Zeta Squadron was a TIE/fo fighter squadron used by the military forces of the First Order.[1] Known members included Zeta Leader[4] Commander Jad "Scorch" Bean[2] and Zeta Ace "Longshot."[6] The remaining TIE/sf space superiority fighter pilots from Starkiller Base, humiliated by their failure following its destruction, were eager to prove their worth in pursuit of the Resistance.[3] The squadron, including its leader, "Scorch", participated in a battle against Resistance MG-100 StarFortress SF-17 bombers and X-wing starfighters over the planet D'Qar.[4] As the squadron utilized TIE/fo fighters, these pilots enjoyed higher survival rates than their predecessors in the Galactic Empire, due to technologies originally researched by the Empire's TIE Advanced program that were later mass produced on First Order starfighters and unhampered by a cumbersome galactic bureaucracy.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Zeta Squadron first appeared in the first issue of the 2017 comic series Star Wars: Captain Phasma. which was written by Kelly Thompson, illustrated by Marco Checchetto, and published by Marvel Comics[7] on September 6, 2017.[8] The squadron was simultaneously introduced in the The Force Awakens Core Set for Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game[9] as well as an article previewing the Core Set on its release date, September 9, 2015.[10][11]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Starfighter Missions
- Captain Phasma 1 (First appearance)
- Captain Phasma 2
- Captain Phasma 3
- Captain Phasma 4
Sources[]
Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game — The Force Awakens Core Set (Card: "Zeta Ace"—TIE/fo Fighter)- Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game — The Force Awakens Core Set (Card: Zeta Squadron Pilot—TIE/fo Fighter) (Reissued in TIE/fo Fighter Expansion Pack) (First identified as Zeta Squadron)
Strength in Numbers on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)- See the Movie. Fly the Ships. on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
- Join the Resistance on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
- Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game — TIE/fo Fighter Expansion Pack (Card: "Zeta Leader"—TIE/fo Fighter)
- Stay in Attack Formation on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link) (Picture only)
- Special Ops on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
- Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game — Special Forces TIE Expansion Pack (Card: Zeta Specialist—TIE/sf Fighter)
- Fanatical Devotion on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
Star Wars: Destiny — Awakenings (Card: First Order TIE Fighter) (backup link) (Picture only)- X-Wing™ 101: I Am Their Father, Part Two on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
- 2019 System Open Prizes on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
- Advanced Terror–Preview the TIE/fo Fighter Expansion Pack for X-Wing on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — First Order Conversion Kit (Card: "Longshot"—Zeta Ace—TIE/fo Fighter) (Reissued in TIE/fo Fighter Expansion Pack)- Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — First Order Conversion Kit (Card: "Scorch"—Zeta Leader—TIE/fo Fighter) (Reissued in TIE/fo Fighter Expansion Pack)
- Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — First Order Conversion Kit (Card: Lieutenant Rivas—Inconvenient Witness—TIE/fo Fighter) (Picture only) (Reissued in TIE/fo Fighter Expansion Pack)
- Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — First Order Conversion Kit (Card: TN-3465—Loose End—TIE/fo Fighter) (Picture only) (Reissued in TIE/fo Fighter Expansion Pack)
- Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — First Order Conversion Kit (Card: Zeta Squadron Pilot—TIE/fo Fighter) (Reissued in TIE/fo Fighter Expansion Pack)
- Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — First Order Conversion Kit (Card: Zeta Squadron Survivor—TIE/sf Fighter) (Reissued in TIE/sf Fighter Expansion Pack)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — First Order Conversion Kit (Card: Zeta Squadron Pilot)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — First Order Conversion Kit (Card: Zeta Squadron Survivor)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — First Order Conversion Kit (Card: "Scorch")
- ↑ Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — First Order Conversion Kit (Card: "Longshot")
- ↑ Captain Phasma 1
- ↑
JOURNEY TO STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI - CAPTAIN PHASMA (2017) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game — The Force Awakens Core Set
- ↑ Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game — The Force Awakens Core Set
- ↑ Man Your Ships! (September 4, 2015) on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
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