Black Squadron ( Resistance ) Black Squadron was a Resistance starfighter squadron founded by Commander Poe Dameron . Black Squadron played a key role during several engagements in the conflict between the Resistance and the First Order . The squadron mainly fielded T - 70 X - wing fighter s , but flew other craft such a BTL - S3 Y - wing starfighter . They notably participated in the search for Lor San Tekka traveling to planets such as Ovanis and Megalox Beta . History . Mission to Ovanis . After General Leia Organa recruited Commander Poe Dameron to search for Lor San Tekka , Dameron selected a squadron of four pilots and a technician known as Black Squadron . The squadron ' s members included the pilot s Temmin Wexley , Karé Kun , Jessika Pava , L ' ulo L ' ampar , the technician Oddy Muva , and several astromech droid s including BB - 8 . For their first mission , Black Squadron with the exception of Muva traveled to the mountain ous world of Ovanis . Dameron encountered the Crèche cult and questioned their leader about Tekka ' s whereabouts . Dameron learned that Tekka had visited Ovanis a long time ago . However , Muva had been blackmailed by the First Order Security Bureau Agent Terex into spying on Black Squadron . Black Squadron was subsequently involved in a skirmish with First Order forces led by Terex , who had been sent to recover the information that Dameron had acquired during . While Dameron and BB - 8 tangled with Terex and his landing party , Wexley and the other pilots engaged in a dogfight with First Order TIE / fo space superiority fighter s in the skies above Ovanis . The skirmish was interrupted when the Crèche egg hatched and released two large flying creatures , which fought each other . Dameron and BB - 8 managed to overpower Terex and forced him to call off his forces . After the Crèche cultists departed with one one of the flying creatures , Black Squadron refueled and departed . Unwilling to risk a war between the New Republic and the First Order , Black Squadron allowed Terex and his surviving man to leave . Rescuing Grakkus . Continuing their search for Tekka , Black Squadron traveled to Megalox prison on the high gravity world of Megalox Beta to question the imprisoned Grakkus the Hutt . With Organa ' s help , Black Squadron managed to bribe Warden Luta into allowing them to enter the prison . However , Terex learned they were coming and bribed Luta into abandoning Black Squadron to the prisoners . Despite this setback , Black Squadron managed to fight their way into Grakkus ' fortress . Grakkus granted Dameron and Terex an audience but refused to divulge the information on Tekka until one of them had freed him . In response , Dameron got BB - 8 and the other astromech droid s O - R10N , R2 - HA , and R4 to disable the Megalox space station ' s gravity shield generator . Black Squadron also fought off an attempt by gangster s hired by Terex to storm the fortress and kill Grakkus . After disabling the gravity shield , Dameron managed to force Luta to let them and Grakkus leave the prison in exchanging for restoring the gravity shield . Before they could leave the system , Terex ' s starship " Carrion Spike " attacked Megalox station . Black Squadron drove off the " Carrion Spike " and obtained the data from Grakkus . In return , the Hutt was given hyperspace coordinates and allowed to leave . After returning , Organa instructed Dameron to suspend his search for Tekka to investigate the presence of a spy within Black Squadron . Test of trust . Following the events on Megalox Beta , Poe undertook a solo mission to Pheryon to meet with the " Galaxy Beacon " journalist Suralinda Javos , who had information on the First Order ' s militarization efforts . After escaping First Order forces , Javos decided to join the Resistance . Still unable to trust his fellow pilots due to the presence of a spy , Dameron brought Muva , BB - 8 , and Organa ' s spymaster C - 3PO on a mission to recover one of the Resistance ' s droid spies on Kaddak . Dameron and his team managed to rescue the BX - series droid commando N1 - ZX , who was purportedly carrying vital First Order intelligence including the location of Supreme Leader Snoke . In truth , this was a trap set by Terex to use Dameron and the droid to track down the Resistance base . Terex wanted to destroy the Resistance with his Ranc gang forces . Dameron and the droids managed to flee offworld on Dameron ' s T - 70 X - wing fighter " Black One " . Terex gave chase in his flagship " Carrion Spike " and a fleet of " Uglies " . During the journey , Dameron realized that Muva was the spy and suspected that Terex had planted the information in order to find the location of the Resistance base . Dameron exited hyperspace above an uncharted desert planet . Terex and the Ranc gang followed and forced Dameron to ground on the desert planet . Meanwhile , Muva infiltrated the " Carrion Spike " and managed to reunite with his wife Sowa Chuan , who had been taken captive by Terex to exert leverage over her husband . Muva also encountered Terex ' s harem of slaves . Dameron and the droids fled into a cave . BB - 8 and C - 3PO managed to delay Terex long enough for the rest of Black Squadron to enter the desert planet ' s system . During the ensuing dogfight , Muva managed to reprogram the " Carrion Spike " battle computer s to target Terex ' s " Uglies " . Black Squadron provided cover for Muva and the escaped slaves ' escape pod s while fighting with Terex ' s Ranc fighters . L ' ulo shot down one of the " Uglies " that destroyed an escape pod . However , he was shot down by another fighter . While Dameron and BB - 8 fought with Terex , First Order forces led by Commander Malarus exited hyperspace and wiped out the Ranc gang forces and Terex ' s flagship but did not target the Resistance . Dameron ' s Black Squadron mates flew over Malarus ' landing party while Dameron met with the First Order commander . After learning she had come to apprehend Terex for disobeying Snoke ' s directive to avoid open conflict with the Resistance , Poe handed the rogue First Order agent to her . Behind the scenes . Black Squadron was created and developed for the 2016 – 2017 comic book series " " .