Tasha Yar
Database Entry (Includes last Psychological Profile by Ship's Counselor Deanna Troi) The original security chief under Captain Jean-Luc Picard on the U.S.S. Enterprise led a tragic yet heroic life until her death in the line of duty in 2364. Yar was born on the failing colony world of Turkana IV in 2337, but both her parents were killed in the crossfire among the planet's cadre infighting just after her younger sister Ishara was born some 4 1/2 years later. After their foster care family abandoned them within months, the girls led a violent and harrowing life on the streets, eluding rape gangs and drug addiction while fending for themselves. One comforting companion amid the chaos at the time was a kitten. Yar finally got off the world in 2352, at age 15 -- just about the time the colony broke all contact with the UFP. She invited Ishara to join her, but the younger sister refused, preferring the protection of her Coalition cadre there. The two never saw each other again, although Ishara learned of her sister's legacy from Enterprise officers in 2367. Picard had asked for Yar aboard the Enterprise after he first saw her as she risked her life in a Carnelian mine field to save a colonist, and her current captain owed him a favor. Despite a valiant effort by Dr. Crusher, on SD 41601 during a rescue mission on Vagra II she died as a result of injuries from an invisible energy bolt to her head by the malevolent creature Armus; it left a blotch on her jaw. A memorial service that featured a holographic recording of her last thoughts and thank-you's to her closest shipmates was held later. (continued next column) |
STARFLEET PERSONNEL FILE -- Yar, Natasha "Tasha" (deceased)
Rank -- Lieutenant Last assignment -- U.S.S. Enterprise Species/gender -- Human female Year of birth -- 2337 Place of birth -- Turkana IV Date of death -- 2364 (Stardate 41601) Place of death -- Vagra II Cause of death -- Head trauma from alien assault Marital status -- Single
As explained to me by Guinan, a highly-perceptive El-Aurian and my close friend, a duplicate Tasha Yar in a parallel time-line re-entered this universe in 2344 via a time vortex, aboard the Ambassador-class U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701- C. Unknown to outsiders, Yar was taken as a consort by a Romulan general aboard the ships that attacked and defeated that Enterprise without leaving a trace of it, and she gave birth a year later to his daughter, Sela. In 2349, when Sela was 4, she foiled her own mother's escape attempt and Tasha was killed, sadly, again.
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Episode Appearances |
"I'd like my death to count for something"
"You bet on me?"
"Crying, on the bridge?"
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