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witticasterAll right, for Pel.
His name is Anaren Talan, and he's a Bajoran who was three years old when the Cardassian occupation ended. His parents didn't work on Terak Nor--they were in a camp somewhere on Bajor--but soon after the opening of Deep Space 9, they moved there for work. I haven't figured out why yet, but there are a million Bajorans hanging out on that ship, surely they help out somewhere.
Anaren has an older brother, Anaren Soler (7 years older), and two older sisters, Anaren Kessa (5 years older) and Anaren Merani (2 years older). Merani died of complications related to malnutrition before he was born. His parents both survived the occupation, but most of Talan's aunts and uncles didn't, and the same with his grandparents. So it wasn't hard to choose to move to DS9 when there was work that they could do there.
Talan's early memories are, then, of living on a space station: climate controlled, hermetically sealed (like the gods!), with windows out to the pitch black of space, a distant scattering of stars, and the aurorean wormhole that occasionally opened. They're also of the Dominion War, of leaving the station to crowd into the home of a distant cousin on Bajor until it's safe to return, and of hearing stories about an occupation that he doesn't remember or understand.
Talan is ten when Star Trek: Deep Space 9 ends.
As he ages, he finds himself on the side of Keiko O'Brien, though he doesn't realize it--he doesn't remember her or her attempts to educate his older siblings. He finds it difficult to believe that the Prophets can really be named as such, that they have any interest in Bajorans as they live and work. He is, in essence, an atheist. He is also rather smart enough not to say as much to anyone, though he does recall asking his father at least once why the Prophets do things for Bajorans and finding himself disappointed by the answer.
He dismantles his earring until it shows only his family's sign, sitting comparatively small on his earlobe, and joins Starfleet.
His name is Anaren Talan, and he's a Bajoran who was three years old when the Cardassian occupation ended. His parents didn't work on Terak Nor--they were in a camp somewhere on Bajor--but soon after the opening of Deep Space 9, they moved there for work. I haven't figured out why yet, but there are a million Bajorans hanging out on that ship, surely they help out somewhere.
Anaren has an older brother, Anaren Soler (7 years older), and two older sisters, Anaren Kessa (5 years older) and Anaren Merani (2 years older). Merani died of complications related to malnutrition before he was born. His parents both survived the occupation, but most of Talan's aunts and uncles didn't, and the same with his grandparents. So it wasn't hard to choose to move to DS9 when there was work that they could do there.
Talan's early memories are, then, of living on a space station: climate controlled, hermetically sealed (like the gods!), with windows out to the pitch black of space, a distant scattering of stars, and the aurorean wormhole that occasionally opened. They're also of the Dominion War, of leaving the station to crowd into the home of a distant cousin on Bajor until it's safe to return, and of hearing stories about an occupation that he doesn't remember or understand.
Talan is ten when Star Trek: Deep Space 9 ends.
As he ages, he finds himself on the side of Keiko O'Brien, though he doesn't realize it--he doesn't remember her or her attempts to educate his older siblings. He finds it difficult to believe that the Prophets can really be named as such, that they have any interest in Bajorans as they live and work. He is, in essence, an atheist. He is also rather smart enough not to say as much to anyone, though he does recall asking his father at least once why the Prophets do things for Bajorans and finding himself disappointed by the answer.
He dismantles his earring until it shows only his family's sign, sitting comparatively small on his earlobe, and joins Starfleet.