Star Trek: The Next Generation

The crowd of the USS Enterprise - D onStar Trek : The Next Generationdid something that would have baffled Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) . As Captain of the USS Enterprise , Kirk devoted his life to Starfleet , going above and beyond to look out for his ship and his crew . Although Kirk had a Logos with Dr. Carol Marcus ( Bibi Besch),she chose to enkindle their Logos David ( Merritt Butrick ) alone , as Kirk was always off move around the galaxy . Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) , too , pick out to focus on his Starfleet career rather than starting a mob .

Both Kirk and Picard came to see their USS Enterprise crews as their family , but Jean - Luc later perplex a probability that Kirk never did . InStar Trek : Picardseason 3,Dr . Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) crashed back into Jean - Luc ’s liveliness , give away that she had give parentage to their son , Jack Crusher ( Ed Speleers ) , twenty year before . After the shock bear off , Jean - Luc assume the time to get to know his son , something that Kirk never really had the opportunity to do . Tragically , Kirk ’s son , David , was drink down by the Klingons inStar Trek III : The Search for Spock .

Captain Kirk Would Be Baffled Star Trek: TNG’s Crew Had Children

Kirk Couldn’t Understand How Starfleet Officers Found Time To Have Children

InStar Trek Generations , Captain Kirk see the bridge of the USS Enterprise - A to send the ship off for its trill - down sail . While there , he ’s innovate to helmsman Ensign Demora Sulu ( Jacqueline Kim ) , the girl of Hikaru Sulu ( George Takei).Kirk says it"absolutely amazes"him that Sulu ever found time to have a family , but Montgomery Scott ( James Doohan ) points out that"if something ’s significant , you ’ll make the fourth dimension . “Unlike most of the crew fromStar Trek : The Original Series , many of the USS Enterprise - 500 crew members observe time to become parents .

Starfleet is a family business , and many Star Trek Captains have seen their sons and daughters follow standardized life history paths across Star Trek history .

Dr. Beverly Crusher was already a mother to Ensign Wesley Crusher ( Wil Wheaton ) whenStar Trek : The Next Generationbegan , and she was still a skilled physician and thinking scientist . Lt . Worf ( Michael Dorn ) became a father toAlexander ( Brian Bonsall)onTNG , although he will not be win any father - of - the - year accolade . Captain William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) and Counselor Deanna Troi ( Marina Sirtis ) became parentsafter Riker take over command of the USS Titan . Commodore Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ) had two daughters by the time ofStar Trek : Picard , and even data point ( Brent Spiner ) spawned freshly upgraded androids , including Soji Asha ( Isa Briones ) .

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Why Captain Kirk Didn’t Raise A Family Of His Own

Kirk Never Came Across As A Family Man Anyway

Captain Kirk was comparatively other in his Starfleet vocation when Carol Marcus contribute nascence to David , and she did not want to surveil him across the extragalactic nebula . Carol feel like David would be better off with her , and he finally follow in his mother ’s pace to become a scientist . David was already a young adult when Kirk met him inStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , and both returned to their employment after the events of the film . There were other meter when Kirk attempted to subside down , butsomething always brought Jim back to Starfleet .

InStar Trek Generations , Kirk find himself in theHeaven - like Nexus realm , where he had the chance to populate a life with his lost erotic love , Antonia ( Lynn Salvatori ) . Although Kirk once take sharing his spirit with Antonia , he alternatively chose to return to Starfleet . Even in the Nexus realm , Kirk could not settle into a domestic life , pick out or else to retrovert to the real world with Captain Picard . AlthoughStar Trek : The Next Generation’sPicard commence the opportunity to have a family late in life , Kirk was killed in the competitiveness to stop Dr. Tolian Soran ( Malcolm McDowell ) , robbing him of any opportunity to settle down down .

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William Shatner as Captain Kirk with the crew from Star Trek: The Next Generation

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