Editing Rifkus

{{Character Data
| series=TOS
|birthname=Rifkus
|alias=Chella
|photo=Chella.png
|name=Rifkus|seen=Murder on the Rising Star
|role=[[Pyramid (TOS)|Pyramid]] dealer, Table Three, ''[[Rising Star (TOS)|Rising Star]]''
|actor=[[Ben Frank]]
}}

'''Rifkus''', who later hides under the alias of '''Chella''', was the administrator of [[Solius]] prior to the [[Battle of Cimtar|Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. 

After surviving the initial attack on [[The Twelve Colonies of Man#Caprica|Caprica]], he is slated to board the freighter ''[[Piscon]]'', but misses the transport due to his fears of death at [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] hands. With 8,000 [[cubits]], he bribes Flight Sergeant [[Ortega]] and thus boards ''[[Rising Star (TOS)|Rising Star]]'' while it is being loaded with caretakers and juveniles that could be brought to the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]].

Rifkus assumes the name of Chella as part of a ruse to fool people into believing that he died in the attacks. As part of his new life, he becomes Table Three's [[Pyramid (TOS)|Pyramid]] dealer on ''Rising Star'' and frequent spectator to the [[Triad (TOS)|Triad]] tournaments. 

Much to Rifkus' consternation, Ortega blackmails him: in return for the [[Colonial Warrior|Warrior]]'s silence, Rifkus rigs the Pyramid game in Ortega's favor. 

As the Fleet continues on its journey, he later discovers the well-disliked [[Ortega]] shot dead between an ajar door. Rifkus accuses {{TOS|Starbuck}} of the crime, saying that the Warrior was rushing out of the scene of the crime, and was certainly irritated due to Starbuck's ejection from the Triad game. (Unbeknownst to him, Starbuck was catching up to meet [[Cassiopeia]] before she left on the next transport out.)

Upon information given in the testimonial of Flight Sergeant [[Barton]], Starbuck's defenders&mdash;Captain {{TOS|Apollo}} and Lieutenant {{TOS|Boomer}}&mdash;visit "Chella" and discover the truth. 

Although a suspect, he is later found innocent of murdering Ortega, and is visibly relieved that the truth is finally out in the open. He expresses his guilt over feeling responsible for the death of the child that would have otherwise taken his spot ([[TOS]]: "[[Murder on the Rising Star]]").

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