Etana Kol was a Bajoran who served with the Bajoran Militia on board Federation starbase Deep Space 9 from around 2373 onwards. Etana was initially a Sergeant assigned under Odo's command and later transferred to Julian Bashir's medical staff. Etana regularly beat Bashir, despite his genetically enhancements, in the game of hoverball. Etana disliked using the transporter.
In 2373, Etana and Rom, whom Etana always liked, rescued several women, including Rom's fiancée Leeta, from a creature living in the station's waste extraction system that lived off of female hormones. (DS9 comics: "Lwaxana Troi and the Wedding of Doom", "Four Funerals and a Wedding")
Etana later rescued the Cardassian Elim Garak from an assassin named Keytra Tosh despite her instinctive distrust of the Cardassian people. (DS9 comic: "Requiem in Obsidian")
Etana was on duty in 2376 when Bajoran First Minister Shakaar Edon was assassinated on the station's Promenade. (DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Cathedral)
By the beginning of the year 2377 Etana, who was the field medic for her resitance cell durning the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, switched from security to nursing, in part to be closer to her girlfriend, nurse Krissten Richter. She was on duty when in sickbay when the mind-controlled Taran'atar attacked and severly injured Captain Kira Nerys and Lieutenant Ro Laren. She later assisted Ro with her physical therapy during her recovery. (DS9 novels: Warpath, Fearful Symmetry)
Appearances
- DS9 comic: "Lwaxana Troi and the Wedding of Doom"
- DS9 comic: "Four Funerals and a Wedding"
- DS9 comic: "Requiem in Obsidian"
