RIGELLIAN COLONY WORLD#827RIGELLIAN COLONY WORLD#827
Official Name: Rigellian Colony World#827
Nature: Extraterrestrial planet, unidentified star system, somewhere in a spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy
Environment: Life-sustaining biosphere
Gravity: Unrevealed (but presumably possessed a gravitational field in which it was
comfortable for humans to function)
Atmosphere: An unspecified combination of gases (mostly nitrogen and oxygen) at least if it can be breathed by humans
Natural Satellites: Apparently at least one moon
Artificial Satellites: None known
Natives: None
Population: Unspecified number of Rigellians (only dozens were shown)
Capital City: Unrevealed, if relevant
Government: Empire, under the larger Rigellian rule
Languages: Presumably Rigellian
Monetary Unit: Presumably Rigellian
Planetary Defense: Unrevealed
Major Resources: Unrevealed
Places of Interest: None known
Prominent Residents: Unidentified Rigellian colonists, including unidentified presumed emperor/leader; unidentified
Visitors: Sundragon and a shipful of the Dance approached the planet's orbit, but did not appear to actually land on the planet.
First Appearance: Cosmic Powers Unlimited#2/3 (August, 1995)
History:
(Cosmic Powers Unlimited#2/3 (fb) - BTS) -
Under unrevealed circumstances, an unidentified Rigellian or Rigellians
colonized a planet that became known only as Rigellian Colony
World#827.
(Cosmic Powers Unlimited#2/3) -
Rigellian Colony World#827, which included an unidentified Recorder
unit, was assaulted -- and the energies of their central computer
network drained -- by the enigmatic extraterrestrial race known as the
Dance. Some of the Rigellians considered the Dance to have gone mad.
As the apparent emperor of this world urged the others to run
for their lives, their Recorder unit considered that the Dance will
have drained the entire world of power in 0.23 planetary rotations. In
an effort to save that world, the Recorder transmitted "a
stellar call for help on all frequencies." The Recorder further
considered that outside intervention was their only hope and that only
a being of cosmic power could help them now.
Receiving the distress call, Sundragon traveled
to Rigellian Colony World#827. When Sundragon's communication proved unfruitful and
was met with assault by the Dance, the
Recorder noted this his memory stored observed events from hundreds of
Recorders throughout the cosmos. At Sundragon's request, the Recorder
allowed her to interface his mnemonic circuits and access information
about the Dance. After learning all she could, Sundragon blasted the
Dance ship, striking the precise area controlling their power flow.
Further resolving that the only way to stop the Dance was to cut off the source of their power, Sundragon apologized to the Rigellians and then drained the power of every energy output device on the Colony World#827. With nothing left to gain from the colony world and facing the threat of Sundragon if they remained, the Dance departed.
The Rigellians thanked Sundragon for saving them for the Dance,
although their apparent emperor noted that in the process she had
destroyed their world-wide computer and the source of all of their
power. Sundragon assured the Rigellians that she would do everything in
her power to help them rebuild after she had gone after the Dance in an
effort to stop them from causing any more grief to anyone ever again.
The Recorder accompanied Sundragon.
(Cosmic Powers Unlimited#2/3 - BTS) - The
Dance subsequently attempted to protect an unidentified alien world
from a comet. Appreciating that the Dance ship -- having failed to gain
the power they needed from Rigellian Colony World#827 -- would
fail to save the world and perish in the process, Sundragon destroyed
the comet and saved both the planet and the Dance ship. After the Dance departed, Sundragon and the Recorder visited the
world, which proved to be barren, bereft of surface liquid and lacking an
atmosphere habitable for most.
Comments: Created by Mariano Nicieza and Pasqual Ferry.
In some of the images, the Rigellians appear to have green skin. I would think it was just the lighting that made it appear that way, but perhaps the Colonists were mutated in some fashion to survive on this world?
I am not certain that the top left image, showing
Sundragon flying over a planet and its moon is meant to be Rigellian
Colony World#827.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Rigellian Colony World#827 has no known connections to:
The Rigellian who arranged the colonization of a world is considered
emperor or empress of that world, and this being seemed to be the
leader of the colonists of Rigellian Colony World#827(Cosmic Powers Unlimited#2/3) - As the Dance assaulted colony world#827, the apparent emperor of this world urged the others to run for their lives. After Sundragon had drained the world'
energies to make it useless to the Dance, the Rigellians thanked
Sundragon for saving them from the Dance, but the apparent Emperor
noted how she had destroyed their world-wide computer and the source of
all of their power. Before heading out to prevent the Dance from doing
this to another world, Sundragon promised to do everything in her power
to help them rebuild. Note: The character presumed to be the emperor is shown in the bottom right portion of the main image. Per the Rigellians entries in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Colonizers have authority
under Rigellian law to claim any habitable planet not previously
registered with the Rigellian Division of Claims. If the Colonizer’s
claim is approved, he or she becomes emperor or empress of the new
colony and absolute ruler in the eyes of Rigellians.
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  (Cosmic Powers Unlimited#2/3 (fb) - BTS) -
Under unrevealed circumstances, an unidentified Rigellian or Rigellians
colonized a world that became known only as Rigellian Colony World#827.
(Cosmic Powers Unlimited#2/3) -
Rigellian Colony World#827, which included an unidentified Recorder
unit, was assaulted -- and the energies of their central computer
network drained -- by the enigmatic extraterrestrial race known as the
Dance. Some of the Rigellians considered the Dance to have gone mad. As the apparent emperor of this world urged the others to run
for their lives, their Recorder unit considered that the Dance will
have drained the entire world of power in 0.23 planetary rotations. In
an effort to save that world, the Recorder transmitted "a
stellar call for help on all frequencies." The Recorder further
considered that outside intervention was their only hope and that only
a being of cosmic power could help them now. Receiving the distress call, Sundragon traveled
to Rigellian Colony World#827. When Sundragon's communication proved unfruitful and
was met with assault by the Dance, the
Recorder noted this his memory stored observed events from hundreds of
Recorders throughout the cosmos. At Sundragon's request, the Recorder
allowed her to interface his mnemonic circuits and access information
about the Dance. After learning all she could, Sundragon blasted the
Dance ship, striking the precise area controlling their power flow. Further resolving that the only way to stop the Dance was to cut off the source of their power, Sundragon apologized to the Rigellians and then drained the power of every energy output device on the Colony World#827. Pained by the process, the Recorder noted that it would survive. With nothing left to gain from the colony world and facing the threat of Sundragon if they remained, the Dance departed. The Rigellians thanked Sundragon for saving them for the Dance, although their apparent emperor noted that in the process she had destroyed their world-wide computer and the source of all of their power. Sundragon assured the Rigellians that she would do everything in her power to help them rebuild after she had gone after the Dance in an effort to stop them from causing any more grief to anyone ever again. --Cosmic Powers Unlimited#2/3 |
images: (without ads)
Cosmic Powers Unlimited#2/3, pg. 2-3, panel 2 (panic as world assaulted by Dance ship; main image);
pg. 4, panel 1 (maybe colony world and its moon);
panel 2 (Sundragon observing Dance ship attacking colony world);
pg. 6, panel 1 (view of surface as Dance ship attacks);
pg. 8, panel 3 (colonists distraught as Sundragon drains power);
pg. 10, panel 3 (colonists grateful);
panel 4 ("emperor" noting destruction of source of power);
Appearances:
Cosmic Powers Unlimited#2/3: Sundragon (August, 1995) - Mariano
Nicieza (writer), Pasqual Ferry (penciler/inker), Joe Andreani
(assistant editor), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
First posted: 03/31/2024
Last updated: 03/31/2024
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