William Thomas Riker is a character pertaining to the universe of Star Trek . He plays an important role in the seven seasons of Star Trek: The new generation and in the four films which make following this series. Will Riker is incarnated by the actor and American realizer Jonathan Frakes.

Biography

Born on Ground with Valdez (Alaska) in 2335, William Thomas Riker is the son of Kyle Riker which is seen constrained to assume only its education after the death of his wife during year 2337. In 2350, this specialist in strategy, occasional adviser for the account of Starfleet, estimates however that his/her son is from now on able to take his existence in hand and it suddenly gives up the teenager with his fate.

Without the knowledge, the William young person is predestined besides to live adventures out of the commun run in direct connection with the diversity of forms of life attending the Galaxie. One of its ancestors, fore-mentioned Thaddius, which was useful as a colonel in the army of the Union during the American Civil War and accompanied in particular the northerner general Sherman at the time of its inexorable walk on the town of Atlanta, is indeed wounded in Pine Mountain in 1864 and then has the safe life only thanks to the intervention of a certain “Quinn”, makes of it member of the Continuum Q) which helps it to move away from the face.

The relatively hard and solitary youth of Will Riker did not prevent it from developing real talents of bluffer with the Poker, a taste pronounced for the preparation of traditional mets , come from the time when he cooked daily for his father and itself, as well as a true passion for the music of Jazz which leads it to test in a completely honourable way with the practice of the Trombone.

In 2353, William Riker between with the Academy of Starfleet from where it leaves eighth its promotion into 2357. First of all affected on board the Pegasus under the command of the captain Eric Pressman, it is constrained the following year precipitately to leave the ship in company of its superior and six other team members, alone surviving of the disappearance of the building. Always in 2358, young lieutenant Riker recovers from his emotions on the planet Betazed (where it falls in love with Deanna Troi of which it becomes the “imzadi” before the couple is constrained to separate) in attendat his transfer towards the Potemkin . The mission of rescue which it leads on Nervala IV three years later is worth him an immediate accession with the rank of lieutenant commander, a quotation for exceptional bravery and one of five decorations which it will have the occasion to receive between 2357 and 2369. At the time of sound short passage on the Hood (in company of the captain Robert DeSoto, it obtains finally the rank of commander.

In 2364, Riker refuses a new matched promotion of the command of the Drake . He indeed prefers to be useful under the orders of the captain Jean-Luc Picard while becoming first officer of the Enterprise-D , vessel which he joined in orbit of the planet Deneb IV (where he contributes to solve the mystery surrounding the station Farpoint). Besides until 2371, it will renew on several occasions its refusal to order its own building. It will be illustrated on the other hand at the sides (and occasionally with the head) of the crew of the Enterprise-D , multiplying the acts of bravery and missing only few occasions to affirm a personality out of the commun run (its atypical manner to come to end of the encountered problems proving generally particularly paying).

On the personal level, the meeting again between William Riker and her father (25 years after the departure of this last) on board the Enterprise-D prove particularly difficult taking into account the brutality with which Kyle Riker formerly forsook his/her son. If it is biologically only sons, Will has moreover a “twin” who is in fact his counterpart exact. Born from an incident which has occurred into 2361 whereas the Potemkin urgently téléportait a team sent to the surface of the planet Nervala IV, this other Riker, created without the knowledge of all, was seen in the obligation to only survive during long years before being helped into 2369 by the Enterprise-D . This double quickly includes/understands the need for being distinguished as much as possible from the right-hand man from Jean-Luc Picard and chooses to be made call by its second first name, Thomas. There decides on the other hand to remain officer of Starfleet, joined the crew of the Gandhi with the rank of lieutenant, gives up finally his station to join the rows of the Maquis later less than one year then is seen stopped by the Cardassien S in the system of Orias. Thomas Riker is finally condemned to the life imprisonment within the camp of work of Lazon II.

Faithful to its station at the sides of Picardy on the footbridge of the new whole Enterprise-E , William Riker takes part into 2373 in the combat against the Borgs which seem to want to modify the past of the Earth. Sent on mission on this planet (passably dilapidated at the end of the 21e century), the first officer puts at research Zefram Cochrane and assists finally the famous scientist in work leading to the historical flight of the Phœnix (the first land rocket able to reach the speed of distortion).

When the Picard captain decides into 2375 to face the orders of his superiors in order to help the people Ba' ku to preserve the secrecy particularly coveted of his eternal youth, its first officer lines up at his sides and takes the command of the ship temporarily. During a new operation (henceforth invited to appear in the handbooks of the Academy under the name of “Operation of Riker”), it eliminates in particular the vessels Its' has which had taken it in hunting before attending the destruction of the orbit station which was to allow the confiscation of the particles essential to the survival of Ba' ku.

This mission having allowed ordering Riker to approach Deanna Troi (of which there always remained the “imzadi” in spite of the connections which marked out its existence), the two officers finish by convoler in right weddings on Earth into 2379. They travel then towards Betazed on board the Enterprise-E) when the vessel and its crew are confronted with the machination warped by Shinzon which has just seized the capacity on the planet-mother from the Stellar Empire Romulien.

At the end of this new confrontation, William T. Riker leaves finally the ship of Jean-Luc Picard in order to take the command of her own building of Starfleet, the Titan .

In the possible future suggested by Q with Picardy the Jean-Luc captain into 2370, William Ryker became admiral de Starfleet.

See too

External bonds

• Biography of William T. Riker on the official site of Star Trek
• Card of the character on Memory Alpha

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