IDW TNG characters

Template:Realworld This is a list of characters who have recurring appearances or mentions in the Star Trek: The Next Generation (IDW) series of comics.

This article lists non-canon information. Additions to the brief character definitions listed here should include only a list of appearances and a short definition of their status as of their last appearance in this series. Other non-canon appearances will not be listed here. If you want to read about their canon information, their names will be hyperlinked to their main article. The specifics of non-canon characters' appearances should be listed in the character section of each audio production, novel, comic book, or game in which they played a role.

Regular characters

Jean-Luc Picard

Captain of the USS Enterprise-D. In 2365 at the colony of Armada, Picard assisted in manual labor with one of the farmers, expressing his regrets at never wanting to help his own father when he was younger, and rued the lost opportunity. Picard also expressed surprise to Riker when Wesley Crusher appeared to tell a lie to them to protect some of the colonists. (The Space Between: "Space Seeds")

He was a long-time friend of Dr. Marjorie Devarona, an archaeologist. In 2368, after the Spock incident on Romulus, he took a leave of absence for a week to visit Rajatha Prime and help Dr. Devarona on an archaeological dig in an old city. When the team discovered Harmonic Diamonds, he gave his share to Schwin, the Andorian cook. He ended up as the only surviving member of the dig team. (The Space Between: "Captain's Pleasure")

In early 2369, Picard was forced to deal with Kommandant Ghud, a Scientist who had destroyed the ecology of the planet Wyath for profit. Ghud had to be taken to Wyath by a certain time for his trial due to the laws of the planet when La Forge, Ro Laren, and Worf were lost in their shuttlecraft. Picard allowed Ghud to help him find the missing crewmembers, thanking him and wishing him luck at the trial. (The Space Between: "Light of the Day")

In mid-2370, after encountering a remote drone, he and Data recalled that the Romulans had a history with similar remote-controlled vessels. (The Space Between: "Strategy")

Later that year, he and Data discovered that someone appeared to be using the Enterprise logs to create weapons. He contacted Admiral Nechayev about the matter and she told him that he should be careful with these dangerous accusations. Not long after, on the grounds of Starfleet Academy, he was attacked by a Tellarite, just after Boothby, the groundskeeper had left him alone. (The Space Between: "Space Seeds", "An Inconvenient Truth")

A few days later, he visited Andoria to talk to the Chancellor in order to try to get Andorians more involved in the Federation. (Alien Spotlight: "Andorians")

William T. Riker

The first officer of the Enterprise-D, in 2364, he led an away team consisting of Data and Tasha Yar down to the planet of Tigan to meet Chancellor Lomac. When they met a new man, Kadec, claiming to be the Chancellor, and no records of Lomac, Riker inquired, he was shot by a graviton gun. Data was taken to another facility while Riker and Yar were imprisoned together. Riker distracted a guard while Yar incapacitated him so that they could escape and they encountered Kadec, and kept him under guard until the deposed Chancellor arrived to take control of the situation. (The Space Between: "History Lesson")

In 2365, he noticed that Wesley Crusher was having difficulty adapting to his mother's absence and brought the matter to Picard's attention. On Armada, when they discovered the ruined crops, Riker suggested that it might have been a mutation due to pesticides or fertilizer, but the methods were Federation approved. While on the colony, he fetched a jar of uttaberries for Deanna Troi. When the use of chroniton particles was detected on the colony, he alerted Starbase 112. Not long after, he commented on Wesley's poker face to Picard when they thought that he may have lied to them. (The Space Between: "Space Seeds")

In 2368, when Picard went on leave for a week to Rajatha Prime, Riker took command of the Enterprise. He arrived at the planet in time to save Picard from Gest, the Bolian. (The Space Between: "Captain's Pleasure")

In mid-2370, after Troi was injured, he went to see her in sickbay. He later reminisced about the past with her, ending in a pillow fight, interrupted by Worf. Riker had also given her a Ktarian chocolate puff and told her that Worf asked him to bring it for her. (The Space Between: "Strategy")

At the end of the year, he took part in an away mission with Worf, the two easily overpowering the foes they encountered. (The Space Between: "An Inconvenient Truth")

Data

The second officer of the Enterprise-D, he joined an away team with Riker and Tasha Yar in 2364 to the planet Tigan. Data was intrigued about the Tigan's Gravimatrix, a microscopic black hole being used as a power source. He also noticed the "interface," on the Tigans, a surgical implant allowing communications to be directly beamed into the brains of the Tigans. When the away team noticed changes had been made to the Tigan society, Data noticed that the Tigan computers had been hit by a low-grade gravimetric pulse at the same time as they beamed down and suggested that someone may have rewritten the Tigan history at that time. After Yar and Riker were taken captive, the Tigans accessed Data's positronic brain, attempting to rewire it so that Data thought that his time on the planet was pleasant. Fortunately, Riker and Yar interrupted the process. Later, back on the Enterprise, Data reflected on whether his quest to become Human was worth the trouble. (The Space Between: "History Lesson")

In 2365, Data took over sickbay to research soil samples from the Armada, much to the chagrin of Dr. Pulaski. He apologized and told her that he would try to use another lab, taking no offense at her comments. During his research, he discovered chroniton particles in the soil. (The Space Between: "Space Seeds")

In 2369, Data locked out all of the systems except long range sensors and the deflector grid when Kommandant Ghud was helping the Enterprise crew search for the lost shuttle. When the ship arrived at Wyath to deliver Ghud for his trial, Data asked Picard about right and wrong and how the concept of "free will" applied to the situation. (The Space Between: "Light of the Day")

In mid-2370, when the Enterprise encountered the drone ship, Data reconfigured the ship's sensors to detect the drone's unusual warp signature. When investigating the ship with Worf, Data noticed that the ship had received several subspace communications and knew where to target the Enterprise. After the incident, Picard discussed the situation with Data in his ready room. (The Space Between: "Strategy")

Later that same year, Picard asked Data to cross-reference logs from the Enterprise and the rest of the fleet, and to find events where past encounters appeared to be used as weapons. Data discovered two such events. As part of the infiltration away team, he helped Riker and Worf navigate through the ship they were on by having them reset their combadges to a higher frequency. (The Space Between: "Space Seeds", "An Inconvenient Truth")

Deanna Troi

The half-Betazoid Enterprise-D counselor. In 2368, she was surprised to find Dr. Crusher using the holodeck for a simulation of the disco era in New York City in 1975. (The Space Between: "Captain's Pleasure")

In 2369, she tried to help Picard with a difficult decision about Kommandant Ghud, telling him that Ghud believed that he was innocent, a possible side-effect of his new belief, as he considered his crimes irrelevant, because, as Picard stated, "he committed the acts before his conversion. (The Space Between: "Light of the Day")

In mid-2370, she was badly injured when a remote drone attacked the Enterprise, her life saved by Worf rushing her to sickbay. She almost died twice while recovering, and when Riker held her hand as she came to, she mumbled Worf's name. She pushed her way to the bridge, telling them that the ship attacking them was receiving a remote command, and was unmanned. After she'd recovered, she and Riker engaged in a pillow fight in her quarters while reminiscing about the past. (The Space Between: "Strategy")

Later that same year, she went on an away mission with Data and La Forge, infiltrating a Template:ShipClass vessel, and was able to sense an approaching foe before he could ambush them. (The Space Between: "An Inconvenient Truth")

On their next mission, she approached Sharad, an Andorian taking passage on the Enterprise en route to Andoria. While talking with him, she asked if his trip had been alright and tried to ascertain what was troubling him, without success. (Alien Spotlight: "Andorians")

Worf

The Klingon security officer aboard the Enterprise-D after Yar's death.

In 2365, Worf took offense at the tone that Dr. Pulaski used with Data and complained to Riker about it. (The Space Between: "Space Seeds")

In 2369, he was returning from Starfleet briefings with Ro Laren and La Forge on the shuttlecraft Goddard when it was damaged by solar flare activity and they were forced to crash land on Riat near a Dracon Monastery. When the group was split up as La Forge fell through a floor, he and Ro made their way down to save La Forge from the infected monks. After the fights, he complimented Ro, telling her "Bajorans do not glorify war as Klingons do. But you fight with honor." (The Space Between: "Light of the Day")

In mid-2370, Picard dressed Worf down for not following orders immediately after Worf assisted Troi during the drone ship attack. Worf later investigated the patterns of the drone ship's attacks with Data, but neither had much luck. When he visited Troi in sickbay as she was recovering, she told him that the vessel was unmanned and being controlled from elsewhere. After the incident, he interrupted a pillow fight between Riker and Troi, and she thanked him for telling Riker to bring her a Ktarian chocolate puff, something that Riker had told her that Worf asked him to do. (The Space Between: "Strategy")

Later that same year, he infiltrated a Galaxy-class starship with Riker, and they met up with La Forge, Troi, and Data after Data guided them through the ship to them. (The Space Between: "An Inconvenient Truth")

Beverly Crusher

Chief medical officer on the Enterprise-D. She was a fan of dancing, and use Program Crusher 54 on the holodeck to go disco dancing in 1975 because she sometimes found tap and jazz dance restrictive and that she found disco to be a good way to lose weight. (The Space Between: "Captain's Pleasure")

In 2369, she was able to neutralize the organisms in the monks on Riat, returning them to normal. (The Space Between: "Light of the Day")

At the end of 2370, she told Admiral Adams that the Enterprise was in quarantine for 48 hours due to an outbreak of the Andorian Measles, and that half the crew was in isolation. (The Space Between: "An Inconvenient Truth")

Geordi La Forge

The chief engineer of the Enterprise-D, La Forge is fitted with a VISOR due to the fact that he was blind since birth.

In 2369, La Forge was returning from Starfleet briefings with Worf and Ro Laren when their shuttle, the Goddard, was damaged by solar flare activity, forcing them down on the planet Riat near a Dracon Monastery. La Forge's VISOR was suffering interference from the solar flares, leaving him almost completely blind and causing him headaches. He was separated from Ro and Worf when he fell through a floor, stranding him a few floors below, facing a number of infected monks. Just as his vision begins to return, he is reunited with Ro and Worf, and they are beamed to safety. (The Space Between: "Light of the Day")

In 2370, when the Enterprise was being attacked by a drone ship, he suggested sending a class 9 probe to Starbase 122 with information about the attack, since it would only take two days. (The Space Between: "Strategy")

Later that same year, he was part of an infiltration team with Troi and Data, and was unable to get the computer systems on the Galaxy-class ship they were on to give him any useful data. (The Space Between: "An Inconvenient Truth")

Recurring characters

None as yet.