La Forge was born on February 16th, 2335 in Mogadishu, Somalia in an African Confederation, on Earth. Both of Geordi’s parents were Starfleet Officers. His parents were Captain Silva La Forge and the noted exozoologist Commander Edward M. La Forge. La Forge was born with a birth defect which left him blind. When he was five years old Geordi received a special visor which allowed him to see. He could not see as humans see, but he could see better than them.
During his early career La Forge attended Starfleet Academy from 2353 to 2357. His first deep space assignment was as an Ensign aboard the USS Victory. La Forge later transferred to the USS Hood. This is where he met Commander William T. Riker, the First Officer of the Enterprise. La Forge was transferred to the Enterprise when he was a pilot. He showed his skill and expertise when he fixed the engine efficiency of the Starship when Captain Picard complained it was not right.
In 2365, La Forge was promoted to a full Lieutenant and transferred from the Command Division to the Operations Division and was named Chief Engineer. His abilities and cooperative leadership made him an outstanding and very well recognized Senior Officer.
During his latter career, La Forge was able to see without his visor. He received ocular implants which could do the same thing as the visor without a visor sticking out of his head. His greatest dream was to see with his own eyes. He was temporarily able to see once as a human when he was on a far away mission when the planet had metaphysic radiation which helped re-grow his actual eyes temporarily. La Forge never regretted not having any vision and used his technical improvements to his defective vision to help him do more than people with normal vision abilities.
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