Rikk's Bolian nature has been called on to assist his crewmates over the years, as well. His upbringing gave him some degree of skill in the art of negotiation and haggling, which allowed him to assist in treaty negotiations with the Oqrel while he was serving aboard the USS Medicine Crow. Rikk was able to use his understanding of galactic politics, and his social skills, to assist in finding common ground in the border dispute and avoided an embarrassing incident for the Federation.
Rikk tried to make marriage work, finding himself a pair of wives and a co-husband who he had met at the Academy, but it ended in tragedy six months ago when his spouses - who served on various Federation vessels - were killed at Wolf 359. Rikk and their teenaged son Hwill were visiting Rikk's parents at Taranko, and are the only survivors of the marriage.
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