Paul Rice was at the academy at the same time, and they were friends. Will held a grudge against his father for the following fifteen years. Kyle completely abandoned Will by 2350, when Will was fifteen. Will did not know that the only reason he always lost was because his father used illegal hachidan kiritsu moves. By 2347, when Will was twelve, Kyle admitted that his son's skills at the sport were superior. He also practiced anbo-jyutsu with his father. This incident bothered Will for many years.
Will was able to hook a large fish, but Kyle insisted on reeling the fish in. In 2344, Will and his father went on a fishing trip. Will was never able to concentrate much on subjects such as math, as he constantly daydreamed about starships. ( TNG: " Time Squared", " Future Imperfect") He was often left to care for himself, learning such skills as cooking.
However, Will's relationship with Kyle continued to deteriorate into his early teens. Will cried the entire night following, but later realized it was an important step in accepting his mother's death. Soon, his teacher learned of this problem, and both she and Kyle had to talk to Will and make him realize that his mother was dead and was not coming back. Eventually, he told the story so often that he began to believe the lie. When Will first started school, at the age of five, he told all of his new friends that his mother was still alive. The circumstances surrounding her death were never revealed, although " The Icarus Factor" seems to imply that it was due to illness. ( VOY: " Death Wish" TNG: " Shades of Gray")īetty's name is from Riker's bio seen in " Conundrum". ( TNG: " The Last Outpost", " The Icarus Factor", " Conundrum", " Second Chances", " Lower Decks") His distant ancestors included Thaddius Riker, a Union Army colonel who fought during the American Civil War of the mid- 19th century, and a particularly rugged great-grandfather of note. 2.3.1.3 Diplomacy and cultural exchangeĪ descendant of Yankee forebears, William Thomas Riker was born in 2335 to Kyle and Betty Riker in Alaska on Earth.The Rikers would remain on Nepenthe for the rest of the 24th century. Thad would contract mendaxic neurosclerosis, prompting his family to move to Nepenthe, where Thad would eventually die from his condition. ( TNG: " Encounter at Farpoint" Star Trek: First Contact Star Trek Nemesis)Īs captain of the Titan, Riker and his wife Deanna Troi would go on to have two children: a son named after Riker's ancestor Thaddius, and a daughter named after Troi's deceased sister Kestra. ( TNG: " Second Chances" DS9: " Defiant") Shortly after the accident, Will Riker would go on to serve as first officer for Captain Jean-Luc Picard for the next 15 years on the USS Enterprise-D and USS Enterprise-E before finally accepting his own command with the USS Titan. The other Riker would remain trapped on Nervala IV for eight years without anyone knowing of his existence, and, after being rescued, would eventually decide to use his middle name and became known as Thomas Riker. Their personalities and memories were the same up to the point of duplication. During his career, a transporter accident resulted in two Rikers, with each one being identical to the other, as well as genetically indistinguishable. William Thomas "Will" Riker was a 24th century male Human Starfleet officer.