Kyle Riker
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| Kyle Riker | |
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| Full Name: | Kyle Riker |
| Species: | Human |
| Gender: | Male |
| Died: | 2379 |
| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
| Family | |
| Marital Status: | Widower |
| Spouse(s): | Elizabeth Riker |
| Children: | William T. Riker |
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Kyle Riker was a human male from Alaska on the planet Earth. He and his wife Elizabeth Laura "Betty" Riker were the parents of Captain William T. Riker.
- In the novel Deny Thy Father, Riker's mother is given the name Annie.
Riker's only child William was born April 15, 2335 in Valdez, Alaska. Two years later, his wife Betty died. Riker was a civilian strategist for Starfleet and was kept away from Earth by his duties for extended periods, forcing his son Will to largely raise himself. Kyle eventually abandoned his son altogether in 2350 when Will was only fifteen years old. (TNG episode: "The Icarus Factor" and TLE novel: Deny Thy Father).
In 2353, Riker was stationed on Starbase 311 when the Tholians attacked. When the away team from the USS Berlin arrived, they found that Riker was the only survivor. He was then transferred to Starbase 84 for better medical care.
Eventually, he wound up at Starfleet Medical in San Francisco where Doctor Katherine Pulaski oversaw his rehabilitation. Pulaski and Riker became romantically involved in an intense relationship that lasted just over a year. Pulaski later said that she would have married him "in a cold minute", but realized that his priorities were elsewhere. They had remained friends ever since then. (TNG episode: "The Icarus Factor" and TLE novel: Deny Thy Father)
In 2357, at the request of Admiral Owen Paris, Ensign Kathryn Janeway assisted Riker in uncovering the involvement of Vice-Admiral Horace Bonner in the Tholian attack on Starbase 311 in 2353, as well as several attempts on Riker's life. (VOY novel: Mosaic and TLE novel: Deny Thy Father)
Kyle and his son were reunited in 2365 when Will, now first officer on the USS Enterprise-D, was offered command of the USS Aries and Kyle came aboard the Enterprise to brief Will on the Aries and its current mission. Though Will ultimately turned down command of the Aries, he and Kyle took the opportunity to finally settle their differences and to compete at Anbo-jyutsu. (TNG episode: "The Icarus Factor")
By 2371 Kyle Riker was engaged to Brenda Sorenson. Both came aboard the Enterprise so that Riker could consult regarding the Tholians. Riker and his son disagreed on how to proceed with the investigation into the Tholian assaults on Federation and Klingon territory. (TNG comic: "The First Casualty", "A Handful of Dust")
In 2379 Riker was the assigned federation representative on Delta Sigma IV for its centennial celebrations and the reintegration of five mixed members of the Bader-Dorset population that Starfleet medical had declared cured of a worldwide lifespan-shortening virus caused by the inhalation of the native Liscom gas.
When one of these subjects El Bison El murdered one of the other subjects Unoo of Huni and escaped, Riker tracked Bison across the planet attempting to stop the massive outbreaks of violence being caused along the way. Himself having correctly assumed that the Liscom gas also drugged the natives into their peaceful coexistence and that the cure in Bison's system was triggering peoples natural impulses for the first time he set about trying to avert as much damage as possible while his son caught up with him. (TNG Novel: A Time to Love)
Once reunited with son Will, Kyle talks him into helping him search for Bison and correct some of the widespread damage, forgoing Will's mission to bring Kyle in for questioning. the two Riker's set out to successfully capture the elusive Bison, doing so successfully. Although after capturing him their Flyer is shot down and they are forced to cross the country on foot, encountering more problems that require their help to resolve.
Upon reaching one of the final incidences of violence Kyle Riker pushes his son to the ground, taking a disruptor blast meant to kill him, sacrificing his life to save his sons, it is said "His fathers eyes were dull. There was no peace in those eyes. Just a look of anguish."
A memorial is held shortly after where many people from all over the federation and beyond lend their condolences to his son and this is also the moment he is offered the future captincy of the Titan (TNG Novel: A Time to Hate)
