Sarina Douglas

Sarina Douglas was a genetically-engineered Human. As a child, she had undergone an illegal procedure called accelerated critical neural pathway formation which dramatically increased her intelligence beyond what Humans would call genius level. Unfortunately, though her cerebral cortex was enhanced to process information faster, it couldn't initially get that information from her visual and auditory systems fast enough, and Sarina was unable to focus on her world. Outwardly, this made her appear mute and oblivious to her surroundings.

Early life
Sarina became part of a trio of genetically-enhanced residents at the Daystrom Institute of Psychiatric Health at the age of twelve in 2360. Jack came to her rescue when four adolescent boys were harassing her. She returned the favor by breaking Jack out of solitary confinement, where he had been placed for assaulting the boys. (Tales of the Jack Pack: "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished")

Visits to Deep Space Nine
In 2374, Sarina and the three other genetically-enhanced savants were sent to Deep Space 9 to be placed under the study of Doctor Julian Bashir, who himself was genetically-enhanced, where the group took an interest in the Dominion War.

At first, the savants proved to be helpful to the Federation. They deduced that Weyoun was willing to cede extra territory in order to gain a planet where ketracel-white for the Jem'Hadar could be produced. As Sarina was mute at the time, she managed to convey said information to Doctor Bashir by sketching a chemical diagram on a PADD indicating the planet’s significance.

Later on, however, the savants calculated that the Federation could not defeat the Dominion and should surrender before there was an appalling loss of life. When Benjamin Sisko refused to consider their proposal, the savants decided the best way to prevent mounting casualties was to contact the Dominion and give them information that would allow them to take over the Alpha Quadrant with little loss of life. When Bashir tried to stop them, they rendered him unconscious, tied him up, and left Sarina to guard him. But Bashir was able to get through to Sarina and convince her to release him, and he was able to stop the savants from carrying out their plan. The savants left Deep Space 9 soon after.

A year later, when Sarina and the others returned to the station, Bashir devised a procedure to allow her brain to gather information from her senses, which would allow her to live a normal life. Using a neurocortical probe refined by Sarina's genetically-enhanced friends, Bashir stimulated the growth of the synapses in her brain, allowing her to interact with people for the first time in her life.

After seeing the procedure's success and getting to know Sarina, Bashir fell in love with her, nearly driving her back into seclusion when she didn't know how to respond to his advances. Ultimately, she left Deep Space 9 to pursue an internship at the Corgal research center. 


 * Sarina Douglas was played by in the DS9 episodes "Statistical Probabilities" and "Chrysalis". Jack, Lauren, Patrick, and Sarina were known as the "Jack Pack" in the .''