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The Bajorans (variously pronounced , , ) are a fictional species in the science-fiction Star Trek franchise. They are a humanoid extraterrestrial species native to the planet Bajor, who have a long-standing enmity with the Cardassians, owing to decades of subjugation under a military dictatorship which saw many of their species enslaved or forced into exile away from their homeworld. They were first introduced in the 1991 episode "Ensign Ro" of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and subsequently were a pivotal element of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and also appeared in Star Trek: Voyager and Star

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Fictional race.language
Bajoran, Ancient Bajoran
Fictional race.affiliation
United Federation of Planets, Bajoran Provisional Government
Fictional race.first_major
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Fictional race.first_minor
Ensign Ro
Fictional race.first_date
1991
Fictional race.currency
lita
Fictional location.name
Bajor
Fictional location.caption
A typical major city on Bajor
Fictional location.type
Class M planet
Fictional location.locations
Alpha Quadrant, near the Badlands, Cardassia Prime and the Demilitarized Zone
Fictional location.characters
Independent, Cardassian vassal, Cardassian Union, independent, Federation Autonomous State
Fictional race.name
Bajorans
Fictional race.image
Ro Laren Preemptive Strike.png
Fictional race.caption
Ro Laren (portrayed by Michelle Forbes), a recurring Bajoran character in Star Trek: The Next Generation
Fictional race.series
Star Trek
Fictional race.leader
First Minister (political leader)Kai (spiritual leader)
Fictional race.home_world
Bajor
Fictional race.base_of_operations
Deep Space Nine

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The Bajorans were a race conquered by the Terran Empire. They were liberated by the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance and became leading members. Some, however, joined the Terran Rebellion. Contrary to their weak counterparts from the mirror universe Bajorans did not believe in any gods, not even ever...

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The Bajorans were a race conquered by the Terran Empire . They were liberated by the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance and became leading members. Some, however, joined the Terran Rebellion . Contrary to their weak counterparts from the mirror universe Bajorans did not believe in any gods, not even ever having heard of any "Prophets" until a Terran and a duplicate "Kira Nerys (mirror)") of Kira Nerys , Intendant of Bajor , entered our universe through a previously unknown wormhole, said by the duplicate Kira to be the home of her people's "Prophets". Information about your activity on this service (such as forms you submit, content you look at) can be stored and combined with other information about you (for example, information from your previous activity on this service and other websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a profile about you (that might include possible interests and personal aspects). Your profile can be used (also later) to present advertising that appears more relevant based on your possible interests by this and other entities. Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on your advertising profiles, which can reflect your activity on this service or other websites or apps (like the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects. Information about your activity on this service (for instance, forms you submit, non-advertising content you look at) can be stored and combined with other information about you (such as your previous activity on this service or other websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a profile about you (which might for example include possible interests and personal aspects). Your profile can be used (also later) to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services (for instance, the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects. This can for example be used to adapt the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find (non-advertising) content that matches your interests. Information regarding which content is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine whether the (non-advertising) content e.g. reached its intended audience and matched your interests. For instance, whether you read an article, watch a video, listen to a podcast or look at a product description, how long you spent on this service and the web pages you visit etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of (non-advertising) content that is shown to you. Information about your activity on this service, such as your interaction with ads or content, can be very helpful to improve products and services and to build new products and services based on user interactions, the type of audience, etc. This specific purpose does not include the development or improvement of user profiles and identifiers. With your acceptance, your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used in support of the purposes explained in this notice. With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your screen) in support of the purposes explained in this notice. Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity (for example, regarding advertising, ad clicks by bots), and ensure systems and processes work properly and securely. It can also be used to correct any problems you, the publisher or the advertiser may encoun

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  • Storyline
  • Biology
  • Culture and traditions
  • Bajor
  • Religion
  • Prophets
  • Pagh
  • Practices
  • Hierarchy
  • Pagh Wraiths
  • Politics
  • Provisional Government
  • Bajoran Militia
  • Kai
  • First Minister
  • Federation membership
  • Bajorans
  • Reception
  • Analysis
  • References
  • External links

The Bajorans (variously pronounced , , ) are a fictional species in the science-fiction Star Trek franchise. They are a humanoid extraterrestrial species native to the planet Bajor, who have a long-standing enmity with the Cardassians, owing to decades of subjugation under a military dictatorship which saw many of their species enslaved or forced into exile away from their homeworld. They were first introduced in the 1991 episode "Ensign Ro" of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and subsequently were a pivotal element of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and also appeared in Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Picard.

The shows' writers initially depicted the Bajorans as an oppressed people who were often forced to live as refugees, whom they likened to a variety of ethnic groups. Rick Berman, who helped to originally conceive them, compared them to "The Kurds, the Palestinians, the Jews in the 1940s, the boat people from Haiti—unfortunately, the homeless and terrorism are problems in every age." Ronald D. Moore similarly commented, "depending on the episode, you could also call Bajor Israel, or Iran, or even America and the Cardassians could be Germans, or Russians or several other examples... [but] we don't really try to make Bajor a direct analogy to any specific contemporary country or people."

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