Marla Aster
Marla Aster was a female Human who lived during the mid-24th century. She was married to Mr. Aster and had one son, Jeremy. 

Aster gave birth to Jeremy in 2354 on Earth. She lived with her family, including Jeremy's cat Patches, there. Aster's husband died of a Rushton infection in 2361. 

In 2366, Aster served as a Starfleet sciences division officer who held the rank of lieutenant and served aboard the  as the ship's archaeologist. She brought her son with her. 

While on an away mission in 2366 to study the homeworld of the s, she was killed by an undetected explosive device left over from the Koinonian Wars.

Lieutenant Worf, who commanded the away team, felt personally responsible for her death, despite Captain Jean-Luc Picard telling him it was an accident. 

A  being later appeared to the young Aster and attempted to replace the original, but was eventually convinced by Picard that her presence was not necessary. ()

Commander Riker used Marla's death as an example of how he felt the Klingon ritual suicide was a cowardly escape when Worf considered it following a paralysis in 2368. ()

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