As an adult, Will would often look back on that day as the moment he believed his father decided to abandon him completely. However, the planet suffered a hurricane far stronger than any on Earth, and Will was pinioned under a fallen tree. The former governor had taken his military underground, and was leading an increasingly bitter resistance movement against the new Tezwan government and the Federation "occupation". One of Zeta Squadron's assignments was a "scavenger hunt" style survival test on the streets of During his first year, Riker auditioned for and won a place in the Starfleet Academy Band, an honor rarely given to freshmen. Also in 2369, Riker met himself again, this time in the form of a duplicate created by a transporter accident in 2361. His father, a civilian strategist for Starfleet, was kept away from Earth by his duties for extended periods, forcing Riker to largely raise himself. With miscarriage not an uncommon occurrence, the medical professionals on the Once on the surface, Troi and the rest of the away team became invited permanent guests of the Caeliar, and a similar message was delivered to Captain Riker and the Also in 2381 Will and Deanna have their first child, named To tackle the question of Bashir, and what really had happened with the Andorian crisis, Riker assigned Christine Vale to command the medical ship, Following the arrest of President Ishan Anjar, both Riker and Admiral Akaar tried once again to convince Captain Picard to accept promotion to the admiralty but was once again turned down by Picard. Riker then presented to Picard with an isolinear chip containing information on a new long term exploratory mission to a region of space only ever explored by long range probes.

(Will's maternal grandfather was a trombone player in Yet another very close friend during Will's childhood was Will entered Starfleet Academy in the year 2353, and was a member of During his first year, Riker auditioned for and won a place in the During his second year, Will enrolled in an Advanced Survival Skills class, which required him to survive alone on a jungle planet with only a compass and a knife. His house there was protected by shields due to trouble with the Kzinti. He was rescued by Federation ground troops. They parted amicably a few days later at a Betazed museum as the Riker attempted a reconciliation by arranging a date with Deanna a few years later on Riker developed a close father-son relationship with Picard. Among other things, Picard taught the younger man fencing. One of the speakers at his graduation ceremony was The teenage Riker's first serious love relationship was with a gorgeous Russian ballet dancer, Paula Andropova, who was old enough to be his mother. He soon found the beard was extremely popular with the ship's female crew members. "Thad", as his family called him, died in childhood from mendaxic neurosclerosis, caused by a silicon-based virus that could have been cured with the aid of an active positronic matrix; by the time Thad was diagnosed, however, there were no active matrices to be found, and none could be made due to the ban on the technology following the Picard soon arrived on Nepenthe later that year with Soji Asha, whom Riker immediately recognized as being an android descended from Data. Kane saved Riker's life during this mission. William Thomas "Will" Riker is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe appearing primarily as a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation.Throughout the series and its accompanying films, he is the Enterprise ' s first officer, and briefly captain, until he accepts command of the USS Titan at the end of Star Trek: Nemesis.Riker is played by actor Jonathan Frakes. However, the fetus was miscarried. (PIC Shortly afterwards, Riker temporarily left retirement to command the At some point in this century, Will was an admiral with three grandchildren. This led to him facetiously asking Picard for "permission to be sexy", something Picard did not find amusing.

The incident became a major scandal with mass punishments threatened but the students all closed ranks. A "gift" he later returned to the giver, after seeing how uncontrolled power can corrupt a Human. Captain William Thomas Riker, played by Jonathan Frakes, is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe appearing primarily as a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation.Throughout the series and the series of films, he is the Enterprise first officer until he accepts command of the USS Titan at the end of Star Trek: Nemesis. On Will's 12th birthday, his father returned to Earth for one day to take him to Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. After more than four offers by Starfleet Command, Admiral Kathryn Janeway told Riker it was a "take-it-or-leave-it" decision. Kyle continued to visit his son occasionally for the next three years, abandoning him altogether when Will was only 15 years old. Will and Deanna Riker strenuously objected when Starfleet gave command of the Bateson stepped aside for Picard after losing command of the ship to a group of Will and Deanna finally resumed their romantic relationship in In late 2375, Riker was given temporary command of the After the death of Riker's father Kyle on the planet Riker spent several weeks a prisoner of Kinchawn's underground resistance. While on the coastline, he had a chance to see the North Atlantic Ocean, At some point during his youth, he visited a beach where he learned to bodysurf. He spent three days trapped, lying in mud with giant leeches feeding on him, before being rescued. Frakes returned for the season finale of Picard, this time in a solo scene as acting Captain Riker of the USS Zheng He.