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  Executor (Star Wars) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Executor rendezvous with the Imperial Death Squadron.
The Executor was presented to Lord Vader shortly after the Battle of Yavin, in which the first Death Star was destroyed.
The ship was originally commanded by Admiral Ozzel, but after his death at the hands of the unforgiving Vader, Admiral Piett was given command.
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 Imperial Death Squadron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Imperial Death Squadron was the elite special forces flagship unit of the Imperial Navy under the personal command of Darth Vader in the fictional Star Wars universe.
For three years, Death Squadron hunted the Rebel Alliance from system to system under the command of Admiral Ozzel, mercilessly crushing any Rebel forces it encountered.
One year later, Death Squadron, under the command of Admiral Piett, served as the core of the Imperial fleet at the Battle of Endor.
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 SWD - Databank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Viera Cheran, known to members of Rogue Squadron as “Chief”, as she serves as the squadron’s chief technician, is stationed on the moon of Kile.
Soon enough, the Imperials are able to trace the origin of the weapons used in the attack on D-34, and the Fogger is dispatched to destroy the Mugaari contraband depot.
Imperial Lieutenant Arnet is placed in command of the lead AT-ST scout walker assigned to Tempest Squadron, in defense of the shield generators garrisoned on the forest moon of Endor during the construction of the second Death Star.
www.ptheriault.ca /swdatabank/databank/evolutions/3-4.asp   (20288 words)

  
 Galactic News Nets
It is clear that Escrul's death was not a mere accident, as several witnesses have reported sounds of blaster fire in the area.
The Emperor's protégé and adoptive child was ordained as heir to the Imperial throne under the name Palpatine II during a ceremony held on New Years Eve at the Emperor's palace at the planet of Byss.
Word has it in the mercenary circles that the Vendetta Force was responsible for the raid on the Imperial garrison in the Sullaris system, during which the Imperial installation was completely annihilated: What was not seized by the attackers was destroyed, including all the habitation rings orbiting the fourth moon of Sullaris.
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 VMF-323 - Death Rattlers Squadron USMC WWII
The most successful Marine Fighting squadron of 1945 was VMF-323, the "Death Rattlers," under the command of 23-year George Axtell.
The Death Rattlers also served in the Korean War, flying Corrsairs on ground attack missions.
The result of two years of research and interviews, this book only one covers the squadron's pilots, combat, and valor, but also the enlisted men, "the ground-crunchers," who made it function against the Japanese kamikaze menace.
www.acepilots.com /usmc_vmf323.html   (1711 words)

  
 History of Rogue Squadron
The name and mantle "Rogue Squadron" was first assumed by the surviving members of Red Squadron, the X-wing pilots that had successfully destroyed the first Death Star at the Battle of Yavin.
Skywalker re-joined the squadron for a short time prior to the Battle of Endor when Rogue was involved in a diversionary strike in the Gall system to cover an attempt to rescue the carbonite-encased Han Solo from the vile bounty hunter Boba Fett.
Unfortunately for the Squadron, Imperial agent Kitran Loor discovered their secret base and several pilots were killed in a surprise attack.
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 U.S.S. Enterprise vs. The Death Star @ WWWF Grudge Match
The Death Star is so huge, that the Enterprise could blast at it all day and still not do anything significant to it.
But what you're really forgetting is that the Death Star, as shown in Episode IV, has a weak spot: All the Enterprise has to do is get close enough to fire a photon torpedo down that hole the size of a whomp-rat and the Death Star goes kablooie.
The death Star was blown up twice, once by an illiterate, whining school boy, and the next time by a drunken smuggler and some weird guy gurgling at him.
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 Galactic Civil War - Star Wars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Vader meanwhile, who had escaped the destruction of the Death Star by luck, became obsessed with finding Skywalker and used imperial probe droids launched from his command ship, the Executor of the Imperial Death Squadron, to seek him and the Rebel Alliance out.
The Death Star was protected by force field generated from the forest moon of Endor.
Although early on the Rebels used positions in the Imperial Senate to gain influence and took advantage of the diplomatic immunity provided, the Senate was abolished in 0 BBY and many Rebel Senators were discovered.
starwars.wikicities.com /wiki/Galactic_Civil_War   (2591 words)

  
 Imperial Death Squadron
The Imperial Starfleet's Death Squadron was a naval squadron under the personal command of Darth Vader in the fictional Star Wars universe.
Death Squadron delivered the troops and heavy armored assault groups of AT-AT and AT-ST walkers to the surface for the ensuring ground battle against the Rebel base.
The Rebel ground-based ion cannon managed to score a direct hit on one of the Imperial Star Destroyers in blockade formation, but the Imperial forces were able to capture or destroy many of the fleeing transports.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/i/im/imperial_death_squadron.html   (165 words)

  
 Star Destroyer Names: List E
Formally the Imperial Star Destroyer Accuser, this Star Destroyer was sent with a New Republic Task Force to help protect the evacuation of the planet of Mon Calamari, which had fallen under attack by the Empire's World Devastators.
Meanwhile, Imperial personnel were able to burn a hole in the bomber to their hands on the pilot, who they assumed to be Kir Kanos, who had locked the access from inside.
The Imperial Death Squadron was made of up six ships: the Executor and five Imperial Star Destroyers (the Avenger, the Devastator, the Tyrant, the Conquest, and the Stalker).
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 Star Wars: Databank | Super Star Destroyer
This vessel led the Imperial Death Squadron after the Battle of Yavin.
At that critical engagement, its officer, Admiral Piett, was tasked with preventing Alliance warships from escaping the battle.
Its control systems destroyed, the Executor was embraced by the second Death Star's gravity well, and the two collided in a colossal explosion that destroyed the flagship.
www.starwars.com /databank/starship/superstardestroyer   (274 words)

  
 DownTime the pilots lounge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In Aaron Allston's Wraith Squadron novel, Wedge Antilles tells Falynn she is 9 years from suffering the same effects of age he is experiencing at the ripe old age of 28.
The death of Wedge's parents is shown in flashback scenes of Michael Stackpole and Darko Macan's XRS: The Phantom Affair #2 comic.
The Rogues flew with Imperials in repulsing the invading alien /ssi-ruuk.
downtime.echostation.com /timeline.htm   (3896 words)

  
 Galactic Federation of Free Alliances
Both shipyards claimed to be building the SSD Executor, however the SSD built at Fondor became Lord Vader's SSD, while the one at Kuat was renamed Lusankya and was secretly buried underneath the Imperial Centre.
Meanwhile, the SSD Executor became the flagship to the newly formed Imperial Death Squadron, whose mission was to hunt down the Rebels.
Several Imperial Admirals saw the SSD as a blatant bid for power by Lord Darth Vader and they tried to sabotage the SSD Executor while it was still under construction at Fondor by informing the Rebels about it.
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 Jedi Council Forums - "Doll of Doom", a scary new chapter in the Star Wars Trilogy, using characters by Lawg Skrak.
Currently she was on Tatooine once again, staying in the Imperial Hotel—Tatooine being one of the backend planets of the galaxy, where she should be safe on, while he went out and searched for a present for her.
Luckily, for the Imperials, the door was unlocked, in case of emergencies, so the officer had no trouble manipulating the doll to kick away from the wall and swing open the door with hardly a squeak.
The Empire was known to be sloppy in announcing the death of another…then finding him or her alive in the next week, or so to speak.
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 MASSASSI STAR WARS, ARCHIVES, CHARACTERS, ADMIRAL KENDAL OZZEL
Ozzel was the Imperial Navy officer in command of the Imperial Death Squadron prior to the Battle of Hoth.
he destruction of the Death Star saw an immense power vacuum from the resulting death of many of the Empire's brightest and most capable Naval officers.
Ozzel took advantage of this calamity to further climb the military ladder, landing the position of Death Squadron commander.
massassi.yavin4.com /sw/c_ozzel.htm   (329 words)

  
 Star Destroyer Names: List D
The Death's Head was also used to attack the Rebel base at Ord Padron, part of Thrawn's plan to capture the Ukio system.
The Imperial Survey Vessel was forced to land on the planet of Isis.
Rogue Squadron (augmented to 24 X-Wings) destroyed this vessel, as it awaited a rendezvous with an Imperial resupply convoy.
www.hyperjump.net /swguides/sdguide/sdlistd.html   (1020 words)

  
 SSD | Characters: Wes Janson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It would be called Rogue Squadron and Wes Janson would be one of the first recruits, having a long and distinguished career on its roster.
Rogue Squadron found itself on diplomatic envoys and guarding convoys during the formation and early expansion of the New Republic.
When Wraith Squadron was transferred to the New Republic Intelligence division, Wes chose to stay with Starfighter Command and returned to Rogue Squadron.
www.angelfire.com /scifi/stormsquad/janson.html   (587 words)

  
 BZP Forums -> Star Wars The Revenge Of The Empire : Bionicle™ - BZPower News, Reference and Discussion
This was because of enemy TIE squadrons firing their weapons frequently without stopping into the shields.
The weapons on the Imperials were spitting out volleys of explosive laser energy at Han and the New Republic fighters.
In the distance, a group of Imperial TIES was harassing a Rebel Assault Transport and its Y-Wing escorts.
www.bzpower.com /forum/index.php?act=ST&f=9&t=119871   (3201 words)

  
 Yahoo! GeoCities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Veers was dismayed by the complacency and incompetence of officers senior to him, and proved his worth when he saved his lackluster commander, General Irrv, from a native insurrection on Culroon III.
When Veers married and had a son, he became what the Imperial propaganda posters lauded as the ideal Imperial citizen: a proud military man with a productive family unswervingly loyal to the Imperial cause.
He and a handful of officers escaped the station's destruction at Yavin, having to survive on his own in the jungles of the fourth moon after his escape shuttle was shot down.
www.geocities.com /new_empire/Members/veers.html   (413 words)

  
 Clan Taldryan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
After training he was attached to the ground forces of Darth Vader's elite Imperial Death Squadron, commanded by General Veers, and served with distinction in the Imperial Victory on Hoth, and was soon thereafter being promoted to Sergeant Major second in command of an Imperial Stormtrooper platoon.
Constantly surrounded by a strong Imperial presence and longing for a father-figure, Kir was effortlessly indoctrinated at a young age.
He was the Imperial recruitment poster version of a soldier yet he yearned for more, his burning ambition ate at him every time he remembered his past failure.
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   u  n  t  i  t  l  e  d   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He proved his mettle in the wilds of the galaxy's backwater, amassing an impressive record of "arrests and suppressions," and helping to make his sector one of the most secure in the region.
For his flawless reputation, Piett was awarded numerous commendations and a promotion to the most visible fleet in the Empire, the Imperial Death Squadron.
Piett was a loyal Imperial officer aboard Darth Vader's flagship, the Executor, during the Hoth campaign.
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 General Maximilian Veers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The quintessential Imperial soldier, General Veers is a stern and polished military man completely loyal to the New Order.
Veers commanded the ground forces attached to Lord Vader's elite Imperial Death Squadron.
In Force Commander, we learn that Veers was stationed aboard the original Death Star, but escaped its destruction.
www.angelfire.com /scifi/swonthenet/characters/generalmaximilianveers.html   (180 words)

  
 WesJanson.Com
Rogue Squadron found itself on diplomatic envoys and guarding convoys during formation and expansion of the New Republic.
When Wraith Squadron was given active status but transferred to the New Republic Intelligence division, Wes chose to stay with Starfighter Command and returned to Rogue Squadron.
Janson was the first Alliance gunner to successfully use the snowspeeder's harpoon and tow cable to entangle and trip an Imperial walker.
www.wesjanson.com /biography.html   (984 words)

  
 MASSASSI STAR WARS, ARCHIVES, STAR FICHTERS, TIE SHUTTLE
o ferry priority personnel between ships of the Imperial fleet, the Empire uses modified TIE bombers to act as shuttlecraft.
It is not built for combat, as it is not very maneuverable and only sports a single laser cannon.
During the search for the Rebels around the Battle of Hoth, the Imperial Death Squadron extensively used TIE shuttles to transport face-to-face messages between ship officers.
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 Hoth: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Hoth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Rebel Alliance relocated to Hoth after their victory in the Battle of Yavin[?].
However, an Imperial probe droid[?] discovered the base on Hoth, but was itself discovered, and the Rebels began preparations to leave, although an Imperial Death Squadron[?] arrived too soon, and the Rebels were forced into combat.
The action on Hoth figures prominently in the opening of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
www.encyclopedian.com /ho/Hoth.html   (152 words)

  
 Jedi Council Forums - Technology Of October - Super Star Destroyer
Constructed in secret at the starship yards of Fondor, the Executor was a crowning achievement for both the Imperial Navy and Kuat Drive Yards.
During the construction phase of its existence, the whole operation was under the command of Admiral Griff.
It was a demonstration to the Rebellion and the galaxy that the Alliance's success over the Death Star was pure chance.
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 3D Gamers :: Game Listing :: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D Info
To save the Rebel Alliance from this Imperial onslaught, Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles assembled Rogue Squadron, a group of twelve of the most highly-skilled, battle-tested starfighter pilots in the Alliance.
With the skill and knowledge to fly the variety of craft in the Alliance fleet, the versatile Rogue Squadron is always counted on for the most difficult and challenging missions.
Wedge Antilles and other Rogue Squadron members will be your wingmen on your missions, which will range from rescue and reconnaissance to search-and-destroy - and more.
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 darth vader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Imperial Death Squadron The Imperial Death Squadron is the fleet of Darth Vader in the fictional Star Wars movies.
A fringe benefit was that he could display the power of the Imperial Navy.
But the Battle of Yavin(0 BY), which resulted in the destuction of Death Star, marked a turning point in the war and Galactic History.
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