Miral Paris

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A newborn Miral Paris

Miral Paris was the Human/Klingon hybrid daughter of Lieutenant junior grade Thomas Eugene Paris and Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres, officers aboard the Federation starship USS Voyager. She was born in the year 2378 on stardate 54973.4, the second of two children born aboard Voyager, the first being Naomi Wildman, daughter of Voyager officer Ensign Samantha Wildman. Miral was born when USS Voyager reached Earth after a long journey home from the Delta Quadrant, delivered as Voyager flew through a Borg transwarp conduit. She was named after B'Elanna Torres' mother Miral. (VOY: "Endgame")

A hologram of 12-year-old Miral Paris

Shortly after discovering she was pregnant, B'Elanna became unsettled, remembering how her Klingon heritage had made her a subject of ridicule growing up, and, she felt, had been part of the reason her father had left the family. As a result B'Elanna wanted to have Miral undergo gene therapy in utero, and even sabotaged The Doctor's program to have him do so, but ultimately Tom helped her to come terms with her insecurities. Later, after reversing the alterations to the Doctor, Torres asked the Doctor to be the baby's godfather, to which he elatedly accepted. (VOY: "Lineage")

Miral was considered by a sect of Klingons to be the kuvah'magh, the chosen one to lead the Klingon Empire back to glory, even though she was only ¼ Klingon. This may have been the case, for her ¾ human genome was able to cure a rare Klingon disease known as Nehret. (VOY: "Prophecy")

Ensign Miral Paris in an alternate 25th century timeline

In an alternate timeline where it took Voyager 23 years to get home, Miral had joined Starfleet, and had become an ensign by 2404. She had been sent on a mission by Admiral Kathryn Janeway to negotiate an exchange with Korath - his prototype chrono deflector, in exchange for a place with the Klingon High Council. She succeeded as far as Korath agreed to the exchange, but only to Admiral Janeway in person. Janeway traveled to meet them, then dismissed Miral, saying that she should spend some time with her parents. Miral was fiercely protective of Janeway, threatening to break the arm of two Klingons who accused Janeway of being disrespectful. (VOY: "Endgame")

Appendices

Appearances

• VOY:
  • "Lineage"
  • "Endgame"

Background

The adult Miral was played by Lisa LoCicero. Her appearance in the Voyager episode "Lineage" was computer-generated and the infant Miral in "Endgame" was played by siblings Carolyn and Mathew Corley.

Although the character did not receive a first name on-screen and was only given a last name in an alternate timeline, she was named "Miral Paris" in the script of "Endgame". This script notation hearkens back to the episode, "Author, Author", in which Tom Paris and B'Elanna told her father they were considering the name. Another possible name for this character was suggested in "Prophecy", where "Kuvah'magh" was seriously contemplated. The "Endgame" script also settles doubt as to the child's last name raised by B'Elanna in the closing moments of "Drive". While on their hastily-arranged honeymoon, B'Elanna suggested, perhaps in jest, that it be Tom who gave up his last name to become "Tom Torres". In settling on "Miral Paris" in the "Endgame" script, the writers confirm B'Elanna was just joking in "Drive".

Apocrypha

In the upcoming game Star Trek Online, Miral joined Starfleet and inspired many young Klingons to do the same.

External links

• Miral Paris at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
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