As Commander Riker ponders, the Enterprise loses another member of her crew

Illustration for article titled As Commander Riker ponders, the Enterprise loses another member of her crew

As if traveling into deadly anomalies and encountering hostile aliens wasn't bad enough, occasionally the Enterprise loses a (figurative) redshirt just because Riker is lost in thought. Inspired by scifi pulp covers, artist Melanie Schultz created this squidy portrait of our beard-stroking Number One.

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William T. Riker [Melanie Schultz via Ian Brooks]

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This shows that Riker definitely stopped being attentive to blue uniformed female space sailors who also happen to be the ship's counsellor (or ex counsellor). No wonder Troi tried to run away with that Bonehead Half Klingon Worf !