Potemkin -era Riker in the form of Thomas easily swept her off her feet. Romantic attractions of her own have included genetically bred Genome Colony leader Aaron Conner, the deaf mediator Riva, a brief dating relationship with fellow officer Worf, and an intense fling with negotiator Devinoni Ral.
Owing to concern about her lack of command expertise during a crisis stint as senior bridge officer on the U. Enterprise , she successfully completed the Starfleet bridge command exam in It is this training which contributed to the successful restoration of Cochrane's pioneer flight, when she helped minimize 24th century involvement and thus potential timeline contamination by acting as ground flight controller when the original crew was killed by time-traveling Borg.
She is also trained in languages and linguistics, often making her a valued first contact team member. Again, it was her skills in interpersonal contact which helped Cochrane adjust to her comrades' true story when trying to restart the known timeline after Borg temporal sabotage in During her original Enterprise posting she had preferred wearing non-regulation clothing as a calming influence on those about her, but following temporary commander Jellico's order to don a uniform in , she began to make it habit.
Troi has been pregnant once, though the incident involved a speeded-up cycle brought on by an alien wishing merely to live the experience. The boy, whom she named after her father, resumed its normal noncorporeal form when his presence proved harmful to unstable cargo aboard and Troi felt the loss deeply.
She ran the gamut of emotions from anger to fear to helplessness when deprived of her empathic ability by nonsentient two-dimensional lifeforms two years later, becoming the so-called "patient from hell. Her career and Betazoid empathy have put Troi at risk during her career many times. She was abducted in a forced shuttlecraft crash in by the malevolent entity Armus on Vagra II, then barely survived abduction and surgical alternation in to pass as a Romulan Tal Shiar agent aboard a warship to help that Empire's underground smuggle out two high-ranking defectors.
And a year later she nearly committed suicide in the nacelle plasma stream when reacting to an empathic echo left by a murderous original builder of the Enterprise. Troi has also been telepathically assaulted by a troubled Ullian archivist, Jev, and later nearly died from hyperaging as the emotional dumping ground of the Lumerian envoy Ves Alkar.
Dessert is her favorite part of a meal, and one of her greatest favorites and weaknesses is chocolate. Paraphrasing Terran philosopher-humorist Will Rogers, she says "she never met a chocolate she didn't like" — unless it might be the replicated variety; a Ktarian chocolate puff is her very favorite.
The Enterprise was crippled and many were killed. She was on the bridge when the Scimitar managed to breach it. Deanna was nearly blown out of her chair and sucked into space, but she managed to grip her console in time, and hung on until the force field came up. Troi manned the helm during this crisis, and executed Picard's order to ram the ship into Shinzon's vessel. It was with Data's sacrifice, though, that Shinzon was defeated and the Scimitar destroyed.
After mourning the loss of her friend, Troi finally left the Enterprise and began a fresh chapter of her life aboard Titan. TNG movie : Nemesis.
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.
They had been lost in the Great Bloom the spatial anomaly resulting from the explosion of Shinzon's thalaron weapon. TTN novel : Taking Wing. 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. Sometime in mid- , Deanna and Will attempted to conceive a child through natural means. Although she required hormonal treatments to improve fertility which had the side effect of weakening her psionic defenses, Deanna eventually became pregnant with a child.
However, the fetus was miscarried. With miscarriage not an uncommon occurrence, the medical professionals on the Titan did not consider any further testing after removing the fetus.
In , the couple was able to again conceive a child. Again, the pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage. Doctor Ree diagnosed severe genetic abnormalities in the fetus, which they had not previously considered testing for. Although the growing child was likely to rupture her uterine lining, Troi refused to allow Dr Ree to remove the fetus, a reaction that Riker supported despite his personal misgivings.
The second miscarriage spun the couple into a dark depression; Troi sought counseling from fellow Titan officer Pral glasch Haaj , who pointed out that she was exceptionally angry at the baby for causing their investment of hopes and dreams to turn sour and bitter. Troi was a member of the away team to board the shuttlecraft Mance , escorted by Dr Ree, and descend to the surface of New Erigol where they made contact with the Caeliar and missing Earth Starfleet Captain Erika Hernandez.
ST - Destiny novel : Gods of Night. Troi took the lead in the first contact situation and was curious about Erika Hernandez's presence, but was disheartened when the woman was forced to deliver the news that they were permanent prisoners and unable to contact the Titan. Deanna asked to speak with the Caeliar's ruling Quorum , thinking that Hernandez would be an ally of the crew, but she was mostly silent as Troi begged with Tanwa-Seynorral Ordemo Nordal in the Quorum Hall.
When the away team met together, Troi called first officer Christine Vale an idiot for not recognizing the potential of allying with Hernandez and using her as a resource, but was ignored. While on the planet, her body began to suffer greatly, and Doctor Ree reported that her body was rejecting the targeted synthetase inhibitor and she would likely rupture within forty-eight hours, but Troi insisted that she would not allow surgery to be performed on the planet's surface.
These pains awoke her during the night and when Ree came to investigate her condition, she went wild. With no other choice, Ree bit into her abdomen, using his Pahkwa-thanh toxin to put her in a mild form of paralysis for her own protection. ST - Destiny novel : Mere Mortals.
The two ships parted without exchanging fire. TTN novel : Fallen Gods. Troi and Tasha moved with Riker to Earth. While there, she was approached by Togren , of the Federation Diplomatic Corps , with a request to make herself available for the rounds of ambassadorial functions that occurred on Earth in an effort to discreetly lobby Andor to rejoin the Federation.
During this time, Troi encountered Andorian Envoy Ramasanar ch'Nuillen who was representing his people's attempts to rejoin the Federation. However, ch'Nuillen felt rebuffed by President Ishan Anjar 's cold-hand politics and was a difficult person for Troi to break through to. Eventually, however, she did, and through ch'Nuillen learned more of the situation surrounding Julian Bashir , as well as ensuring that her husband's attempts to free Bashir would see him released from custody, provided with a residence on Andor and a new medical license.
At some point in the 25th century , Deanna was a captain and supervised a team creating a new holoprogram. She also had three grandchildren. Troi and Riker also had a daughter, Kestra Troi-Riker named after her late sister. She loves writing and has authored a few books on various subjects.
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Half-Betazoid and half-human, Counselor Troi chose to embrace the best traits of both species in her heritage. Combining Betazoid empathic powers with her training in human psychology, she became the most effective shoulder to cry on in Starfleet.
Whether you watched TNG for her comforting presence, her shapely outfits, or just to see how her relationship with Commander Riker turned out, she was an integral part of the crew and the series' popularity. Below are 10 questions about Deanna Troi, answered. Her family lived near Lake El'nar, of which she has both happy and tragic memories.
Kestra, her older sister, drowned in the lake when Deanna was just a baby. Her mother attempted to erase all memories of the incident, but they resurfaced later on during Troi's service aboard the Enterprise-D. Despite his passing when she was only seven, Deanna was particularly close to her father, with whom she shared a love of stories of Earth's "Wild West. A full-blooded Betazoid, Lwaxana has full empathic and telepathic abilities.
She loves nothing more than to swoop onto the Enterprise and embarrass her daughter, gossiping to her via their telepathic link to poke fun at Deanna's peers.
Since infancy, Deanna has complained of her mother's loud and flashy behavior, the lustful connotations of which have resulted in uncomfortable encounters between Deanna, Captain Picard, Commander Riker , and a slew of other men.
Because she isn't a full-blooded Betazoid, Deanna's powers aren't as fully developed as her mother Lwaxana's.
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