Because villains will do anything to get what they want, they’re really delicious. “You never really know where a villain stands, and Leeta is the ultimate villain. Masterson continued, saying that she’s so pleased with the story arc Star Trek Online has created for her character over multiple seasons of the game. Obviously, all the characters are all so wonderful and so chewy in the Mirror Universe, but I think particularly Leeta because the opposites are so dynamic.”

So, having the opportunity to play this incredible juxtaposition, as is always the case in ‘Star Trek’ Mirror Universe. And obviously, that’s such a departure from Leeta, the quiet, gentle, lovely, integrity-filled, compassionate Leeta. She’s so raucously ferociously in charge such a fierce woman. “Mirror Leeta is such a fantastic character.

Masterson told Heavy why she loves Admiral Leeta so much. Masterson didn’t have the opportunity to get to know Mirror Leeta very well when she played her on DS9, but she’s now intimately familiar with Admiral Leeta thanks to Star Trek Online. Star Trek Online- Admiral Leeta's Personal Logs Watching the 5 videos unlock by finishing each tier of the Terran Task Force Reputation. In an exclusive interview with Heavy, Masterson dished about what it’s like to play a villain and why she loves Mirror Leeta so much.Įxpanding Mirror Leeta for Star Trek Online Her “cunning, tenacity, and thirst for power” propelled her to a position of great power within the Terran Empire, and she led an offensive against the Prime Universe. Admiral Leeta was introduced in the eleventh season of the game. Though Mirror Leeta only appeared in one episode of “Deep Space Nine,” her story continued in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Star Trek Online (STO). Mirror Leeta was first introduced in the DS9 episode “ The Emperor’s New Cloak.” She was a member of the Terran resistance cell led by Smiley O’Brien, Miles Obrien’s Mirror Universe counterpart. However, her counterpart in the Mirror Universe became a villain that rivaled the best of them. Leeta saw the best in everyone, especially those, like her husband Rom, whose potential wasn’t apparent to the rest of the world. She always stood up for what was right, no matter what it cost her personally. Leeta was sweet and kind, though fierce when she or her family was threatened.

Chase Masterson, who played the character Leeta on the television series 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,' poses next to a banner at the Star Trek convention at the Las Vegas HiltonĬ hase Masterson’s character in “ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” was about as opposite of a villain as a character can be.

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