2011 04 11 - Star Trek; TNG (1987-1994); Ro Laren
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994) - Ro Laren
Ro: Captain, I know the routine. You don't have to worry about me. We're stuck with each other. So let's just get this over with as quickly as possible and go our own separate ways, okay? *she leaves Picard's ready room*
Picard: Dismissed.
... 5x03 (Ensign Ro)
Played By: Michelle Forbes
As a sign of her inner strength and drive, Ro was able to overcome her tortuous childhood and won sponsorship as part of the stricter admission requirements of a non-Federation citizen to Starfleet Academy, graduating within the regular four-year curriculum with at least one class in botany that she later felt embarrassed by.
Within three years, Ro was court-martialed for an incident on Garon II while aboard the U.S.S. Wellington in which she "didn't follow orders" and eight away team members died, although she never defended herself at the trial.
Ro was pardoned on Stardate 45077.1 from her resulting prison term on Jaros II by Admiral Kennelly, who needed her to offer arms and lure into the open the Bajoran resistance leader Orta, wrongly blamed for a raid on a Federation colony. The Cardassians themselves staged the strike to dupe Kennelly into helping them get Orta, but a tortured Ro revealed the deception at Guinan's urging and planned the ruse to reveal them all, with Picard's blessing.
(bio from TrekCore)
Ro: I was raised with Bajoran beliefs. And I even followed some of the practices. But I never really believed in a life after death. And then suddenly I was dead... and there was this other life. And that made me feel like I'd been pretty arrogant, to discount everything I'd been taught, you know? Now I don't know what to believe.
La Forge: Hmm... Well, maybe we should develop our own interphase device. If it can teach Ro Laren humility, it can do anything.
... 5x24 (The Next Phase)
Ro: *to Picard* When you sent me on this mission... I thought that I could do it - even though it meant helping the Cardassians, even though it meant betraying people who were fighting against them. Now I'm not sure where I stand.
... 7x24 (Preemptive Strike)
Episode List
5x03 - Ensign Ro
5x05 - Disaster
5x14 - Conundrum
5x15 - Power Play
5x18 - Cause and Effect
5x24 - The Next Phase
6x07 - Rascals
7x24 - Preemptive Strike
screencaps from TrekCore
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