{"id":28302,"date":"2026-07-13T17:10:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/?p=28302"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:10:52","slug":"rigellian-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/rigellian-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"Rigellischer J\u00e4ger"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rigellian Hunter is a Neutral hostile in Star Trek Fleet Command that roams the galaxy at levels 18 to 21. It spawns only as an Interceptor, which means an Explorer-class ship beats it cleanly. You will find it in the Eronia, Labac, and Obilent systems, and every kill drops Parsteel. It makes an easy early farm while you are building up your base economy and leveling ships.<\/p>\n

<\/span>How to beat the Rigellian Hunter<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Rigellian Hunter only ever appears as an Interceptor, so bring an Explorer. In the STFC combat triangle, Explorers beat Interceptors, and that matchup hands your ship a clear damage and mitigation edge against a level 18 to 21 target. There is nothing to swap between levels here: the same Explorer works from the lowest spawn to the highest, so you can farm the whole range with one loadout. It is a Neutral<\/a> hostile, so killing it costs you no faction reputation, which makes it a safe target while you are still deciding which factions to grind.<\/p>\n

The matchup matters most against the Rigellian Hunter’s Kinetic weapons, which carry the bulk of its damage. An Explorer’s higher base defense and mitigation blunt those hits, so fights stay short and your repair costs stay low. You do not need a specialized crew at this level: a general hostile-damage captain and any two Offiziere<\/a> that add attack or defense will clear it. Save your best officers for tougher targets and let this one train up your early ships.<\/p>\n

For crew, put a captain that boosts weapon damage against hostiles in the captain’s chair, then fill the other seats with officers that add damage or survivability. At these levels a cadet crew still holds up well. Cadet Kirk<\/a> as captain with Cadet Spock and Cadet Uhura is a cheap, reliable setup while you are still leveling. For current top picks, see the Officer Tier List<\/a>. Crews shift with the meta, so treat any named lineup as a starting point rather than a fixed answer.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Where to find the Rigellian Hunter<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Rigellian Hunter clusters in three neutral systems at its lower levels and narrows to one system at the top. Levels 18 to 20 sit at warp 12 in Eronia, Labac, and Obilent, which keeps them reachable early. The level 21 version jumps to warp 25 and only appears in Eronia, so you need a longer warp range to reach the hardest spawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ebene<\/th>\nWarp<\/th>\nSysteme<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
18\u201320<\/td>\n12<\/td>\nEronia, Labac, Obilent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n25<\/td>\nEronia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/span>Rewards and what it drops<\/span><\/h2>\n

Every Rigellian Hunter kill drops Parsteel, the most basic building material in the game. Expect 488 to 833 per kill across the level range, with higher-level spawns paying toward the top of that band. Parsteel feeds almost every early station and building upgrade, so a steady stream of it keeps your base moving in the levels where you need it most. Ship XP also scales with level, from 190 at level 18 to 258 at level 21, so clearing the higher spawns levels your ship a little faster per fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Ablegen<\/th>\nWhat it is<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Parsteel<\/td>\nCore building resource used for station and building upgrades across the whole game<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/span>Rigellian Hunter stats<\/span><\/h2>\n

Stats climb steeply with level, so the gap between the level 18 and level 21 spawns is larger than it looks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ebene<\/th>\nTotal strength<\/th>\nHull HP<\/th>\nShield HP<\/th>\nAngriff<\/th>\nVerteidigung<\/th>\nShip XP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n12,996<\/td>\n2,150<\/td>\n2,150<\/td>\n5,681<\/td>\n5,165<\/td>\n190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n18,107<\/td>\n3,070<\/td>\n3,070<\/td>\n7,917<\/td>\n7,120<\/td>\n234<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n23,224<\/td>\n3,840<\/td>\n3,840<\/td>\n9,634<\/td>\n9,750<\/td>\n258<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/span>Rigellian Hunter firing pattern<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Rigellian Hunter carries two weapon groups. Its single Energy weapon fires every round for modest damage, while its pair of Kinetic weapons fire every other round and hit far harder. Time your repairs or mitigation for the rounds the Kinetic guns land, since that is where most of your incoming damage comes from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Weapon type<\/th>\nCount<\/th>\nDamage per shot<\/th>\nFires<\/th>\nCrit<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Energie<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n832\u20131,017<\/td>\nEvery round<\/td>\n10% (1.5x)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kinetic<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1,997\u20132,441<\/td>\nEvery other round<\/td>\n10% (1.5x)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/span>The Rigellians in Star Trek<\/span><\/h2>\n

Rigel is one of Star Trek’s most-referenced star systems, turning up from the original series through Unternehmen<\/a>. It has never been home to a single people: several distinct species have been called Rigelian over the years, including a Vulcan-like race and the traders tied to the Rigel X outpost seen in Enterprise. Rigel VII was the site of a rough away mission for Captain Pike before the events of the original series. In Star Trek Fleet Befehl<\/a>, the Rigellian Hunter leans on that frontier reputation, standing in for the opportunistic raiders who work the system’s busy trade lanes.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Is the Rigellian Hunter worth grinding?<\/span><\/h2>\n

For an early player, yes. The Rigellian Hunter is a low-effort Parsteel and ship XP source you can clear with an Explorer and a cheap crew, and its lower spawns sit at an easy warp 12. It will not carry your economy on its own, but it is a solid stop while you work through the low 20s. Match your warp range to the level you want, bring an Explorer, and keep the fights short.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rigellian Hunter is a level 18-21 Neutral Interceptor hostile in STFC. Beat it with an Explorer, find it in Eronia, and farm Parsteel and ship XP.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196],"tags":[387,483],"class_list":["post-28302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-hostiles","tag-interceptor-hostiles","tag-neutral-hostiles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28376,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28302\/revisions\/28376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}