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'''Rigel VII''' was the [[inhabited planets|inhabited]] [[seventh planets|seventh]] [[planet]] of the [[Rigel system]]. This system was located in the [[Kandari sector]]. The planet had one moon and was the [[homeworld]] of the [[Kalar]], a [[pre-warp civilization|pre-warp]] [[humanoid]] [[species]]. ({{TOS|The Cage}}; {{TNG|Conspiracy}} ''[[:File:USS Aleo.jpg|display graphic]]'')
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'''Rigel VII''' was the [[inhabited planets|inhabited]] [[seventh planets|seventh]] [[planet]] of the [[Rigel system|Rigel]] [[star system|system]]. The planet had one moon. This was the [[homeworld]] of the [[Kalar]], a [[pre-warp civilization|pre-warp]] [[humanoid]] [[species]]. The [[Rigel VII Lagrange colony]] was associated with it. ({{TOS|The Cage|The Menagerie, Part I|The Menagerie, Part II}}; {{TNG-R|Inheritance}})
   
 
==Location==
 
==Location==
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Rigel VII was located in the [[Kandari sector]]. [[Andor]] was located nearby, in the same [[sector]], and [[Earth]] was less than ninety [[light year]]s away. ({{TNG|Conspiracy}} ''[[:File:USS Aleo.jpg|okudagram]]''; {{ENT|Two Days and Two Nights}})
In [[2293]], the location of Rigel, the [[star|primary]] of the Rigel system, in the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] was labeled in a [[star chart]] that was in [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]]'s cabin aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}}. ({{film|6}}, ''production art')
 
   
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In the [[2250s]], Rigel VII was several weeks away from the [[Vega colony]] at the maximum cruising speed of a {{Class|Constitution}} [[heavy cruiser]]. ({{TOS|The Cage|The Menagerie, Part I}})
In [[2367]], the location of Rigel was labeled on a [[tactical situation monitor]] in [[Captain]] [[Benjamin Maxwell]]'s [[ready room]] on the {{USS|Phoenix}}. ({{TNG|The Wounded}}, ''[[:de:Bild:Taktisches_Statusdisplay.svg|display graphic]]'')
 
 
In [[2376]], the location of Rigel was labeled on a star chart in [[astrometrics]] on {{USS|Voyager}} in [[2376]]. ({{VOY|Child's Play}})
 
 
''In [[2366]], in an [[alternate timeline]], during the [[Federation-Klingon War (alternate timeline)|Federation-Klingon War]], the location of Rigel was labeled on a tactical situation monitor in the [[ready room]] aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}'' ({{TNG|Yesterday's Enterprise}}, ''display graphic'')
 
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
[[File:Kalar.jpg|thumb|left|A Kalar]]
 
In [[2254]], a [[landing party]] from the [[starship]] {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, led by [[Captain]] [[Christopher Pike]], visited Rigel VII. While inside an apparently abandoned Kalar fortress, Pike and crew were attacked by the native Kalar warriors. Three crew members, including Pike's [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Pike's yeoman|personal yeoman]], were killed. Seven more were injured (including [[Spock]], [[Navigator]] [[José Tyler|Tyler]] and a ship's [[geologist]]); some of these were so severely wounded that they required treatment at the [[Vega colony]]. Pike later regretted his decision to enter the fortress, stating that "the swords and the armor" should have alerted him to the possibility of a trap. ({{TOS|The Cage|The Menagerie, Part I|The Menagerie, Part II}})
 
In [[2254]], a [[landing party]] from the [[starship]] {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, led by [[Captain]] [[Christopher Pike]], visited Rigel VII. While inside an apparently abandoned Kalar fortress, Pike and crew were attacked by the native Kalar warriors. Three crew members, including Pike's [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel#Pike's yeoman|personal yeoman]], were killed. Seven more were injured (including [[Spock]], [[Navigator]] [[José Tyler|Tyler]] and a ship's [[geologist]]); some of these were so severely wounded that they required treatment at the [[Vega colony]]. Pike later regretted his decision to enter the fortress, stating that "the swords and the armor" should have alerted him to the possibility of a trap. ({{TOS|The Cage|The Menagerie, Part I|The Menagerie, Part II}})
   
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In the [[2370s]], a view of the surface of Rigel VII was depicted on several [[viewscreen]]s on Deep Space 9's [[Promenade]] and [[replimat]], ({{DS9|The Muse}}) advertising a visit to the "spectacular castles of Rigel VII". ({{DS9|What You Leave Behind}})
 
In the [[2370s]], a view of the surface of Rigel VII was depicted on several [[viewscreen]]s on Deep Space 9's [[Promenade]] and [[replimat]], ({{DS9|The Muse}}) advertising a visit to the "spectacular castles of Rigel VII". ({{DS9|What You Leave Behind}})
 
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File:The Explored Galaxy.jpg|The location of Rigel in "The Explored Galaxy" star chart
 
File:Pollux IV, Vega, Jouret IV, Rigel, Organia.jpg|The Rigel system in relation to [[Pollux IV]], [[Jouret IV]], [[Vega]], and [[Organia]]
 
File:Kalar.jpg|A Kalar
 
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==Appendices==
 
==Appendices==
 
===Background information===
 
===Background information===
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According to [[StarTrek.com]], Rigel VII was in a double planet system. {{st.com|rigel-vii|}}
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In "Two Days and Two Nights", the {{Class|NX}} {{NX|Enterprise}}, set a milestone [[2151|several months]] after its mission to [[Rigel X]], by becoming the first Earth ship to travel 90 light years away from the [[Sol system]].
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According to ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' (Pgs. 36, 54, 59, 60), Rigel VII was a quarantined planet. The planet was an [[Star Trek: Star Charts#Planetary classification|M-class]] world. The planet was not unified under a uniglobal government and was non-aligned. Its status was pending the development of warp drive. The dominant species was the Kalar. There was a conjectural count of 725,000 Kalar in [[2370]]. First contact with this world was made by the ''Enterprise'' in 2254.
 
According to ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' (Pgs. 36, 54, 59, 60), Rigel VII was a quarantined planet. The planet was an [[Star Trek: Star Charts#Planetary classification|M-class]] world. The planet was not unified under a uniglobal government and was non-aligned. Its status was pending the development of warp drive. The dominant species was the Kalar. There was a conjectural count of 725,000 Kalar in [[2370]]. First contact with this world was made by the ''Enterprise'' in 2254.
   
In the story outline for "The Cage" (as reprinted in ''[[The Making of Star Trek]]'', pp. 47-65), this planet's name was given as Endrex II. (''The Making of Star Trek'', p. 51) Analysis of the script for "The Cage" indicates that the planet's name was then changed to Rigel 113. Before it finally became Rigel VII, [[Harvey P. Lynn]] &ndash; a [[physicist]] from the RAND Corporation who served as an unofficial adviser on both "The Cage" and, later, the [[TOS Season 1|first season]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' &ndash; suggested to [[Gene Roddenberry]] that he consider changing Rigel 113 to Vega 113, due to Rigel being "mighty far away." (''The Making of Star Trek'', p. 95)
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In the story outline for "The Cage" (as reprinted in ''[[The Making of Star Trek]]'', pp. 47-65), this planet's name was given as Endrex II. (''The Making of Star Trek'', p. 51) Analysis of the script for "The Cage" indicated that the planet's name was then changed to Rigel 113. Before it finally became Rigel VII, [[Harvey P. Lynn]] &ndash; a [[physicist]] from the RAND Corporation who served as an unofficial adviser on both "The Cage" and, later, the [[TOS Season 1|first season]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' &ndash; suggested to [[Gene Roddenberry]] that he consider changing Rigel 113 to Vega 113, due to Rigel being "mighty far away." (''The Making of Star Trek'', p. 95)
   
In the second revised final draft script of "The Cage", it is notated that the Rigel fortress "''suggests a medieval civilization, but carrying strange symbols and odd décor which suggests things quite alien from Earth.''" The script similarly describes the fortress' courtyard; "''The feeling here is as outside, a feudal-level civilization but with its weapons and architecture somewhat different from Earth.''"
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In the second revised final draft script of "The Cage", it was notated that the Rigel fortress "''suggests a medieval civilization, but carrying strange symbols and odd décor which suggests things quite alien from Earth.''" The script similarly described the fortress' courtyard; "''The feeling here is as outside, a feudal-level civilization but with its weapons and architecture somewhat different from Earth.''"
   
In "The Cage" and "The Menagerie, Part II", the surface of Rigel VII, including the exterior of the Rigel fortress, was depicted with a [[matte painting]] that was created by [[Albert Whitlock]]. The Rigel fortress' exterior also involved live-action footage that was filmed on the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] backlot and the fortress' interior was a set. ("The Menagerie, Part II" [[text commentary]], [[TOS Season 1 DVD]]) The matte painting used to depict Rigel VII was re-used, unaltered, for [[Holberg 917G]] in the original version of {{TOS|Requiem for Methuselah}} (though it was replaced by a new [[CGI|CG]] matte painting for that episode's [[Star Trek: The Original Series#remastered|remastered]] version).
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In "The Cage" and "The Menagerie, Part II", the surface of Rigel VII, including the exterior of the Rigel fortress, was depicted with a [[matte painting]] that was created by [[Albert Whitlock]]. The Rigel fortress' exterior also involved live-action footage that was filmed on the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] backlot and the fortress' interior was a set. ({{TOS|The Menagerie, Part II}} [[text commentary]], [[TOS Season 1 DVD]]) The latter was actually the interior of Desilu 40 Acres back-lot. [http://startrekhistory.com/cagepage.html] The matte painting used to depict Rigel VII was re-used, unaltered, for [[Holberg 917G]] in the original version of {{TOS|Requiem for Methuselah}} (though it was replaced by a new [[CGI|CG]] matte painting for that episode's [[Star Trek: The Original Series#remastered|remastered]] version).
   
 
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Rigel VII was the inhabited seventh planet of the Rigel system. The planet had one moon. This was the homeworld of the Kalar, a pre-warp humanoid species. The Rigel VII Lagrange colony was associated with it. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II"; TNG-R: "Inheritance")

Location

Rigel VII was located in the Kandari sector. Andor was located nearby, in the same sector, and Earth was less than ninety light years away. (TNG: "Conspiracy" okudagram; ENT: "Two Days and Two Nights")

In the 2250s, Rigel VII was several weeks away from the Vega colony at the maximum cruising speed of a Constitution-class heavy cruiser. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I")

History

Kalar

A Kalar

In 2254, a landing party from the starship USS Enterprise, led by Captain Christopher Pike, visited Rigel VII. While inside an apparently abandoned Kalar fortress, Pike and crew were attacked by the native Kalar warriors. Three crew members, including Pike's personal yeoman, were killed. Seven more were injured (including Spock, Navigator Tyler and a ship's geologist); some of these were so severely wounded that they required treatment at the Vega colony. Pike later regretted his decision to enter the fortress, stating that "the swords and the armor" should have alerted him to the possibility of a trap. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II")

There was a song called "Moon over Rigel VII". Captain Kirk proposed singing it around a campfire while taking shore leave at Yosemite National Park on Earth with Captain Spock and Doctor McCoy in 2287. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)

During the 2360s, Kobliad fugitive Rao Vantika used a subspace shunt to access and purge everything in the active memory of computer systems on Rigel VII. He later attempted the same on Deep Space 9 in 2369. (DS9: "The Passenger")

In the 2370s, a view of the surface of Rigel VII was depicted on several viewscreens on Deep Space 9's Promenade and replimat, (DS9: "The Muse") advertising a visit to the "spectacular castles of Rigel VII". (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")

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Appendices

Background information

According to StarTrek.com, Rigel VII was in a double planet system. [1]

In "Two Days and Two Nights", the NX-class Enterprise, set a milestone several months after its mission to Rigel X, by becoming the first Earth ship to travel 90 light years away from the Sol system.

According to Star Trek: Star Charts (Pgs. 36, 54, 59, 60), Rigel VII was a quarantined planet. The planet was an M-class world. The planet was not unified under a uniglobal government and was non-aligned. Its status was pending the development of warp drive. The dominant species was the Kalar. There was a conjectural count of 725,000 Kalar in 2370. First contact with this world was made by the Enterprise in 2254.

In the story outline for "The Cage" (as reprinted in The Making of Star Trek, pp. 47-65), this planet's name was given as Endrex II. (The Making of Star Trek, p. 51) Analysis of the script for "The Cage" indicated that the planet's name was then changed to Rigel 113. Before it finally became Rigel VII, Harvey P. Lynn – a physicist from the RAND Corporation who served as an unofficial adviser on both "The Cage" and, later, the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series – suggested to Gene Roddenberry that he consider changing Rigel 113 to Vega 113, due to Rigel being "mighty far away." (The Making of Star Trek, p. 95)

In the second revised final draft script of "The Cage", it was notated that the Rigel fortress "suggests a medieval civilization, but carrying strange symbols and odd décor which suggests things quite alien from Earth." The script similarly described the fortress' courtyard; "The feeling here is as outside, a feudal-level civilization but with its weapons and architecture somewhat different from Earth."

In "The Cage" and "The Menagerie, Part II", the surface of Rigel VII, including the exterior of the Rigel fortress, was depicted with a matte painting that was created by Albert Whitlock. The Rigel fortress' exterior also involved live-action footage that was filmed on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer backlot and the fortress' interior was a set. (TOS: "The Menagerie, Part II" text commentary, TOS Season 1 DVD) The latter was actually the interior of Desilu 40 Acres back-lot. [2] The matte painting used to depict Rigel VII was re-used, unaltered, for Holberg 917G in the original version of TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah" (though it was replaced by a new CG matte painting for that episode's remastered version).

Apocrypha

In the short story version of "The Cage" (titled "The Menagerie" and published in Star Trek 4), this planet was Rigel VIII.

According to the comics series Star Trek: Early Voyages, the building was named the Zemtar fortress, and the Kalar warriors attacked because of their reluctance to see their homeworld join the peaceful Federation.

In Decipher's Star Trek Roleplaying Game, the green Orion race was from Rigel VII.

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