardassians taken directly from the episode. The character was included in the original series description, stationed on the Bajor-based Starfleet station and the producers had planned for her to be promoted to Lieutenant in an episode of The Next Generation prior to

4624-409: Was under orders to offer arms to Orta in order to trick him into revealing his presence so the Cardassians can destroy his vessel. At that point, Kennelly would intervene and order Picard not to intervene to keep the peace treaty with the Cardassians. Picard allows the plan to proceed, but the Cardassians destroy an empty ship before revealing that they had staged the attack in order to enlist aid against

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