Ro Laren
Ro Laren is a female extraterrestrial character who features in Star Trek.
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Ro Laren
Her childhood was said to be a long depressing period of her life where she became grateful when it was finally over. (TNG: Rascals) Ro was noted to had grown up in the Bajoran diaspora when thousands were displaced into refugee camps by the Cardassian occupation of her homeworld. In her youth, she was noted to had spent some time on the camps at Valo II. (TNG: Ensign Ro) In all, she was said to had spent 10 years in the camps. (TNG: Preemptive Strike)
In 2347, Ro was shown the true nature of the occupation when she was given a piece of sugar candy by a Cardassian, who led her to a room where she found her father sitting inside. For the next two hours, she was forced to sit and watch as a Cardassian questioned and tortured her father until he died. Throughout the entire ordeal, Ro felt ashamed of being a Bajoran. She was ashamed of her father for being so weak, as she watched him beg for mercy. Laren eventually found that she could not live in an environment where her people were unable to feed and clothe themselves. Because of this, she ran away. Her father's death led her to have a life long hatred of Cardassians. (TNG: Ensign Ro) After his death, she finally realized that even her father could not make all the monsters in her life go away. (TNG: Preemptive Strike)
Over time, Ro began to understand how misguided her feelings of shame were, and eventually she chose to no longer be ashamed of her heritage. Ro decided to keep her name in traditional form: family name first, given name second. She did this despite the fact that most Bajorans accepted the distortion of their names in order to assimilate. She also strongly favored wearing the traditional Bajoran earring, albeit on the left ear as opposed to the traditional right ear. (TNG: Ensign Ro)
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- Ro Laren was portrayed by actor Michelle Forbes where she appeared in the setting of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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