Rikarda was a female human who earned her living as a captain of a freighter during the Galactic Empire's reign, operating the light freighter known as the Stellar Sun. In the year 4 BBY, she consented to ferry the gambler named Lando Calrissian to the planet of Klonoid, where he intended to obtain some droid components. However, while they were traveling towards Klonoid, Calrissian discovered that the Varluk Organization had absconded with his beloved puffer pig, taking it to the planet Zyzar. Despite the fact that it would involve a considerable deviation from their original course, Rikarda agreed to transport her passenger to Zyzar after he promised her suitable compensation. When her client's recovery mission went south, Rikarda rescued both him and his pig, aiding in their escape from a heated exchange of blaster fire.
Rikarda's initial appearance was in "Puffer Problems", a comic story featured in Star Wars Rebels Magazine 21, and later in the non-canon comic "The Best Builder", found in LEGO Star Wars 28. Both of these comics were penned by Martin Fisher. Within "The Best Builder," she mentioned losing the Stellar Sun to Morta Bota. On Mertes, she was bested in the Best Builder Competition by Zander Freemaker, who eventually won the entire competition. He then gifted her the prize, a T-6 shuttle.