Kyle Riker
duty-driven
stoic/trauma-affected
prideful/paternal
awkwardly conciliatory
Kyle Riker functions as William Riker's estranged father and a civilian strategist who once advised Starfleet. New material frames him as the sole survivor of a Tholian attack on a starbase whose survival hardened him into a duty-driven, stoic figure. He taught Will domestic routines such as cooking and surfaces now as a proud, awkwardly conciliatory paternal presence who seeks rapprochement but bears deep trauma. Pulaski's intimate recollection that she once loved him recasts his apparent arrogance as the product of grief and obligation, and his transporter-room approach crystallizes the personal stakes that complicate William Riker's command decisions.
23 appearances
Strategic Advisory / Starfleet Operations
Also known as:
Kyle,
Riker's father
Kyle Riker's Journey
A timeline through the narrative