La forge biography

Star Trek character

"VISOR" redirects here. For other uses, see Visor (disambiguation).

Fictional character

Geordi La Forge^[a] (JOR-dee lə FORJ) is a fictional character who appeared in all seven seasons of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and its four feature films as well as the third season of Star Trek: Picard. Portrayed by LeVar Burton, he served as helmsman of the USS Enterprise-D in the first season of The Next Generation, then occupied the role of the chief engineer for the rest of the series and in the films before appearing as a commodore in Picard. La Forge has been blind since his birth and uses technological devices that allow him to see – a VISOR in the series and the first film, replaced by ocular prosthetic implants in the last three films and in Picard.

Concept and development

Gene Roddenberry created the character in honor of George La Forge, a quadriplegicfan of

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Multiple realities

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"I never knew what a friend was, until inom met Geordi. He spoke to me as though I were Human. He treated me no differently from anyone else. He accepted me for what I am. And that – inom have learned – fryst vatten friendship."

– Data, 2368 ("The Next Phase")

Geordi La Forge was a HumanmaleStarfleet officer, who was originally a lieutenant junior grade while serving as the helmsman of the USS Enterprise-D, during 2364. As his career progressed, he transitioned to engineering, and was promoted to lieutenant, and later lieutenant commander, rising to become the ledare engineer of the Enterprise-D, and later USS Enterprise-E, both beneath CaptainJean-Luc Picard. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint", "Where No One Has Gone Before", "The Child", "Evolution", "Booby Trap"; Star Trek: First Contact) bygd early 25th century he attained the rank of commodore and held the position of curator at the Fleet Museu

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In the series, we learn that Geordi was born blind and wears a VISOR, an arc-shaped prosthetic attached at the temples that provides him with vision. Interfacing directly with his brain, the device enables him to “see” much of the electromagnetic spectrum – radio waves, infrared, ultraviolet, and beyond, but not normal light perception, though it does allow Geordi to see the visible light section of the EM spectrum.^{[citation needed]}

La Forge was born February 16, 2335 in Mogadishu, Somalia of the African Confederation on Earth to Silva La Forge, a Starfleet command track officer and eventual Captain of the USS Hera (NCC-62006) and Edward M. La Forge, a Starfleet exozoologist.^[22] He has also mentioned having a sister, Arianna. La Forge stated that with two parents in Starfleet he was an “army brat“, frequently moving homes depending