Enterprise -D chief of security under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. ("Encounter at Farpoint, Part I" [TNG]).
Ukrainian in descent, Yar was born on a failed Federation colony on planet Turkana IV. Her parents were killed when she was only five, and she spent much of her childhood in a bitter struggle for survival, evading marauding rape gangs and caring for her younger sister, Ishara Yar. One of the few "normal" aspects of her childhood was her ownership of a pet kitten that she protected. ("Where No One Has Gone Before" [TNG]). Tasha escaped from Turkana IV at the age of 15, choosing to join Starfleet. ("The Naked Now" [TNG]).
As a Starfleet officer, she impressed Captain Picard with her courage in rescuing a wounded colonist, making her way through a Carnellian mine field. Thus, Picard requested that she be transferred to the Enterprise -D in early 2364. ("Legacy" [TNG]). While under the inhibition-stripping effects of the Psi 2000 virus, Tasha apparently became intimate with fellow Enterprise-D crew member Data. ("The Naked Now" [TNG]).
Yar was killed in late 2364 while participating in a rescue mission on planet Vagra II. Tasha, knowing her line of work entailed considerable risk, left a holographic farewell to her comrades in which she thanked her shipmates for being part of her life. ("Skin of Evil" [TNG]). Data kept a small holographic portrait of Tasha, and he considered it one of his most precious personal possessions. ("The Measure of a Man" [TNG]).
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