Ro Laren
Ensign Ro Laren
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| Species | Bajoran |
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| Affiliation |
Maquis Starfleet |
| Posting |
USS Enterprise-D (Seasons 5–7) |
| Position | Helmsman |
| Rank |
Lieutenant (Season 7) Ensign (Seasons 5–6) |
| Father | Ro Gale |
| Mother | Ro Talia |
| Portrayed by | Michelle Forbes |
| First appearance | "Ensign Ro" (TNG) |
Ro Laren is a fictional character who appears on a recurring basis in the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Portrayed by Michelle Forbes, she is a member of the Bajoran race who joins the crew of the USS Enterprise-D at the invitation of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). The character was intended both to be at odds with the series regulars and to replace Wesley Crusher at the conn officer post on the bridge. Forbes was cast to portray Ro, after previously appearing in 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 continued to appear throughout that season, and made a further appearance in each of 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 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 one of the crew who are transformed into children and helps prevent a Ferengi plot. When making her final appearance in "Preemptive Strike", she is tasked by Starfleet to infiltrate the Maquis, eventually defecting and joining them permanently.
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