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Commander of the starship Enterprise-D under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. William Thomas Riker was born in Valdez, Alaska, on Earth in 2335. Riker's mother died when he was two years old, and he was raised by his father, Kyle Riker. His father abandoned William at the age of 15, an act that William held against his father until the age of 30, when William and his father were reunited aboard the Enterprise-D. Riker graduated from Starfleet Academy in 2357, and was ranked eighth in his class at graduation. As of 2369, he had been decorated five times. Riker's first assignment after graduating from the academy was as helm officer aboard the USS Pegasus, a ship that disappeared in 2358 under mysterious circumstances. Years later, It was reveled that the Pegasus captain, Erik Pressman, had been illegally testing a Federation cloaking device in violation of the Treaty of Algeron. The crew of the Pegasus mutinied to try to prevent Pressman from testing the device. Riker fought to defend his captain, and Riker and Pressman were the only two to escape when the ship apparently exploded. Afterwards, Pressman suppressed all records of the incident. Early in his Starfleet career, Riker was stationed on the planet Betazed, where he became romantically involved with psychology student Deanna Troi. Riker, then a lieutenant, chose to make his Starfleet career his priority over his relationship with Deanna, and accepted a posting to the USS Potemking. While aboard the Potemkin, Riker led a rescue mission to the planet Nervala IV and was subsequently promoted to lieutenant commander and commanded for "exceptional valor" during the rescue. It was not realized until years later that a transporter malfunction during the final beam-out caused an identical copy of Riker to be created on the planet's surface. William Riker was later promoted to executive officer aboard the USS Hood, where he served under the command of Captain Robert DeSoto. Riker joined the Enterprise-D at planet Deneb IV, after transferred from the Hood.
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