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|role= [[Core Command]] Operative, [[Battlestar (TOS)|Battlestar]] '' | |role= [[Core Command]] Operative, [[Battlestar (TOS)|Battlestar]] [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']] | ||
|rank= Flight Corporal | |rank= Flight Corporal | ||
|actor= [[Sarah Rush]] | |actor= [[Sarah Rush]] | ||
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Flight Corporal '''Rigel''' is a Colonial [[Core Command]] operative on [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] '' | == Biography == | ||
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]], | Among her duties in [[Core Command]], her 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]]'' receives from Vipers out on patrol. For example, she supplies information to [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] and [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] concerning the [[Ravishol pulsar]] on [[Arcta]] ([[Gun on Ice Planet Zero]]). | ||
Among her notable moments in Core Command, | Among her notable moments in Core Command, she becomes quite joyous over the female pilots' successful defense of [[Salik]]'s [[shuttle|medical shuttle]] ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]). | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Rigel was credited only as "Woman on Duty" for "[[Saga of a Star World]]". This was changed in her subsequent | * 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 appearance. | ||
* In "[[The Long Patrol]], | * In "[[The Long Patrol]]", a computer readout lists Rigel as a sergeant and is thus inaccurate. | ||
* In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)| | * In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagining]], Rigel's contemporary is Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]. | ||
* 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]] (see [[Cyrannus]]), 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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