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For the mirror universe counterpart, see Rana Desai (mirror).
For other uses, see Rana.
See Desai for other articles with titles that contain, either by relationship or by coincidence, this character's surname.

Rana Desai was a 23rd century Human woman, a career Starfleet officer attached to the Starfleet Judge Advocate General office.

Biography[]

Rana Desai was born in the 2220s decade.

Before becoming a lawyer specializing in interstellar law in 2256, Captain Desai started her career in 2242 as a security officer and then a detective with the JAG Corp's Criminal Investigation Division.

As of the year 2265, she had achieved the rank of captain and was assigned as head of the JAG office on Starbase 47, where she was often called upon to balance Federation law and the realities of frontier life. Rana was romantically involved with station commander Diego Reyes, and her position as JAG officer frequently put the two at odds. Rana was enraged when Reyes told her the truth about the meta-genome, the real reason for Starfleet's presence in the Taurus Reach, believing the colonization efforts in the region to be a lie, a part of a cover-up of Starfleet's true purpose. (VAN novels: Harbinger, Summon the Thunder)

Before transferring to Vanguard, Captain Desai spent a year assigned to JAG office on the planetary Starbase 11. (VAN - Declassified novella: Almost Tomorrow)

She defended the commodore during his court-martial. (VAN novel: Open Secrets)

On an away mission to the New Anglesey colony on the planet Kadru in January 2268 for the recovery and death investigation for Commander Aole Miller, Desai also discovered why the New Anglese colonists revoked their Federation protectorate status and refused to leave the planet, despite a Federation colonial recall order

After completing the mission to the New Anglesey colony, Captain Desai put in for a transfer to Earth, which Rear Admiral Heihachiro Nogura happily expedited. (VAN - Declassified novella: The Ruins of Noble Men)

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