A Maquis fighter who first appears in a cell infiltrated by Ro Laren and who in 2371 serves aboard the stolen USS Defiant under Thomas Riker during his raid into Cardassian space.
Kalita is a member of the Maquis seen in the Next Generation episode Preemptive Strike and the third-season Deep Space Nine episode Defiant. In the former she is part of the cell that takes in Ro Laren and is wary of the newcomer until Ro proves herself on a raid.
In Defiant she is one of the Maquis who help Thomas Riker, posing as his counterpart William, to steal the Defiant from Deep Space 9. She serves on the bridge as the ship strikes deep into Cardassian territory toward the Orias system, where the Obsidian Order is secretly building a fleet.
When Riker agrees to surrender himself to the Cardassians, Kalita and the rest of the crew are handed back to the Federation.