Changes: Kira Nerys

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This page details Kira Nerys in the primary universe; for the Kira Nerys in the mirror universe see Kira Nerys (mirror); for the Kira Nerys in all other alternate universes see Kira Nerys (alternates).

This character is a member of the Kira family.

For other uses, see Kira.

Kira Nerys was 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 and the starship USS Defiant. Kira later left Starfleet and became a cleric of the Bajoran religion, having become known as the "Hand of the Prophets".

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. (DS9 short story: "Urgent Matter"; DS9 episode: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night")

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. (DS9 episode: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night")

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. (DS9 episode: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"; DS9 novel: A Stitch in Time)

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. (DS9 novel: A Stitch in Time)

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. (DS9 novel: Avatar, Book One)

Kira 2357 — Kira in the Shakaar Resistance, *circa* 2357.

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. (TLE - Terok Nor novel: Night of the Wolves)

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. (TNG - Double Helix novel: Vectors)

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. (DS9 short story: "The Officers' Club")

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. (DS9 episode & novelization: Emissary; DS9 short story: "Ha'mara")

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. (DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky)

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. (DS9 episode: "Shakaar")

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. (DS9 novelizations: Call to Arms..., ...Sacrifice of Angels; DS9 short story: "Three Sides to Every Story")

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. (DS9 episodes: "Image in the Sand", "Shadows and Symbols")

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. (DS9 novelization: What You Leave Behind; DS9 short story: "Face Value")

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. (DS9 novels: Avatar, Book One, Avatar, Book Two)

Ohalu and Attainder

Also in April of 2376, Istani Reyla was murdered aboard the station after removing a book of prophecies from the ancient ruins of B'hala. The prophecies, written by the heretic Ohalu, were more accurate than any accepted prophecies, but were considered heretical by the Vedek Assembly for their description of the Prophets as teachers rather than Gods. The Vedek Assembly wanted the book suppressed at any cost.

Kira, believing that the Bajoran people could handle another interpretation of the Prophets' teachings, uploaded the entire book onto the Bajoran comnet. The next day she took an Orb experience with the Orb of Memory which inspired her to visit B'hala where she uncovered a massive tomb, the proof of one of the prophecies. (DS9 novel: Avatar, Book One)

Despite her finding this tomb the Vedeks still considered the prophecies heretical and for her act of defiance, the Assembly, at the behest of Vedek Yevir Linjarin, had Kira Attainted. As such, Kira was forbidden to enter any Bajoran temple, read any prophecies, look into an Orb, pray with other Bajorans, or even to wear her earring. (DS9 novels: Avatar, Book Two, Unity)

During the Gateways Crisis, Kira lead the evacuation efforts at the world of Europa Nova when a Gateway leading to the Delta Quadrant emitted a radiation that was poisoning the planet's atmosphere. She and Taran'atar then traveled through the Gateway to encounter the Malon tanker that was dumping radioactive waste through the portal. There, she and Taran'atar found the Malon crew dead, killed by a Hirogen hunter. While Taran'atar battled the Hirogen, Kira erected a force-field generator that protected Europa Nova from further pollution. (DS9 novel: Demons of Air and Darkness)

After being forced to travel through another Gateway, Kira received a vision of ancient Bajor from the Prophets, which further convinced her that releasing the Ohala prophecies was the right thing to do, and also allowed her to step out from Captain Sisko's shadow as station commander. (DS9 novella: "Horn and Ivory")

Kira's Attainder created a schism in the Bajoran religion, with a new religious sect, the Ohalavaru arising under the leadership of Vedek Solis Tendren. The Ohalavaru attempted to recruit Kira, but she retained her own faith. (DS9 novel: Cathedral)

It was only after Kira saved the Orbs of the Prophets from alien Parasites at the monastery at Ashalla, and after former Kai Opaka Sulan appealed to Vedek Yevir on her behalf, that Kira was welcomed back into the Bajoran faith. (DS9 novel: Unity)

Federation membership

In June, Kira was contacted by First Minister Shakaar during a tour of Federation worlds about the renewed efforts for Bajor being admitted into the United Federation of Planets and formalizing peace with the Cardassian Union.

When the peace process with Cardassians was seemingly being blocked by Shakaar's Second Minister Asarem Wadeen, Kira learned from Asarem that it was Shakaar himself, behind the scenes, who was preventing the peace proceedings from succeeding. Both Kira and Asarem found Shakaar's behavior puzzling and out of character, and could not explain his actions. (DS9 novels: Twilight, This Gray Spirit)

In August, as Shakaar prepared to thumb the agreement that would bring the world of Bajor into the Federation, he was murdered on the station's promenade by Trill security officer Hiziki Gard. (DS9 novel: Cathedral)

It was soon discovered that Shakaar's psyche had been consumed by an alien parasite that was hoping to use Bajor as a base in their species' aggressions toward the planet Trill.

Kira's Starfleet rank of commander was re-activated by Admiral Leonard James Akaar, and she was attached to the USS Gryphon in pursuit of the killer. Soon after, the ship was commandeered by a parasite that inhabited the body of the ship's first officer, Commander Alejandro Montenegro. The Montenegro-parasite killed Captain Elaine Mello, and set course for Trill.

Before dying, Captain Mello transferred command of the Gryphon to Kira. Kira then took command of the ship, and defeated the parasite before the ship could launch an attack on Trill. (DS9 novels: Cathedral, Lesser Evil)

During the Parasite crisis, Kira tracked the Parasites to the monastery at Ashalla, home of former Kai, Opaka Sulan. With aid of Odo, who had recently returned to the Alpha Quadrant, Kira infiltrated the monastery and confronted the queen parasite in the vault containing the Orbs. Kira flung open all of the Orbs' arks at once, unleashing the power of the Celestial Temple on the queen which acted to defeat the queen by removing her from the linear plane and assisted in the return to linear existence of Captain Sisko.

Bajor finally officially entered the Federation a few weeks after the Parasite threat was ended on September 29th, 2376. Kira was prepared to relinquish command of the station to Sisko, but Sisko refused, opting instead to take a leave of absence and spend time with his wife, son and new daughter on Bajor. (DS9 novel: Unity)

Captain Kira

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. (DS9 novel: Unity)

On the final day of the year, Kira was stabbed through the heart by the Jem'Hadar observer, Taran'atar, who was being controlled by an outside force. (DS9 novel: The Dominion: Olympus Descending)

As Doctor Julian Bashir struggled to save Kira's life by replacing her destroyed natural heart with an artificial replacement, the comatose Kira experienced another vision sent to her by the Prophets.

The vision foretold of the coming threat of the Ascendants and of Bajor's need to find allies in the coming battle with them. Kira also gained insight into the minds of the Eav'oq, a race from the Idran system on the other side of the wormhole that also had a relationship with the Prophets.

In the end, Kira accepted her role as the Hand of the Prophets and her place in the coming ordeal. (DS9 novel: Warpath)

Vedek Kira

Kira resigned as commander of Deep Space 9 in 2378 so she could join the Bajoran Religious Order following her experiences with Iliana Ghemor and the Ascendants. During her studies, Kira quickly rose through the ranks and reached the level of Vedek in only three years, which was previously considered to be impossible.

Destiny

In 2381, Kira met with Benjamin Sisko following his visiting a monastery on Bajor to consult the Orb of Prophecy and Change. Kira spoke with him about his decision to rejoin Starfleet following his retirement, Elias Vaughn, and her appointment to the rank of Vedek. Kira commented that many felt she had achieved so much so quickly because of her close association with the Emissary of the Prophets, which upset Sisko. Benjamin revealed to her that he felt that the Prophets had abandoned him because he left the Celestial Temple. Kira assured him that the Prophets still walked with him and that he had to have faith, but he rebuffed her and said that he had to walk alone. He informed her of his decision to leave Kasidy Yates and she told him that she would be there for him whenever he needed to talk; however, Sisko had resolved himself to cut his attachment to others including Vedek Kira. (ST - Typhon Pact novel: Rough Beasts of Empire)

On an impulse, Kira later sought out Sisko and was an instrumental figure in his struggle with his destiny, leading him to allow Kasidy and Rebecca back into his life. (ST - Typhon Pact novel: Plagues of Night)

Acting under influence from the Prophets, Kira saved herself and Kasidy from the destruction of Deep Space 9. She later stole the runabout USS Rubicon from the station in order to intervene in a Typhon Pact attempt to infiltrate the wormhole. Kira disappeared in the wormhole in a heroic attack on the Romulan warbird Vetruvis.

Kira, or a Prophet assuming her likeness, later spoke to Ben and Kasidy, informing them that the former had been released from his duties as the Emissary and wishing them a good life together. (ST - Typhon Pact novel: Raise the Dawn)

Within the wormhole, Kira first experienced a vision of Sisko's first entry into the wormhole - when the then-commander struggled to communicate with the Prophets. After this she experienced a new vision, similar to her Gateways experience, of herself on ancient Bajor. She became the Bajora freedom fighter, Keev Anora. During that experience, Keev/Kira entered into a relationship with Altek Dans. Eventually she realized her vision, communicated with Sisko and Kassidy as above, and woke up on a darkened ship, where she was confronted by Taran'atar. (ST - The Fall novel: Revelation and Dust)

25th century

By 2409, Kira had become the Kai of Bajor. (STO mission: "Boldly They Rode")

Alternate realities

Kira and the Intendant — Major Kira and her mirror universe counterpart Intendant Kira Nerys of Bajor.

In the mirror universe, Kira Nerys was the Intendant of Bajor and the commanding officer of Terok Nor. (DS9 episode: "Crossover")

In the "Track A" universe, Kira was the cellmate of Lieutenant Commander William T. Riker, at a joint Romulan/Cardassian prison colony from 2362 to 2370. His captors attempted to use Kira as an experiment to determine how broken Riker was, giving him a knife and ordering him to kill Kira in order to be given food, but Riker instead attacked and killed his captors. (TNG novel: Q-Squared)

Alternate Kira — Major Kira in an alternate reality.

In an alternate reality, Federation and Dominion delegations met on Deep Space 9 to negotiate a treaty in response to the Dominion's peace overtures in 2371. Kira was fearful of the consequences of a Federation-Dominion alliance for Bajor and murdered Constable Odo to prevent it from coming to pass. Although she had killed him in his quarters, she moved his remains to the Habitat ring. As she had planned, the negotiations broke down. The Dominion launched a full scale attack on DS9. Although the Federation forces were eventually able to push the Jem'Hadar back through the Bajoran wormhole, the Dominion was able to capture Kira, Commander Benjamin Sisko and Doctor Julian Bashir. They were taken to a cloaked space station in the Calonan system. Several days later, they were rescued by the DS9 crewmembers of the primary universe. Following an investigation on the alternate DS9, the Odo of the primary universe had solved his counterpart's murder and accused Kira of being the perpetrator. She did not deny that she had killed the alternate Odo but admitted that she regretted that doing so was necessary to ensure Bajor's future. After seizing control of the alternate Defiant, Kira activated the ship's self-destruct while travelling through the wormhole, leading to its collapse and putting an end to the Dominion threat. Immediately before her death, she prayed to her lover Bareil Antos that she would be with the Prophets. (DS9 comic: "The Looking Glass War")

In another alternate reality, accessed by an interdimensional Androssi device, Kira Nerys was the commander of the Bajoran assault vessel Li, who solicited the help of Starfleet Captain David Gold of the USS Gettysburg in finding the prophesied Celestial Temple, in the hope that its discovery would preclude a formal treaty between the Bajoran Assembly and the Cardassian Union. (SCE eBook: Lost Time)

Alternate Kira Nerys — Kira Nerys in an alternate reality

In another alternate reality in which the Cardassian Union did not withdraw from Bajor in 2369, Kira Nerys was the last surviving member of the Shakaar resistance cell by 2373. Kira met Elim Garak, who helped Kira escape from Bajor with a message for the Federation. (TNG - Myriad Universes novel: A Gutted World)

Kira, Q-Gambit — Kira Nerys in the alternate reality

In the alternate reality created by the Romulan Nero and a future created by Q's bringing the USS Enterprise a hundred years into the future, Kira was fighting as part of the Bajoran Resistance. On Bajor, she met up with with the Enterprise's CMO, Dr. Leonard McCoy, its XO, Commander Spock, Quark, and Doctor Julian Bashir. (TOS - The Q Gambit comics: "Part 2", "Part 3")

Appendices

Background

Kira Nerys was portrayed by American actress Nana Visitor in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from 1993-1999.

Visitor commented on how she saw Kira's life unfolding after the series ended. "She definitely gets another promotion, and she`s commanding the Defiant that`s for sure. That`s for sure!" The Defiant goes out - she`s in the chair. Those things are very inappropriately important to me, and that was during the series. Now that she`s commanding the station I imagine her getting more and more politically involved in Bajor and frankly, although I don`t think this would really ever happen, I`d like to see her become Starfleet. I`d like to see what would happen when you take a loose cannon and put them clearly in that universe. That was the whole premise of the show, Starfleet against these people who really didn`t live by those rules and seeing what happens. Now, one step further to me, would be to put her right inside of it and see what kind of struggle, and what the actual struggle is, tilted that way. It seems that no one has a problem living with the prime directive. I`d like to see someone struggle with it like she would, like a real loose cannon would'"". [1]

Appearances

2346

DS9 episode: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"

2348

TLE - Terok Nor novel: Night of the Wolves

2353

TLE - Terok Nor novel: Night of the Wolves

2357

TLE - Terok Nor novel: Night of the Wolves

2360

TLE - Terok Nor novel: Dawn of the Eagles

2365

TLE - Terok Nor novel: Dawn of the Eagles

2366

TLE - Terok Nor novel: Dawn of the Eagles

2367

TNG - Double Helix novel: Vectors

2368

TLE - Terok Nor novel: Dawn of the Eagles

2369

TLE - Terok Nor novel: Dawn of the Eagles
DS9 episode & novelization: Emissary (first appearance)
DS9 short story: "Ha'mara"
DS9 episode: "Past Prologue"
DS9 episode: "A Man Alone"
DS9 episode: "Babel"
DS9 episode: "Captive Pursuit"
DS9 novel: The Siege
DS9 episode: "Q-Less"
DS9 episode: "Dax"
DS9 episode: "The Passenger"
DS9 novel: The Star Ghost
DS9 episode: "Move Along Home"
DS9 episode: "The Nagus"
DS9 episode: "Vortex"
DS9 video game: Crossroads of Time
DS9 novel: Bloodletter
DS9 episode: "Battle Lines"
DS9 episode: "The Storyteller"
DS9 episode: "Progress"
DS9 novel: Warped
DS9 episode: "If Wishes Were Horses"
DS9 episode: "The Forsaken"
DS9 episode: "Dramatis Personae"
DS9 episode: "Duet"
DS9 episode: "In the Hands of the Prophets"

2370

DS9 novel: Warchild
DS9 novel: Valhalla
DS9 novel: Betrayal
DS9 episode: "The Homecoming"
DS9 episode: "The Circle"
DS9 novel: The Big Game
DS9 episode: "The Siege"
DS9 episode: "Invasive Procedures"
DS9 episode: "Cardassians"
DS9 episode: "Melora"
DS9 episode: "Rules of Acquisition"
DS9 novel: Fallen Heroes
DS9 episode: "Necessary Evil"
DS9 comic: "Requiem"
DS9 comic: "Requiem II"
DS9 episode: "Second Sight"
DS9 novel: The Pet
DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky
DS9 episode: "Sanctuary"
DS9 episode: "Rivals"
DS9 episode: "The Alternate"
DS9 episode: "Armageddon Game"
DS9 novel: Field Trip
DS9 episode: "Whispers"
DS9 - YA novel: Gypsy World
DS9 episode: "Shadowplay"
DS9 episode: "Playing God"
DS9 comic: "Lapse"
DS9 episode: "Profit and Loss"
DS9 episode: "Blood Oath"
DS9 episode: "The Maquis, Part I"
DS9 episode: "The Maquis, Part II"
DS9 episode: "The Wire"
DS9 novel: Antimatter
DS9 episode: "Crossover"
DS9 episode: "The Collaborator"
DS9 novel: Space Camp
DS9 episode: "Tribunal"
DS9 - The Brave and the Bold, Book One novella: The Second Artifact
DS9 episode: "The Jem'Hadar"

2371

DS9 episode & novelization: The Search, Parts I & II
DS9 novel: Proud Helios
DS9 episode: "The House of Quark"
DS9 episode: "Equilibrium"
DS9 episode: "Second Skin"
DS9 episode: "The Abandoned"
DS9 episode: "Civil Defense"
DS9 episode: "Meridian"
DS9 episode: "Defiant"
DS9 episode: "Fascination"
DS9 episode: "Past Tense, Part I"
DS9 episode: "Past Tense, Part II"
DS9 episode: "Life Support"
DS9 short story: "The Orb of Opportunity"
DS9 comic: "The Looking Glass War"
DS9 episode: "Heart of Stone"
DS9 episode: "Destiny"
DS9 episode: "Prophet Motive"
DS9 episode: "Visionary"
DS9 episode: "Distant Voices"
DS9 episode: "Through the Looking Glass"
DS9 episode: "Improbable Cause"
DS9 episode: "The Die is Cast"
DS9 episode: "Explorers"
DS9 novel: The Laertian Gamble
DS9 episode: "Family Business"
DS9 episode: "Shakaar"
DS9 episode: "Facets"
DS9 novel: The Long Night
DS9 episode: "The Adversary"
DS9 novel: Station Rage
DS9 - Invasion! novel: Time's Enemy
DS9 video game: Harbinger

2372

DS9 novel: Saratoga
DS9 novel: Wrath of the Prophets
DS9 episode & novelization: The Way of the Warrior
DS9 episode: "The Visitor"
DS9 episode: "Hippocratic Oath"
DS9 episode: "Indiscretion"
DS9 novel: The Tempest
DS9 episode: "Rejoined"
DS9 episode: "Starship Down"
DS9 episode: "Little Green Men"
DS9 episode: "The Sword of Kahless"
DS9 episode: "Our Man Bashir"
DS9 episode: "Homefront"
DS9 episode: "Paradise Lost"
DS9 novel: Trapped in Time
DS9 episode: "Crossfire"
DS9 - Day of Honor novel: Armageddon Sky
DS9 episode: "Return to Grace"
DS9 novel: The Heart of the Warrior
DS9 episode: "Sons of Mogh"
DS9 episode: "Bar Association"
DS9 novel: The 34th Rule
DS9 episode: "Accession"
DS9 episode: "Rules of Engagement"
DS9 episode: "Hard Time"
DS9 episode: "Shattered Mirror"
DS9 novel: Trial by Error
DS9 episode: "The Muse"
DS9 short story: "Promises Made"
DS9 episode: "For the Cause"
DS9 episode: "To the Death"
DS9 episode: "The Quickening"
DS9 episode: "Body Parts"
DS9 episode: "Broken Link"

2373

DS9 short story: "Where I Fell Before My Enemy"
DS9 episode: "Apocalypse Rising"
DS9 episode: "The Ship"
DS9 short story: "Life's Lessons"
DS9 episode: "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places"
DS9 episode: "Nor the Battle to the Strong"
DS9 - Day of Honor novel: Honor Bound
DS9 episode & novelization: Trials and Tribble-ations
DS9 short story: "The Tribbles' Pagh"
DS9 novel: Vengeance
DS9 episode: "Things Past"
DS9 episode: "The Ascent"
DS9 episode: "Rapture"
DS9 episode: "The Darkness and the Light"
DS9 episode: "The Begotten"
DS9 novel: The Mist
DS9 episode: "For the Uniform"
DS9 novella: The Badlands, Part IV
DS9 episode: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
DS9 episode: "By Inferno's Light"
DS9 novel: The Conquered
DS9 novel: The Courageous
DS9 novel: The Liberated
DS9 episode: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume"
DS9 episode: "A Simple Investigation"
DS9 episode: "Business as Usual"
DS9 episode: "Ties of Blood and Water"
DS9 episode: "Ferengi Love Songs"
DS9 episode: "Soldiers of the Empire"
DS9 comic: "Command Decisions"
DS9 comic: "Day of Honor"
DS9 episode: "Children of Time"
ST - Destiny novel: Gods of Night
DS9 episode: "Blaze of Glory"
DS9 episode: "Empok Nor"
DS9 episode: "In the Cards"
DS9 episode & novelization: Call to Arms

2374

DS9 episode: "A Time to Stand"
DS9 episode: "Rocks and Shoals"
DS9 episode: "Sons and Daughters"
DS9 episode: "Behind the Lines"
DS9 short story: "Three Sides to Every Story"
DS9 episode: "Favor the Bold"
DS9 episode & novelization: Sacrifice of Angels
DS9 episode: "You Are Cordially Invited"
DS9 - Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel: The Dominion: Olympus Descending
DS9 episode: "Resurrection"
DS9 episode: "Statistical Probabilities"
DS9 episode: "The Magnificent Ferengi"
DS9 episode: "Waltz"
DS9 episode: "Who Mourns for Morn?"
DS9 episode & novelization: Far Beyond the Stars
DS9 episode: "One Little Ship"
DS9 episode: "Honor Among Thieves"
DS9 episode: "Change of Heart"
DS9 episode: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"
DS9 episode: "Inquisition"
DS9 episode: "In the Pale Moonlight"
DS9 novel: Hollow Men
DS9 episode: "His Way"
DS9 episode: "The Reckoning"
DS9 episode: "Valiant"
DS9 episode: "Profit and Lace"
DS9 short story: "The Devil You Know"
DS9 episode: "Time's Orphan"
DS9 episode: "The Sound of Her Voice"
DS9 video game: The Fallen
DS9 novel: The Fall of Terok Nor
DS9 novel: The War of the Prophets
DS9 episode: "Tears of the Prophets"

2375

DS9 short story: "Foundlings"
DS9 episode: "Image in the Sand"
DS9 episode: "Shadows and Symbols"
DS9 episode: "Afterimage"
DS9 short story: "Chiaroscuro"
DS9 episode: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite"
DS9 episode: "Chrysalis"
DS9 episode: "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River"
DS9 episode: "Once More Unto the Breach"
DS9 episode: "The Siege of AR-558"
DS9 episode: "Covenant"
DS9 episode: "It's Only a Paper Moon"
DS9 episode: "Prodigal Daughter"
DS9 episode: "The Emperor's New Cloak"
DS9 episode: "Field of Fire"
DS9 episode: "Chimera"
DS9 short story: "The Best Defense..."
DS9 episode: "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang"
DS9 episode: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"
DS9 episode: "Penumbra"
DS9 episode: "'Til Death Do Us Part"
DS9 episode: "Strange Bedfellows"
DS9 episode: "The Changing Face of Evil"
DS9 episode: "When It Rains..."
DS9 episode: "Tacking Into the Wind"
DS9 episode: "Extreme Measures"
DS9 episode: "The Dogs of War"
DS9 short story: "Face Value"
DS9 episode & novelization: What You Leave Behind
DS9 - The Left Hand of Destiny novel:
DS9 short story: "Barclay Program Nine"
DS9 comic: "N-Vector"

2376

DS9 novel: A Stitch in Time
DS9 novels: Avatar, Book One, Avatar, Book Two
DS9 short story: "Gumbo"
DS9 short story: "Urgent Matter"
DS9 - Section 31 novel: Abyss
TNG - Gateways novel: Doors into Chaos
DS9 - Gateways novel: Demons of Air and Darkness
NF - Gateways novel: Cold Wars
DS9 - Gateways novel: Horn and Ivory
ST - Divided We Fall comic: "Crossfire"
DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Twilight
DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: This Gray Spirit
DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Cathedral
DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Lesser Evil
DS9 novel: Unity
DS9 short story: "Always a Price"
DS9 short story: "Shadowed Allies"
DS9 - Worlds of Deep Space Nine novella: Trill: Unjoined
DS9 short story: "The Officers' Club"
DS9 - Worlds of Deep Space Nine novella: Bajor: Fragments and Omens
DS9 - Worlds of Deep Space Nine novella: Ferenginar: Satisfaction is Not Guaranteed
DS9 - Worlds of Deep Space Nine novella: Cardassia: The Lotus Flower
DS9 - Worlds of Deep Space Nine novella: The Dominion: Olympus Descending

2377

2380

DS9 short story: "The Dreamer and the Dream"

2381

ST - Typhon Pact novel: Rough Beasts of Empire

2382

ST - Typhon Pact novel: Plagues of Night

2383

ST - Typhon Pact novel: Plagues of Night
ST - Typhon Pact novel: Raise the Dawn

2384

ST - Typhon Pact novel: Raise the Dawn

2386

DS9 novel: Ascendance
DS9 novel: The Long Mirage

2409

STO mission: "Boldly They Rode" (mentioned only)

Service record

location	assignment	dates	rank or rate
Deep Space 9	Bajoran liaison officer / first officer	2369-2370; 2370-2375	major
	commanding officer	2375	colonel
	Bajoran liaison officer / first officer		colonel
Cardassian Liberation Front	advisor		commander
Deep Space 9	commanding officer	2375-2376	colonel
USS Gryphon		2376	commander
Deep Space 9 / USS Defiant		2376-2378	captain
Resigned

Connections

USS Gryphon personnel
	Benitez • Savitri Bhatnagar • Croth • Grigoryeva • Neil Hallerman • Kira Nerys • McEntee • Elaine Mello • Alejandro Montenegro • Ann Spillane • Mei Ling Xiang

Starbase Deep Space 9 personnel and residents (original station)
station personnel	K. Adabwe • M. Ahzed • T. Aimatsu • Aleco V. • R. Alfonzo • Alle T. • Altman • Amran • K. Andrews • T. Ane • N. Aponte • J. Ashe • Aylam E. • J. S. Bashir • Battes A. • M. Bilecki • J. Blackmer • Bojja R. • P. Boudreaux • S. Bowers • Brooks • J. Broome • Cardok • Carlton • S. Carson • Cenn D. • J. Chao • J. Chavez • H. Collins • F. Cortez • Costello • Cryan • D. Cziraky • G. Davis • E. Dax • J. Dax • Devro • S. Douglas • M. Eddington • Eddon • Eric • Etana K. • Evik N. • Gaysd T. • Girani S. • Goodman • Gordimer • Greskrendtregk • Guerette • Hage • Hava R. • T. Jast • Jataq'qat • Jattera • S. Jonsson • Kabo • Kahrimanis • Kelly • Kira N. • V. Knezo • J. Kurland • Kurn • T. Kwiatkowski • S. ch'Larn • C. Ling • Marten • P. Matthias • McCormick • McEwian • K. Merimark • Mesk • Monyodin • T. Moore • Moru • I. Muckerheide • Munson • Nalan B. • J. Si Naran • Nedani I. • Nev R. • Nguyen • N'Heydor • Nog • M.E. O'Brien • Occino • Odo • D. Parks • Pertwee • H. Petersen • Phongsit • G. Primmin • Redac • Reis I. • ch'Rellen • K. Richter • Ro L. • Rom • G. Roness • Sanger • Sarish M. • A. Selzner • J. Senkowski • Setrin Y. • R. th'Shant • Shul T. • Shula S. • Simak • B.L. Sisko • Z. Slaine • J. Smith • N. Sthili • W. Stinson • M. Strang • Strek • C. Swannig • Tagana • S. Taran • S. Tarses • A. Taveras • Darl Tavros • Telnorri • P. Tenmei • Terek • T. ch'Thane • Tolland • M. Tomson • Gelia Torly • T'Peyn • Trulli • E. Vaughn • zh'Vesk • Vu K. • Wasa G. • Wayeh S. • D. Wilkens • Worf • Woros K. • Yamaguchi • D. Yarrow • Yevlin M.
station residents	Aluura • A. Wyoss • L. Arlin • Arios • Barys K. • Betenn B. • Betenn C. • Betenn K. • Bokat • Broc • Broik • Byla • Cadara • Capril • Chalan A. • Chon S. • Chram • Conpap • Dalba S. • Drak • Elvim • V. Fontaine • A. Fontana • Freyla • Frool • Gann • E. Garak • Grehm • Grimp • E. Grof • Hadron • Hatram N. • Hetik • Jas-qal • Jhakka • Kaga • Kalaw • Leeta • Londar P. • Maiki • Malor B. • Malor T. • Mardah • Martok • Mireh • Mo'Neke • Morn • M'Pella • Keiko O'Brien • Kirayoshi O'Brien • Molly O'Brien • Quark • Rasmus S. • Rhit • Sarda • S'taass • N. Sardopolous • Shul Aba • J. Sisko • T'Ara • Taran'atar • J. Tharen • Tigart H. • Tir R. • Tora Z. • Treir • Vissh • Kasidy Yates • Yelsi
Starbase Deep Space 9 personnel and residents (second station)
station personnel	Aleco V. • Allasar • E.g. Ansarg • J. Bashir • B. Becerra • V. Bixx • J. Blackmer • P. Boudreaux • J. Candlewood • Cardok • Cenn D. • H. Collins • J. Collins • B. Crusher • A. d'Arnaud • V. deGrom • O. Dellasant • G. Desjardins • Etana K. • S. Douglas • Hava R. • B. Herriot • E. Juarez • V. Knezo • S. ch'Larn • P. Matthias • K. Merimark • E. Minnar • Nog • M.E. O'Brien • D. Phlox • S. Ravid • K. Richter • Ro L. • N. Saygur • Shul T. • Z. Slaine • W. Stinson • T'Lune • P. Tenmei • L. Thorne • Valinar • Verlon • R.K. Viss • P. Walenista • Zhang S.
station residents	Altek D. • Aluura • Broik • Damas H. • Frool • Grimp • Kala M. • M'Pella • Orcam • Quark • Shmenge • Ulu L. • Zirk

Commanding Officers of the Starships Defiant
Prime reality Federation Starfleet		USS Defiant (NCC-1764)	Serling • Blair
		USS Defiant (NX-74205) (I)	Sisko • Dax • Worf • Kira
		USS Defiant (NX-74205) (II)	Ross • Sisko • Jast • Dax • Vaughn • Kira • Ro • Stinson
Mirror universe	Terran Empire	ISS Defiant (NCC-1764)	Archer • Sato • Mayweather • Robinson
Mirror universe	Terran Rebellion	Defiant	Sisko • O'Brien • Leeta • Dax

Defiant personnel
Federation Starfleet	USS Defiant (NCC-1764)	T. Barrows • T. Blair • S. Garrovick • J. Hamilton • K. Mbugua • C. Nyn • R. Sabapathy • Serling • T. Shull • Stevok • E. Sutherland • T'Lehr • M. Willoughby
	USS Defiant (NX-74205) (I)	Abdaba • T. Amar • V. Aaastaak • Arla R. • J. Bashir • H. Blake • Bremerton • S. Carson • Clark • E. Dax • J. Dax • M. Eddington • H. Ilario • Joson W. • Kelly • Kira N. • Kizilbash • Koletta • Larson • Meyer • E. Muñiz • N'Kduk-Thag • Nog • M. O'Brien • Odo • Reese • P. Reese • K. Richter • B. Sisko • F. Stevens • R. Tannenbaum • T'Rul • C. L. M. D. C. Tel • Tutu • T. Weymouth • J. Wheeler • Worf
	USS Defiant (NCC-75633) (II)	Aleco V. • J. Bashir • Boehm • S. Bowers • J. Candlewood • Cassini • Celeste • J. Chao • E. Dax • G. Forte • D. Gervasi • Gordimer • Q. Heins • K. Hunter • T. Jast • E. Juarez • Kira N. • J. Kurland • Lankford • M. Leishman • A. McCallum • K. Merimark • Minecci • M'Nok • C. Moore • L. Neeley • Nog • M. O'Brien • Odo • B. Permenter • T. Rahim • K. Richter • G. Roness • J. Senkowski • B. Sisko • N. Sthili • Stov • P. Tenmei • T. ch'Thane • Thron • T'rb • VanBuskirk • E. Vaughn • Worf • A. Zucca
mirror universe	ISS Defiant (Constitution-class) Terran Empire Imperial Starfleet	J. Archer • Kelby • T. Mayweather • Phlox • M. Reed • A.G. Robinson • H. Sato • T'Pol • C. Tucker
mirror universe	Defiant Terran Rebellion Galactic Commonwealth	J. Bashir • S. Bowers • E. Dax • J. Dax • A. DeCurtis • Leeta • E. Muñiz • M. O'Brien • Pennak • B. Sisko • Stevens • P. Tenmei • T. ch'Thane

Terok Nor personnel
Cardassian Union Cardassian Guard and Cardassian-allied personnel	Basso Tromac • Boheeka • Corat Damar • Datar • Skrain Dukat • Dulath • Hadar • Mavek • Narat • Oran • Parek • Sigol Rusot • Gaten Russol • Thrax Sa'kat
Bajoran Provisional Government and Bajoran-allied personnel	Jabara • Kellec Ton • Kira Nerys • Odo • Rom
Dominion (2374)	Weyoun
Mirror universe Terok Nor personnel
Klingon-Cardassian Alliance	Elim Garak • Kira Nerys • Odo • Jennifer Sisko • Telok
Terran Rebellion	Julian Bashir • Sam Bowers • Jadzia • Michael Eddington • Keiko Ishikawa • Leeta • Enrique Muñiz • Nog • Miles O'Brien • Jennifer Sisko • Luther Sloan • Lon Suder • Ezri Tigan • Tiron

Kais of the Bajoran faith
	Dava Nikende • Taluno • Shesa • Meressa • Arin • Opaka Sulan • Winn Adami • Pralon Onala • Kira Nerys • Opaka Sulan
	Kais of the Bajoran faith in the mirror universe
	Dava Nikende • Opaka Sulan

USS Gryphon personnel
	Benitez • Savitri Bhatnagar • Croth • Grigoryeva • Neil Hallerman • Kira Nerys • McEntee • Elaine Mello • Alejandro Montenegro • Ann Spillane • Mei Ling Xiang

External links

Kira Nerys article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Kira Nerys article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki