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B'Elanna
Klingon-Human Hibreb, chief engineer B'Elanna Torres, played by Roxanne Dawson.
Former member of the Maquis resistance group who became chief engineer of the U.S.S. Voyager. Half-Klingon and half-human, Torres had an aggressive personality and had much difficulty controlling her temper, which she attributed to her Klingon heritage. B'Elanna spent her early years with her parents at the Federation colony on planet Kessik IV. B'Elanna's human father left her and moved to Earth when she was five. She and her Klingon mother subsequently went to live on the Klingon Homeworld, but as a result, B'Elanna wasn't close to either of her parents.
Torres attended Starfleet Academy, but abandoned studies in her second year due to difficulty with Starfleet discipline. She had been a member of the academy's decathlon team. Torres felt that her sometimes turbulent stint at the academy was evidence that she was not Starfleet material, but at least one of her instructors, Professor Chapman, was so impressed with her original thinking that he recommended she be accepted if she ever sought re-admission to the academy. She later joined the Maquis and served under Chakotay aboard a Maquis vessel, and became a member of the Voyager crew when her ship and the Voyager were stranded in the Delta Quadrant in 2371. While in the Maquis, Torres was a close friend of Seska, not suspecting that she was a Cardassian agent.
After joining the crew of Voyager she had a violent altercation with Lieutenant Carey, her superior officer in engineering. Nevertheless, Captain Janeway appointed Torres to the position of chief engineer of the Voyager. On stardate 48784, Torres was captured by a Vidiian scientist who used a genotron to split her into two individuals, one fully human, the other completely Klingon. Her Klingon self sacrificed her life so that her human half could live, and Voyager's EMH was subsequently successful in restoring her original genetic structure to her surviving half. The experience helped Torres realize the importance of each half of her personality. Torres once sought Chakotay's help in locating her animal guide. She didn't get along with her guide and tried to kill it.
Former member of the Maquis resistance group who became chief engineer of the U.S.S. Voyager. Half-Klingon and half-human, Torres had an aggressive personality and had much difficulty controlling her temper, which she attributed to her Klingon heritage. B'Elanna spent her early years with her parents at the Federation colony on planet Kessik IV. B'Elanna's human father left her and moved to Earth when she was five. She and her Klingon mother subsequently went to live on the Klingon Homeworld, but as a result, B'Elanna wasn't close to either of her parents.
Torres attended Starfleet Academy, but abandoned studies in her second year due to difficulty with Starfleet discipline. She had been a member of the academy's decathlon team. Torres felt that her sometimes turbulent stint at the academy was evidence that she was not Starfleet material, but at least one of her instructors, Professor Chapman, was so impressed with her original thinking that he recommended she be accepted if she ever sought re-admission to the academy. She later joined the Maquis and served under Chakotay aboard a Maquis vessel, and became a member of the Voyager crew when her ship and the Voyager were stranded in the Delta Quadrant in 2371. While in the Maquis, Torres was a close friend of Seska, not suspecting that she was a Cardassian agent.
After joining the crew of Voyager she had a violent altercation with Lieutenant Carey, her superior officer in engineering. Nevertheless, Captain Janeway appointed Torres to the position of chief engineer of the Voyager. On stardate 48784, Torres was captured by a Vidiian scientist who used a genotron to split her into two individuals, one fully human, the other completely Klingon. Her Klingon self sacrificed her life so that her human half could live, and Voyager's EMH was subsequently successful in restoring her original genetic structure to her surviving half. The experience helped Torres realize the importance of each half of her personality. Torres once sought Chakotay's help in locating her animal guide. She didn't get along with her guide and tried to kill it.
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