Deanna Troi

**Deanna Troi** is a half-Human, half-Betazoid who most famously served on the USS *Enterprise*-D and the USS *Enterprise*-E, as counselor and adviser to Captain Jean-Luc Picard. She would marry and have a child with William T. Riker as well as serve with him on the USS *Titan* and then back on the Enterprise-E

## Personal Info

### Sibling(s):

Kestra Troi (sister, deceased)Barin Troi (half-brother)

## Biography

### Early lifeedit | edit source

Deanna Troi, the second daughter of Lwaxana and Starfleet officer, Ian Andrew Troi, was born on March 29th 2336, on the planet Betazed near Lake El-Na

A few months after Deanna's birth, her elder sister Kestra drowned in Lake El'nar chasing the family dog.

One of Deanna's favorite pastimes growing up was having her father, Ian, read stories to her about Earth's ancient west era and singing songs of the era. Deanna's favorite books were in the Cowboy Ralph series, written by an author named Ernest Pratt and her favorite song was *Down in the Valley*. Ian's nickname for Deanna was 'Durango'. The last time Deanna spoke to her father, he promised to return home with a surprise. Sadly, Ian Troi was killed in the line of duty before returning home when she was seven years of age.

Troi also always longed to join a circus, but these were obsolete on Earth and had *never* existed on Betazed.

Because Deanna was half-human, she could never be a full telepath, which she finally accepted at the age of 12 in 2348, which caused her to experience feelings of isolation and inadequacy when compared to other Betazoids. She has "limited telepathic power" in that she could read emotions "and thought patterns of other sentient lifeforms" but with no reading of actual thoughts.

### Young adulthood and early career

Deanna first met William T. Riker in the year 2354 at the wedding of her friend, Chandra Xerx, when Riker was temporarily assigned to Betazed. Riker actively pursued Deanna, and while the attraction was mutual, Deanna wished for Riker to mature emotionally before getting involved with him. Riker and Troi gave into their mutual passion in the Jalara Jungle after Riker rescued Deanna from a group of Sindareen raiders. At this point, Riker became Deanna's *imzadi*, or the first to touch her mind, soul, and body. The relationship was short-lived, as Riker tended to focus on his career and still had a roving eye for the ladies, combined with Deanna's overbearing mother. The two parted amicably, without saying "Good-Bye".

Deanna entered Starfleet Academy in 2355.

Troi majored in psychology at the University of Betazed.

In 2358, Deanna began a four-month advanced behavioral psychology internship at Darona's prison facility for the criminally insane. During her time at the prison, Deanna studied Hent Tevren, a Betazoid psychopath who had the ability to kill telepathically.

In 2359, Troi graduated from the Academy. Later that year, she served with a senior officer named Masc. ")

In 2361, Deanna Troi met Will Riker again at the Janaran Falls on Betazed. The two arranged to meet on Risa, six weeks later, but Riker failed to arrive. The two did not see one another until they were both posted aboard the USS *Enterprise*-D in 2364.

In 2363, Admiral J.P. Hanson assigned Troi to the staff of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, ostensibly as a first contact specialist. Her actual role, however, was to judge the captain's mental state. Deanna immediately told the captain the truth, as she felt it would be unethical to do otherwise. She remained on his staff as both contact specialist and counselor, and aided him in dealing with his emotions concerning the Manraloth.

In late 2363, Troi was promoted to lieutenant commander. While on Vulcan during a lay over on her way to Earth for the launch of the *Enterprise*-D, she counseled Picard (who was on Starbase 52) when he discovered that Beverly Crusher had been assigned as *Enterprise* chief medical officer. Picard later surprised her when he told her he'd found his new first officer, William Riker.

### The USS *Enterprise* (NCC-1701-D)

Troi was assigned to the *Enterprise*-D as chief counselor in 2364. On the starship's first mission to Deneb IV, she was vital to Captain Picard in discovering the truth about Q and the Star-jellies captured by the Bandi.

In 2365, Troi had the short-lived responsibility of mother to the alien lifeform Ian Andrew Troi II.

Following Picard's assimilation by the Borg into Locutus, Troi counselled him on his traumatic experience.

In 2367, the *Enterprise* was assigned to transport Luss and Coridanite ambassadors to Sindar. During the mission, Deanna was poisoned by Raxatocin, administered by a Chameloid from the year 2408. However, Deanna's life was saved by the intervention of Admiral William Riker, also from 2408, who had traveled to the past to prevent Deanna's murder.

Deanna and Dr. Crusher were then sent to help with a Zelaznan fever outbreak on the Beta Hydros Four colony. After they returned to the *Enterprise*, they learned that Commander Riker and his team aboard the shuttle *Albert Einstein* disappeared. Deanna, however, kept her hope that the ever resourceful Riker would find a way back to them.

She was hesitant at first to agree with Captain Picard to return to other duties. She also agreed to help with the memorial service to them. At the memorial service, she gave a eulogy about Lt. Worf.

When the *Enterprise* was sent help in the evacuation of Lanatos, Deana sensed that the Lanatosians were hiding something. Thus, Captain Picard sent her down there, using her Lieutenant Commander rank, to find out what they were hiding.

As she investigated, she sensed something calling out to her. She discovered a cave and inside was a herd of telepathic Skriiti. Unfortunately the Lanatosians tried to keep her quiet by sealing her inside the cave.

She was eventually rescued by Lieutenant Commander Data. She along with the captain and Data, were able to convince the Lanatosians to allow the Skriiti to be taken with them.

After Lanatos was destroyed, Deanna and one of the Skriiti talked about her sadness about Riker and the others. When the *Enterprise* arrived somewhere near the Klingon border, in response to a message from the IKS *Ars'Lek* about a ship , she sense that ship was filled with klingons, Romulans, humans, Benzites, and Betazoids. Riker, his team from the *Einstein*, and the many aliens from the ship were rescued.

In 2370, the *Enterprise*-D rendezvoused with the shuttlecraft *Goddard*, carrying retired Captain Montgomery Scott. Scott utilized the old logs of the original USS *Enterprise* and recreated the gravity slingshot that propelled the *Bounty 2* back through time, with the *Enterprise* following. In this alternate universe, the Borg had assimilated Earth before they could develop warp drive, and were systematically assimilating the Alpha Quadrant. In addition, the Borg Queen had utilized several local species as unknowing technological farms; one such world was Narisias. One Narisian served on a ship the *Enterprise* encountered, the *Wisdom*, and Troi helped determine who she was by sensing a second presence in her mind controlling the body, so that the officer could not derail their plans.

Also in that year, Deanna began a romantic relationship with Lieutenant Worf.

After attending an Academy class reunion in 2370, Deanna returned to the *Enterprise* and applied to take the bridge officer's test. After working hard and taking advice from Commander Riker, Troi passed the test and was promoted to full Commander.

Later that year in a surprise attack on the *Enterprise* Deanna received substantial injuries, cranial trauma and massive internal hemorrhaging, she only survived thanks to Worf's instinct to check on her, defying orders to report to the bridge immediately. Despite Worf's efforts, she still almost died twice in sickbay. The aggressor later attacked again, however because Deanna had survived she could sense the ship had no crew which allowed the Enterprise crew to devise a way to block it's remote controlling communications and destroy the ship. Later when Troi had returned to her quarters Worf walked in on her and Riker engaged in a pillow fight, dropping the flowers he had bought her in shock. The two were just playing as friends though and as Riker departed to go on a date he reminded them the reason he had come round in the first place was to deliver Deanna's favorite dessert per Worf's suggestion.

Following the destruction of the *Enterprise*-D in mid-2371, Worf proposed to Deanna and she accepted. After the couple met Lwaxana Troi on Betazed, Deanna and Worf's son, Alexander Rozhenko, were kidnapped by Sela and Thomas Riker. Deanna and Alexander were used as leverage to force Riker to assassinate Klingon Chancellor Gowron. Troi and Alexander were later rescued by Commander Elizabeth Shelby of the USS *Excalibur*. Following the rescue, Deanna and Worf called off their engagement, realizing that they were too different, and that Troi still had feelings for Will Riker.

### The USS *Enterprise* (NCC-1701-E)

Nearly at the end of the USS *Enterprise*-E's first year of service, the Borg returned and launched an attack on Earth. Although their main cube was destroyed, a Borg sphere traveled back in time to 2063 and conquered the planet there. The crew followed them back to this time and, while Picard and the majority of the crew fought the Collective in orbit, Troi accompanied an away team to the planet.

There, she played an integral role in convincing Zefram Cochrane to fulfill his destiny and achieve first contact before returning to 2373. She also got drunk with him. On stardate 50900, Captain Picard posted a log entry commending Troi for her work in convincing Cochrane in continuing with his warp flight.

In 2374, Deanna went with the *Enterprise* to help convince the Gorn Hegemony to join them in their fight against the Dominion. She accompanied Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher as the ruling government was undergoing a coup backed by the Black Crest. Deanna was then taken hostage by warlord Slessshh and his soldiers. After Data defeated Slessshh, she found the last of the eggs of the political caste.

Later that year, at the height of the Dominion War, Betazed was invaded by the Jem'Hadar. In early 2375, Deanna was part of a commando mission to free the planet. During the course of that mission, she was forced to gain the knowledge of how to use telepathic powers to kill, among other manipulative powers. Using one's powers in these ways is considered very evil by the peaceful Betazoid people. She imparted the knowledge of how to overwhelm others with emotions to her people, but kept the rest to herself. Only being a half-Betazoid, she is not a strong enough telepath to use these powers, but is the only living carrier of the knowledge of how to kill with one's mind.

Later that same year, the *Enterprise* diverted to the planet Ba'ku after Data disrupted a Starfleet operation there. After the android was neutralized as a threat, Troi and Picard led an away team to the planet with Dr. Crusher. There, Troi gave valuable insights on the peaceful, simple Ba'ku society. Shortly afterwards, Picard chose to defy the orders of Admiral Dougherty - a collaborator with the tyrannical Son'a - in order to save the Ba'ku, and Troi was among the staff that agreed to help him.

While Riker and La Forge fended off the Son'a in space, a team consisting of Picard, Data, Worf, Troi, and Crusher engaged their troops on the surface. The crisis was cut short when Riker destroyed the Son'a ship in the Briar Patch and Dougherty, along with Son'a leader Ru'afo, was killed in a conflict with Picard. With the threat vanquished Troi and Dr. Crusher helped the Ba'ku to return to normal.

It was during this assignment that Troi and Riker rekindled their romance.

Other missions that Troi participated in during this year included a rendezvous with the Palami, a temporal encounter with the creator of the transporter, and the rescue of Gemworld.

In 2377, Troi married William Riker on Earth, surrounded by her friends. She prepared to leave Captain Picard and her crewmates on the USS *Enterprise*-E behind, as she had chosen to accompany her husband onto the USS *Titan*.

In early 2378, Troi was serving on the *Enterprise* when the USS *Voyager* returned from the Delta Quadrant. Troi was sent to *Voyager* to speak to the crew as they had been through severe trauma and had not had a counselor on the ship. She worked overtime and was told by Captain Picard to treat the situation as a "catastrophic-level" duty assignment. (*VOY* novel: *Homecoming*)

### The USS *Titan*

As the *Titan* prepared for its maiden voyage, Troi settled into her role as one of the ship's counselors and its diplomatic officer. Her relationship with Captain Riker nearly prevented Christine Vale from accepting the position of First Officer, but Vale overcame her reluctance after a promise of a professional attitude between the pair of them.

The *Titan'*s first mission was meant to be one of exploration, but was changed due to the upheaval of the Romulan Empire in the aftermath of Shinzon's death. With Admiral Akaar aboard, the crew worked hard to negotiate peace between the various factions vying for power in the region. Troi's diplomatic skills and empathy were vital, but it was Riker's ingenuity - managing to establish a Klingon-Reman protectorate in Romulan space - that saved the situation.

A secret away team also managed to rescue Commander Tuvok from a Romulan prison, but Chief Engineer Nidani Ledrah was killed while *Titan* tried to avert violence between the Reman and Romulan fleets.

On their journey out of Romulan territory, *Titan* was approached by Commander Donatra of the IRW *Valdore*, who sought their help in finding her fleet. They had been lost in the Great Bloom (the spatial anomaly resulting from the explosion of Shinzon's thalaron weapon). Riker agreed to help, but *Titan*, *Valdore*, and the Klingon *Dugh* were all pulled in and hurled into the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Here, they encountered the Neyel and realized that their passage through the Great Bloom - known to the local races as a religious figure called the Sleeper, whose awakening heralds the destruction of the universe - had brought a protouniverse into the region. Its growth and expansion cost billions of lives as it decimated the Neyel Hegemony. Riker used *Titan* and Donatra's relocated fleet to evacuate many from the Neyel homeworld. They also converted the Vanguard colony to act as a temporary base for refugees, a task of which Troi was a major part.

The crew then escaped back to their own galaxy, closing the Great Bloom behind them. After a short break at a nearby Starbase, *Titan* embarked on its original mission and headed towards the Gum Nebula.

## **Personal Life**

### Exercise

Deanna enjoyed swimming, but didn't think swimming on the holodeck was an adequate substitute for swimming in a real ocean. She often used exercise programs on the holodeck, though, when she needed to take her mind off frustrations.

Troi and Beverly Crusher often exercised together. With Crusher, Troi also took *mok'bara* classes.

### Chocolate

Deanna once said that she had never met a form of chocolate that she did not like. Data mentioned to Q that, when Counselor Troi was in a bad mood, she often ordered a food containing chocolate. Dr. Crusher once described Counselor Troi as loving chocolate.

### Poker

Aboard the *Enterprise*-D, Troi enjoyed playing poker with her crewmates. She was not known to bluff, according to Worf, but was quick to point out that perhaps she was good enough that he simply never caught her.

### Music

Troi once idly played a melody on a piano on Moab IV.

## Personal relationships

### Friendships

#### Beverly Crusher

Deanna Troi and Beverly Crusher became very good friends. They often worked out together and took *mok'bara* classes, taught by Worf.

Deanna and Beverly often advised each other on romantic relationships. At one point, Deanna worried that her romance with Devinoni Ral was proceeding too fast, but Beverly assured her that perhaps she did not need to be rational regarding a whirlwind romance.

While Crusher was using the salon aboard the *Enterprise*-D, Troi arrived there and was surprised to find Beverly using the salon at the same time, as Crusher rarely visited the salon. Recognizing romantic feelings Crusher had about Trill Ambassador Odan, Troi happily admitted to Beverly this detection of romance, even though Beverly and her paramour were trying to keep their relationship a secret. However, Troi also sensed the dual nature of the ambassador, and warned Beverly to be cautious. Later, when the Odan host was implanted in Will Riker's body, Deanna counseled Beverly, in a discussion they had in Ten Forward, on the mixed feelings Crusher then felt towards Odan and Riker. Although Beverly wished she had never met Odan, Deanna advised Beverly not to wish such a thing and mused that to love was impossible without risking pain. Troi encouraged Beverly to accept Odan's love if she still felt it while he was in Riker's body.

When time-traveler Berlinghoff Rasmussen came aboard the ship, Troi didn't trust him and told Crusher about her feelings of suspicion.

After the *Enterprise* rescued transporter duplicate Thomas Riker from a research station on Nervala IV in 2369, the possibility of Troi entering a romantic relationship with him came up, since Tom Riker – as a duplicate of Will Riker – had memories of having had a relationship with Deanna and was interested in pursuing a romance with her. Troi and Crusher chatted about a date with Tom during a workout, where Crusher mischievously pointed out that Troi should not be afraid to try a relationship with the duplicate Riker. When Tom Riker entered the gym and Beverly then decided to leave the two alone, Troi was initially shocked by Crusher's departure, but it led to Deanna becoming intimate with Tom.

Deanna accompanied Beverly to Felisa Howard's funeral in 2370 and back to Felisa's home following the services. She counseled Beverly about erotic dreams Crusher had experienced after reading her grandmother's journals, dreams which were due to the influence of Ronin. After Beverly met Ronin on Caldos, Deanna reminded her that her feelings of romance might simply be due to shared trauma, but Beverly brushed off her concern.

#### Reginald Barclay

Troi's relationship with Reginald Barclay did not start off very well. Because he was intimidated not only by Troi's beauty but by her status as ship's counselor, he even went as far as to meet with a holographic version of her rather than with the real Troi. In Barclay's holoprogram of *The Three Musketeers* with the senior staff serving the primary roles, Troi told Riker and La Forge that there was nothing wrong with a healthy fantasy life, until she found her likeness was the Goddess of Empathy. After this incident, she began a real-world counseling relationship with Barclay, including helping him through his bout of transporter phobia. (TNG: "Hollow Pursuits", "Realm of Fear") This counseling relationship eventually turned into friendship, and Barclay called upon her to help him when he was assigned to the Pathfinder Project.

### Family

#### Lwaxana Troi

Deanna had a tense relationship with her mother and was often visibly irritated when Lwaxana showed up on the USS *Enterprise*-D unannounced. Also, Deanna was often not as concerned about her own love life as her mother was

#### Ian Andrew Troi

Deanna was devasted by her father's death, Ian Troi, who suddenly died in 2343, when Deanna was around seven years old. She remembered him fondly, years later. When she became pregnant by an alien energy being, Deanna named the resulting child after her father.

### Romance

#### William T. Riker

Deanna had an extremely close relationship with Will Riker, occasionally 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.

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 a network of passages below the station together, an idea that Riker refused. Before he later endangered his own life to investigate why a space vessel lifeform 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.

During the *Enterprise*-E's mission to Ba'ku in 2375, Deanna and Will were affected by the metaphasic radiation of the planet's rings, which eventually led to their reviving their relationship. Deanna and Will Riker married 2 years later.

## Personal Timeline

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