Appearance:
Bajorans are amazingly human-like in appearance, but have a distinctive
symmetrical facial feature—
a slight wrinkle on the nose between the eyes.
Physiology:
Unlike Humans, Bajorans suffer from uncontrolable bouts of sneezing
rather than morning sickness.
Bajoran women gestate for five months, as opposed to the nine months
of human women, due
to high vascularization between the fetus and the mother.
During child-birth Bajorans are extremely relaxed, and they feel little
or no pain during this process.
Places of Interest:
Homeworld:
Bajor - Bajor is the homeworld of the Bajorans. It orbits
the star Bajor-B'hava'el in the Bajoran sector.
Bajor is a Class M planet. Bajor's atmosphere
has more of a purplish tint, as a result, oceans viewed
from space will appear more purple than blue.
There is also at least one more class-M planet in the
system, Bajor 8.
Bejor has 5 moons including Derna and Jerrado.
Places of Interest on Bajor:
B'Hala - An ancient city located on Bajor that was under the
ground for 30,000 years.
Ilvia - location of the State museum.
Culture:
The Bajoran people are an ancient one, having reached an advanced level
of technology long
before humans had learned to walk upright.
Like real life Chinese families, Bajorans' first names are their family
names (hence, Kira Nerys is
"Major Kira" and called "Nerys" by her friends).
They wear large, chained earrings and ear cuffs called d'ja pagh
as symbols of their religious
faith.
Death:
Bajoran funeral rites are complex; their traditional death chant is
rumored to last over two hours.
Bantaca spire - An obelisk. Ancient Bajoran
cities
were built around them. They were all about
eleven meters tall... made of hundreds of stones,
carved and fitted together so tightly that they
didn't need mortar. It's said they mark the
city's place in the cosmos.
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Food and Drink:
Katterpod - Sisko prophesied that the "katterpod harvest would be
better
this year."
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Language -
Modern Bajoran text predicting the reckoning
The Bajoran written language consists of square symbols reminiscent
of Chinese characters.
However, in form they are more fluid and are composed of thick lines.
There are a large number of
different symbols which can be used in any of four rotations (normal,
horizontal flipped, vertical
flipped, 180 degree rotation). This gives approximately 200
symbols
in the written language.
No translation for these symbols exists although the number of
characters
in the script implies
that it is either syllabic or logosyllabic. Bajoran can be written
both in vertical top to bottom
columns arranged right to left or in horizontal left to right lines
arranged top to bottom.
amoran -- pronounced "uh-MORE-un". meaning "banished".
"The Assignment" [DS9]
Koss'moran -- pronounced "KOSS moe-RAN". From the root
words kosst and amoran.
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kosst -- pronounced "COST". verb meaning "to be"
"The Assignment" [DS9]
pagh'tem'far -- a sacred
vision.
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Religion:
The Bajoran religion, also called the Way of the Prophets, is a major
unifying force on the planet; the
spiritual leader, or Kai, wields a great deal of moral and political
authority, although the planet's
de jure political leader is the First Minister. The Bajoran
religion is based upon the revelations of the
Bajoran Prophets, who come to be known as the timeless beings residing
in the Bajoran Wormhole, or
Celestial Temple. Since Benjamin Sisko was the first to make contact
with them, he is acclaimed by
the Bajoran spiritual leadership as the Emissary of the Prophets. Part
of the Bajoran religion involves
the use of the Tears of the Prophets, reality-distorting energy orbs
produced by the Prophets. Several
of these were stolen by the Cardassians during the Occupation,
though a number have been recovered.
Titles in the Bajoran religion include
a 'prylar' (roughly equivalent to a Christian monk),
'mylar' (priest or minister),
'vedek' (cardinal, bishop) and
'Kai' (equivalent to the pope in Roman Catholic theology).
The Bajoran Religion also features another race of divine beings,
known
as the Pah Wraiths;
however, while the Prophets are worshipped as being something like
gods, the Pah Wraiths
are more like demons, who supposedly warred with the Prophets and,
losing, were banished
from the "Celestial Temple" (Bajoran Wormhole). However, some
Bajorans insist on worshipping
the Pah Wraiths regardless, believing them the truly good deities,
and even find a way
to release them from their prison (a very small minority group,
somewhat like Satanists on Earth).
Prophecies:
Zocal's third prophecy - It says that only someone
touched by the Prophets could find the ruins
of
B'hala.
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Holidays:
Peldor Festival - They ring temple chimes and burn
bateret leaves for incense on the eve of this
festival.
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Money:
The Bajoran monetary system uses the Lita as currency. The Lita
is actually the name of the currency
of Lithuania.
The Orbs:
The Bajoran Orbs, commonly called "Tears of the Prophets," are
quasi-magical
devices sent by the
Bajoran Prophets/Wormhole Aliens to the Bajoran people. Nine such orbs,
found in the Denoris Belt,
have been delivered to the Bajoran people during their long history.
Of these nine, many were stolen
or desecrated by the Cardassians during the occupation of Bajor, and
at least one is known to have
fractured. Oddly, the Orbs are hourglass-shaped. Each Orb
has a unique power or property.
The Bajoran Orbs:
1. The Orb of Prophecy and Change - Quite powerful --
it taxes even the healthy. Orb experiences can last
minutes,
hours, or sometimes even
days.
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2. The Orb of Wisdom
3. The Orb of Time
4. The Orb of Contemplation
5. The Orb of Memory - the Orb of Memory, is featured but not directly named.
6-9. The remaining unnamed Orbs - identified in
the
Star Trek novels as: The Orb of Destiny,
The Orb of Truth, The Orb of Souls, The
Orb of Unity.
10. The Orb of the Emissary - the Orb of the Emissary, was
discovered
by Captain Benjamin Sisko on the
planet Tiree. This Orb was (presumably) hidden there by his mother,
Sarah Sisko, who is one of the
Prophets.
History:
20000 years ago - B'ha'la is
lost.
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10000 years ago - Bajoran archaeologists begin seriously
searching
for B'ha'la.
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2328 to 2369: Cardassian
Occupation
The Occupation of Bajor (usually simply referred
to as the Occupation) was the period during
which the Bajoran homeworld of Bajor was under the
control of the Cardassian Union. During
the Occupation, the Cardassians perpetrated
a coordinated scheme of strip-mining, forced labor,
and genocide across the planet in an attempt to
prepare it for full-scale colonisation by the
government. The Occupation gave rise to the
fierce Bajoran Resistance, which used guerilla
and terror tactics to eventually force the
Cardassians
to withdraw.
Sisko finds the lost city of
B'ha'la.
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Individuals of Note:
Bariel Antos - Vedek,
deceased.
Furel - deceased.
Jabara - nurse.
Neela - engineer.
Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) -
Leanne -
Leeta (Chase
Masterson) - Height 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Leeta was a Bajoran dabo girl at Quark's Bar on
station Deep Space
9. She married Rom, who later became the Grand Nagus
of the Ferengi
Alliance.
Her jersey had "Leeta" printed on the back, implying
that "Leeta"
may be her
surname rather than her given name. Although in
the same episode,
Kira's jersey has both "Kira" and "Nerys" printed
on the back in
various shots - a likely continuity error.
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Leeta became a dabo girl in 2371, although she was
an amateur
sociologist. She quickly formed friendships with
many of the station
residents, including Doctor Julian Bashir and
science
officer Jadzia
Dax. She was even asked by Dax to take part in her
Trill zhian'tara
ritual. During the ceremony, the memories of one
of Dax's former
hosts, Emony, were temporarily transfered into
Leeta.
In 2372, Leeta joined the Guild of Restaurant and
Casino Employees
in response to Quark's pay cuts. She helped lead
the formation of
the union, helping Rom stand up to his brother
Quark.
When the Federation retreated from Deep Space Nine
after the Battle
of Deep Space Nine, Leeta returned to Bajor for
safety. . When the
situation on the station became less dangerous,
Leeta returned, and
helped the resistance cell which had formed against
the Dominion.
When Quark temporarily changed his gender in 2374
to help Grand
Nagus Zek regain his office, Leeta helped teach
Quark how to act
like a woman. . In 2375 she participated in a game
of baseball in
the holosuite with the senior staff of the station
against a team of
Vulcans.
Soon after moving to Deep Space 9, Leeta became
interested in Julian
Bashir and the two began dating. . Their
relationship
lasted for
over a year, but the two decided to break up in
2373. They traveled
to Risa and partipated in the Bajoran Rite of
Separation.
Leeta then
admitted to having a crush on Ferengi engineer Rom.
"Let He Who Is Without Sin..." [DS9]
Leeta waited for Rom to ask her out for months,
but he never worked
up the courage. When Doctor Lewis Zimmerman visited
the station to
work with Doctor Bashir, he fell in love with Leeta.
Knowing that
Leeta had always wanted to open her own restaurant,
he arranged for
her to take control of an establishment on Jupiter
Station. He asked
her to return there with him and live together.
She agreed and
arranged to leave the station. Just as she was
boarding
a ship, Rom
stopped her and confessed his love for her. Leeta
admitted that she
was in love with Rom too, and Doctor Zimmerman
returned
home alone.
Rom and Leeta decided to get married quickly, and
they asked the
Emissary, Captain Benjamin Sisko, to perform the
ceremony. He
married them on the eve of the Dominion War. The
two were separated
when Leeta returned to Bajor while Rom stayed on
the station as a
Federation spy.
When Rom was given the role of Grand Nagus by Zek
in 2375, Leeta
went with him to Ferenginar to help him carry out
his duties.
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch
series,
Leeta became
(pregnant and, after a hard pregnancy, gave birth
to a baby girl
named Bena (named for the Emissary and the
Bajoran
word for 'joy')
Lupaza -
deceased.
Mardah - dabo girl.
Mera - Vedek.
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Mora Pol - Doctor
Okala - Worked in
Ops.
"Things Past" [DS9]
Opaka Sulan - Kai
emeritas
Ranjen Solbor -
deceased.
Ro Laren -
Saghi -
Winn Adami - Kai. The Cardassians arrested
any Bajoran
they found teaching the word of the Prophets.
Winn spent five years in a Cardassian prison camp
and suffered many beatings while there.
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