Riaan was an Akaali female who played a role in the inadvertent first contact made with the United Earth starship Enterprise NX-01 in July 2151.
History[]
Riann ran an apothecary in a city, was fond of tea, and able to handle a crossbow. She once mentioned that her mother bought her a tusorop ko once, but it tuproya plo dak; this stated in response to Jon's reference of having a dog.
As a trained apothecary – so skilled at her job that her facilities even impressed T'Pol despite their primitive standards, Phlox reflecting that she would have been a fine physician if she'd been born on Earth or Vulcan – she was involved in researching a mysterious disease that killed her brother. She believed that a curio shop run by Garos was the source of the epidemic that was spreading among her people. She and a disguised Archer, who had arrived on the planet to explore and observe its pre-industrial society, discovered that Garos was really a Malurian whose mining operations contaminated the region's water supply.
They were successful in driving off Garos and his henchmen, and after removing all of the mining equipment, the Enterprise crew provided Riann cure for the epidemic caused by tetracyanate 622.
Riaan and Archer had a brief romantic relationship before the latter left the planet, Archer assuaging her fears at seeming backward to the space-faring Humans by noting that without their technology they were really rather similar. (ENT: "Civilization")
Riaan was played by actress Diane DiLascio.
The spelling of her name comes from the script and call sheets of the episode. StarTrek.com spells her name both "Riaan" and "Riann". In the script of "Civilization", Riaan is described as "striking."
DiLascio filmed her scenes for this episode between Friday 14 September 2001 and Monday 24 September 2001 on Paramount Stage 8, 9, and 18. Her costume was later sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1](X)