Jasminder Choudhury

**Jasminder Choudhury** Is a female Human serving in Starfleet in the 24th century, born around the turn of the 2340s decade on planet Deneva. She was of South Asian descent with a noted raven black ponytail, and practiced meditation in the Hindu tradition, although she also honored practices of other faiths, including Buddhism and Islam.

## Early life

She had at least one younger sister, Divya Choudhury, as well as a grandmother named Basma and an uncle Narayana.

As a young girl, she helped her father plant an oak tree sapling in front of the family home in the province of Mallarashtra. As an adult, she would remember this event as a particular cherished moment shared with her father.

As a youngster, she had played in a Junior Parrises squares tournament, and had scored the winning point for her team. Later in her teenage years, Choudhury worked at the Crescent Valley Retreat in Mallarashtra. It was there that she had her first kiss, with a boy named Geeta Jalal.

## Early Starfleet career

During the Dominion War, Choudhury served aboard the USS *Timur*. Her chief of security, Lieutenant Ang, was killed in action during the First Battle of Chin'toka. The ship lost use of all its torpedo tubes and most of its phasers and shields, but Choudhury's inventive tactics saved the *Timur*.

Following the war, Choudhury served as chief of security on Starbase 103, under Admiral Marien Zimbata. A diplomatic conference was held on the starbase in 2379, which was attacked by a dissident faction of the Nosgoh. Choudhury, while negotiating for the lives of the Nosgoh's hostages, discovered the cultural misunderstanding which led to the incident, ending it without loss of life.

## Aboard the *Enterprise*

In mid 2378, Lieutenant Choudhury transferred to the USS *Enterprise*-E, succeeding Christina Vale as chief of security. During that ship's mission to star cluster NGC 6281, she aided Lieutenant T'Ryssa Chen in making contact with the "Noh Angel" entities inhabiting the region.

Choudhury took an interest in Worf, going so far as to take over his holodeck time so that they would meet off-duty; he realized that her methodical, organized, and precise personality would make this not a coincidence. She wanted to witness his training regimen, and remarked that he was very stoic and almost Vulcan-like, a side effect of his previous mind meld with Spock. Worf agreed to show her Mok'bara.

Choudhury reported the loss of the *Enterprise*'s targeting computer during an engagement with three Borg cubes at the Azure Nebula, an essential element to utilizing the ship's transphasic torpedoes. The *Enterprise* emitted a general distress call which the USS *Aventine* unexpectedly answered, and the two vessels worked together to destroy the remaining cube. After the discovery of subspace tunnels within the nebula, Captain Picard ordered Choudhury to attempt to establish a minefield of self-replicating mines, a task which eventually proved impossible due to the nebula's fluid dynamics combined with the forceful push from an opening tunnel. The *Enterprise* then focused on mapping the tunnels; one of them led to a shrouded galaxy where Choudhury attempted a general hail, but received no response. During the stressful efforts, first officer Worf and Choudhury advanced their relationship to physical intimacy, resulting in a trip to Sickbay, where Doctor Beverly Crusher agreed to be discrete about their presence.

Following the end of the conflict with the Borg, she and Worf traveled back to Deneva, where they planted an oak tree sapling in tribute to her family.

Following this visit, Choudhury and Worf agreed that their physical relationship was a mistake, though the two agreed to remain friends. Choudhury struggled with the loss of her family and homeworld, but was still able to offer some help to Garson Tiernan, the sole surviving member of the Denevan government, as he started to reestablish a home for his people on Ingraham B.

In 2380, Worf and Choudhury resumed their relationship.