Blue Squadron (TOS)

Blue Squadron is one of the squadrons attached to . During the end of the Thousand-Yahren War and into the exodus following the Battle of Cimtar, it was lead , and its members bunked on Galactica Beta deck .
== History ==
Blue Squadron sees action during the Battle of Cimtar, engaging the overwhelming numbers of . When disengages from the battle to attempt to protect from the , Blue Squadron is left to fend for itself until Galactica returns.
Elements of Blue Squadron fend of the Cylon ambush at Carillon, fighting off the Raiders, and even using deception to destroy a basestar .
When most of Blue Squadron's pilots are infected by a mysterious illness, female shuttle pilots are trained to fly in their place. The shuttle pilots successfully engage and destroy a Cylon outpost, escorting a shuttle with medical personnel aboard in order to try to cure the illness that had affected the Viper pilots .
The female fighter pilots are able to hold off a , and are joined by the male Viper pilots (who had just barely recovered from the illness) in driving off the Raiders .
 refuses to launch Blue Squadron to intervene when Apollo is isolated by a Raider attack and draws the pursuit away from . A small recon patrol later recovers Blue Squadron's commander .
Some new Viper pilots are being trained on a patrol when Blue Squadron encounters the Ravashol pulsar. The pulsar kills Shields and Bow, and Cree is forced to the surface of Arcta . A small commando force destroys the pulsar and rescues the downed pilot .
During an attack against the Fleet, Raiders manage to destroy two of the three agricultural ships. Members of Blue Squadron figure out the Cylon tactic, and manage to save the last agro ship and drive the attackers off .
After encountering , Blue Squadron takes part in a joint mission with silver spar squadron from the other . The mission of the raid is to capture to resupply the fleet, but destroys the tankers while both squadrons are occupied destroying the tanker escorts .
Forced to attack Gamoray in order to obtain the necessary fuel, Blue Squadron assists on the attack on the planet, as well as providing assistance to Pegasus against Raiders. Two members of Blue Squadron help Pegasus to destroy two basestars while the rest of the Vipers are assigned to escort the evacuated personnel from Pegasus back to the Fleet .
Attacked by waves of Cylon raiders, Blue Squadron attempts to hold off the attacks even though the Raiders don't appear to be fighting back. Their plan is revealed when a Raider slips through and rams Galactica, exploding and causing a fire. Blue Squadron manages to only allow only two Raiders to impact Galactica. Members of Blue Squadron later attempt to put out the fire in the landing bay by spraying boraton from their Vipers, but a megapressure pump blows and the fire reignites .
Blue Squadron is recalled back to Galactica after elements of Red Squadron are abducted by the Beings of Light .
A Blue Squadron patrol discovers the "Terran" shuttle, and escorts it to Galactica. Elements of Blue Squadron later accompany the shuttle to Paradeen, where the Vipers are sabotaged .
Captain Apollo's Viper is abducted by the Beings of Light while on patrol with Blue Squadron. He is taken to Terra to try to accomplish a mission for the mysterious entities. Starbuck pursues Apollo to Terra, and helps coordinate with Galactica to prevent a nuclear holocaust .
Blue Squadron joins all of the other Vipers aboard Galactica in engaging a basestar's Raider complement near the edge of the Galaxy. Despite facing ten to one odds the Vipers are able to hold their own, allowing Galactica to flank the basestar .
 
==Blue Squadron Roster==
===Core Command Officers ===
Rank 	Name 	Role 	Last Seen
Sergeant	Omega	Controller	The Hand of God
Sergeant	Rigel	Controller	Baltar's Escape
===Pilots===
Rank 	Name 	Qualifications	Last Seen
Captain 	 	VS 	The Hand of God
Lieutenant 	 	VS 	Greetings From Earth
Lieutenant 	 	VS 	The Hand of God
Lieutenant 	Brie 	VS 	War of the Gods, Part I
Lieutenant 	Deitra 	VS 	The Hand of God
Lieutenant 	Sorrell 	VS 	Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I
Lieutenant 	 	VS 	The Hand of God
Flight Sergeant	Greenbean	V 	Take the Celestra (mentioned only)
Cadet 	Cree 	V 	The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I
Cadet 	 	V 	The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I
 	Giles 	V 	The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I
=== Transferred ===
Pilots transferring either to or from Blue Squadron.
Rank 	Name 	Qualifications	Last Seen 	Notes
Lieutenant 	Sheba	VS 	The Hand of God 	Transferred from Silver Spar Squadron to Blue Squadron following the Battle of Gamoray.
Lieutenant 	Bojay	V 	War of the Gods, Part I	Originally transferred from Blue Squadron to Silver Spar Squadron prior to the Battle of Molecay, then transferred to following the Battle of Gamoray.
Flight Sergeant	 	V 	Greetings From Earth 	Transferred to under Bojay's command prior to their disappearance by the Beings of Light .
=== Deceased ===
Rank 	Name 	Qualifications	Last Seen 	Notes
Lieutenant	Zac 	V 	Saga of a Star World 	First known KIA during the Battle of Cimtar.
Cadet 	Bow 	V 	The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I	KIA by the Ravashol pulsar.
Cadet 	Shields	V 	The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I	KIA by the Ravashol pulsar.
 	Monk 	V 	Saga of a Star World 	KIA during the Battle of Cimtar.
 	Serina 	VS 	Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II 	KIA after escaping the Tomb of the Ninth Lord during the Battle of Kobol.
== Ships ==
Name	Pilot 	Craft 	Introduced 	Notes
 	Zac 	Viper 	Saga of a Star World	Zac identifies himself as such before being destroyed just short of the fleet, during the Battle of Cimtar.
 	Unknown	Landram	Saga of a Star World	Boomer and Starbuck's landram on Carillon, leading to the discovery of the unusual chancery.
 	Unknown	Viper 	Saga of a Star World	The unintroduced pilot of this Viper guides Boomer and Starbuck to an unknown energy source on Carillon, leading to the discovery of Ovions' chancery-resort operation.
== In the separate continuity ==
Blue Squadron is depicted across the panoply of separate continuity materials, from comics to books. 
=== Marvel Comics ===
 and pursue unknown people wearing uniforms from Blue Squadron through the chancery of , leading them to discover the truth about the in the catacombs ().
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