Valkyrie Squadron

The Rebel Alliance

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"I still have my dignity ... It's because I know that my squadron earned its reputation, rather than just inheriting it from a bunch of real heroes."

―Major Leela Vorega, to a Rogue Squadron pilot

History

Valkyrie Squadron has its origins during the very early days of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. When the Corellian Treaty was signed, marking the beginning of the combined resistance efforts of Corellia, Alderaan and Chandrila, Valkyrie Squadron was established as a unit of Z-95 Headhunters intended to be involved with the hit-and-fade operations that would come to epitomise Rebel tactics.

The unit existed as such for some time, fighting several battles including Ton-Falk and Kashyyyk in the years before the Battle of Yavin. After the destruction of the Death Star, Valkyrie Squadron was selected to become one of the Rebel's small number of A-Wing Squadrons. Valkyrie Squadron returned to its raiding missions, specifically targetting Imperial supply lines in an effort to disrupt operations, and to drain Imperial resources by forcing them to commit more craft to escort operations on their convoys drawing craft away from other areas. This experience served the Squadron well in the aftermath of the Battle of Endor, where the unit was deployed on a similar series of operations.

Eventually assigned aboard the Mon Calamari Cruiser Valiant, the Valkyries joined the B-Wings of Dagger Squadron and continued to strike against Imperial trade routes, specifically targetting the region surrounding the Hydian Way. A few years after the Battle of Endor, they successfully disabled a the Carrack Cruiser Edean, and commendeered two Action VI Transports from an Imperial patrol escorted by the Strike Cruiser Cryptic Forest. (Ride of the Valkyries)

A few months later both Valkyrie and Dagger Squadrons were deployed on a joint operation with Rogue Squadron. (Raids, Rogues and Arithmatic)

Manifest

• Valkyrie Leader . . . Major Leela Vorega . . . (Human female from Alderaan)
• Valkyrie Five . . . Captain Ran Holdem (NPC) . . . (Human male from Bespin)
• Valkyrie Nine . . . Lieutenant Jaden Luka . . . (Human male from Ord Varee)
• Valkyrie Ten . . . Oolan Valx'ir (NPC) . . . (Verpine "male" from Roche)

• Lieutenant Tiet Voe (NPC) . . . (Sullustan male from Sullust)
• Eeveeastra-saveera (NPC) . . . (Squib female from Skor II)
• PDG0 - "Geo" (NPC) . . . (PD-series Protocol Droid)

Members

• Major Leela Vorega - Flying as Valkyrie Leader, Leela Vorega is the Squadron's commander as well as the senior pilot aboard the Valiant. A survivor of Alderaan, she carries a lot of guilt regarding her service with the Empire prior to the destruction of her homeworld, which she tends to convert into anger towards others who made "the same mistakes" as her. In spite of her sometimes short temper however, she has repeatedly demonstrated great skill in the cockpit, and an affinity for tactics, leadership, and motivating her pilots.

• Captain Ran Holdem - The Executive Officer of Valkyrie Squadron during their joint mission with Rogue Squadron. He flew as callsign Valkyrie Five. (Raids, Rogues and Arithmatic)

• Lieutenant Jaden Luka - A former Scout Trooper and Imperial Academy hopeful, Jaden Luka learned to fly at the controls of a Corellian YT-2000 over seven years roaming the Outer Rim. He was recruited into the Rebel Alliance - and Valkyrie Squadron - by Leela Vorega, serving initially as her wingman as Valkyrie Two. (Ride of the Valkyries) He later went on to become Valkyrie Nine, placed in command of Three Flight during a joint mission with Rogue Squadron. (Raids, Rogues and Arithmatic)

• Oolan Valx'ir - Valkyrie Ten, and wingman to Jaden Luka. Oolan was a Verpine who, unlike the majority of his species, chose to lend his biological adaptions to flying planes in combat rather than pieces them back together afterwards. Genetically a hermaphrodite along with the rest of his species, he chose to adopt the use of male pronouns in order to more easily integrate with members of other species.

• Lieutenant Tiet Voe - A Sullustan, and former wingman of Leela Vorega. He was badly injured during an engagement with an Imperial convoy, and was grounded for several months while he recovered. He was initially replaced by Jaden Luka (Ride of the Valkyries), until Jaden was made a Flight Leader. He has not yet returned to active status.

• Eeveeastra-saveera - The Chief Technician assigned to oversee the fighters Valkyrie Squadron, Eevee as she is better known is a blue-grey Squib who lives up to her species' reputation as a scavenger and pack-rat. A respected member of the Valiant Deck Crew, she is one of the few individuals that most pilots in the unit will allow to "tinker" with their ships, trusting that whatever alterations she makes will be improvements, as they have consistantly been in the past.

• PDG0 - "Geo" - The droid affectionately known as Geo serves as the Quartermaster and Ajutant attatched to the fighter squadrons aboard the Valiant. Though his model was designed to function in arctic conditions, Geo has adapted well to his role assisting fighter squadrons, although many of the pilots find his overly-optimistic approach a little wearing at times. Geo is also known to work with the command crew of the Valiant as well, filling the role of Yeoman if one is required.

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Valkyrie Squadron did not exist pre-Reset.