Sela (Star Trek)
Sela is a female television extraterrestrial character who features in Star Trek.
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Biography
Sela was the daughter of the Human Tasha Yar and an unknown Romulan official with her being born at some point in the 24th century.
While the Enterprise-C was destroyed, several crewmembers survived and were taken prisoner by the Romulans, Tasha among them. After being interrogated, all of the survivors were to be executed, but a Romulan general became enamored with Tasha, and offered to spare the lives of the prisoners if she became his consort, a condition to which Tasha agreed. One year later, she gave birth to a daughter, Sela. When Sela was four years old, Tasha took her and attempted to escape, but sensing that her mother was attempting to take her away from her home and her father, Sela cried out, and Tasha was discovered and subsequently executed. (TNG: Redemption II)
Over the next eighteen years, Sela rose through the ranks of the Romulan military, achieving the rank of Commander. In that capacity, she was a major player in plots to disrupt the alliance between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, one of which involved kidnapping Starfleet officer Geordi La Forge, and brainwashing him to kill Klingon governor Vagh. (TNG: The Mind's Eye) She was also involved in lending support to the House of Duras in their attempt to gain control of the Klingon Empire, ferrying them materials and supplies in cloaked Romulan vessels. Sela was foiled, however, when Captain Jean-Luc Picard led Starfleet to the Klingon-Romulan border and instituted a tachyon detection grid, making it impossible for any cloaked ship to cross the border undetected. Data, in command of the USS Sutherland, managed to use the tachyon signature that formed around Sela's ships, and ordering three photon torpedoes, lit up the tachyon field around the three cloaked Romulan Warbirds, causing them to reveal themselves, forcing Sela to withdraw back to Romulan space, causing the House of Duras to lose the civil war. (TNG: Redemption)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Sela was a striking female Romulan-human hybrid of average physical height, standing roughly five feet seven inches tall during her first adult encounter with Federation officers. Though she was the daughter of the human Tasha Yar, her physiology leaned heavily toward her paternal Romulan heritage, most notably in her distinctly pointed ears. However, she lacked the prominent V-shaped forehead ridges common to many of her Romulan peers, possessing instead a smooth, human-like brow that made her a near-mirror image of her mother. Her complexion was fair, and her facial features were defined by a sharp, calculating intensity and a pair of piercing blue eyes. Most unusual for her species was her hair; while nearly all Romulans possessed dark tresses, Sela retained her mother’s pale blonde hair, which she wore in a rigid, chin-length bob with blunt bangs that adhered to the severe aesthetic of the Romulan military. Her clothing was the standard-issue attire of a Romulan Commander, consisting of a broad-shouldered, silver-grey tunic made of a heavy, quilted fabric with a distinctive diamond-checked pattern. This uniform was layered with a dark, textured sash that draped over her right shoulder and was secured by a wide, metallic belt at the waist. The ensemble was completed with high-collared under-layers and dark trousers. (TNG: Redemption)
Sela was the daughter of an alternate timeline version of human Starfleet officer Tasha Yar and a Romulan officer. (TNG: Redemption)
Powers and abilities
Sela’s origin was rooted in a temporal anomaly and a subsequent genetic union that granted her a unique physiological and psychological foundation for her later tactical prowess. She was the product of a biological convergence between a human mother from an alternate timeline and a Romulan high official, a lineage that provided her with a hybrid nervous system and heightened cognitive resilience. Furthermore, her upbringing within the upper echelons of Romulan society ensured that her inherent physical gifts were refined through rigorous military conditioning. (TNG: Redemption)
By adulthood, Sela had joined the ranks of the military of the Romulan Star Empire. (TNG: Redemption)
Notes
- Sela was portrayed by actress Denise Crosby where she featured in the setting of the Star Trek universe.
In other media
Video games
- In Star Trek Armada, Sela appeared in the setting of the real-time strategy video game where she was voiced by actress Denise Crosby. Acting on orders from the Tal Shiar, Admiral Sela's mission over the course of the campaign is to acquire the highly unstable but extremely powerful Omega particle and bring it to Romulus. After the particle is stolen by the Borg, Admiral Sela forges a temporary and desperate alliance with Captain Picard of the Federation and Chancellor Martok of the Klingon Empire in order to prevent the Borg from using the Omega particle to fuel an invasion of the Alpha Quadrant.
- In Star Trek Online, Sela appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game where she was once again voiced by actress Denise Crosby. She featured prominently in the Romulan portion of the game's future history, having become Empress of the Romulan Empire in 2408.
Other
Appearances
- Star Trek: The Next Generation:
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