Nilani Kahn was a Trill woman who lived in the 23rd century. Nilani was a joined Trill and was the host of the Kahn symbiont.
Biography[]
Kahn was a quantum warp scientist who was part of the team at the Daystrom Institute that developed the transwarp project, and oversaw initial Starfleet tests of the technology. Kahn met Torias at the Symbiosis Institute on Trill, where both were initiates. Kahn married Torias soon after he was joined with the Dax symbiont. Kahn was widowed six months later, when Torias was killed in an accident aboard the shuttlecraft Infinity. After Dax was removed from Torias, Nilani spent his last moments at his bed side. (DS9 - The Lives of Dax short story: "Infinity")
In 2372, Jadzia Dax and Lenara Kahn briefly considered renewing the relationship the two recalled between their past hosts Torias and Nilani. (DS9 episode: "Rejoined")
Appendices[]
References[]
- DS9 episode: "Rejoined"
- DS9 novel: The Badlands, Part IV
- DS9 novel: Trill: Unjoined
- DS9 - The Lives of Dax short story: "Infinity"
- ST novel: The Art of the Impossible
Connections[]
| Hosts of the Kahn symbiont | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nilani • Lenara • Damar | 
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External link[]
- Nilani Kahn article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.