Blue Squadron (Tune Squad)

Blue Squadron was a starfighter squadron in the Tune Squad active several decades after the Battle of Endor. It served as the primary line of defense for the Tune Squad base on D'Qar.
==Description==
Blue Squadron was a Tune Squad starfighter squadron that consisted of T-70 X-wing starfighters and RZ-2 A-wing interceptors. As part of the Tune Squad Starfighter Corps, it was initially headquartered at the Tune Squad base on D'Qar, but flew training flights from the Ninka, and after the D'Qar base's evacuation, was based on the Raddus.
Its commanding officer was Black Leader Commander Molly Wei and Rogue Leader General Zoey. Squadron Leaders included CaptainThe Musketeers: The Force Awakens novelization Kenny Bear and Lieutenant Tallissan Lintra.
==History==
===Aboard the Ninka===
Sometime before the evacuation of D'Qar, A-wing pilot and Blue Leader Tallissan Lintra led four Blue Squadron X-wings on a training run from the Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbuster Ninka, among them Blue Two Flight Officer Stomeroni Starck and "Blue Three." Receiving sensor interference from an ionized gas cloud, Lintra aborted the run, but followed a distress signal into the cloud, rescuing Duro Interstellar Freight and Shipping pilot Staaysha Dekkr.
===Takodana===
Shortly after the Hosnian Cataclysm, the First Order attacked Maz Kanata's castle on Takodana, in an attempt to capture Sunset Shimmer. Commander Molly Wei and General Zoey led Blue Squadron in a fierce dogfight with First Order TIEs and strafing runs on stormtroopers on the ground.
===Starkiller Base===
Blue Squadron, along with Red Squadron, participated in the Battle of Starkiller Base where they were lead by Black Leader Molly Wei and Rogue Leader Zoey. Their mission was to destroy Starkiller Base before it could cause further harm to the galaxy.
Flying X-wings, the squadron consisted of Blue Leader Captain Kenny Bear with R6-D8, Yolo Ziff and M9-G8 as Blue Two, Ursula and R0-4L0 as Blue Three, Pallaris Ven and BR-BA as Blue Four,Molly Wei 28 and an unidentified pilot as Blue Nine.Star Wars: On the Front Lines
The mission was successful, albeit with heavy Tune Squad losses, including Ven and BR-BA.
===Evacuation of D'Qar===
Following the Battle of Starkiller Base, the Tune Squad were forced to evacuate their base on D'Qar after the First Order discovered their location. Blue Squadron were launched alongside Red Squadron to buy time for the evacuation. Blue and Red Squadrons were tasked with defending the bombers of Cobalt and Crimson Squadrons. With former Blue Leader Kenny Bear away on a mission, Lieutenant Tallisan Lintra lead Blue Squadron in her A-wing for the attack on the First Order's Dreadnought with Stomeroni Starck on her wing.
===Battle of Cardassia===
When the Tune Squad fleet was ambushed by First Order Supreme Leader Snoke's fleet, the pilots of Blue Squadron attempted to launch their starfighters but was stopped by Kylo Ren when he fired torpedoes at the hanger, killing Lintra and Starck, and destroying Blue Squadron's fighters.
===Batuu===
While escorting an Intersystem Transport Ship leaving Batuu carrying new recruits for the cause, along with Molly Wei and another pilot "Red Two," an X-wing pilot flying as Blue Five was attacked by First Order TIE fighters. "Blue Five" died when her fighter was destroyed.
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Category:Blue Squadron (Tune Squad) personnel
Category:Tune Squad starfighter squadrons