Alpha Blue Alpha Blue was a clandestine intelligence agency within the New Republic . Overview . While the organization was known as Alpha Blue , publicly it possessed no name . Initially , it was known only to a dozen officials who possessed the very highest clearances . Furthermore , a veil of secrecy covered the body which meant that it did not appear in any government or military data records . This body also did not possess any identification cards and no insignia while performing their duties . They made use of special datacards when possessing information of a sensitive nature . These datacards contained a non - standard encoding which made the cards appear blank when used by a normal datapad . The special datacards were even capable of being erased and reformatted without destroying the special information contained within them . Within the agency was a research division known as Alpha Red . The head of the organization took the position of Director . The body also made use of special analysis droids that were tasked with the study of intelligence data . History . Alpha Blue had its roots in Shadow Operations , a group of operatives overseen by Airen Cracken formed after the Battle of Endor . Shadow Operations performed sabotage , spread disinformation , and where necessary conducted assassinations to exacerbate the tensions between the feuding Imperial warlords , Moffs , Admirals and Advisors that had erupted after Emperor Palpatine ' s death . During the New Republic ' s liberation campaign from 4 to 6 ABY , Shadow Operations greatly eased the New Republic ' s advance to Coruscant by preventing an Imperial reunification . After witnessing , during the reborn Emperor ' s campaign , how the New Republic ' s growing bureaucracy could prevent necessary actions during times of extreme crisis , Chief of State Mon Mothma ordered the creation of Alpha Blue to perform secret intelligence and special operations missions while avoiding the slow moving committees and ministries of government . Shadow Operations formed the core of this new agency , and Admiral Hiram Drayson was placed at the head of the organization and granted wide operational control . Few outside the highest echelons of the New Republic knew of Alpha Blue ' s existence , and even fewer knew the specifics of its work . The agency kept track of various potential threats and power - wielders , looking beyond the work of New Republic Intelligence to defuse threats before they developed . Before the onset of the Black Fleet Crisis , Admiral Drayson enlisted the aid of Lando Calrissian after Alpha Blue discovered a number of sightings of the mysterious ghostship known as the Teljkon Vagabond . After briefing him , Drayson dispatched the smuggler to further investigate the find . Alpha Blue was deeply involved in the secret analysis of the first meeting between Viceroy Nil Spaar of the Duskhan League and Chief of State Leia Organa Solo . They later played a key role in gathering intelligence on the Yevetha as well as their Great Purge of the Koornacht Cluster . Shortly before the Yuuzhan Vong War , Drayson retired from his post and handed the reins to Jan Ors . During the war , Alpha Blue worked with New Republic Intelligence , Lurrian genetic engineers and Chiss scientists to develop Alpha Red .