Lauren Lauren was a genetically - engineered Human born during the 24th century . History . As a child , Lauren ' s parents took her to undergo an illegal procedure called accelerated critical neural pathway formation , which dramatically increased her intelligence beyond what Humans would call genius level . This left her , however , with an overly amorous personality . She was prone to believing that many different men , including some she had never met , were in love with her . Lauren ' s delusions did not extend , however , to . This was ironic as Jack often appeared to be the only man who held any kind of attraction towards her . Lauren was taken into psychiatric care and lived with others like herself . In 2374 , after it was revealed that Doctor Julian Bashir had undergone the same procedure , Doctor Karen Loews – the psychiatrist in charge of Lauren ' s case – took Lauren , along with Patrick , Jack and Sarina Douglas to Deep Space 9 . Dr . Loews believed that meeting someone like them who had managed to fit in to normal society would be helpful to them . Along with the others , Lauren studied Gul Damar ' s speech calling for peace talks between the Dominion and the Federation . Together , just by watching the speech , they were able to determine the entire saga of Damar ' s rise to power without ever having heard any of it before . Bashir was very impressed , and encouraged their thirst for knowledge about the Dominion . They asked to watch the holographic recordings of the peace talks , and determined that the Dominion was stalling for time to solve their shortages of ketracel - white . Had the Federation signed the peace treaty , they would have almost certainly lost the war . Grateful to them , Starfleet provided Jack and the others with classified reports and war plans . They quickly determined that the Dominion was certain to win the war and that the only way to prevent the loss of billions of lives was to surrender immediately . Unsurprisingly , Captain Benjamin Sisko rejected this immediately . Jack , Patrick and Lauren attempted to take Starfleet ' s classified information directly to the Dominion , knocking Bashir out and leaving him in Sarina ' s custody , so they could win the war more quickly , thus saving lives . Jack miscalculated , however , as Sarina released Bashir who then stopped him from meeting with Weyoun . Starfleet , however , remained willing to listen to any ideas they had on how to win the war . ( ) In 2375 , Jack and the others escaped the institute upon hearing Bashir was working on a procedure that would cure Sarina of her inability to properly communicate with others . With Patrick posing as a Starfleet admiral , and Lauren posing as a science division officer , they took her to Deep Space 9 where Bashir was able to perform the procedure successfully . During this second visit to Deep Space 9 , Lauren became infatuated with Ensign Nog . ( ) Memorable quotes . " " I told you why I brought you here , remember ? To meet that doctor , Doctor Bashir ? " " < br > " " You know , the handsome one . " " < br > " " He ' s married . " " < br > " " Too bad . " " < br > " " We ' re mutants . " " < br > " " Genetically engineered mutants . Can ' t you tell ? " " < br > " " Don ' t get your hopes up , Julian . It ' s over between the two of us . I have a new man in my life . That gorgeous little Ferengi . " " < br > " " Nog ? " " < br > " " Jealous ? That ' s so sweet . " " < br > " " Hello , everyone . " " < br > " " Did you hear what she said ? Did you hear that ? " " < br > " " I don ' t think I ' ve heard a more beautiful sound in my life . " " < br > Appendices . Background information . Lauren was played by actress Hilary Shepard Turner . The script for " Statistical Probabilities " describes Lauren as " " a beautiful woman of about " [ thirty - five ] " , luxuriating on a nearby couch . Her name is LAUREN , and everything she does exudes a strange sensuality . " " This would put her year of birth around 2339 . The characters of Jack , Patrick , Lauren and Sarina were collectively referred to as the " Jack - pack " by the " Deep Space Nine " writing team , with each character having a specific personality trait . Lauren was thought up by Ira Steven Behr as the sexy one in the group . According to David Weddle , " " we all wanted to be in the casting sessions for her . " " ( " " , p . 513 ) Hilary Shepherd Turner enjoyed playing Lauren . " " Lauren was the most brilliant woman in the universe " and " a nymphomaniac . My husband say ' s she ' s the complete opposite of me ! " " , she laughed . " " She was described as being obsessed with Bashir , and very " va - va - va - voom " , but I decided to make her a little bit Hannibal Lector - ish as well . " " According to Turner , it was Director Anson Williams ' s idea not to let Lauren stand up . " " The only time I ever stood was when I danced with Bashir " " she recalled . However , this was planned by Williams to be a much more elaborate dancing sequence than appeared in the final episode . " " Both " [ Alexander Siddig ] " and I are the biggest Klutzes " " Turner admitted . " " They had this whole overhead camera crane shot set up , but they had to kill it because we were stepping all over each other . Laura Behr is a fabulous choreographer and she was just saying , " Ay , yi , yi ! " in exasperation . Finally they just had us keep our upper bodies looking like they knew what we were doing , but if you ' d seen our feet , you ' d have known we were just stumbling all over the place . " " ( " " , pp . 513 - 514 ) When reprising her role in " Chrysalis " , Turner found the singing scene difficult , despite the fact she had previously sung in an all - girl punk band during the 1980s . " " I can read music and sing , " " she said , " " but this was really hard . The song stuck in my head for months . I just thought it was very bizarre to be on " Star Trek " dancing in one episode and singing in the next . " " Despite this , she managed to get through the scene , even with fellow actor Tim Ransom shouting in her ear . " " Tim ! Oh , my god ! He ' s tone deaf and he was singing right in my ear ! " " Turner recalled in amusement . ( " " , p . 615 ) Two of the costumes worn by Turner as Lauren in " Statistical Probabilities " were later sold off in the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction . The first , a dress with crinkled elastic and red tone print with a zip up back , was sold for US $ 127 . 50 . The second , a chiffon dress with patterned shades of purple , blue and green with long sleeves and a zip up the back , was sold for US $ 108 . 50 . In his review of " Statistical Probabilities " , " Star Trek " author Keith R . A . DeCandido described Turner ' s performance as " " particularly strong . " " Apocrypha . Lauren appears in the " " novel " Zero Sum Game " along with Jack and Patrick . The three of them are working for Starfleet Intelligence in the year 2382 when they discover several startling revelations about the Breen .