Sito Jaxa (Ares)

​Sito Jaxa ​is a Bajoran Female who lives in the 24th century and services Starfleet and the Federation as chief operations officer onboard the USS Ares under the command of Captain  Marcia Taylor. (Star Trek: Ares)

​Early Life
Sito Jaxa was born on Valo II in 2347, part of a generation of Bajorans born as refugees from the Cardassian Occupation. Growing up on Valo II, she became a surrogate "big sister" to many of the children there, including Col Louk.

​Starfleet Academy
At the age of 18, Sito entered Starfleet Academy, and was eventually assigned to Nova Squadron. After the investigation of an incident on the flight range that cost the life of her friend, Cadet Joshua Albert, Sito and her squad suffered severe disciplinary action, and were forced to repeat their third year while their leader, Cadet Nick Locarno was expelled. Though she was ostracized by other cadets, Sito stuck it out at the Academy, and graduated in 2370.

​USS Enterprise
In order to give Sito a fair chance at redemption in the fleet, Captain Jean-Luc Picard requested her assignment to the USS Enterprise, though he did not tell her of this fact. Sito was assigned to the security department and also served as a relief ops officer on the bridge.

Aboard the Enterprise, Sito's circle of friends included Sam Lavelle, Alyssa Ogawa, Taurik, and Ben, a waiter in Ten Forward. She also considered Lieutenant Worf a friend and mentor, and participated in his mok'bara classes.

Late in the year, Sito volunteered for a covert mission into Cardassian space, posing as a slave captured during a bounty hunt in order to help Cardassian defector Joret Dal return home to continue his intelligence gathering for the Federation. Once past the border patrols, Sito was supposed to return to Federation space in an escape pod. The Enterprise waited at the rendezvous point for thirty-two hours, but scans of Cardassian space revealed only the pod's wreckage. Some time later, Starfleet intercepted a Cardassian communique which announced that a Bajoran prisoner had been killed in an escape attempt and Sito was listed as killed in action. Her loss affected both her friends and superiors deeply and Captain Picard eulogized her as the finest example of a Starfleet officer and a young woman of remarkable courage and strength of character.

Cardassian Imprisonment
However, Ensign Sito was not killed. She was captured by the Cardassians and was subjected to over a year and a half of brutal treatment and torture. While imprisoned, she was subject to psychological abuse, beatings, and rape on a constant basis. Falling into the hands of Gul Rejak, Sito's torments grew even worse as the rapes and beatings continued until she finally broke, becoming Rejak's consort. Gul Rejak then introduced the completely physically and mentally broken Sito to a variety of recreational drugs, the most dangerous of which was Corillan acid--a highly physically and psychologically addictive psychotropic drug that has, amongst its effects, hallucinogenic and aphrodisiac properties.

A video of Ensign Sito's captivity fell into the hands of Lieutenants Lavelle and Ogawa who then, along with Lieutenant Commander Worf and Ensign Maria Django made plans to carry out a rescue of their old friend. Lavelle and the others, with the assistance of Taurik, now acting as a double agent within the Romulan Empire, and Commanders Christopher Hobson and Data rescued Sito from Gul Rejak just as she was about to be sold as a slave. During the escape, Nurse Ogawa performed emergency surgery on Ensign Sito when a pain device that had been implanted within her was overloaded by Gul Rejak. Pursued into Federation space by Gul Rejak, Ensign Sito and the others were saved at the last minute by the intervention of the Sutherland and Defiant, forcing the Gul to withdraw.

Taken to Deep Space Nine, Ensign Sito began an extensive process of physical and psychological therapy that was continued on Bajor. With her physicians and counselors agreeing that while her physical injuries could be easily treated, the psychological scars would likely prove to be much more lasting, with Captain Taylor promising her that a position on the Ares would be waiting for her after she recovered.

​USS Ares
In 2376 Sito was still an Ensign and was the chief Operations Officer of the USS Ares under the command of Captain Marcia Taylor.