Riker Isn’t A Star Trek Admiral Yet But Picard Season 3 Set It Up

William T. Riker (Johnathan Frakes) has been a starship Captain since his promotion in Star Trek: Nemesis, but Star Trek: Picard season 3 perfectly set up his promotion to Admiral. The Starfleet officer Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) once called “the finest officer with whom [he had] ever served,” William Riker has been an important presence in the Trek franchise since his introduction in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Despite the accolades he’s received, Riker has been slow to climb the ranks. He has turned down more than one offer of a captaincy, choosing instead to remain as the first officer on the USS Enterprise-D. With a ship like the Enterprise and a Captain like Jean-Luc Picard, it’s no surprise he stayed as long as he did.