 kira nerys' , played by nana visitor, is a main character in star trek: deep space nine. ==backstory== per bajoran custom, her family name, kira, precedes her given name, nerys. she has two brothers and a sister (kira reon, kira pohl and kira jada), and her parents' names are kira taban and kira meru. her family name means "strong woman" in slavic. the backstory of the character states that kira nerys was born 2343, in dakhur province, bajor, during the 50-year cardassian occupation of the planet. she was raised in a labor camp. her family were members of the artisan caste, namely sculptors of clay, or potters. at age 12, kira was recruited into the shakaar resistance cell, part of an underground movement which carried out guerrilla attacks against cardassian military and civilians with the ultimate goal of ending the occupation. ==story== kira is assigned as the senior bajoran militia officer aboard deep space nine, acting as the station's executive officer under the starfleet officer posted to command the facility. in the early episodes of the series after cardassia withdrew from bajor, the recently ranked major kira, now at age 26, 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 benjamin sisko then a full commander in starfleet, whom the bajorans believed to be an emissary from the bajoran prophets. initially, kira was opposed to the federation presence on ds9, feeling that the bajoran people should have nothing to do with the federation, possibly due to posttraumatic stress disorder.comments made by nana visitor at creation entertainment's 2014 star trek convention in boston on june 22, 2014 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, often commanding starfleet personnel directly through her authority as ds9's executive officer. indeed, during the first year of the defiants commission at the station, she also serves as the ship's first officer, a situation that only alters upon the arrival of lt. commander worf, who assumes the role as the next most senior starfleet officer of comm
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