PERSONNEL FILE: BAJORAN

NAME: Kira Nerys
RANK: Colonel
BORN: 2343
PLACE OF BIRTH: Dahkur Province, Bajor
ORIGIN: Bajoran
ASSIGNMENT: Deep Space 9
LAST SHIP: Bajoran Underground
ACADEMY CLASS: not on file
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: Bajoran freedom fighter who served as first officer and Bajoran liaison to station Deep Space 9 after the Cardassian withdrawal from Bajor in 2369. Kira's family was part of the Ih'valla D'jarra, which in earlier times would have required her to take up an artistic occupation. Kira was born in 2343 in the Dahkur Province and spent the first 26 years of her life under Cardassian rule. Stubborn and independent, she joined the Shakaar resistance cell of the Bajoran underground in 2355, when she was 12 years old. SEE: Shakaar Edon. Kira was recruited into the Shakaar group by her friend, Lorit Akrem. Kira was interned at the Singha refugee camp during the Cardassian occupation. Although conditions there were brutal, she was able to play springball with her brothers. Her mother, an icon painter from Dahkur Province, died of malnutrition in the Singha refugee camp in 2343. Kira spent much of her childhood as a freedom fighter for the Bajoran movement, although Cardassian intelligence reported her as "a minor operative whose activities (were) limited to running errands for the terrorist leaders." In 2365, Kira was assigned to obtain a list of Bajoran collaborators from a chemist shop on station  Terok Nor (later Deep Space 9). The chemist, Vaatrik, discovered Kira during her search, and she was forced to kill him. Although she was a suspect in the killing, an investigation by station Security Chief Odo found her innocent. It was not until 2370 that Odo learned that Kira had deceived him. As a member of the Bajoran Shakaar resistance cell in 2357, Kira helped liberate the notorious Gallitep labor camp at which thousands of Bajorans had died under Cardassian bondage. Kira knew noted terrorist Tahna Los when she fought in the Bajoran underground. In 2369, Kira opposed the Bajoran provisional government's decision to enlist Federation assistance in maintaining Deep Space 9, but nevertheless worked with Starfleet personnel on the station. Kira had a deep, abiding faith in the Bajoran religion, and was personally struck by the tragedy of Kai Opaka's death in 2369. Her beliefs held  that Benjamin  Sisko was the  Emissary of Bajoran prophesy, but she sometimes found it difficult to reconcile the fact that her commanding officer was a religious icon. In 2370, she became romantically involved with Vedek Bareil. At Vedek Bareil's invitation, Kira was given the privilege of encountering an Orb. This encounter had a profound effect on her life. Kira's involvement with Bareil ended tragically in 2371 when he died during Cardassian peace negotiations. In 2371 Kira was kidnapped and taken to Cardassia, where she was surgically altered to look like Iliana, a Cardassian operative from the Obsidian Order. She later discovered that her transformation was part of a plot to expose Legate  Ghemor as a member of the Cardassian underground movement. In 2372, Kira became romantically involved with Shakaar Edon, longtime friend and former leader of the Shakaar resistance cell. Kira served as surrogate mother to Kirayoshi O'Brien, son of Miles and Keiko O'Brien. The surrogacy became necessary when Keiko was severely injured aboard the Runabout Volga during a botanical survey mission to Torad IV. Dr. Julian Bashir, fighting to save both mother and unborn child, found it necessary to implant Kirayoshi's fetus into Kira's body, else Kirayoshi would have died. Upon returning to Deep Space 9, Kira accepted an invitation from Miles and Keiko to live with them in their quarters, so that they could care for her while she carried their child to term. Living in close proximity with the O'Brien family, Kira found herself attracted to Miles, a feeling that he reciprocated. Since neither wished to jeopardize their existing relationships, they decided together not to act on those feelings. Her pregnancy prevented her from taking active charge of the investigation when several former members of the Shakaar resistance cell were murdered around stardate 50416. In 2373, Kira gave birth to Kirayoshi O'Brien in a traditional Bajoran birthing ceremony. Kira disliked indulging in holosuite programs.
ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS: not on file
FAMILY: Mother, name not on file, deceased; Brothers, name, number and whereabouts not on file.