PERSONNEL FILE: FEDERATION

NAME: Yar, Natasha
RANK: Lieutenant
BORN: 2337
PLACE OF BIRTH: Turkana IV
ORIGIN: Human
ASSIGNMENT: Deceased
LAST SHIP: U.S.S. Enterprise-D
ACADEMY CLASS: not on file
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: Enterprise-D chief of security under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Ukrainian in descent, Yar was born on a failed Federation colony on planet Turkana IV. Her parents were killed when she was only five, and she spent much of her childhood in a bitter struggle for survival, evading marauding rape gangs and caring for her younger sister, Ishara Yar. One of the few "normal" aspects of her childhood was her ownership of a pet kitten that she protected. Tasha escaped from Turkana IV at the age of 15, choosing to join Starfleet. As a Starfleet officer, she impressed Captain Jean-Luc Picard with her courage in rescuing a wounded colonist, making her way through a Carnellian mine field. Thus, Picard requested that she be transferred to the Enterprise-D in early 2364. While under the inhibition-stripping effects of the Psi 2000 virus in early 2364, Tasha apparently became intimate with fellow Enterprise-D crew member Data. Yar was killed in late 2364 while participating in a rescue mission on planet Vagra II. SEE: Armus. Tasha, knowing her line of work entailed considerable risk, left a holographic farewell to her comrades in which she thanked her shipmates for being part of her life. Data kept a small holographic portrait of Tasha, and he considered it one of his most precious personal possessions.
ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS: not on file
FAMILY: not on file