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Deanna had an intimately close relationship with Will Riker, occassionally referring to him as imzadi, a Betazoid word for "beloved". Before they served together on the Enterprise-D, Troi taught Riker how to read her thoughts when she telepathically projected them. They learned each other's abilities but couldn't say "goodbye" when they parted.
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där Enterprise återvänder till planeten där Riker sparar en vetenskapstjänstpersonal för 8 år sedan precis före hans uppbrott med Troi, och där hittar de en dubblett Riker (skapad på grund av en transportörolycka) som tillbringade de senaste 8 åren på planeten.
The last time they saw each other, according to this Riker's memory, was on Betazed - the day before he started his tour on the Potemkin. Riker recalls that they were going to meet on Risa six weeks later. Troi interrupts him and tells him that they never did meet up in Risa. She tells him that he earned a promotion very quickly and chose to make his career a priority. There wasn't much time for anything else. They kept in touch, says Troi, but they didn't see each other again until they were both posted on the Enterprise two years later.
Under TNG flirtade de men bibehöll mestadels yrkesrelationer (för det mesta, på Riker idé). Det fanns ett antal episoder när hon flirtade med honom eller försökte vara ensam (se Memory Alpha länken ovan).
After Troi was assigned to the Enterprise-D in 2364, she was reunited with Riker. Although they informed Captain Picard that they already knew each other, neither Riker nor Troi initially revealed the intimate nature of their former relationship. Troi seemed fairly eager to be alone with Riker and, while at Deneb IV's mysterious Farpoint station, she suggested that they explore the passages below the station together, an idea that Riker refused. Before he later endangered his own life to investigate why a spaceborne entity believed to be a ship was attacking Deneb IV, Troi expressed, in an outburst of emotion, her extreme fear that Riker could be hurt. She soon managed to resume her former sense of calm, however, and returned to the Enterprise as Riker had ordered. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")
De släppte igen sin romantik i ST: Insurrection film som påverkades av föryngrande metafasisk strålning.
In 2379, Deanna married Will Riker. The first ceremony was a traditional Earth wedding, where Captain Picard served as Will's best man. After that ceremony, a traditional Betazoid wedding ceremony was to take place on Betazed. However the Enterprise-E's journey to Betazed was interrupted by the discovery of B-4. (Star Trek Nemesis)
Tidslinjen som anges i Memory Alpha (men inte hänförd till episoder) var:
- 2359: Uppfyller och börjar förhållande med Starfleet Officer William T. Riker
- 2361: Avbryter romantiskt förhållande med William Riker