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'''Rodge McCaffrey''' ('''Rig''', callsign: '''Rigmarole'''{{book ref|Skyward|9}}) is a childhood friend of [[Spensa]] who is accepted into [[DDF]] [[Flight School]] with her. He drops out after onetheir dayfirst battle, realizing that it is not for him. Rig pursuespursuing the [[Engineering Corps]], whereand hegetting cana repairjob ships instead of fly themthere.{{book Rig repairs [[M-Bot]] with parts given to him from the Engineering Corp and parts that Spensa collects.ref|skyward|18}}

Rig has known Spensa for a very long time. They studied for their Flight School entrance exam together and Rig received a perfect score. HoweverHe trains with Spensa at the flight school, but their flight is called into battle after oneonly daya short amount of flighttraining. schoolIn the course of the battle his ship gets struck by a Krell destructor blast, though his shield holds and he makes it out of the battle unscathed. The next day he drops out; of the program, realizing that it has only ever been Spensa's dream. Rig receives multiple offers for jobs, and when Spensa shows him M-Bot, which she found in a cave, he accepts a job with the Engineering Corps to acquire the parts and knowledge he will need to fix M-Bot. As he learns more and more during his training as an engineer, he is able to help repair M-Bot bit by bit. He manages to get most of the necessary supplies through his job with eh Engineering Corps, though lacks a few items, mainly a booster. Rodge wanted to share the designs some of M-Bot’s features, though many of his features were too complicated for him to understand and explain. Some of the features he managed to explain to his superiors, which quickly granted him favor and respect there. When Spensa managed to get a booster from the wreckage of [[Hurl]]’s ship, which allows Rodge to finish repairing M-Bot.{{book ref|skyward|36}}