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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. | 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 duties in [[Core Command]], Rigel's primary responsibility is in the coordination of | 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 ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'' receives from [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]]s out on patrol. In one instance, she supplies information to {{TOS|Adama}} and {{TOS|Tigh}} concerning the [[Ravashol pulsar]] on [[Arcta]] {{OS|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero}} | ||
Among her notable moments in Core Command, Rigel becomes quite joyous over the female pilots' successful defense of [[Salik]]'s [[Colonial shuttle|medical shuttle]] {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I}}. | Among her notable moments in Core Command, Rigel becomes quite joyous over the female pilots' successful defense of [[Salik]]'s [[Colonial shuttle|medical shuttle]] {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I}}. | ||
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* Rigel was credited only as "Woman on Duty" for "[[Saga of a Star World]]". This was changed in her subsequent appearances. | * Rigel was credited only as "Woman on Duty" for "[[Saga of a Star World]]". This was changed in her subsequent appearances. | ||
* In "[[The Long Patrol]], | * 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". | ||
* 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]]. | * 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 "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, | * 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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