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Bajor was a planet that was the homeworld of the Bajoran people and capital planet of the Third Republic of Bajor .

• 1.1.1.1 First Splinter timeline
• 1.1.1.2 Other alternate realities
• 1.2.1 Provinces
• 1.2.2 Regions
• 1.2.3 Settlements
• 1.2.4 Nations
• 1.2.5 Bodies of water
• 1.2.6 Points of interest
• 1.3.1 Flora
• 1.3.2 Fauna
• 2.1 Connections
• 2.2.1 Appearances
• 2.2.2 References
• 2.3 External links

History and specifics [ ]

Throughout much of the 24th century it was occupied by the Cardassian Union . Following Cardassian withdrawal in 2369 , the planet became affiliated with the United Federation of Planets , eventually becoming a member world .

It was a class M planet, the seventh planet in orbit of the Bajoran star system in the space of the galaxy 's Alpha Quadrant , located near the Bajoran wormhole and the Denorios Belt . Its capital city was Ashalla . ( DS9 novel : Twilight )

Bajor had at least five moons, including Endalla , the innermost moon, followed by Derna , Penraddo , Jeraddo and the outermost moon Baraddo . ( DS9 episodes : " Progress ", " Image in the Sand "; DS9 novel : The Fall of Terok Nor )

Unlike the planet Earth , Bajoran days last 26 hours. ( TOS novel : Captain's Peril )

Sometimes the planet was referred to by the name Bajora . ( TNG comic : " Bridges ")

History [ ]

The Bajoran archaeological record dated back to about 28,000 B.C. ( TNG novel : The Buried Age )

In the 15th century , Bajor's level of technology was analogous to that of Earth in the 23rd century . ( TTN novel : Sword of Damocles )

Bajor had at least one extrasolar colony , Pillagra , which ultimately made first contact with the Federation (in the form of Captain James T. Kirk 's USS Enterprise ) in 2270 . ( TOS novel : Allegiance in Exile )

First official contact with the Cardassian Union took place in 2318 , although a small number of traders, such as Kubus Oak were already well known to them. Soon after, many members of the Oralian Way moved to Bajor to seek refuge from the Cardassian Central Command . Over the next decade however, the Central Command's presence and influence on Bajor increased to the point that by 2328 , they had become an invasive force, and had occupied the planet as an annexed world of the Union. ( DS9 novel : Day of the Vipers )

Shortly after the Cardassian withdrawal, the Bajoran Provisional Government petitioned the United Federation of Planets for relief efforts. The Cardassian mining station, Terok Nor , was placed into the custodianship of Starfleet , who renamed the station Deep Space 9 . ( DS9 episode : " Emissary ")

Agrobiology camps were set up on Bajor in the years following the Cardassian withdrawal, in order to help the Bajorans learn how to live off their ravaged planet , with the goal of making the world as fertile as it was before the environmental damage of the Cardassian mining operations. In late 2371 a Federation agrobiology camp on Bajor was the scene of a dramatic showdown when a secret Obsidian Order strike team landed nearby in order to recover a temporal disruptor that was sealed in a nearby mine. The chroniton subatomic particle flux from the released temporal device caused ripples in time that caused several alternate timelines to form, as well as a massive radiation release that caused sickness across the camp. ( DS9 comic : " No Time Like the Present ")

Bajor was the center of events during the Dominion War (2373-2375) due to its proximity to the Bajoran wormhole , the Dominion 's only pipeline for troops and material.

The Bajoran sector was temporarily occupied by the forces of the Dominion and Cardassia in the years 2373 and 2374 but Bajor itself was left alone due to the nonaggression pact with the Dominion. ( DS9 episode : " Call to Arms "

The treaty ending the war with the Dominion was signed in Bajoran space, on station Deep Space 9 , in late 2375 . ( DS9 episode : " What You Leave Behind ")

Soon after, Benjamin Sisko , the Emissary of the Prophets , stopped Skrain Dukat and Winn Adami from releasing the Pah-wraith and destroying Bajor. ( DS9 episode : " What You Leave Behind ")

Alternate realities [ ]

First splinter timeline [ ].

In the First Splinter timeline , Bajor joined the United Federation of Planets on 29 September , 2376 . ( DS9 novel : Unity )

In 2377 , Bajor was threatened with destruction by the Ascendants . An Isolytic subspace weapon was detonated near the moon Endalla , destroying the Ascendant fleet and saving the planet. ( DS9 novel : Ascendance )

During the Borg Invasion of 2381 , there were concerns the Borg would target Bajor; however, no such attack took place, and Bajor was left alone. ( ST - Destiny novel : Lost Souls )

Other alternate realities [ ]

In an alternate timeline in which Captain Sisko became trapped in a subspace field in 2372 , Bajor took the Emissary's apparent death as a sign from the Prophets that the Federation would be unable to protect the Bajoran people from the Klingon Empire . Consequently, the Bajoran government entered into a mutual defence pact with the Cardassian Union in 2373 . ( DS9 episode : " The Visitor ")

In an alternate reality , Bajor had overthrown the Cardassian Union prior to 2370 and became increasingly aggressive towards the Federation. ( TNG episode : " Parallels ")

In another alternate reality, the Klingon Empire had conquered most of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants prior to 2380 . Once the conquest of Bajor was complete, it planned to invade the Gamma Quadrant through the wormhole. ( TNG novel : Q & A )

In addition to its normal parallel universe versions, Bajor also had a counterpart in the antimatter universe. When Benjamin Sisko , now one of the Prophets , used his abilities to free both counterparts of the scientist Lazarus from their eternal combat, the positive matter Lazarus was deposited on matter-Bajor, and the antimatter Lazarus was placed on the antimatter universe's version of the planet. ( TOS - Strange New Worlds 10 short story : " Reborn ")

Geography [ ]

Planet image.

Provinces [ ]

Regions [ ], settlements [ ], nations [ ], bodies of water [ ], points of interest [ ], natural history [ ], appendices [ ], connections [ ], appearances and references [ ], appearances [ ].

• ST video game : Fleet Command
• DS9 episode : " Emissary "
• DS9 episode : " The Storyteller "
• DS9 episode : " In the Hands of the Prophets "
• DS9 episode : " The Circle "
• DS9 episode : " The Siege "
• DS9 episode : " Necessary Evil "
• DS9 episode : " Cardassians "
• DS9 episode : " The Collaborator "
• DS9 episode : " Shakaar "
• DS9 episode : " Rapture "
• DS9 episode : " The Darkness and the Light "
• DS9 episode : " Ties of Blood and Water "
• DS9 episode : " Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night "
• DS9 episode : " The Reckoning "
• DS9 episode : " Shadows and Symbols "
• DS9 episode : " The Changing Face of Evil "
• DS9 episode : " When It Rains... "
• DS9 episode : " What You Leave Behind "
• DS9 novel : Warchild
• DS9 novel : Antimatter
• DS9 novel : Wrath of the Prophets
• DS9 novel : Objective: Bajor
• DS9 novel : Saratoga
• DS9 - Rebels novel : The Conquered
• DS9 - Rebels novel : The Courageous
• DS9 - Rebels novel : The Liberated
• DS9 novel : The 34th Rule
• ST - Terok Nor novel : Day of the Vipers
• ST - Terok Nor novel : Night of the Wolves
• ST - Terok Nor novel : Dawn of the Eagles

References [ ]

• Last Unicorn RPG module : Raiders, Renegades & Rogues
• ST video game : Infinite

External links [ ]

• Bajor article at Memory Alpha , the wiki for canon Star Trek .
• Bajor article at Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia.
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Bajorans spent a long time cultivating their peaceful presence in the galaxy. What put Bajor on the map of Star Trek planets to watch out for, and what’s pushed them forward in their new-found freedom? Located in the Bajoran system, the M-class planet is the gravitational center of at least five known moons, including Jeraddo and Derna. It’s also the largest in the Alpha Quadrant, with a population of around 3.8 million Bajorans. Fans get a sense of how beautiful the landscape is whenever they’re treated to slow-panning camera shots of its capitals and places of worship.

Unfortunately, Bajor is also known for how it suffered under the greedy hands of Cardassians. The militaristic species sought to strip Bajor of its natural resources, and used Bajoran slave labor to increase the wealth of Cardassia while lining their personal pockets in the process. Still, Bajor has been through a lot and come out the other side swinging with tenacity that even the United Federation of Planets wasn’t always ready to handle.

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Natural Resources of Bajor

Before Bajor made its Star Trek debut, the planet had already established itself as forward-thinking and forward-moving. Bajorans were the builders, creators, and thinkers of the Alpha Quadrant, and their contribution to galactic knowledge was incalculable. These feats of arts and sciences, accomplished in places like the University of Bajor, were only the beginning of what Bajorans had to offer. They really hit their stride when their civilization came into contact with non-corporeal beings they would later come to worship as the Prophets.

Among its many minerals, such as ore, the natural resources of Bajor made it possible for Bajorans to build a solar-sail spacecraft and venture into space for the first time. During this nearly-impossible journey, they encountered a wormhole and identified it as the Celestial Temple, home of the Prophets. Commander Sisko and his son Jake (Cirroc Lofton) recreated this legendary path in season 3 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and were pleasantly surprised at the effectiveness of the vintage Bajoran ship. Bajor also achieved warp speed, which literally put them on Cardassia’s radar.

As Bajorans themselves were some of the planet’s best resources, they eventually established colonies on neighboring Alpha Quadrant planets like Golana, Dreon VII, and Bajor VIII. The greenery of Bajor, however, was still its most valuable resource. No wonder Keiko O’Brien (Rosalind Chao) quickly gave in to being pressured by her husband and prolific Chief Engineer Miles (Colm Meaney) and decided to serve as Chief Botanist on an agrobiology expedition on Bajor. Who would pass up an opportunity to study the Star Trek equivalent of Eden?

Bajoran Religion

Religious practices have been the backbone of Bajoran culture for thousands of years, even influencing many of Bajor’s architectural choices. In Deep Space Nine , Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) tells Commander Sisko that it’s “the only thing holding her people together.” In doing so, she emphasizes how important it is to honor Bajoran spiritual practices. It helps the viewers understand a bit about Bajoran culture. They look to the Prophets to guide and support them. They respect the Emissary above all else because they have a direct line of communication with the Prophets, a title Commander Sisko found himself reluctantly holding after a visit with Kai Opaka (Camille Saviola) in season 1, episode 1, “The Emissary.”

Vedeks are so respected that Bajorans trust them with establishing the new ‘Kai’ even though their political process is a little iffy at times. Ro Laren (Michelle Forbes) was the closest Star Trek had to an atheist Bajoran, and even she still followed customs such as adorning one of her ears with jewelry.

The only other aspect of Bajoran culture with such profound influence was its caste system known as The D'jarras. Bajorans were categorized by their function in society and then received treatment based on where they fit. Those labeled as Ih'valla, for example, were seen as superior to the Te'nari for their artistic abilities. All that changed when Cardassia showed up with its own nefarious sense of superiority, ready to exploit both Bajor and its inhabitants.

Post-Occupation Bajor

Much has been said about the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor, the end of which kicked off a brand new Star Trek series. It was brutal, invasive, and long-lasting. Bajoran religion was a source of strength, so Cardassian officers would target spiritual leaders like then-Vedek Kai Winn Adami (Louise Fletcher) with harsh punishments for spreading the word of the Prophets .

Contrary to popular belief, the occupation didn’t happen overnight. The Cardassians ingratiated themselves bit by bit into Bajor’s culture, and Bajorans didn’t realize what they were really up to until it was too late. Therefore, pushing them out of Bajor’s government wasn’t as simple as showing them the metaphorical door and chasing them through it.

Bajoran resistance factions like the Kohn-Ma and the Maquis used all manner of guerilla warfare to eventually drive Cardassians out of Bajor. In the wake of achieving this feat, though, they split up, and their in-fighting started causing major issues as Bajor tried to pull itself together. Vedek Winn resorted to underhanded power grabs to take the title of Kai in season 1, episode 20, “In the Hands of the Prophets.” The Bajoran Occupational Government, established by Cardassian officers, turned into the Provisional Government but maintained its reputation as being useless. It’s safe to say that Bajorans were in political shambles and struggling through their collective trauma. More than anything, Bajor was fighting to redefine and rediscover itself outside what it suffered under the occupation.

Major Kira once told Gul Dukat (Marc Alaimo) that Bajor:

“...accomplished [its freedom] in spite of the Cardassians, not because of them.”

Let the Gul tell it, though, and Bajor was a tiny helpless planet that needed harsh Cardassian guidance to push it to great heights. This ignorant perspective denies the years Bajor spent developing itself before it first appeared in Star Trek . It was on its way to becoming a great galactic influence before being subjugated for over forty years.

Bajorans were thriving, participating in galactic trade, and seeking enlightenment through religious practices. Their science-forward traditions meshed well with their worshiping of the Prophets because both value faith, charity, and humility. The occupation made Bajorans both unwilling and unable to be as giving as they’d previously been. In fact, it changed a lot of things about Bajoran culture. Bajor survived a lot, probably more than most other planets in the Star Trek universe. Yet, the stubborn tenacity of Bajorans to beat the odds or at least come at them fist-first is why Bajor always pulls through – no matter what.

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     Terran Task Force  A Klingon Empire/Romulan Republic/United Federation of Planets joint venture aimed at fighting back against an ongoing incursion of the Terran Empire. Much of the Task Force's special technology was developed by the Klingon Empire to be used against the Federation before peace was agreed upon, and was dusted off, finished and refitted for Federation and Romulan use when the Terran Empire stepped up its attacks.

• Mirror Universe : The Task Force's reason for existing, as the Terran Empire (or at least elements of it) has gotten its hands on future technology and wants to branch out to the other side. Fortunately for everyone the logistics of inter-universe invasion are hard enough that the entire thing has been kept fairly contained.

     General  Bajorans are a humanoid species primarily residing on the world of Bajor which is located on the edge of Federation and Cardassian space.

• Belated Happy Ending : It takes until Star Trek Online for them to join the Federation.
• Fantastic Racism : A lore blog says that the Bajorans aren't incredibly happy about their membership in the Federation due to this.
• Hookers and Blow : Mirror Bajor appears to run on this instead of spirituality.
• Hufflepuff House : Inverted. Bajor and Deep Space Nine are the most common location in the game for the Federation, in part due to their perceived neutrality.
• Macguffin : Numerous groups attempt to seize the Orbs of the Prophets.
• Space Jews : As per the show.
• The World Is Always Doomed : Bajor goes through a massive number of threats in Star Trek: Online .

Cardassians

• Downloadable Content : Cardassians are unlockable only in the Cryptic Store.
• The majority of Cardassians encountered are True Way antagonists. Subverted once Garak and Zuval show up.
• Notable for being a major Alpha Quadrant faction but having almost no presence in the game itself.
• Heel–Face Turn : Have gone from being major antagonists to allies of the Federation.
• Renegade Splinter Faction : The True Way serves as this.
• Sixth Ranger : You can play as a Cardassian but only by spending Zen.
• Vestigial Empire : The Cardassian Union is a shadow of its former self.
• A Nazi by Any Other Name : Goes with being old school Cardassians.
• Evil Is One Big, Happy Family : Works with the Jem'Hadar, Terran Empire, and Alpha Quadrant Changelings.
• Evil Overlord : Gul Madred (from Star Trek: The Next Generation ) is their leader.
• Fantastic Racism : Loathe anyone who is not Cardassian and hate its current government for not being xenophobic.
• Irony : A group that is vehemently xenophobic and imperialist is allied with the New Link and Terran Empire.
• Odd Friendship : The Dominion destroyed the old Cardassian Union but the True Way still works with ex-Dominion forces and the New Link.
• Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters : Subverted with the True Way, who aren't even liked on Cardassia.

• Ambadassador : He's a Cardassian legislator now, but hasn't lost any of his badassery since Deep Space Nine .
• The Chessmaster : He works behind the scenes during Victory Is Life , among other things sending Quark to the Karemman homeworld to gather intelligence.
• Orwellian Retcon : In a questionable case of this, Victory Is Life used him to replace Ambassador Rugan Skyl in several earlier missions ("Temporal Ambassador", "Second Wave", and "Surface Tension"). Rugan Skyl's entire characterization is " Smug Snake petty racist " and his lines were barely changed for Garak, so he sounds pretty badly out of character in those missions (especially in relation to the Bajorans).
• Slow Clap : Gives an almost exaggerated one after Dukan'Rex smacks Weyoun when the Vorta defies Odo's orders to stand down and tries to shoot the protagonists.
• Taking You with Me : He plants a Hur'q lure on the Founders' homeworld Empersa, and activates it when the Female Changeling tries to have him executed. This backfires, however , as a mutant Hur'q kills the FC before she can give the order. The remote control is damaged in the ensuing fight, forcing everybody to drop everything and rush to Empersa to stop the Hur'q instead.

The Ferengi

     General  A humanoid species from the the planet of Ferenginar, located on the edge of Federation space and close to both Bajor and Cardassia. The Ferengi are the de facto wheelers and dealers of the Galaxy, or at least of the Alpha and Beta Quadrents. They as a culture are devoted to the pursuit of profit, even to the point of it integrating into their beliefs of the afterlife. This has led to them earning a chequred reputation as many Ferengi will attempt to swindle those they have dealings with. While initially suspiscous of the Federation and it's lack of a typical economic model, the Ferengi have remained allies to the Federation and have grown into more formal allies over time. They have also changed gradually over the years via a number of social reforms that have encouraged more honest business practices and to explore more aspects of life beyond commerce.

The Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance. He is the brother of Quark and the father of Captain Nog. Rom has been leader of the Ferengi going for thirty plus years, having been responsible for a number of major social reform changes in Ferengi Society and having overseen the Ferengi's most lucractive contract in their history in negotiating for the rights to rebuild Cardassia's ruined fleet following the Dominion War. He is also an idiot (according to Quark).

• Irony : Was probably the worst Ferengi when it comes to commerce and making a profit. Now he is Grand Nagus and is responsible for some of the Alliance's most profitable ventures in recent history (thanks to some help from his advisors like Leeta and Moogie of course).
• Odd Friendship : Apparently gets on well with Ambassador Neelix, though we never see this interaction as it is background material from blog posts.

Played by Armin Shimerman Quark, brother of Grand Nagus Rom, owner of Quark's bar and the resident entrepreneur of Deep Space Nine. Since the end of the Dominion War, Quark has seen a great deal of success in his business, having expanded his bar into a franchise spanning several worlds across the Galaxy. By the time of Victory Is Life however, Quark is relectuantly pulled back into the fray by his brother Rom to help deal with a crisis threatening the Galaxy.

     General 

• Expy : Of humanity as they were depicted in Star Trek: Enterprise , complete with the maiden voyage of their first exploratory starship. This is largely downplayed in later missions, which establish that they've actually been capable of spaceflight for a long time, just not particularly interested in exploration or colonization.
• Homeworld Evacuation : They originated on another planet, Kentar, but were forced to evacuate and settle on their current homeworld due to conflicts with the dominant Kentari culture (the Lukari are named so because they followed the teachings of the scholar Lukar). Kentar was later rendered uninhabitable by internal conflict and pollution after the Lukari had lost contact, forcing the Kentari to do this themselves — at which point they promptly began ruining their new world too.
• Naïve Newcomer : They've only ever had intermittent contact with the Ferengi and the Tzenkethi, so they're somewhat overwhelmed when the Tholians suddenly attempt to destroy their sun and drag them into the Temporal Cold War.
• Rubber-Forehead Aliens : With pink skin and violet eyes for good measure.
• What We Now Know to Be True : An In-Universe example with protomatter technology, which was rejected by the Federation as a terraforming tool after the Genesis project failed. The Lukari prove the technology is workable in the most dramatic way possible: by restoring planets glassed by the Tzenkethi Crusade. It can't bring back the dead, but it does at least mean those worlds aren't permanently devastated.
• Whole-Plot Reference : Their origin story is strikingly similar to that of the Romulans, although the roles are somewhat inverted: the Romulans fled the peaceful Vulcan society because they did not want to give up the emotions that almost destroyed their civilization; the Lukari, by contrast, are Defectors From Decadence who wanted to get away from the self-destructive tendencies of the Kentari and start anew somewhere else note  This is actually the second time the game has referenced the Romulan origin story with something of an inversion of the roles, although the Caitian/Ferasan backstory is relegated to a doff chain and is intentionally or not based on secondary materials published around the time of TAS regarding the Caitians/Kzinti .

• Bold Explorer : She's given command of the Concordium in "Echoes of Light", and leads an expedition to the unexplored system 20 Draconis. In the follow-up mission, "Of Signs and Portents", she captains the L.S.S. Reskava .
• The Knights Who Say "Squee!" : She is very enthusiastic about new people, places, and things, and especially when it comes to admiring the technology of Kal Dano's timeship. She basically does squee about the way it's Bigger on the Inside .
• Omnidisciplinary Scientist
• Took a Level in Badass : Starting off as a panicky administrator, quite understandable given the circumstances, ducking in cover whenever there's danger she's not above a bit of badass boasting a couple of missions later.
• The Xenophile : She quickly becomes this over the course of her mission, and is particularly fascinated by the Space Whales she encounters along the way.
• You Sound Familiar : Voiced by Kipleigh Brown , who also played crewman Jane Taylor in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise .

The Tzenkethi

• Defector from Decadence : Neth Parr defects after Tzen-Tarrak burns Atosee Prime, as she realized he or rather she, as Tzen-Tarrak was being impersonated by the Female Changeling was killing everything indiscriminately and stopping the Drantzuli/Hur'q was not his actual goal. Refusing to follow his "Path of Madness" any further, she fled to Deep Space 9 .
• Enemy Civil War : The failure of the crusade sparks one of these offscreen during Victory Is Life .
• Humanoid Aliens : The Tzenkethi only got two mentions in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and never appeared in person. Rather than use the Rubber-Forehead Aliens from Star Trek: Typhon Pact , Cryptic artist Hector Ortiz designed them based on " The Adversary " screenwriter Robert Hewitt Wolfe's statement envisioning them as "heavily armored lizard things". They're reptilian and roughly humanoid, but with four arms, a stubby tail, short elephantine legs, and a long, hunched neck.
• Kill and Replace : The Female Changeling did this to the real Tzen-Tarrak after she was freed from prison.
• A Million Is a Statistic : Aarn Tzen-Tarrak, The admiral in charge of their genocidal attacks believes murdering millions of inhabitants to destroy the crystals is well worth it for saving the trillions throughout the galaxy. Actually , he's the Female Changeling and simply doesn't give a damn who else gets killed while she protects her dictatorship, shown when she has Atosee Prime destroyed despite the fact they got rid of the Drantzuli eggs on their own. This proves too much for Neth Parr, who defects and sides with the Alliance.
• Mole in Charge : The admiral who encouraged and led their failed crusade against the Hur'q was really the Female Changeling in disguise.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous : They have two sets of arms; an upper, massive pair used for heavy lifting and hand-to-hand combat, and a lower, smaller pair used for manipulating smaller objects.
• Murder Is the Best Solution : Rather than warn the galaxy about the danger of the Hur'q, the Tzenkethi decide to wipe out all life on any planet that has their eggs, seemingly with no reason or explanation.
• The Only Way To Be Sure : They'll wipe out all life, sentient or otherwise, on any planet that has a trace of Drantzuli/Hur'q eggs.
• Unwitting Pawn : Their crusade was secretly instigated by the Female Changeling, who impersonated Admiral Tzen-Tarrak and ordered the Tzenkethi to attack defenseless worlds throughout the Alpha Quadrant. She used them to wipe out their ancient foe, the Drantzuli, who are actually the caretakers of the sleeping Hur'q, before they could awaken and attack the Dominion, with the added bonus of provoking war between the Alliance and the Tzenkethi at the same time.
• Villain Has a Point : They murdered billions in their crusade against strange crystalline Germanium structures found on many worlds in the Alpha Quadrant. The crystals are eggs or chrysalises belonging to creatures that serve the Hur'q as living terraformers, which hatch shortly after the Tzenkethi are finally stopped and threaten all of inhabited space.
• We Have Reserves : Tzen-Tarrak has no qualms about sacrificing four soldiers from Neth Parr's team after they become trapped in the egg chamber with the protomatter bomb.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist : Once the living reason for their bombing raids are discovered.
• World-Wrecking Wave : They use protomatter-powered bombs to completely destroy all life on a planet's surface, turning them into barren, desolate wastelands. Only the atmosphere and any inorganic matter such as stone and metal remain intact.

A species of germanium-based insectoids hailing from a remote world in the Gamma Quadrant, the Hur'q were once a collective of peaceful explorers and scientists... until the Dominion came along. Seeking to turn the Hur'q into soldiers they could control using a precursor to Ketracel-White, the Dominion instead created ravenous monsters that would go on periodic rampages across the sector.

• Bizarre Alien Biology : Possibly one of the more bizarre ones. The Hur'q are giant insectoids and are supposedly based on germanium to some degree. They go into periodic hibernation cycles to protect their bodies from their hostile world, but seem to remain mentally active during this time as evidenced by massive leaps in technological advancement after waking from hibernation. They are also protected and cared for by "attendants" whilst they are dormant, though whether these creatures are intelligent beings, mindless servitors, or young Hur'q is unclear.
• Crafted from Animals : Their carapace is apparently sturdy enough to be weaponized, as the Sword of Kahless was apparently made from Hur'q that were defeated centuries ago during their first incursion into the Alpha Quadrant.
• Create Your Own Villain : The Dominion's attempt to enslave them thousands of years ago turned a peaceful race of explorers and scientists into one of the greatest threats the Dominion ever faced.
• Deflector Shields : Notably one of the few threats not to use the same conventional style of shielding as most other species. Their larger ships instead possess 'reactive' shielding, which slowly charges until it becomes completely impenetrable.
• The Dreaded : Long before the Borg, there was these creatures, which give Klingons pause. The Tzenkethi's genocidal campaign was to stop them from returning...or so it was thought until it's revealed that one of their admiralty was the leader of the Founders in disguise .
• Horde of Alien Locusts : Instead of seeking to conquer the galaxy like most hostile races in the game, the Hur'q instead seek to devour literally everything before them.
• Human Shield : Vedcrid Hive Ships spawn swarms of small ships that have to be destroyed by gunfire before the Hive can be attacked.
• Insane Equals Violent : By nature they they were a peaceful, gentle species, but for their cognition to work properly they require a special enzyme from a fungus native to their homeworld. The early Dominion removed that fungus from the ecosystem during a Hur'q hibernation cycle, leading the Hur'q to develop mental issues and degenerate to the ravenous horde they are now. Almost the moment one of them is splashed with Ketracel-White (a re-purposed, altered version of that same fungus) in "Doomed to Repeat", it calms down and tries to communicate with our heroes... prior to Weyoun killing it. Similarly, the moment a substitute enzyme is placed into the Hur'q databanks, they stop attacking, call for a cease-fire, and one personally delivers Dukan'Rex's body with a "thank you" .
• Insectoid Aliens : Big ones, at that. No, really big. Barely humanoid, and the larger ones stand a good eight feet in height if not several more if they stood more upright. Ultimately the ravenous hive-mind tropes are revealed to be the result of Dominion meddling.
• Perfect Pacifist People : It is revealed that the Hur'q were originally a peaceful race of explorers and scientists who would go dormant for centuries at a time due to the unusual orbit of their homeworld - so peaceful, in fact, that their earlier starships lacked any weapons whatsoever. Unfortunately the Dominion wanted soldiers, not scientists. Once they're given the ability to replicate/synthesize the enzymes they need, they quickly return to their pacifist roots and establish friendlier relations with the Alliance, no doubt eager to undo the damage they've done and bring their still-wild relatives back to their senses.
• The Worf Effect : Once they do emerge, they almost completely annihilate the Dominion and force them to seek help from their former enemies in the Alpha Quadrant. Notably in the past, in the first encounter after they became bloodthirsty, they were diverted at great cost... but after their present-day dormancy cycle ended, their evolution made them too much of a threat. It also doesn't help that part of the Dominion is far more concerned with protecting it's dark secrets rather than, say, helping Odo and the other parts of the in-the-dark Dominion fight the Hur'q .
• Zerg Rush : They attack with huge numbers of relatively weak starships and very few large ones that themselves are often carriers that can spawn more . On the ground their larger forms send out waves of beetle-like Attendants to overwhelm their foes.
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The Bajorans , or Bajora , were a humanoid species native to the planet Bajor in the Alpha Quadrant . The Bajorans had one of the oldest and richest cultures in the quadrant, though in the 24th century , they suffered greatly at the hands of the Cardassian Union . With their liberation from the Cardassians and the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole in 2369 , the Bajorans were thrust onto the interstellar stage.

• 1 Physiology
• 2.1 Ancient Bajorans
• 2.2 Cardassian Occupation
• 2.3 Independent Bajor
• 3.1 Agencies
• 4.1 See also
• 6.2 Childbirth
• 6.3 Funerary customs
• 6.5 Holidays and festivals
• 6.6 Food and beverages
• 6.7 Parallel universes
• 6.9 See also
• 7.1 See also
• 8.1 Appearances
• 8.2.1 Name and concept
• 8.2.2 DS9 origins
• 8.2.3 Further developments
• 8.2.4 Makeup
• 8.2.5 Trivia
• 8.3 Apocrypha
• 8.4 External links

Physiology [ ]

Scan of a Bajoran skull.

Bajorans resembled Humans in appearance. They were distinguished by a series of four to seven horizontal creases across their noses. ( TNG : " Ensign Ro ", et al. )

The original Bajoran makeup scheme included an extension of the nose creases, forming a small ridge above the inner part of the eyebrows, referred to by the make-up team as "wings". Nana Visitor had these wings in " Emissary ", but afterwards, they were not seen again, barring some exceptions in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's first season . Characters who had initially appeared with the previous makeup design — namely, Ro Laren , Sito Jaxa , and Opaka — later bore the "new" Bajoran physiology in their reappearances. The make-up department removed the wings because they were interfering with the actors' natural frown lines. ( Star Trek: Aliens & Artifacts , p. 126)

Bajoran blood was red in color. ( DS9 : " The Circle ")

A Bajoran male torso.

Bajoran skin colors could range from light-to-dark variation, similar to Humans. ( DS9 : " The Homecoming ")

Bajoran women gestated for only five months , forming an intricate network of blood vessels between the mother and the fetus . During the pregnancy , Bajoran women were frequently afflicted by bouts of uncontrollable sneezing , roughly analogous to Human women experiencing morning sickness during pregnancy. During labor , the focus was on keeping the woman relaxed. ( DS9 : " A Man Alone ", " The Adversary ", " Body Parts ", " Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places ")

Bajoran hearts and spines differ from Humans in a few key ways that aren't entirely clear. When Sisko calls Dr. Bashir to Holosuite 4 to investigate the murder of Ibudan , the Doctor notes that the killer must have a decent knowledge of Bajoran anatomy. He explains that "the knife was thrust between the right and left thoracic vertebrae perforating the lower ventricle of the heart." This suggests that Bajorans may have 2 spines that run parallel to one another. Alternatively they could have one spine with bilateral vertebrae that mirror left and right, up the sagittal plane in the thorax which could offer increased articulation of the T-spine and ribs with the sacrifice of stability. Their hearts have an upper and lower ventricle (perhaps indicating that they also have an upper and lower atrium.) ( DS9 : " A Man Alone ")

In the first draft script of "Body Parts", the Bajoran gestation period was referred to as four months.

The writing staff of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine wanted to make the symptoms of pregnancy different for Bajorans than for Humans. Writing staffer Robert Hewitt Wolfe suggested that a Bajoran expectant mother might emit a strong, stinky body odor. DS9 Showrunner and Executive Producer Ira Steven Behr loved the idea but believed it would be slightly too much of an effect, fearing that although he and the other members of the writing team found it funny, neither the executives in charge nor the feminist viewers in the audience would understand the humor of the stench. The result was that the writers alternatively chose sneezing fits as the effect of a Bajoran pregnancy, which Behr thought was also "incredibly annoying" and "somewhat silly." ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 356)

Bajorans had a lifespan of at least a hundred years. At 100, Els Renora was still a practicing arbiter . ( DS9 : " Dax ")

In a deleted scene from the Star Trek: The Next Generation sixth season episode " Descent ", Crosis states that a puncture to the lower ventricle of the Bajoran heart would cause instantaneous death. StarTrek.com later expanded on this noting the Bajoran heart was mirrored along a horizontal axis, unlike the Human heart, which was mirrored along a vertical axis. [1]

History [ ]

Ancient bajorans [ ].

In the 24th century, the ancient Bajoran civilization stretched back more than half a million years . The ancient Bajorans were renowned for their accomplishments in science , mathematics , philosophy , and the arts . The greatest of these early Bajoran civilizations was the First Republic , which flourished between 20,000 and 25,000 years ago. During this time, magnificent cities such as B'hala were built.

The next great phase of Bajoran civilization began approximately 10,000 years ago , when the first of the Tears of the Prophets was discovered above Bajor. These artifacts ushered in a new era of spiritual connection with the Bajoran gods, the Prophets .

By the 16th century , the Bajorans had developed sublight space travel and were exploring their home star system with solar-sail spacecraft . Some Bajoran explorers even reached the Cardassian system , several light years away, sailing at warp speed in tachyon eddies .

As late at the 22nd century , Bajorans followed a strict system of castes , known as D'jarras . ( DS9 : " Accession ")

This period came to an end with the annexation of Bajor by Cardassia , sometime before 2319 . ( TNG : " Ensign Ro "; DS9 : " Rapture ", " Emissary ", " Explorers ")

Judging by Akorem Laan 's familiarity with the Cardassians in "Accession", it seems the Bajorans knew about, or had contact with, the Cardassians by at least the 22nd century . This is consistent with ENT : " Observer Effect ", which establishes that the Cardassians engaged in interstellar space travel prior to 2154 .

Cardassian Occupation [ ]

The Occupation of Bajor (usually simply referred to by the Bajorans as the Occupation ) was a period from 2328 to 2369 , during which the Bajoran homeworld of Bajor was under the control of the Cardassian Union . During the Occupation, the Cardassians perpetrated a coordinated scheme of strip-mining, forced labor, and genocide across the planet. The Occupation gave rise to the fierce Bajoran Resistance , which used guerrilla and terror tactics to eventually force the Cardassians to withdraw. Many Bajorans also fled the Occupation and settled on planets all over the known galaxy . Almost everywhere, they remained separated from other peoples, living under the poorest circumstances, in refugee camps like those on Valo II .

Independent Bajor [ ]

In 2369 , after forty years of terrorism by the Resistance, the Cardassians finally withdrew from Bajor. As the Occupation had left Bajor devastated and politically fragile, the newly formed Provisional Government requested Federation support. Starfleet established joint administration with the Bajoran Militia over the former Cardassian space station Terok Nor , which was renamed Deep Space 9 . Bajor also applied for Federation membership, which was accepted five years later, in 2373 . However, the Chamber of Ministers voted to defer membership after the Emissary Benjamin Sisko warned that Bajor would be destroyed, unless it stood alone. The Federation remained hopeful that Bajor would one day join. ( DS9 : " Emissary ", " Rapture ")

Prior to the beginning of the Dominion War in 2373, Bajor signed a nonaggression pact with the Dominion on Sisko's recommendation, choosing to remain neutral. This saved Bajor from coming under the rule of another foreign power when the Dominion captured Deep Space 9, later in the year. Bajor finally joined the fight against the Dominion in 2374 , after the Allies recaptured Deep Space 9 in Operation Return . The Bajorans continued to fight against the Dominion until 2375 , when the Treaty of Bajor was signed on Deep Space 9. Following the war, Bajor resumed its attempts to become a member of the United Federation of Planets. ( DS9 : " Call to Arms ", " Sacrifice of Angels ", " What You Leave Behind ")

Government [ ]

Following the Cardassian withdrawal from Bajor, the Bajoran Republic was set up to administer the planet and its various colonies. Bajoran politics is balanced between the secular Chamber of Ministers , led by the First Minister , and the religious Vedek Assembly , led by the kai . It is possible for one individual to be both the kai and the first minister simultaneously, as Winn Adami was for several weeks in 2371 . ( DS9 : " Shakaar ", " What You Leave Behind ")

Agencies [ ]

• Bajoran Institute of Science
• Bajoran Intelligence
• Bajoran Militia

Religion and spirituality [ ]

See main article: Bajoran religion

Kai Winn Adami

Bajorans had a deeply spiritual society, and the Bajoran religion was a major unifying force on the planet; the spiritual leader, or kai, wielded a great deal of moral and political authority, advising and influencing the planet's political leader, the First Minister. The kai was chosen from a council of vedeks , the title given to Bajoran religious leaders. Other religious titles were ranjen and prylar . Male and female Bajorans were equally capable of achieving any level within the religious structure, including kai, and outside their religious duties, were free to have intimate relationships, including marriage and having children, like any other Bajoran. The Bajoran religion was based upon the revelations of the Prophets , who came to be known as timeless beings residing in the Bajoran wormhole, or as it was called by the Bajorans, the Celestial Temple . Since Starfleet officer Benjamin Sisko was the first to make contact with them, he was acclaimed by the Bajoran spiritual leadership as the Emissary of the Prophets . Part of the Bajoran religion involved the use of the Tears of the Prophets , reality-distorting energy orbs produced by the Prophets. Several of these were stolen by the Cardassians during the Occupation, though a number were recovered.

See also [ ]

• Bajoran philosophy

Language [ ]

See main article: Bajoran language

Culture and society [ ]

Bajoran culture and customs were closely tied with Bajor's religious beliefs.

Bajoran custom placed the surname (or family name) before the given name. Therefore, Major Kira Nerys would have been addressed as Major Kira. Bajorans considered it an honor for off-worlders to address them with the proper use of their names. Despite this, many Bajorans had accepted the distortion of their names in order to assimilate with other cultures. ( TNG : " Ensign Ro ")

This convention is also used in many Earth cultures, including Hungarian, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese naming.

Childbirth [ ]

Kira Nerys giving birth

The traditional Bajoran birthing ceremony was attended by the woman's family and a midwife. The objective of the ritual was to induce complete relaxation through a combination of breathing exercises, rhythmic percussion music, and incense, allowing the woman to give birth without pain. However, the birth needed to take place in a certain period of time, or the level of endorphins within the mother's system would build to toxic levels.

When the child was born, he or she was greeted with the following words: " Awake, child; we await you with love and welcome you into the world. " ( DS9 : " The Begotten ")

The DS9 writing staff came up with the notion that a Bajoran expectant mother had to be totally relaxed before she could give birth. This idea was inspired by the writers wanting to differentiate Bajoran childbirth from the Human equivalent as much as possible. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 417)

Funerary customs [ ]

The Bajorans generally buried their deceased in graves marked with a decorated arch. Bajoran funeral rites could be quite elaborate; for example, the Bajoran death chant was over two hours long. However, the preservation of the body itself was not of particular significance to the Bajorans, who believed that, after death, a person's pagh joined the Prophets in the Celestial Temple, leaving only an empty shell. To mourn the death of a loved one, Bajorans lit duranja lamps. ( DS9 : " Shakaar ", " Indiscretion ", " Ties of Blood and Water ")

In the script of VOY : " Death Wish ", it was stated that, in common with Klingons and Vulcans, Bajorans "embrace suicide as an honorable way to end one's life." [2]

Bajor, as an advanced society, was well known for its music both before and after the Occupation. The Jalanda Forum was a popular performance venue. The belaklavion was a Bajoran musical instrument .

Holidays and festivals [ ]

• Days of Atonement
• Gratitude Festival
• Bajoran Time of Cleansing

Bajorans typically clapped with their right palms on their left wrists. ( DS9 : " In the Hands of the Prophets ")

Food and beverages [ ]

• Bajoran shrimp
• Hasperat souffle
• Jumja stick

Parallel universes [ ]

In the mirror universe , the Bajorans were a race conquered by the Terran Empire . They were liberated by the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance and became leading members. Some, however, joined the Terran Rebellion . ( DS9 : " Crossover ", " The Emperor's New Cloak ")

At one point, David Livingston referred to the Bajorans of the mirror universe being symbolically represented in the emblem of the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 75)

The Bajorans of the mirror universe did not know of the Prophets and were not a spiritual people like their primary universe counterparts. ( DS9 : " Resurrection ")

Bareil 's statements in "Resurrection" seem to be inconsistent with Garak ´s reference to pagh and spiritual journey in " Crossover ". Ronald D. Moore commented, " The intention was that there were Orbs on the other side, but they had been lost or destroyed or something and that they had passed into legend for the Mirror Bajorans. " ( AOL chat , 1997 )

In another quantum reality , the Bajorans had overthrown the Cardassian Union prior to 2370 and had become increasingly aggressive towards the Federation. On Stardate 47391.2, a Bajoran ship destroyed the Argus Array , as the Bajorans thought that Starfleet had been using it to spy on them. The next day, the same Bajoran ship attacked the USS Enterprise -D under the command of Captain William T. Riker , causing damage to the Enterprise 's power systems. The warship later disengaged after the appearance of approximately 285,000 near-duplicate Enterprise s, which appeared following a series of quantum incursions into that reality. ( TNG : " Parallels ")

• List of Bajorans
• Bajoran earring
• Bajoran law
• Bajoran Springball Association

Technology [ ]

The Bajorans had simple holographic technology , such as the ability to hide entrances with false holographic covers. ( DS9 : " Emissary ")

• Bajoran starship classes
• Bajoran Regional Comm Network

Appendices [ ]

Appearances [ ].

• " Ensign Ro " (Season 5)
• " Disaster "
• " Conundrum "
• " Power Play "
• " Cause And Effect "
• " The First Duty "
• " The Next Phase "
• " Rascals " (Season 6)
• " Descent "
• " Parallels " (Season 7)
• " Lower Decks "
• " Preemptive Strike "
• All episodes
• " Learning Curve " (Season 1)
• " In the Flesh " (Season 5)
• " Infinite Regress " (hallucinations)
• " Nothing Human "
• " Survival Instinct " (Season 6)
• " Good Shepherd "
• " The Haunting of Deck Twelve "
• " Repression " (Season 7)
• " Flesh and Blood " (hologram)
• " Q2 " (hologram)
• " Author, Author " (hologram)
• Star Trek: First Contact
• Star Trek: Insurrection
• " Scavengers " (Season 3)
• " Su'Kal " (Human holographically disguised)
• " Kobayashi Maru " (Season 4)
• " Anomaly (DIS) "
• " Choose to Live "
• " All Is Possible "
• " ...But to Connect "
• " The Galactic Barrier "
• " Rosetta "
• " Species Ten-C "
• " Coming Home "
• " Remembrance " (Season 1)
• " The Star Gazer " (Season 2)
• " Farewell "
• " The Next Generation " (Season 3)
• " Disengage "
• " Imposters "
• " The Bounty "
• " Dominion "
• " Surrender "
• " The Last Generation "
• " Second Contact " (Season 1)
• " Temporal Edict "
• " Moist Vessel "
• " Cupid's Errant Arrow "
• " Terminal Provocations "
• " Much Ado About Boimler "
• " Veritas "
• " Crisis Point " (hologram)
• " No Small Parts "
• " We'll Always Have Tom Paris " (Season 2)
• " Mugato, Gumato "
• " An Embarrassment Of Dooplers "
• " The Spy Humongous "
• " I, Excretus "
• " wej Duj "
• " First First Contact "
• " Grounded " (Season 3)
• " The Least Dangerous Game "
• " Mining The Mind's Mines "
• " Room for Growth "
• " Reflections "
• " Hear All, Trust Nothing "
• " A Mathematically Perfect Redemption "
• " Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus " (hologram)
• " Trusted Sources "
• " The Stars At Night "
• " Twovix " (Season 4)
• " I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee "
• " Something Borrowed, Something Green "
• " Empathological Fallacies "
• " Parth Ferengi's Heart Place "
• " A Few Badgeys More "
• " The Inner Fight "
• " Old Friends, New Planets "

Background information [ ]

Name and concept [ ].

^  The term "Bajora" can be heard in TNG : " Ensign Ro ", DS9 : " Emissary ", and DS9 : " A Man Alone " but was not reused after Deep Space Nine 's first season . It may be alternate or outdated terminology.

The Bajorans were created to provide lots of conflict and drama with Starfleet. " We wanted to create a new group of aliens which would cause [...] continuing conflict for our people to deal with, " explained Executive Producer Michael Piller , who created the species along with fellow Executive Producer Rick Berman . ( TV Zone , Special #29, p. 10) The species was therefore set up to present a different perspective that would perplex and often irritate righteous Starfleet officers such as Jean-Luc Picard . Berman and Piller deliberately created the species that way because they were seeking ways to generate conflict in Star Trek: The Next Generation , as TNG creator Gene Roddenberry had decided the Humans in the series would have evolved to a point where conflict no longer existed between them. ( Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection , issue 74, p. 12)

The introduction of the Bajorans in "Ensign Ro" seemed to suggest that Rick Berman and Michael Piller, who wrote the episode, based them off the plight of the Palestinians, as well as other groups. " The Bajorans are the PLO but they're also the Kurds, the Jews, and the American Indians, " Piller responded. " They are any racially bound group of people who have been deprived of their home by a powerful force [....] When you talk about a civilization like the Bajorans who were great architects and builders with enormous artistic skills centuries before Humans were even standing erect, you might be thinking a lot more about Indians than Palestinians. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 23, No. 2/3, p. 38 & 43) Berman, discussing "Ensign Ro", similarly clarfied that the Bajorans were not modeled on any particular single real-life group; " The Kurds, the Palestinians, the Jews in the 1940s, the boat people from Haiti — unfortunately, the homeless and terrorism are problems [in every age]. " ( Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion , 2nd ed., p. 178)

Regarding parallels between the Bajorans and real-world cultures, Ronald D. Moore commented, " Depending on the episode, you could also call Bajor Israel, or Iran, or even America and the Cardassians could be Germans, or Russians or several other examples. While these parallels do enter our discussions and sometimes are more overt than others, we don't really try to make Bajor a direct analogy to any specific contemporary country or people. Blending the experiences of many Earth peoples and races into our storytelling allows us to comment on these subjects without advocating a particular political point of view, while at the same time allowing us to view the topics in a different light without the baggage of contemporary politics. " ( AOL chat , 1997 )

As Bajorans are provided with much-needed blankets in "Ensign Ro", Jonathan Frakes jokingly referred to the group as "the people who needed towels ." ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 23, No. 2/3, p. 43) Kira actress Nana Visitor believed "all Bajoran women" were "very aggressive," "inherently" so, and compared the strong Bajoran women with the Celtic women who fought along with their men. ( The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine  issue 1 , p. 15; The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine  issue 2 , p. 45; DS9 Season 1 DVD special feature "Crew Dossier: Kira Nerys ")

DS9 origins [ ]

After the Bajoran backstory was originally developed by Rick Berman and Michael Piller while they wrote "Ensign Ro", the depictions of the species continued to evolve on Deep Space Nine . However, Berman and Piller expected the political conflict between the Bajorans and Starfleet would be insufficient for the new series. Wanting there to also be a significant ideological gap between the two cultures, the pair of executive producers decided the Bajorans would be a deeply spiritual society. ( Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection , issue 74, p. 13) Noted Piller, " [Without] changing the rules of the Star Trek universe, we're simply exploring the rules of another alien race and what they consider important. " (Hidden File 10, DS9 Season 2 DVD special features) Portraying the Bajorans on the series as having a highly religious culture further contrasted their society with Roddenberry's atheistic, secular humanism, whereas the latter attitude was evident in his view of the Federation. Piller explained, " What we have done in creating an environment that will bring conflict to our people, which we want desperately to do, was put them with a group of aliens who are different. Giving the Bajorans a strong spiritual, mystical orb and prophet worship forces our people to deal with another alien race that is as different from us as are the Klingons . " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 20 & 22) Elaborated Piller, " It was the perfect kind of conflict for us, because Roddenberry had presented us with a godless Humanity, without conflict. The Bajorans, however, were fundamentally spiritual to provide the most possible conflict with the humanist side. The Bajorans were emotional, spiritual, independent people who followed their own code [....] They stood for so many different things and brought all sorts of story conflicts to the table [....] What I felt was perfectly justified as a writer was the exploration of spirituality through an alien metaphor, just as Star Trek explored every other contemporary life quality. " ( Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection , issue 74, pp. 13 & 14) Specifying which members of the species had extreme zeal about their spirituality, Nana Visitor commented, " I think all the Bajora do, not just the women. " ( The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine  issue 2 , p. 43)

According to Michael Piller, Gene Roddenberry was aware of and approved of the plans which Rick Berman and Michael Piller had for the Bajorans, understanding that religion and faith would be dealt with very much in science fiction terms. ( Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection , issue 74, p. 14) Following Roddenberry's death, Piller explained the idea of the spiritual Bajorans, " I don't think it goes against Gene. He's still with us [mentally] [...] as we think about these conceptual issues. I don't think it would bother him one bit. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 20 & 22)

The Bajorans were made the main species aboard space station Deep Space 9. ( The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine  issue 1 , p. 29) In the official reference book Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before (paperback ed., p. 156), the Bajorans are likened, by writer Jeanne M. Dillard , to the townspeople of Fort Laramie, with Benjamin Sisko assigned to protect them from metaphorical American Indians: the Cardassians. The prominence of the Bajorans on the space station was despite the fact only one of the lead characters, namely Kira Nerys , was Bajoran. Whereas she was planned as a traditional type of Star Trek character in that she would be used to explore her entire culture in general, there would always be an entire planet of Bajorans very near the station. However, Ira Steven Behr cautioned against assuming that all Bajorans were represented by Kira. ( Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection , issue 74, p. 14)

Although it was decided that the construction of Deep Space 9 had involved Bajoran slave labor, their ideas about aesthetics didn't influence the design, in reality, of the facility (unlike with the Cardassians). Nonetheless, the creative staff had made up their minds to turn the Bajorans into a graceful, spiritual people, attitudes expressed in other designs for the species. ( The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine  issue 3 , p. 36)

One of the earliest DS9 details which was revealed to the majority of Star Trek: The Next Generation 's writing staff (specifically those writers who weren't involved in the early development of Deep Space Nine ) was that the new series would largely focus on the Bajorans. ( Star Trek: The Next Generation 365 , p. 222)

Ira Steven Behr was pleased with how the Bajorans are developed in DS9 : " The Storyteller ", approving of the way they are depicted as religiously unusual compared to the Federation. Behr said of the installment, " It [...] gives a nice little feel for the Bajorans. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 24, Nos. 3/4, p. 102)

The nationalism evident in Bajoran characters including Kira Nerys was appealing to Quark actor Armin Shimerman , since he felt this issue was prevalent in Star Trek 's production base of Los Angeles . " We had our riots because neighbourhoods felt that they weren't getting a fair share of the wealth of Los Angeles, and there's the Bajorans who are fighting because they're not getting a fair share of what they think they deserve, " said Shimerman. " That's very intrinsic to the life we live in Los Angeles, so when it's represented on television, I feel for that. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 55) Similarly, the Bajoran racism exhibited in DS9 : " Duet " changed Nana Visitor's perspective, as she had been "familiar with" the issue of racism but had "never had to deal with it in any real way." ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 64)

A basis for much of what viewers later came to understand of the Bajoran political/religious system was established in DS9 Season 1 finale " In the Hands of the Prophets ". Writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe suspected that some of that evolved from him having had a Catholic upbringing, though even more came from him having an interest in history. " The system isn't specifically Catholic as we think of Catholicism today, " he reasoned. " It's fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Catholicism, when the pope held much more of a political office than now, and when the Medicis and the Borgias and the French kings and every other powerful family in southern Europe was fighting to get their guy to be pope. " ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 68) Ira Steven Behr offered, " We're dealing with the fact that Bajor is a culture where people basically vote for their pope and sleep with their priests. I think it's just fascinating. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 75) Two influential Bajoran leaders were introduced in "In the Hands of the Prophets": Winn Adami and Bareil Antos . Shortly after Louise Fletcher was cast as Winn and not long before she introduced the role in "In the Hands of the Prophets", a verbal guide to the Bajorans was given to her by Armin Shimerman, who was already friends with the actress. ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 34 , p. 49)

The Bajoran characters Bareil Antos and, later, Li Nalas were created in the same mold as each other (in "In the Hands of the Prophets" and second season opener " The Homecoming ", respectively). They were both intended to become a recurring, strong, sympathetic Bajoran who could represent the interests of their people and be a counterpart to Sisko, standing up to him in matters of importance to the Bajorans. However, this long-term goal wasn't attained for either of the two Bajoran characters. ( Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection , issue 74, pp. 15 & 16)

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The DS9 writing staff hoped to continue establishing the Bajorans in the second season of the show. " We're going to do a lot of things with the Bajorans and their spiritual and political sides, " Ira Steven Behr promised. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 24, Nos. 3/4, p. 108)

Bajoran politics were featured in a trilogy of episodes which opened season two of DS9 — namely, " The Homecoming ", " The Circle ", and " The Siege ". René Echevarria later cited the length of the trilogy as having made viewers feel they were uninterested in Bajoran politics. ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 97)

A Season 2 episode which demonstrates the plight of the Bajorans was " Sanctuary ", in which their argument for refusing the Skrreea a home on Bajor was meant to be portrayed sympathetically. " The Bajorans [....] have a very serious problem, " Michael Piller mused about the episode. " They have an economy that is broken and problems of their own, and how do you take care of a whole new group of people when you need to take care of yourself? " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 66)

In second season installment " The Collaborator ", Bareil Antos and Winn Adami were pit against each other, in an election to determine the Kai of Bajor. By having Winn be elected, the writers made it clear she wasn't represented by only a handful of Bajorans but was instead being supported by a substantial collection of the race. " There had to have been many people like her, " Ira Behr speculated. ( Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection , issue 74, pp. 16-17)

Ira Behr was pleased with the development of the Bajorans in the second season of DS9. At the end of that season, he summarized, " In the course of the year we've made the Bajorans much more interesting than they were in the beginning of the series. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 25/26, No. 6/1, p. 98)

During the final couple of seasons of The Next Generation , the TNG writing staff was encouraged to bring Bajoran characters aboard the Enterprise . This was an attempt to essentially reinforce the reality of Deep Space Nine and help weave the fabric of the Star Trek fictional universe together, though the TNG writers obviously also had to avoid contradicting what was being established on DS9. (" Lower Decks " audio commentary , TNG Season 7 Blu-ray special features)

The Bajorans had to keep being developed on DS9, even after TNG ended, when DS9 Season 3 started. " The Bajorans aren't going anywhere, " recognized Ronald D. Moore , who joined the DS9 writing staff in the third season, " so that always has to keep moving along storywise. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 78)

However, intellectual and philosophical stories regarding Bajoran religion and politics were generally not embraced by viewers of DS9. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 158) In fact, market research conducted by Paramount indicated that narratives focusing on Bajoran politics were least interesting to fans of the show. René Echevarria observed, " I guess the feeling is that there is so much to read about, do you need to see made-up political situations unfolding? A lot of people just don't have the interest. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 97) As a result of Bajoran politics seeming unpopular, Paramount and the DS9 producers opted to concentrate less on those matters. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 244)

In the original version of season three episode " Destiny ", something miraculous and joyful happened for the Bajorans, as had been prophesied. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 211; Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 92) Pointing out one motive for producing the installment, Ron Moore stated, " We wanted to do a Bajoran-oriented show. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 92) René Echevarria observed that — by changing the prophecy into one of doom and making it so that Sisko, motivated by his duty to Starfleet, wanted to still proceed with a plan that could trigger the prophecy — the Bajorans were put in conflict with Sisko. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 211)

Once Hilary J. Bader pitched a story that served as the genesis for subsequent third season installment " Explorers ", Ron Moore made the Bajorans a feature of the episode. " After Hilary's pitch, " Moore remembered, " I wrote up a memo that said, 'Let's make this about the Bajorans.' " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 96)

The Bajorans were additionally featured in " Shakaar ", two episodes later. In that installment, they were partly based on Mexicans during the Mexican Revolution. ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 97) At one early point of the story's development, the Bajorans were depicted as having recently rediscovered a massive library or museum which they were putting efforts and funds into reopening for the first time since the Bajoran Occupation. ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 97; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 244) " That's prompting the rebellion, " explained Ron Moore, " because the farmers are angry that their needs are not being met, but people are putting all this money and effort into raising these old libraries. Who cares about culture when it's food on the table? " However, the writers found portraying the Bajorans with such concerns wasn't working, until the creative team realized they could have the species becoming officially led (temporarily) by Kai Winn. " If it's the Kai and Kira and Shakaar, then the players are all in place finally, " Moore related. The writers endeavored to make sure the viewpoints of Kira and Shakaar were comprehensible and acceptable. ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , pp. 97-98) There was also potential for a romance between those two Bajorans, so the episode's script included " a couple little subtle beats to play, just to see if we could gain some chemistry between the actors, " recalled Moore. " And it seemed to work. " ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 244)

The Bajorans were focused on to a deliberately lessened degree in DS9 Season 4 , which Nana Visitor correctly predicted beforehand. " I felt there would [...] probably be less of a focus on Bajoran activity, " she admitted, " and I understood that was the point. " ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 256) However, the writers began to feel that they hadn't, for quite a while, updated developments for the Bajorans and some of the issues they were facing on Bajor, a concern that influenced the writing of fourth season outing " Crossfire ". ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 113)

In "Crossfire", the relationship between Kira Nerys and Shakaar Edon becomes more intense. Shakaar actor Duncan Regehr cited the deepening of their connection as an example of a Bajoran development that was basically Human. " Bajorans are not Human beings, obviously, but they do have certain Human-like transformations that they tend to go through, " he pointed out. " I think you saw the beginnings of that in 'Crossfire', when you could tell there was an attraction between Shakaar and Nerys. " ("Warrior Without a War", Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine , No. 11)

The Bajoran society was further developed in " Accession ", a later fourth season DS9 episode. After the writers thought up the idea of an Emissary of the Prophets who was not pre-established Emissary Benjamin Sisko arriving via the wormhole, the writing group devised many permutations of the story in which they pondered the political ramifications for the Bajorans. The writers decided to have the aliens return to an old Bajoran caste system called D'jarra . " It's [...] the first time in a while that you actually feel that the Bajorans are kind of alien rather than just being people with bumps on their heads, " commented Robert Wolfe. " The idea that a whole society would say, 'OK, I'm going to quit my job and do something completely different because this guy says I should,' makes them alien and not Human. That was what we were going for. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , pp. 115 & 116) René Echevarria believed a scene which proved especially insightful regarding the Bajorans was one in which Kira Nerys hesitantly applauds the newly arrived Emissary, Akorem Laan , declaring the restoration of the caste system. " That just told you everything you needed to know about the Bajorans, " Echevarria said. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 320)

Nana Visitor was aware of the Bajoran civilization continuing to change. " We're continually discovering things about [...] Bajorans, so it's really the political and religious elements that are in flux, " she observed. ( The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine  issue 16 , p. 45)

When DS9's fourth season was just about to end, the writers aimed to concentrate more on the Bajorans in DS9 Season 5 . ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 357)

When portraying the murder of a series of Bajoran former resistance fighters in season five's " The Darkness and the Light ", the DS9 writing staff wanted to make the Bajoran victims increasingly significant to main character Kira Nerys, culminating in the deaths of her friends Furel and Lupaza . ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 412)

Ira Behr imagined that, by the time of fifth season installment " Ties of Blood and Water ", the Bajorans would have bubble gum cards of space station DS9's senior staff (if not the facility's entire crew) and would hold Kira Nerys personally in high acclaim. " They can't identify with the Emissary, " Behr speculated. " He's too mystical. And he doesn't look like one of them, he doesn't have a ridge on his nose. So popular opinion is likely to seize on the Bajoran standing next to him in all the pictures. 'Who's she? She's doing all these great things. She's saved our planet.' " ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 442)

By the start of DS9 Season 6 , there was observable positivity towards the Bajorans in Star Trek 's fanbase. " There are fans that like the Bajoran shows, " Ira Behr pointed out. ( AOL chat , 1997 )

In an undeveloped DS9 story which was suggested for DS9 Season 6 , Bajoran children kept appearing on space station Deep Space 9. During the Occupation, the Bajorans had mistakenly believed a particular Cardassian scientist was performing deadly medical experiments on them, though he had actually been sending Bajoran children into the future; those who appeared on the station did so as the result of his actual efforts. Even though this story didn't go ahead, it preceded the making of sixth season's " Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night ", in which Bajorans do appear. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 548)

During early development of DS9 Season 7 episode " Take Me Out to the Holosuite ", Bajorans were considered to be the opponents of the Federation in a baseball game featured in the installment. However, they were replaced by Vulcans . ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 610)

While the story for " Covenant " was being crafted, the idea that a group led by Dukat would be Bajoran was thought up by René Echevarria . Ira Behr initially responded that the idea of making the followers Bajoran was "the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard." Once Echevarria replied by establishing that he intended the group to be the Cult of the Pah-wraiths , though, the idea of them being Bajoran didn't seem as preposterous to Behr and was accepted by all the other DS9 staff writers too. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 632)

In DS9's series finale " What You Leave Behind ", the show's writing staff wanted to reflect on the Bajorans' hatred of Cardassians, by having Martok speculate that the Bajorans would regard the virtual annihilation of Cardassian civilization as "poetic justice." " That's something we wanted to remind the audience about, " noted Ira Behr. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 709)

Michael Westmore 's inspiration for the Bajoran makeup came from Rick Berman , who, after hiring Michelle Forbes to play Ro Laren on TNG, told Westmore, " We've hired a pretty girl and I want to keep her that way. Think of something that we can take and make her look a little alien, and still get the idea she's from another planet, but she's still gorgeous. " ("Michael Westmore's Aliens: Season One", DS9 Season 1 DVD special features) Westmore agreed. " Part of the reason the Bajoran makeup's so... spare, " explained René Echevarria , " is because [...] he said, 'Well, this is a pretty gal; I don't wanna cover up her face with putting some elaborate prosthetic on her forehead.' " (" Preemptive Strike " audio commentary , TNG Season 7 Blu-ray special features)

Considering how he could give the Bajorans a subtle alien appearance, Michael Westmore thought about adding a prosthetic make-up appliance to either the forehead, the end of the nose, or the cheeks. " The most logical place to have worked this out, " he said, " was right down the center [of the face] [...] because from a distance, even, you might not even see [such a small detail there]. " ("Michael Westmore's Aliens: Season One", DS9 Season 1 DVD special features) Westmore added, " I ended up sculpting a little nose as something we could possibly use and that's what they went with. " ( TV Zone , Special #34, p. 12)

The Bajoran nose design was partly "influenced" by Dave Rossi , who had accidentally damaged the original plaster casts by strapping them down on his bicycle while transporting them between Michael Westmore and Rick Berman. Westmore repaired the damage and used some of the indentations caused by the strap to add to the design. ( Star Trek Magazine  issue 123 )

For the Bajorans' introduction in TNG : " Ensign Ro ", the wrinkles on the nose prosthetics were relatively very small. In later appearances, the Bajoran nose wrinkles became bigger, especially for the vedeks. ("Michael Westmore's Aliens: Season One", DS9 Season 1 DVD special features) There were intentional variations with the Bajoran nose design at the time Deep Space Nine began. When interviewed during the making of DS9 pilot episode " Emissary ", Michael Westmore stated, " I vary the Bajorans by the rings that run across the nose. Some of them have four, five or even six, so I can change that pattern around a bit. " ( The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine  issue 1 , p. 29) Regardless of the size of each nose piece, however, the Bajorans still had to look as if they belonged to the same species as one another. " There was a special technique for sculpting these noses [....] and no matter the nose, " said Westmore, " whether it was a small nose for a female or a large nose for a vedek priest, they all had the same style of sculpture to them. " ("Michael Westmore's Aliens: Season One", DS9 Season 1 DVD special features)

When Nana Visitor was auditioning for the role of Kira Nerys , the idea of the Bajoran make-up was introduced to her. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 23, No. 6, p. 38) She later remembered, " Rick Berman told me, 'At least the prosthetic is one of the least we have.' " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 23, No. 6, p. 38) Visitor was relieved by the news that the Bajoran makeup was one of the most minor in the series. ( The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine  issue 1 , p. 15) " I said, 'What prosthetic?' " she continued. " And he said, 'It's nothing. It's just a small elephant nose that you wear.' He had me going for five seconds. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 23, No. 6, p. 38) Visitor was alarmed, during this short time, by the thought that she would have to wear an elephant's trunk. Despite ultimately not being required to wear one of those, she recalled that her first few weeks of playing Kira nonetheless involved a lot of Bajoran makeup. ( The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine  issue 1 , pp. 15 & 16)

Once Nana Visitor started playing Kira but had an accident that caused minor injury to her back, she was tended to by an ER doctor whose prognosis was influenced by the fact Visitor was in full Bajoran make-up and costume at the time, despite the actress believing her wound wasn't serious. " The doctor said, 'Well, in that case, I think we better get you to X-Ray right away to check out that broken nose.' He was a good emergency room doctor, but didn't know Bajoran anatomy as well as Bashir, " quipped Visitor. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 24, Nos. 3/4, p. 103) In fact, the doctor was under the impression that the apparent injury would make medical history. Visitor had to finally tell him her "nose" was a prosthetic one, which dismayed the doctor. (" In the Hands of the Prophets ", Deep Space Nine Chronicles , DS9 Season 4 DVD special features)

Because each of the actors cast as Bajorans had to have their individual nose piece applied each day, the DS9 makeup department had to have enough makeup artists to put on all the prosthetic appliances. ("The Deep Space Nine Scrapbook", DS9 Season 1 DVD special features)

Putting on a Bajoran nose piece took "around a half an hour," in the words of Michael Westmore. ("The Deep Space Nine Scrapbook", DS9 Season 1 DVD special features) According to Frances Praksti , the Bajoran nose prosthetic "took about an hour" to be applied, however, and was extremely comfortable to wear thereafter. ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , pp. 51-52) Nana Visitor's usual Bajoran make-up required around an hour and a half or two hours to apply. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 178; The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine  issue 2 , p. 43)

Armin Shimerman once described the Bajorans as "the ones with those cute washboard noses." (" In the Hands of the Prophets ", Deep Space Nine Chronicles , DS9 Season 4 DVD special features)

Several Bajoran nose special effects applications were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [3]

The Reckoning Tablet, an ancient version of the Bajoran symbol

The oval-shaped Bajoran symbol was designed by Nathan Crowley and Doug Drexler . " My contribution, " offered Michael Okuda , " was that I saw that particular pattern on one of Nathan's set drawings as a floor plan, and I said, 'That will be our Bajoran symbol.' And then Doug took that basic thing and refined it. " The emblem subsequently became a hallmark of Bajoran design and was represented many times on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , such as in the architecture of some Bajoran homes and on the Bajoran combadges . ( Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before , paperback ed., p. 183) Herman Zimmerman referred to the Bajoran symbol as "rather egg-shaped" and "reminiscent of the orbs ." ( The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine  issue 3 , p. 36) A large version of the Bajoran symbol was created as a backlit by Denise Okuda , for Deep Space 9's Bajoran temple in DS9 : " In the Hands of the Prophets ". (" Section 31 : Hidden File 01", DS9 Season 2 DVD special features) When John Eaves designed the Reckoning Tablet for DS9 : " The Reckoning ", the Bajoran symbol provided a basis for it, though Eaves redesigned the tablet as an ancient representation of the usual Bajoran symbol. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 568)

A crowd of Bajorans had to be depicted in DS9 : " The Storyteller ", about which David Livingston noted, " We had thirty extras. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 51) He also stated, " There were a lot of people—not enough people, actually. " ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 48)

For the foreground of a matte painting of Bajor in DS9 : " Cardassians ", Illusion Arts, Inc. staff were filmed as Bajorans, strolling along a path. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 25/26, No. 6/1, p. 72) Two similarly miniaturized-on-screen Bajorans, Dekon Elig and Ches'sarro Seeto , were "played" by Visual Effects Producer Dan Curry . For the former role, Bajoran nose wrinkles were digitally added by DS9 Scenic Artist Doug Drexler . ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 25)

Scenes featuring Bajorans were often accompanied by a "Bajoran hand flute," which was actually a custom-made electronic wind instrument (EWI). " I've developed my own theory of the Bajoran culture, " announced Composer Jay Chattaway , " and whenever there's a sensitive scene about the Bajorans, the EWI is there. " ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 412)

Apocrypha [ ]

The Bajorans join the Federation in the novel Unity , set in 2376 . In the documentary What We Left Behind , the Bajorans did not join the Federation.

According to the DS9 Pocket Books novel Warpath , the Bajora were an "ethnic subgroup" who " became a nation-state, and eventually dominated the planet culturally and economically, subsuming other ethnic identities. Thousands of years later, despite the persistence of regional and ethnic variation among the people of Bajor, they now share a common identity as Bajorans. "

In the novel Allegiance in Exile , James T. Kirk made first contact with the Bajorans in 2269 during the five-year mission of the USS Enterprise on the Bajoran colony world Pillagra in the R-855 system after rescuing the settlement from the Ascendants, an alien race from the other side of the Bajoran wormhole.

In Star Trek Online , Bajorans are a playable species for Starfleet player characters and bridge officers , with an inherent bonus to heals and regeneration. The game's chronology states that they renewed their application to join the Federation in 2384 , and became full members in 2393 . A Bajoran candidate, Shad Ona ( β ), came in third in the 2392 Federation presidential election and was given a post in Aennik Okeg's cabinet.

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The New Bajor System is a system in the Rakhari Sector of the Gamma Quadrant located in the outer reaches Dominion space. New Bajor was established as the first Bajoran colony in the Gamma Quadrant in 2370 . But just a few months after it was founded, the colonists were massacred by the Jem'Hadar . ( "Crossover" , "The Jem'Hadar" )

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