Editing Susan Rivers (section)

==Family and Background==
Her mother is [[Lei Janna]], daughter of Kol Shakan and Lei Roma, two [[Bajoran]] resistance fighters who died when Janna was only 10 years old. Janna has been fighting her whole life - first to free [[Bajor]], then to free New Terra and the other [[Maquis]] worlds. She now holds a senior liaison post between the [[Maquis]] and the Federation. 

As an ex-Starfleet pilot, Susan's late father [[Thomas Rivers]] had many skills to offer the Maquis and rose swiftly to a position of leadership. He and Janna moved from colony to colony, setting up resistance cells then moving on to prevent detection and capture. Their son, Marcus, was 10 years old when Susan was born, and so although she was sent to live with her father's sister Luisa on Earth when the war started, he was allowed to stay with his parents. 

Even after the end of the war, Susan remained with Luisa (an archaeology professor) while her parents continued the fight for self-determination. By the time the Peace Accord was signed in 2388 and she could have returned home, Susan was 11 years old and in secondary education. It was decided not to disrupt her life by returning her to New Terra. Susan was bitterly disappointed at this decision, and felt as though her family was rejecting her. To forget her unhappiness she threw herself into her studies and graduated top of her class. She went on to study archaeology, but soon realised that she wanted more from life than the study of dead civilisations. She considered applying to the [[Maquis]] fleet, but eventually decided that she would have no place there that was not created by her parents and brother for her. She felt that only within the diversity of Starfleet could she make a place that would be hers and hers alone.