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| Geordi LaForge | |
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Chief engineer aboard the Starship
Enterprise D. Born blind in 2335 because of a birth defect, La Forge wore a remarkable
device called VISOR that permitted him to see with reater clarity than other humans could.
Geordi La Forge came from a family of Star Fleet officers. Hi mother, Silva La Forge was a
command officer, captain of the USS Hera at the time of her death in 2370.and his father
was an exobiologist. Geordi recalled that, even though he moved around a great deal, he
considered his childhood a great adventure. La Forge did not receive his VISOR utnil after
his fifth birday. Geordi was caught in a fire when he was five years old. He was rescued
by his parents,. and was not injured. Geordi recalled how for a time after the incidenet
it was extremely important for him to knwo where his parents were at all time. Geordi had
a pet Circassian cat when he was eight. Possible because his parents travelled so much
when he was a child, Geordi had something of a knack for languages. Ohe such language was
Hahliian. Geordi La Forge graduated from Star Fleet academy in 2357. One of La FOrge's first Star Fleet assignments was as shuttle pilot ofr the Jovian run between Jupiter and Saturn. La Forge first met Captain Picard when La Forge piloted Picard's shuttle on an inspection tour. During the tour, Picard made an offhanded remark about a minour inefficiency in the shuttle's engines, and La Forge subsequently stayed up all night to repair the problem. Picard was so impressed with the incidnet that he requested La Forge be assigned to the Enterprise D in 2364. La Forge later served as an ensign on the USS Victory under teh command of Captain Zimbata. One of Geordi's closest friends on that ship was Lieutenant Susanna Leijten. In 2362, both La Forge and Leijten participated in an away mission to planet Tarchannen III. It was later realized that all members of that away team were infectec by an alien DNA strand that would, if unchecked, compel them to return to Tarchannen III, where they would be transformed into a native Tarchannen life-form. La Forge was saved from teh transformation in 2367 by Leijten's actions and medical intervention by Enterpris D CMO Crush. La Forge transfered to the Enterprise D as flight controller in 2364. Geordi was promoted to full lieutenant and assigned as USS Enterprise D chief engineer the followign year, just prior to stardate 42073.1. |
