Rigelian scoutship

The Rigelian scoutship was a heavily-armed starship used under the authority of the Rigelian Trade Commission during the mid-22nd century. As scouts, these starships had small crew complements of around seventeen.
In late-2154, a Rigelian scoutship was attacked by what appeared to be the United Earth starship . The scoutship was able to inflict moderate damage on its attacker, and transmit a distress call, before being destroyed.
Following the incident, the Rigelian Trade Commission recognized the attacking vessel, and demanded compensation from Starfleet and the arrest of Jonathan Archer, Enterprises commander, for the loss of their vessel.
It was later determined that the attacking vessel was actually a Romulan drone ship holographically disguised as Enterprise performing a false flag operation. ()
Rigelian scoutships also existed in the mirror universe. One of these vessels was destroyed by the sometime prior to 2155. ( opening credits)
In an alternate 2165 this type of vessel was included in the Earth convoy destined to settle on Ceti Alpha V. ()
== Ships of the class ==
* Unnamed Rigelian scoutships
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=== Background information ===
In scene descriptions from the final draft script of "United", this type of craft was repeatedly referred to as a "Rigellian ", however, due to numerous discrepancies in the spelling of Rigellian v. Rigelian, the latter spelling is used here for consistency. 
For more information, and further appearances of this design, see: studio model.
ja:ライジェル偵察船
Scout ship