Rigel Arcasi (Universe 964)

## Summary

Rigel Arcasi is the leader of the Black Wing Squadron rebel organization. Due to his parentage he was granted dual citizenship for the FSR and Boreluzian Federation from birth, but during the Beacon War he threw that away to build his own independent organization, as he felt both the Shirians and Boreluzians were too weak in the face of the Terran onslaught.

Rigel Arcasi spent most of his life on Kanderarch, mostly in the city of "Old" Antieta.

### Early Life

Rigel Arcasi was born in the city of Boliolucci (Borelus) in 12,446 HE and grew up in the urban slums during the "Vandergil years" when crime and poverty were at it's height in Boreluzian space.

Arcasi would eventually be sent to work for the government as a "low skilled kindron worker" doing simple tasks and jobs at the age of 9.

His family would move off world soon after to shirian space and would first move to planet Seri.

At Seri conditions were marginally better but instead of the Vandergil it was the pro-Kandarissian rebels the Arcasi family had to content with, by 12,456 they moved once again, this time to planet Kanderarch where he lived for most of his life.

Due to these events his worldview would be shaped by strength and standing one's ground over compromise.

### Shrine Wars

Rigel Arcasi was given a choice to serve within either the Boreluzian Haiteen Squadron or the FSR Shirian Squadron, Arcasi decided to choose Shirian Squadron simply to be "closer to the action".

Rigel Arcasi was part of the rear guard of Shirian Squadron, he was nearly killed at the battle of Wennago where the Sniverian forces utterly crushed the FSR force and annihilated the rear guard only leaving scattered survivors in their wake.

Arcasi and the survivors limped away from the battlefield and was rescued by Marcadian Squadron lead by Wertias Opop. Arcasi would grow to look up to Wertias Opop and would try to emulate him. Rigel Arcasi would become close friends with Wertias Opop's son, Lucias Opop. Arcasi would also meet Leo Taigo and Arcto Archon and would form a friendly rivalry with them.

Rigel Arcasi and Leo Taigo would work together on many missions including "The great defense of Sedona" where Arcasi was promoted to Lithic Comissar after his ground forces on the Space plaftorm destroyed Sniverian Starships with low losses to his own force.

Arcasi would see the surrender of Sergo Thalsn to the FSR and would be a major asset to Arcasi's batallion within Shirian Squadron. Arcasi's close friend Kenenaes Hartaes who had at one point rebelled against the FSR sacrificed his life and his flagship to stop a Sniverian attempt at crashing their own ships into Shrine Station Orbital. This would cause Rigel to lose faith in the government as seeing them as poor judges of character, forcing various good officers to rebel due to government corruption and prolonging the war.

### Basaran Kiev and Stratisian Civil Wars

Rigel Arcasi was tempted to join the Basaran movement and pressured by one of his friendly rivals Arcto Archon and Shadana Mara to join them, Arcasi declined as he wanted to continue making his old family proud by serving in the new United Sapphirian Republics.

Rigel Arcasi and his former friends would fight eachother in bloody battles over the course of three years, shirians fighting shirians and plunging the sector into turmoil. Rigel would successfully defeat Arcto Archon at Abbados and would eventually defeat him again at the battle of Antieta where Archon would reluctantly surrender putting an end to the conflict.

Rigel Arcasi would take part in the Stratisian Civil War to ease tensions and kill the Carsannian Warlord: Prowler who had been using the war to facilitate his own rise to power.

## Abilities

* Earthen Armor
* Seimic Inducer
* + Planetary Assault
* +  Satelite Shield
* Communication Jammer
* +  Reflective Armor