Star Trek: DS9 Forgot Major Kira’s Importance At First

After a strong start, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 1 forgot about Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) but swiftly fixed this oversight by making her one of the show’s most important characters. Kira was a groundbreaking Star Trek character because not only was she not a Starfleet officer, she was a former freedom fighter with a very dark past. Kira’s past would inform many of her best episodes, forcing her to reconcile her prejudice against the Cardassians, and confront the consequences of the violence of the Bajoran resistance movement.