Raikuru

Riker is an Autobot Micromaster from the Victory cartoon portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

"Kirk or Ikard....? I'm afraid I'm going to have to go with Archer."

Governor Riker (ライクル Raikuru) is the civilian governor of Micro, a technologically advanced Transformers colony planet. Like much of the population, he is a Micromaster. Riker commands no military forces of his own, and must liaise with the Autobot commander of his sector, God Ginrai (and later Greatshot) for concerns.

Riker basically embodies every quality of politicians you never see in sci-fi: helpful, pragmatic, humble, concerned for his people, and non-obtrusive. He does his job quietly and well, unimpeded by ego or bureaucratic in-fighting. Riker is, objectively, awesome at what he does, though perhaps a bit too fond of public address systems.

The Autobot Clipper is an operator for his office, handling various aspects of administrating a planetary government.

Fiction

Victory cartoon

Voice actor: Osamu Saka (Japanese)

Old-timey mustache rides for the children!

When Hellbat hired Decepticon mercenaries Blue Bacchus and Black Shadow to raid planet Micro's energy sources, Governor Riker asked for help, first from God Ginrai (under whose military jurisdiction Micro nominally fell,) then from Star Saber when Ginrai's forces proved too stressed to come to their aid. Riker met the Autobot leader personally, briefing him on the problem and accompanying him on a tour of the destruction as they discussed eyewitness accounts and possible motives behind the attacks.

Riker arranged for his operator Clipper to host the Autobot party while he oversaw a late-night command post watching for Decepticon activity. Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior

Some time later, Riker again conferenced with Star Saber, who was searching for the Breastforce, whom he believed to be still on Micro. Riker was pensive in light of the recent destruction of the Planet Micro Satellite Penitentiary that some misfortune would again befall his planet. When fighting again broke out in the mountainous regions outside the main city, Riker again alerted Star Saber to the details using the public address system. Unite! Liokaiser

Notes

• It is uncertain just what the katakana in Riker's name is supposed to represent. There are about a billion different things "Raikuru" could be, so we opted to go with the spelling as used in the Transformers: The Ark II character model book. This volume chose to go with the name due to the association with the character from Star Trek: The Next Generation, although the standard set of katakana used to represent Riker would be ライカー raikā. Another official spelling would be a straight reading of the katakana à la the Metrodome releases of the Victory series.

Foreign names

• Russian: Usatik (Усатик, Moustached)