Kira Nerys

**Kira Nerys** is a female Bajoran in the 24th century. Kira lived on Bajor in the Cardassian occupation and was a member of the Bajoran Resistance. When the Cardassians withdrew she joined the Bajoran Militia and, when Bajor joined the Federation in the year 2376, transferred to Starfleet at the rank of captain, in command of Federation Starbase Deep Space 9

## Personal Info

### Parents:

Kira Taban (deceased), Kira Meru (deceased)

### Sibling(s):

Kira Reon (brother, deceased), Kira Pohl (brother, deceased)

## Biography

### Childhood and the Resistance

Kira was born in November 2343 in the Dahkur Province of Cardassian Union-occupied Bajor to Kira Taban and Kira Meru.

She lived a large part of her life in the Singha refugee camp. In 2346, her mother was taken to Terok Nor to serve as a comfort woman to the Cardassians, ultimately becoming the lover of *Gul* Dukat. At three years old, Nerys was too young to understand this, and her father told his children that Meru had died. Nerys would not learn the truth until 2374, at which time she travelled back in time to 2346 using the Orb of Time. The three-year-old Nerys briefly met her future self but, as she was using the pseudonym "Luma Rahl", the young Nerys remained ignorant as to her identity.

Following her mother's supposed death, Kira and her brothers were often cared for by Tir Remara. The Kira family received extra rations to compensate for Meru being taken to Terok Nor to serve as one of Gul Dukat's comfort women.

When Tir Remara found out about these extra rations (but not why the family was receiving them) she stole them and gave them to the resistance to be given to those more needy. When Taban caught her, she accused him of being a traitor and ran away. The Kiras were subsequently forced to give up their additional rations to avoid being hounded as collaborators. Nerys held this against Tir for years to come.

Growing up, Nerys learned about the Bajoran Prophets from close family friend Prylar Istani Reyla. This was beginning of Kira's life-long faith in the Prophets and their love for the Bajoran people

Kira joined the Shakaar Resistance Cell when she was only twelve, and spent most of her early time with the cell running errands and cleaning weapons. In 2357, just after her fourteenth birthday, Nerys and the Shakaar cell liberated the labor camp at Gallitep before the now-depleted mine laborers could be slaughtered by Gul Darhe'el, the Cardassian overseer. Nerys and her cell accomplished this infiltrating the Bajoran science ministry and accessing their transporter system, allowing the cell to bypass the camp's formidable security system and later transport the Bajoran laborers out. While at the ministry, Nerys managed to destroy the files on a prototype defense system that would allow the Cardassians to track and destroy any unauthorized Bajoran air-traffic.

In 2366, she snuck aboard the quarantined space station *Terok Nor* to gather information on the Double Helix virus that was infecting the station. She later assisted the Starfleet medical team, which was allowed to travel to the station by the station master, Gul Skrain Dukat, by finding the source of the virus on the surface of the planet Bajor.

In 2367, she infiltrated the Plin Syndicate criminal organization at the Doblana Arctic Base on Bajor in order to kidnap Cardassian Glinn Gundar. The operation cost the life of Kira's brother, Kira Reon, whose sacrifice gained the resistance a chip which enabled them to monitor all Cardassian communications on Bajor.

### The Emissary and the Federation

After the Cardassian withdrawal in 2369, the Bajoran Provisional Government asked for relief efforts from the United Federation of Planets, who took over command of *Terok Nor* and re-christened the station *Deep Space 9*.

Kira was assigned to the space station as first officer under the command of then-Commander Benjamin Sisko with rank of Major.

At first, Kira did not care for Sisko or the Federation, believing them to be no different from the Cardassians. It was only after the discovery by Sisko of the Celestial Temple of the Prophets (also known as the Bajoran wormhole), and the revelation from Kai Opaka Sulan that Sisko was the foretold Emissary of the Prophets, that Kira warmed up to the Federation.

In 2370 Kira commanded the runabout USS *Amazon* on a mission to rescue a Horta, Ttan, who had been kidnapped by the Cardassians. Kira used her knowledge of Cardassian tactics to great effect on the mission, but also had to adapt her techniques to Starfleet team functions, working hard to be less impulsive.

In 2371, Kira helped her old resistance cell leader, Shakaar Edon, ascend to the office of First Minister following a brief civil uprising when kai Winn Adami threatened to plunge Bajor into a civil war in a dispute over soil reclamators.

When the war with the Dominion and their new allies in the Cardassian Union started in late 2373, and the Federation was forced to evacuate the Bajoran sector, Kira stayed aboard the station and started a new resistance movement that helped the Federation retake Bajor and the station.

In late 2374, Kira was promoted to colonel and given command of *Deep Space 9*, when Sisko took an extended leave of absence on Earth. Kira learned about the responsibilities of the captain's chair by standing down a Romulan fleet, intent on placing weapons on a Bajoran moon. Kira resumed her duties as first officer when Sisko returned.

In late 2375, Kira was granted a Starfleet field commission to the rank of commander. Along with Constable Odo (with whom she was having a romantic relationship) and the Cardassian exile Elim Garak, she traveled covertly to Dominion-occupied Cardassian space in order to help Cardassian Legate Corat Damar form a Cardassian resistance to Dominion occupation; the field commission was intended to put the Cardassians at ease by working with a Starfleet officer rather than a Bajoran one. The group eventually found itself on Cardassia in the final days of the war.

After the war, Captain Sisko ascended from linear existence and joined with the Prophets and command of *DS9* was again granted to Kira.

### Commander of DS9

In April of 2376 the station was attacked by a group of rogue Jem'Hadar. The ships were destroyed in battle but several Jem'Hadar were able to beam aboard the station. One, Kitana'klan, was discovered by the station's science officer Shar, and claimed to have been sent to the station by Odo as an envoy from the Dominion.

This was actually not the case, an envoy had been sent, Taran'atar, but he remained shrouded so that he might track down the rest of the rogues to prevent them destroying the station. Kitana'klan's lies were eventually revealed when he attacked his guards and made his way to the station's fusion core to try and destroy Deep Space 9. Kira and a security team followed close behind and in the ensuing conflict Kira was severely injured by Kitana'klan - she broke two ribs, fractured her humerus and received a severe concussion which bruised her right temporal lobe; she was fortunate not to have suffered any permanent damage. Kira managed to stay conscious just long enough for Taran'atar and Elias Vaughn to help her get to a station and issue the command to separate the fusion core from the station, just in time to prevent its explosion from destroying the entire facility.

Bajor finally officially entered the Federation in 2376 Kira Nerys became a Starfleet captain, in command of Federation starbase Deep Space 9 and the starship USS *Defiant*, after the integration of the Bajoran Militia by Starfleet after Bajor's induction into the United Federation of Planets.

### Deep Space 9 Xenomorph incident(2378)

On November 13 2378, Captain Kira Nery, along with Senior Staff Chief of Operations Lt Nog and Lt Commander Thirishar ch'Thane return to the Station aboard the USS Defiant Captain Kira finds the station damaged and communications with the ship Impossible. Unable to dock due to power outage and damage, Kira, Nog and Thane transport over to the Station only for the Transporter pad malfunction and place all three in separate parts of the Station.

Alone Kira finds herself unable to contact the rest of her team. The station itself is largely deserted and damaged severely. Kira Finds Quark hiding in his Bar and he explains the current situation to best of his knowledge, that there is a "Monster" Loose and is killing everyone Kira not really convinced of his claims until they are both nearly killed by the creature, it kills Broik a employee of Quarks in front of them.

After reestablishing Communications with Nog, He tells her that Thane was injured shortly after they arrived by the same creature that Kira and Quark Encountered.

After joining her crewmates in person, Kira goes to the station's medical facility to locate Doctor Bashir they leave Thane with Bashir and Quark and secure Sickbay, Kira determined to find the rest of the crew and stop this creature sets out with Nog to continue to investigate the station, they must avoid the Xenomorph, which stalks them through the Stations corridors. They make their way to OPS and begin to get the stations systems back online to hopefully track the creature but also locate any more survivors However, just as they are about to leave the area, the Xenomorph suddenly appears, cornering Kira; she is saved when Nog straps his Overloading Phaser to the Xenomorph's back, Nog is wounded but the two escape after the injuried Xenomorph retreats.

Kira and her group are found by Commander Vaughn and Lt Commander Laren, who explain that the Xenomorph was brought aboard the station by the *Anesidora*, As a result, Vaughn has been holding the vessels' captain, Henry Marlow, at Stations Security Office. This point they establish communications with the Defiant again and Lt Sam Bowers the Tactical Officer aboard Captain Nery's directions him to begin locking onto surviving people aboard the ship and to conduct scans of each person before transporting to determine if they have been infected, if they have not been infected to beam them aboard, if they have keep them aboard the station until they can figure a way to help them.

With their explosive traps having thus far failed to harm the Xenomorph, Vaughn has developed a new plan to trap the creature in a Runabout and remote piloting it away and destroying it with the Xenomorph still aboard, killing the creature. which they attempt and are successful.

With the threat seemly disposed of, the situation aboard DS9 appears back under control before beaming everyone back over from the Defiant Nog begins to reboot the the Stations systems but finds something wrong in the lower Decks when his Engineering team does not return from the Lower Decks. It is discovered that the Xenomorph had not been killing all of the people, it was taking and reproducing more Xenomorphs, they attack the Crew killing Vaughn during the attack.

Lt Commander Ro Laren informs Kira that Lt Evik Nath Chief of Stations Security, has freed Marlow from custody and Marlow has now fled to his ship. Marlow reveals he plans to detonate the *Anesidora'*s fusion reactor to destroy DS9, thereby ensuring the Xenomorphs do not Escape. Kira and Evik beam aboard his Vessel and Evik knocks Marlow unconscious but the two Starfleet Officers realize a Xenomorph has snuck aboard the vessel and it kills both Marlow and Evik, Kira cannot prevent the reactor explosion, and has barely any time to redirect the ship away from the station and is beamed off of the ship, Kira barely escapes as the ship explodes. While the reduced blast is not large enough to destroy DS9, it damages more then 50% of the station.

With time running out, Nog realign DS9 communications array to contact the Defiant for evacuation, Kira and her remaining Crew make their way to a Transporter Pad Lt Commander Than is subdued by a Facehugger and Kira is forced to leave her behind. With only a few minutes Kira ensures that her crew are beamed aboard the Defiant first, A Xenomorph appears as the last of her crew are beamed aboard, Kira escapes the clutchs of the Alien and realizes she doesn't have much time left. Kira is forced to don an EVA suit and attempt a spacewalk to the ship. However, she is attacked by a Xenomorph and dragged into an air duct. She awakens to find she has been cocooned in another nest but manages to escape before she can be impregnated with a Chestburster. As the station begins to fall apart all around her, she returns to the airlock, dons an EVA suit and heads outside. Kira escaping moments before the station begins to disintegrate. She is beamed aboard the Defiant as she and her crew witness the Station explode killing the remaining Xenomorphs.

### USS Gryphon(2378)

Kira is given Command of the Akira class Vessel while the Federation begins Rapid replacement for Deep Space 9. For the next 2 years she is assigned to the Gryphon while the new station is built.

### Deep Space 9(II) (2380-)

DS9 was due to be fully operational and officially opened in August 2380. An opening ceremony was planned, involving the attendance of President Nanietta Bacco, First Minister Asarem Wadeen, Chancellor Martok, Grand Nagus Rom, Castellan Rakena Garan, Imperator Sozzerozs and Praetor Gell Kamemor. The event was managed by Captain Kira and her first officer, , who welcomed the prestigious guests as well as planning the opening of the station to civilian traffic on this day as well. The ceremony, held in the theatre,