He was promoted to Captain and given command of the Enterprise. I'm not going to repeat what have been already well covered in the previous answers, but there is another likely command rejection that does not appear to be covered in canon (at least on screen, I can't confirm whether this is covered in any of the books).īut to expand on Riker's promotion during the original Borg crisis. SUMMARY: At least 3 and possibly four turned down promotions Q said in Voyager:"Death Wish" that he "was betting Riker" would have taken command of the USS Voyager, which may mean he was also offered command of that ship before Captain Janeway.
Even Riker questioned why he remained as Enterprise first officer, and was unable to understand what kept him from leaving. Many admirals and even Captain Picard felt that he had remained too long on board the Enterprise and should have accepted a command by that point in his career, lest it seem like he was standing still in a sea of upstart officers like Shelby. Starfleet put a great amount of pressure on Riker to accept command of the Melbourne. He turned down the Aries posting because he felt he was not yet ready to leave the Enterprise and the distinction that the first officer post held. The Aries command was offered to Riker because of his exceptional abilities as a scientist. Riker was offered several commands during his tenure aboard the Enterprise. In 2385, Riker accepted a promotion to the rank of Rear Admiral (lower grade) and reluctantly turned over command of the USS Titan to his Executive Officer, Commander Christine Vale, assuming command of the new Yamato-class Heavy Battleship USS Paladin and Task Force Paladin despite not wanting to leave the Titan yet.
The Titan was dispatched to the Romulan Neutral Zone to serve as the command ship for a diplomatic task force. Hanson during Borg crisisīy 2379, Riker decided to accept promotion to captain of the USS Titan. 2366 : Temporary field promotion to captain by Adm.
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