Kyle Riker

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. BWhen 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")