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Troi, Deanna (Marina Sirtis)

Counselor aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise-D under the command of Captain Jean Luc Picard ("Encounter at Far Point" TNG). Daughter of Lwaxana Troi and Ian Troi, Deanna was betrothed to Wyatt Miller through the Betazoid custom of genetic bonding when they were both children. Deanna and Wyatt never married, though, because Wyatt chose to join the last surviving Tarellians in search of a cure for the Tarellian plague ("Haven" TNG).

Deanna's father used to read her heroic stories about the ancient American West on planet Earth, and she remained fond of these stories into her adulthood ("A Fistful of Data's" TNG). Troi studied psychology at the university of Betazoid prior to her joining Starfleet ("Tin Man" TNG).

While a psychology student on Betazoid, Troi became romantically involved with Lieutenant William Riker ("Menage a Troi" TNG). Troi had hopes of a serious commitment between the two, but Riker's career plans took him away to an assignment aboard the U.S.S. Potemkin ("Encounter at Farpoint" TNG, "Second Chances" TNG). Troi graduated from the Academy (possibly having taken classes on Betazed) in 2359 (Conundrum" TNG). Troi was once involuntary impregnated by an unknown noncorporeal life form. Troi named the child Ian Andrew Troi, after her late father ("The Child" TNG).

Troi suffered a brief loss of her empathic powers in 2367 from proximity to a newly discovered group of two dimensional creatures. Although Troi found the loss disconcerting, she was pleased to discover she could still function as ship's counselor without her Betazoid abilities ("The Loss" TNG). Counselor Troi took command of the Enterprise-D on stardate 45156 when the ship was disabled from collision with two quantum filaments. Troi, who held the rank of lieutenant commander, was the senior officer on the bridge at the time ("Disaster" TNG). Troi said she never met a chocolate she didn't like ("The Price" TNG, "The Game" TNG).

_{Deanna Troi was first seen in "Encounter at Farpoint" (TNG). Marina Sirtis was originally auditioned for the part of Natasha Yar and was almost cast for the part, but Gene Roddenberry decided at the last moment to switch the roles of Yar and Troi between Sirtis and Crosby.}

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