Ensign Ro as a lead on DS9

[Slappy san]

Michelle Forbes
by oisin5199 January 13th, 2006
12:03:02 PM CST
Needs a regular series again. Oh, if only they hadn't frakked Global Frequency. I think it's really interesting seeing her as Cain, the badass tyrannical commander, considering her history as Ro, the badass rebellious ensign on STNG. I remember reading she turned down a lead in DS9, so they rewrote the character as Major Kira. Ro was always the coolest Bajoran.

I don't know if that's true or not. Has anyone else heard about this? How different would DS9 have been with her in it full time?

[The Mirrorball Man]

Yeah sure, it's true. Michelle Forbes apparently doesn't want to play the same role for too long. So she didn't want to be involved in DS9, and she quite Homicide: Life on the Street after a couple of seasons.

Ro Laren is one of the main character in the Deep Space 9 "relaunch" novels, if memory serves.

[Slappy san]

Yeah sure, it's true. Michelle Forbes apparently doesn't want to play the same role for too long. So she didn't want to be involved in DS9, and she quite Homicide: Life on the Street after a couple of seasons.

Ro Laren is one of the main character in the Deep Space 9 "relaunch" novels, if memory serves.

She is BUT the book series dropped the ball. Avatar was kick arse. Mission Gamma sucked and killed all the momentum.

[Shem the Penman]

Global Frequency's not coming out? Damn. She'd have made a great Miranda Zero.

[spoon_jenkins]

Yup, just the other day on the Star Trek off-shoot of Wikipedia, I read about her declining to be in DS9 and how Major Kira was created in response.

[tricksterpup]

I don't know if that's true or not. Has anyone else heard about this? How different would DS9 have been with her in it full time?
The rumor I heard was that She wanted more money and as usual Paramont is like WWE, they do not take to that stuff. So they kinda wrote her out of regular STNG and did not place her in STDS9.

As for her being on DS9, I think it would have been more interesting, I think the show would have been alot different. She would have been a far stronger Character than Kira was.

[Slappy san]

Global Frequency's not coming out? Damn. She'd have made a great Miranda Zero.

No big loss. The pilot didnt look that good anyway.

[titanfan]

What I hear is that the reason she left TNG was because she wanted the salary of a regular. They did mean for her to take Kira's place on DS9, but she declined, mainly because she didn't want to make a commitment for such a huge length of time. They actually asked her *again* if she wanted a part on Voyager, but she declined as well.

Ro Laren is one of the main character in the Deep Space 9 "relaunch" novels, if memory serves.

Is her character considered to be "alive" in the Star Trek Universe? I thought all the Maquis were supposed to have been massacred.

[Slappy san]

What I hear is that the reason she left TNG was because she wanted the salary of a regular. They did mean for her to take Kira's place on DS9, but she declined, mainly because she didn't want to make a commitment for such a huge length of time. They actually asked her *again* if she wanted a part on Voyager, but she declined as well.



Is her character considered to be "alive" in the Star Trek Universe? I thought all the Maquis were supposed to have been massacred.

She's alive and well.

[spideyguy0]

She's alive and well.

The real question is is she alive on 24? They never answered that one.

[Captain Jim]

I was into DS9 pretty thick (still think it was the best Trek incarnation) and I definitely recall they wanted her for the show. I think it was the commitment she didn't want, I don't think it had anything to do with salary.

On the other hand, I think that in time Kira became an excellent character in her own right and I don't think Ro would have been any better.

[Sean Walsh]

She is BUT the book series dropped the ball. Avatar was kick arse. Mission Gamma sucked and killed all the momentum.

There was one Mission Gamma book, I recall, where there were 2 plot lines: 1 on the station, 1 on some other planet. I literally skipped the whole "other planet" plot line and missed NOTHING from the story.

Other than that, I liked the stuff from Avatar to Unity overall.

[Slappy san]

There was one Mission Gamma book, I recall, where there were 2 plot lines: 1 on the station, 1 on some other planet. I literally skipped the whole "other planet" plot line and missed NOTHING from the story.

Other than that, I liked the stuff from Avatar to Unity overall.

Well I couldnt do that. The stuff with the new characters was awful. I quit during the second book.

[Ontir]

At the point that she left the Next Generation, I heard that they tried to sign her to a long-term contract, an that she wasn't interested in it. Later I heard that the contract wasn't for "TNG," but for "DS9."

I remember when she was Sunny and Solita Carerra on Guiding Light! :D

[ChrisII]

The Trek novel isn't as quite as consistant continuity-wise and as 'official canon' as that of other sci-fi series like Star Wars and Doctor Who, although apparentally they've made some effort at making them more consistent. The 80's Star Trek comics for instance went off on their own tangent with Kirk commanding the Excelsior after Star Trek III (an attempt was made to reconcile the continuity with IV though).

[Captain Jim]

None of the Trek novels or comics are considered canon.

[ChrisII]

^Or the animated series despite the original actors being involved.

[DoubleWide]

^Or the animated series despite the original actors being involved.

And a lot of things from the animated series showing up in subsequent series such as Holodecks (The Practicle Joker) and people being born old and growing younger (The Counter Clock Incident.)