A liner within the Colonial fleet, the Rising Star saw the first birth of a Colonial since the Cylon Attack (33).
Ellen Tigh was unconscious on it for three weeks following the Cylon attack before William Adama located her in "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down," and later procured a day-long stay there for her husband and herself, where she apparently meant for him to meet with agents of Tom Zarek (Colonial Day).
Galactica's chief medical officer, Dr. Cottle, was aboard the Rising Star at the time of the attempted assasination of Commander Adama (Scattered).