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A "'''rook'''" (ostensibly a contraction of "rookie") applies to a [[nugget]] who has completed his or her flight training and qualifications, yet is still inexperienced in actual combat.
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]]).
 
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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Latest revision as of 15:25, 24 August 2013

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").

Re-imagined Series definition: "rookie," typically refers to those on their first tour of duty after initial training (TRS: "Miniseries"), q.v. nugget

Re-imagined Series definition: initial skills training; can refer to basic military indoctrination, and arms and ground training (TRS: "Fragged"); and basic flight training (TRS: "Miniseries")

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