| Kira Nerys | |
 Colonel Kira Nerys |
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| Species | Bajoran |
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| Gender | Female |
| Home planet | Bajor |
| Affiliation | Bajoran Militia, Starfleet |
| Posting | Deep Space Nine Bajoran liaison officer/first officer USS Defiant first officer Starfleet detachment to Cardassian Resistance Force |
| Rank | Major - Bajoran Militia, Commander - Starfleet (temporary), Colonel - Bajoran Militia |
| Portrayed by | Nana Visitor |
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Back story
Per Bajoran custom, her surname, Kira, precedes her given name, Nerys.
The back story of the character states that Kira Nerys was born 2343, in Dakhur province, Bajor, during the 60-year Cardassian occupation of the planet. Bajorans, a race of Humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe were introduced in the Next Generation series and played Cardassians are a spacefaring race in the fictional Star Trek universe She was raised in a labor camp. Her family were members of the artisan caste. At the age of 12, Kira was recruited into the Shakaar resistance cell, part of an underground movement which carried out terrorist attacks against Cardassian military and civilians with the ultimate goal of ending the occupation. Bajorans, a race of Humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe were introduced in the Next Generation series and played
Story
In the early episodes of the show, after Cardassia withdrew from Bajor, now at age 26, the recently-ranked Major Kira became an influential figure in Bajor's reconstruction and the politics of the region, due to her assignment to Deep Space Nine, and her closeness to Captain Benjamin Sisko, whom the Bajorans believed to be an emissary from the Bajoran Prophets. Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the Television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine. In the fictional Star Trek universe the Prophets, also known as Wormhole Aliens, are non-corporeal beings who inhabit the artificially constructed Bajoran wormhole
Initially, Kira was opposed to the Federation presence on DS9, feeling that the Bajoran people should have nothing to do with the Federation. Over time, her sentiments changed and she became one of the strongest supporters of Bajor joining the Federation.
Though she is a member of the Bajoran Militia, Kira is an invaluable help to Starfleet, especially during the Dominion War. In the Fictional Star Trek universe the Dominion War was a war between the Dominion, Cardassian Union and the Breen Confederacy When the Dominion captures Deep Space Nine at the start of the war, Kira remains aboard the station as liaison officer, as part of Bajor's non-aggression pact with the Dominion. Her role allows her to organize a resistance cell, including Rom, Quark, and Jake Sisko. Rom is a recurring character on Star Trek Deep Space Nine. He is played by Max Grodénchik. Quark, son of Keldar and Ishka, is a Fictional character in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine, played by Armin Shimerman Jacob "Jake" Sisko, played by Cirroc Lofton, is a character on Star Trek Deep Space Nine. They smuggle intelligence to Starfleet which indicates that the Dominion has begun to dismantle the minefield preventing Dominion reinforcements from the Gamma Quadrant. She also manages to sabotage weapons systems, which then allows Starfleet to retake Deep Space Nine.
Kira's experience in the Bajoran Resistance earned her a Starfleet field commission as Commander in order to assist the Cardassian Resistance against the Dominion. This article describes the Starfleet organization in the Star Trek universe for other uses see Starfleet (disambiguation In the Fictional universe A battlefield commission is given to Enlisted Soldiers who are promoted to the rank of Commissioned officer for outstanding leadership on the field of Kira, Odo and Garak are smuggled into Cardassia to teach Damar the tactics of organizing a resistance movement with a decentralized command. Damar was a recurring character in the Science fiction television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine, played by Casey Biggs. Their resistance cell manages to infiltrate a Dominion shipyard and steal the Breen weapon that Federation ships were defenseless against. Their actions allowed Starfleet engineers to develop shields that could counter the weapon. At the conclusion of the war, Kira takes command of DS9 after the disappearance of Sisko. She is promoted to Colonel sometime earlier in 2374. (As per her rank insignia, Kira was promoted two steps in rank - from Major directly to full Colonel. )
Alternate universe
The character of Kira Nerys also exists in the mirror universe. The Mirror Universe (MU is a Fictional parallel universe in which the plots of several Star Trek television episodes take place In the DS9 episode "Crossover," Kira encounters her mirror self, who is Intendant of Terok Nor, with Garak as her first officer. "Crossover" is an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine the 23rd episode of the second season The Space station Deep Space Nine ( DS9) is the main setting of the Science fiction Television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine Elim Garak is a Fictional character in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine, in which he is portrayed by Andrew J Kira convinces the mirror-Sisko to rebel against the Intendant-Kira and start the Terran Resistance. This group is later successful in taking command of Terok Nor and capturing the Intendant, but she manages to escape with the help of mirror-Nog. Eventually the escaped Intendant convinces the alternate universe's Bareil Antos to travel to the regular universe in order to obtain an Orb of the Prophets. The mirror Kira falls in love with her double from the other universe, leading some fans to speculate that the mirror Kira is bisexual. At the time Nana Visitor dismissed this, saying that she intended to portray this as "total narcissism on her part. It had nothing to do with sexuality. " However, later episodes continued to show her surrounded by a mixed-gender harem, and eventually depicted her being in a romantic relationship with her universe's version of Ezri Tigan
Casting
In the early stages of planning Deep Space Nine, the show's creators wanted to bring the character of Ensign Ro Laren (from Star Trek: The Next Generation. HAREM is the first evaluation contest of Named entity recognition (NER for Portuguese and its call for participation was announced in September 2004 Ezri Dax (played by Nicole de Boer) is a counselor aboard Deep Space Nine in the seventh season of Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Ro Laren is a recurring Fictional character on Star Trek The Next Generation, played by Michelle Forbes. Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry ) Michelle Forbes turned down the offer, so a new Bajoran character was created. Michelle Forbes (born January 8, 1967) is an American Actress. [1] Nana Visitor had just barely given birth to a baby boy a couple of months before she was called to audition for the role of Kira Nerys, and her becoming a mother actually shaped her decision process for accepting or turning down roles. With the character of Kira Nerys, Visitor felt "completely engaged on every level by the part. "[2]
Scholarly reception
The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis finds the character of Kira "emotionally difficult" (D. V. Forest, 2005 2005, vol. 33, no 1 (11 ref. ), pp. 71-82 [12 page(s) (article)]). In Star Trek and Sacred Ground: Explorations of Star Trek, Religion, and American Culture (ed. Jennifer Porter, 1999), it is noted that Kira was not shown worshipping privately until the 1997 episode Ties of Blood and Water.
References
- ^ IMDb, Michelle Forbes (I) profile "After appearing in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) as Ro Laren, she was approached to play the same character in a starring role on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993). When she turned down the part, because she didn't want to commit to a regular TV role at that point in her career, a new Bajoran character, Kira Nerys, was created and Nana Visitor was cast in that part. " Accessed 31 August 2007
- ^ Marc Shapiro, "Mother with a Mission" Star Trek Monthly September 1995. Duplicated at http://nanavision.com/?p=17, accessed 31 August 2007.
See also
Star Trek Deep Space Nine Novels
Following the conclusion of the TV series Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the character of Kira Nerys is promoted and takes charge of the Deep Space Nine space station with the new rank of Colonel. See also List of women warriors in folklore This list of women Warriors in Literature, and Popular culture offers figures studied With the conclusion of the first wave of Deep Space Nine novels in "Unity" Bajor finally joins the Federation, and Kira gets promoted to the Starfleet rank of Captain. The United Federation of Planets, (also known as the "The Federation" or UFP) is a fictional interplanetary state depicted in the Star Trek This article describes the Starfleet organization in the Star Trek universe for other uses see Starfleet (disambiguation In the Fictional universe In "Unity," Kira opens every Bajorian Orb simultaneously in a sacred place in order to defeat a monstrous enemy, announcing, "You want Bajor? Here it is. " This also caused the return of Benjamin Sisko from the Celestial Temple to the corporeal world.
External links
- Kira Nerys article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- Mirror Kira article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- Star Trek.com: Kira Nerys
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