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A rook (short for "rookie") is a soldier fresh from basic training. Among pilots, a rook is a nugget who has completed flight training and qualifications and is on his or her first tour (TRS: "Miniseries").

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-A "'''rook'''" (ostensibly a contraction of "rookie") applies to soldier who has completed his or her basic training, but is still inexperienced. Usually this means a [[nugget]] who has completed his or her flight training and qualifications, but has little or no combat experience.
+A '''rook''' (short for "rookie") is a soldier fresh from basic training. Among pilots, a rook is a [[nugget]] who has completed flight training and qualifications and is on his or her first tour ([[TRS]]: "''[[Miniseries]]''").
-Kara Thrace teases Helo about flying with a rookie, referring to [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] ([[Miniseries]]).
-Chief Tyrol also refers to the deckhands tasked with damage control and fire supression after the first Cylon attack on ''Galactica'' as rooks ([[Miniseries]]).
-Ensigns [[Brent Baxton]] and [[Joseph Clark]] are rooks that completed their training on the flight simulators available on ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' and are assigned to ''[[Galactica]]'' afterwards ([[Scar]]).
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