Blade Squadron: Zero Hour

"Blade Squadron: Zero Hour"
Attribution information
Author(s)	David J. Williams Mark S. Williams
Illustrator(s)	Chris Trevas
Publication information
Publisher	Titan Magazines
Release date	September 8, 2015
Published in	Star Wars Insider 160
Reprinted in	Star Wars 2016 Del Rey Sampler Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 1
Pages	6
Chronology
Timeline	4 ABY
Preceded by	"Blade Squadron"
Followed by	"Blade Squadron: Kuat

"Blade Squadron: Zero Hour" is a short story by David J. Williams and Mark S. Williams, with art by Chris Trevas. The story, published in Star Wars Insider 160, is a sequel to the short story "Blade Squadron" and a tie-in prequel to the novel Aftermath. It takes place after the Battle of Endor,focusing on the squadron's exploits during the Battle of Malastare. Their objective was to destroy the planet's shield generator and communications hub; however, Gina Moonsong disobeyed orders and also destroyed Moff Valco Pandion's vacation palace.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Gial Ackbar (Mentioned only) Wedge Antilles (Mentioned only) Yori Dahn (First appearance) Fanty Jordan Karls (First appearance) Gina Moonsong Valco Pandion (Mentioned only) Cutter Poole (First appearance) Braylen Stramm Unidentified Rebel admiral (First mentioned)

Droid models

MSE-6 series repair droid (Mentioned only) Power droid (Picture only) GNK-series power droid (Picture only)

Events

Founder's Day (Mentioned only) Imperial Era Galactic Civil War Battle of Endor (Mentioned only) Battle of Malastare (First appearance)

Locations

Bespin (Mentioned only) Endor (Mentioned only) Mid Rim Territories Dustig sector Malastare system Malastare Malastare communications station (Mentioned only) Pandion's vacation palace (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Military Rebel Alliance Navy Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps Blade Squadron Blade Five (First appearance) Blade Leader Blade Six (First appearance) Blade Seven (First appearance) Blade Three Blade Two Rebel pilot Boss (Mentioned only) Enslaver (Mentioned only)

Galactic Empire Imperial Military Imperial Navy Imperial Starfighter Corps TIE fighter pilot Moff (Mentioned only) Officer Admiral (Mentioned only) Cadet Commander Lieutenant Wing Commander Pilot

Sentient species

Human Togruta

Vehicles and vessels

Death Star (Mentioned only) DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station (Mentioned only) Starship Freighter (Mentioned only) Starfighter B-wing heavy assault starfighter A/SF-01 B-wing starfighter TIE fighter series TIE/ln space superiority starfighter X-wing starfighter (Mentioned only)

Weapons and technology

Comlink Communications array Computer Targeting computer (Mentioned only) Datapad Deflector shield generator Droid (Picture only) Flak Headset Ion cannon Laser cannon L-s1 laser cannon Planetary shield Proton torpedo Turbolaser

Miscellanea

Atmosphere Callsign Cockpit Coruscanti Fuel (Mentioned only) Hair Hangar Kilogram (Mentioned only) Laser Lekku Medal (Mentioned only) Medal of Bravery (Mentioned only)

Meter Montral Orbit Planet Plant Grass Squadron Starfighter Corps Tooth

Sources

• Star Wars Insider #159: 10 Highlights! on StarWars.com (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
• Blade Squadron: Part One Short Story on StarWars.com (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars Insider 160
• Star Wars Insider #160: 10 Highlights! on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars 2016 Del Rey Sampler
• Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 1

Notes and references

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