Achievements: Commendation for attention to duty, 2352; Developed tachyon field detection grid, 2367
Born blind due to a birth defect. Wore VISOR from 2340 to 2372 (advanced optical sensor that allows him to see outside human visible spectrum). By stardate 50893, received ocular implants to replace VISOR. Upon graduation from Starfleet Academy, piloted Jovian Run between Jupiter and Saturn, 2358. As of 2362, served as ensign on U.S.S. Victory under Captain Zimbata. In that year, on away mission to Tarchannen III, was infected with alien DNA strand that, in 2367, began transforming him into alien life-form; was fully cured. Transferred in 2364 to U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D upon recommendation of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. As lieutenant junior grade, served as flight control officer. In 2364, when Captain Picard and Commander Riker were trapped on surface of planet Minos, LaForge took command of Enterprise and executed a risky atmospheric maneuver to destroy an attacking automated probe. In 2365, LaForge promoted to full lieutenant, assigned to chief engineer. Served with distinction. Around stardate 42779.1, was kidnapped by Pakleds in an attempt to gain access to Federation weapons technology; was successfully rescued. LaForge promoted to lieutenant commander, early 2366. Around stardate 43025.6, when the Enterprise was trapped in an ancient Menthar energy-draining device, LaForge, working with a holographic representation of Dr. Leah Brahms, devised the plan to release the ship. LaForge later met the real Leah Brahms in 2367 and worked with her to remove an alien juvenile life form, inadvertently removed from its mother by the Enterprise, that was feeding off the shipΓÇÖs systems. During the Klingon Civil War of 2367-68, LaForge devised a tachyon network to detect cloaked warbirds when the Enterprise participated in the blockade of the Romulan supply lines. In 2368, studied Borg technology of captured Borg drone, ΓÇ£Hugh,ΓÇ¥ and devised invasive program to destroy Borg collective, but it was never employed. After stardate 45892.4, LaForge presumed dead, but discovered alive, having been rendered invisible by a new Romulan cloaking device. In 2371, Klingon fugitives Lursa and BΓÇÖEtor kidnapped LaForge and accessed VISOR data that allowed them to devastatingly attack Enterprise-D. After destruction of Enterprise-D, LaForge assigned chief engineer of US.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E. When Enterprise-E returned to EarthΓÇÖs past (2063) to repel Borg incursion, LaForge, with Commander Riker, accompanied Zefram Cochrane on historic first warp flight. Family: Mother, Starfleet Captain Silva La Forge, (presumed deceased 2370); Father, Starfleet Commander Edward M. La Forge, Ph.D; Sister, Ariana, resident, Earth
Interests: Building ancient sailing ship models, poker, holodeck simulations
