He seems to be dangerously obsessed with being first officer of the Enterprise and being with Picard and terrified of moving away from his comfort zone and has turned down several captaincies because he just loves being on the Enterprise, we later learn his choosing to stay is having a damaging effect on up and coming candidates in Starfleet like in The Best Of Both Worlds who want to advance in their careers are held up by a man who will not move no matter how many ships he's offered, seems his only logic for staying because his friends are there, he's fond of the ship, he's fond of the captain and is just hanging around, some reason he's happy there and doesn't want to move. Think with all his constant passing up captaincies should have resulted in Starfleet comforting him and saying accept captaincy or sent you to cadet training school to train cadets or something.
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Reply by Nexus71
on December 29, 2020 at 1:42 PM
You do remember that under Riker's command that the NCC 1701-D was destroyed in Generations?
Reply by Knixon
on December 29, 2020 at 2:10 PM
And? He was only temporarily in command, because Picard left the ship. If Riker had left the ship too, it might have been Dr Crusher or even Counselor Troi.
Reply by Knixon
on January 3, 2021 at 1:42 PM
Worf (note the correct spelling) did a lot more on DS9. It could even be said that he saved the Federation and the entire Alpha Quadrant.
Reply by MickyMac
on January 3, 2021 at 5:12 PM
Perhaps Riker being demoted like Kirk was in Star Trek 4 for stealing and blowing up the Enterprise would've been more realistic.
Reply by Knixon
on January 3, 2021 at 5:31 PM
Well, it WAS an enemy attack. Not his own action. Also, Riker hadn't stolen the Enterprise to start with, like Kirk did. And, at least officially/technically, Kirk was demoted for disobeying a direct order, not for stealing and blowing up the Enterprise: the other charges were dismissed. Kirk was "demoted" down from Admiral so he could officially command a ship again. So in every way that really mattered, especially to Kirk, it was a good thing.
Reply by Nexus71
on January 13, 2021 at 7:45 AM
Well Crusher did a better Job in commanding in TNG's Descent part I&II and proved to be quite a smart tactician when destroying that Borg ship I rather leave the ship under her command than Riker or Troi.
Reply by Knixon
on January 13, 2021 at 1:39 PM
Riker did well in Best Of Both Worlds and some other episodes. I guess they needed to make the woman look good, so she was written that way, but while you're right about Troi since she had basically no experience, it seems rather silly to put Dr Crusher ahead of Riker. I would suggest that, in more common scenarios, Dr Crusher would be like Khan: "She is intelligent, but not experienced. Her pattern indicates two-dimensional thinking."
Reply by Knixon
on January 17, 2021 at 12:22 AM
Why not? Once The Traveler has taught him how to teleport the whole ship away from danger, it couldn't be in better hands.
Reply by Nexus71
on January 20, 2021 at 1:26 PM
Why not? Once The Traveler has taught him how to teleport the whole ship away from danger, it couldn't be in better hands.
Troi ?certainly Riker ?probably