means, Miral was shown as an adult serving in Starfleet, with the rank of ensign. Birthdate Torres's birthdate—on September 2, 2314, the official Star Trek website published an archive article with information on the press release for the launch of the series. In the document, which includes character biographies, it confirms that when the series began (2371) – "B'Elanna is a beautiful 25-year-old woman who is half-human, half-Klingon..." This information would then place B'Elanna's birthdate at 2346. The Official Star Trek Voyager Companion gives further evidence to Torres's age. This is a passage taken from the book: "B'ELANNA TORRES is a half-Klingon, half-human in her twenties who is frantically working at the consoles of the barely spaceworthy craft..." Reception In March 2019, Syfy rated B'Elanna as the 6th-greatest Klingon of the Star Trek franchise. In particular, they noted that she was an interesting character in the series, displaying both loyalty to the crew of the starship and brilliance as an engineer. In 2017, Screen Rant ranked B'Elanna Torres as the 14th-most attractive person in the Star Trek universe. In 2018, The Wrap ranked B'Elanna Torres as the 35th-best character of Star Trek overall. CBR ranked B'Elanna as the 14th-best Starfleet character of Star Trek, in 2018. They note that the former Maquis member works as chief engineer on the USS Voyager spacecraft, and must struggle with her ambivalent emotions about her Klingon heritage while keeping the warp engines working in the Delta quadrant (cutoff from Federation starbases). In addition, CBR opined that the character enhanced other characters aboard the starship, and praised the actress who portrayed her for making B’Elanna Torres's relationships more believable. In 2019, B'Elanna Torres was ranked the 11th-sexiest Star Trek character by Syfy. B’Elanna's struggle to reconcile both sides of her Klingon/Human hybrid heritage has been praised by audiences of multi-ethnic backgrounds. In 2020 ScreenRant ranked B'Elanna and Tom Paris as the 3rd best romantic couple of all Star Trek''. References External links StarTrek.com Bio Klingons Fictional women soldiers and warriors Fictional characters with major depressive disorder Fictional extraterrestrial–human hybrids Television characters introduced in 1995 Fictional female engineers Starfleet engineers Starfleet lieutenants Star Trek hybrids Star Trek: Voyager characters Fictional people from the 24th-century Female characters in television