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Flight Corporal '''Rigel''' is a Colonial [[Core Command]] operative on [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]''.  Rigel is noted for being a professional woman who approaches her responsibilities with enthusiasm. 


Among her duties in [[Core Command]], Rigel's primary responsibility is in the coordination of [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] defense and launch approval procedures (similar to a [[LSO|landing signal officer]]).  She is also responsible for processing data ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' receives from [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]] out on patrolIn one instance, she supplies information to [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] and [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] concerning the [[Ravashol pulsar]] on [[Arcta]] ([[Gun on Ice Planet Zero]]).
Flight Corporal '''Rigel''' is a Colonial [[Core Command]] operative on [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] ''{{TOS|Galactica}}''.  Rigel is noted for being a professional woman who approaches her responsibilities with enthusiasm.


Among her notable moments in Core Command, Rigel becomes quite joyous over the female pilots' successful defense of [[Salik]]'s [[Colonial Shuttle (TOS)|medical shuttle]] ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]).  
Sometime in [[7348 (alternate)|7348]], she enters the officer candidate program during the Fleet's transit through the [[Empyrean Expanse]] ({{comics|classic|0}}―{{comics|classic|3|short=y}})
 
She is present during the events leading up to and following entry into a [[black hole]], as well as the battle between the [[Meclons]] and the combined {{alt|Cylons|TOS|Cylon}} and Colonial Fleet ({{comics|folly}}).


== Notes ==
== Notes ==


* Rigel was credited only as "Woman on Duty" for "[[Saga of a Star World]]" and "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]". This was changed in her subsequent appearances.
* While never referred to directly by name in {{comics|folly}}, her distinctive hair style and approach are referenced throughout the comic.
* In "[[The Long Patrol]]", a computer readout lists Rigel as a sergeant and is thus inaccurate, as end credits for episodes list her as "Flight Coporal".  
*Rigel's entrance into the officer candidate program is borne of an error by the colorist from {{Comics|classic|0}}, who gave her a blue uniform like other officers. [[John Jackson Miller]], the writer of the series, turns this error into a story point in {{Comics|classic|3}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://farawaypress.com/comics/battlestargalacticacounterstrike/battlestargalacticacounterstrike3/|title=Battlestar Galactica: Counterstrike #3 - Faraway Press|author=John Jackson Miller|accessdate=01 January 2023}}</ref>
* In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], Rigel's contemporary is Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]], but shares tactical data to command staff in a way similar to Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]].
* The name "Rigel" is taken from [[Wikipedia:Rigel|Beta Orionis]], in the [[Wikipedia:Orion (constellation)|constellation Orion]]. It is a B8 Supergiant star, some 400 times brighter than the Earth's sun. It is believed to be a [[Wikipedia:triple star system|triple star system]], but it is unlikely any of the stars within the system support life-bearing planets.
* The name is a contraction of the Arabic "Rijl Jauza al-Yusra", meaning "left foot of the Central One", indicative of Rigel's position in the "left foot" of Orion.


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Rigel as depicted in Dynamite Comics' Battlestar Galactica: Folly of the Gods.

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Flight Corporal Rigel is a Colonial Core Command operative on battlestar Galactica. Rigel is noted for being a professional woman who approaches her responsibilities with enthusiasm.

Sometime in 7348, she enters the officer candidate program during the Fleet's transit through the Empyrean Expanse (Battlestar Galactica Classic #0#3).

She is present during the events leading up to and following entry into a black hole, as well as the battle between the Meclons and the combined Cylon and Colonial Fleet (Battlestar Galactica: Folly of the Gods).

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References

  1. John Jackson Miller. Battlestar Galactica: Counterstrike #3 - Faraway Press (backup available on Archive.org) (in English). Retrieved on 01 January 2023.