2 Rikers are indeed canon and not a bug

[=M$= Oroberus]

As I've seen quite a lot of people mope about something they thought to be a bug:
If you encounter 2 Rikers while playing Federation, one es "Riker" and the other as "Lt. William Riker" this is NOT a bug, this is probably the singlemost in-debth-fan-service-know-your-source-material-ever.

During TNG, Riker is, at first, unknowingly cloned due to a transporter malfunction, leading to 2 William T Rikers existing, one will become Commander Riker under Picard on the NCC-1701-D and the other one will stay at it's baseline rank of Lt. and live a completely different life until encountered during S6E24: Second Chances

Therefore, having 2 Rikers in the same timeline is not a bug but actually true ;)

I'm sure, lots of people already knew this but there's obviously a significant number of people playing or just watching Infinite that lack this knowledge ;)

[phily]

They just need to call one Thomas.

[=M$= Oroberus]

Originally posted by twitch.tv/philyb1701:

They just need to call one Thomas.

I'd say changing it to "Will 'Nr. One' Riker" and keeping it at "Lt. William T. Riker" would be more fitting as lots of people wouldn't understand why there's a Thomas Riker with the same portrait xD

[RELLIK]

Troy wanted the double stuff.

[=M$= Oroberus]

Originally posted by RELLIK:

Troy wanted the double stuff.

Lmao, just as needy as her mother ^^

[Pixx]

Yeah, except the other Riker is not *that* Riker so nice try there. I got my second Riker when I upgraded the Enterprise from D to E except it never upgraded and stayed the galaxy D even after doing the research project after the mission and that's when the other Riker spawned somehow and took command of the Enterprise and Picard just vanished without a trace. So I had one Riker commanding a normal fleet and the same exact Riker commanding the Enterprise D (which should have been E).

Keep huffing copium.

[Neme]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geMGo2P94j4

[=M$= Oroberus]

Originally posted by Pixx:

Yeah, except the other Riker is not *that* Riker so nice try there. I got my second Riker when I upgraded the Enterprise from D to E except it never upgraded and stayed the galaxy D even after doing the research project after the mission and that's when the other Riker spawned somehow and took command of the Enterprise and Picard just vanished without a trace. So I had one Riker commanding a normal fleet and the same exact Riker commanding the Enterprise D (which should have been E).

Keep huffing copium.

Well ... I honestly got nothing to cope with Oo

While you managed to get yourself barred ...

Try touching some grass dude xD

[Demiurge]

Originally posted by =M$= Oroberus:

Originally posted by Pixx:

Yeah, except the other Riker is not *that* Riker so nice try there. I got my second Riker when I upgraded the Enterprise from D to E except it never upgraded and stayed the galaxy D even after doing the research project after the mission and that's when the other Riker spawned somehow and took command of the Enterprise and Picard just vanished without a trace. So I had one Riker commanding a normal fleet and the same exact Riker commanding the Enterprise D (which should have been E).

Keep huffing copium.

Well ... I honestly got nothing to cope with Oo

While you managed to get yourself barred ...

Try touching some grass dude xD

He pointed out an obvious bug that you assumed was a feature. Who's coping and touching grass hmm? Lol

[G.I. ROBOT]

It's a bug. Riker appears when Picard eats it, but the gale gives you a Riker before that. Thomas was a lower rank, and obviously came about differently.

[Bovril Brigadier]

But does this event pop up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYMfwBGveMg

[stat💀]

Nah it's a bug - they're both red shirts in-game. Tom Riker was a yellow shirt - never became a command officer just joined the maquis.

[Pixx]

Originally posted by =M$= Oroberus:

Originally posted by Pixx:

Yeah, except the other Riker is not *that* Riker so nice try there. I got my second Riker when I upgraded the Enterprise from D to E except it never upgraded and stayed the galaxy D even after doing the research project after the mission and that's when the other Riker spawned somehow and took command of the Enterprise and Picard just vanished without a trace. So I had one Riker commanding a normal fleet and the same exact Riker commanding the Enterprise D (which should have been E).

Keep huffing copium.

Well ... I honestly got nothing to cope with Oo

While you managed to get yourself barred ...

Try touching some grass dude xD

big, big whiffs of copium, keep at it mate

[Panamarc]

Originally posted by Pixx:

Yeah, except the other Riker is not *that* Riker so nice try there. I got my second Riker when I upgraded the Enterprise from D to E except it never upgraded and stayed the galaxy D even after doing the research project after the mission and that's when the other Riker spawned somehow and took command of the Enterprise and Picard just vanished without a trace. So I had one Riker commanding a normal fleet and the same exact Riker commanding the Enterprise D (which should have been E).

Keep huffing copium.

Ho your Picard vanished? Mine died suddenly at 109 years which is strange for an ex LOcutus, and then suddenly he was replaced by a young 43 years old "Riker" at the helm of the Enterprise, while the "Wiliam T" one 73 years old was commanding his own fleet...

I am not sure that the picard_trait is required after the Locutus episode...