| rdfs:comment | - Black Eight Squadron was an elite unit of starfighters in the Imperial Navy. They were stationed at the Death Star. Most of them got killed in the Battle of Yavin. They were usually commanded by Darth Vader. After the Battle of Yavin, Vader recruited former Separatist ace, Nas Ghent to train and command a new squadron of eight elite pilots who would operate outside the chain of command. Some of the pilots that survived the Battle of Yavin were Black Eight, Black Seven, and Black Five. More members were added after that to replace the lost pilots. Some of the missions the were on:
- However, that latter possibility appears to have been quite definitely eliminated, since [ we see] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] Sergeant Scorp, returning to duty with Wulfenbach ground forces in Mechanicsburg after having been treated for an injury to his arm in Mechanicsburg Hospital. However, [ when] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] we saw Sergeant Scorp with the Black Squad, he was not wearing their special uniform; thus, he was apparently not part of the Black Squad itself. Even so, and despite the fact that a member of the Wulfenbach forces is likely to see many strange things in his career, simply the fact of his easy familiarity with the members of the Black Squad seems to militate against the notion of them being ghosts.
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| abstract | - However, that latter possibility appears to have been quite definitely eliminated, since [ we see] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] Sergeant Scorp, returning to duty with Wulfenbach ground forces in Mechanicsburg after having been treated for an injury to his arm in Mechanicsburg Hospital. However, [ when] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] we saw Sergeant Scorp with the Black Squad, he was not wearing their special uniform; thus, he was apparently not part of the Black Squad itself. Even so, and despite the fact that a member of the Wulfenbach forces is likely to see many strange things in his career, simply the fact of his easy familiarity with the members of the Black Squad seems to militate against the notion of them being ghosts. Their black uniforms and disappearing act could also be technical tricks of the Baron intended to create the impression of them being ghosts; in that case, though, we would not expect Wooster to be fooled, as his ability and knowledge have been demonstrated on numerous occasions. This doesn't, however, eliminate the possibility that in Wooster's previous career, of which we have little knowlege, he might have had experiences with the supernatural of such a nature that even something that merely suggests the supernatural would make him uneasy. The black squad is co-ed, unusually for ground forces. All other Wulfenbach ground forces shown so far are all men. One of the members, possibly an officer, is a woman. She appears earlier in Vol 6[1] - recognizably the same person as appears apprehending the supposed Heterodyne, where in the next page Sergeant Scorp calls her "Ma'am", suggesting a superior officer. Zola "Heterodyne" (or, more precisely, Herr Vikel) had a device which seemed to warp the squadmembers painfully out of existence. Because the Black Squad has previously been shown appearing from, and disappearing into, nowhere as part of their normal operations, it is unknown if this is a permanent dematerialization, or simply a temporary banishment to their usual hiding place. Their variation of the Wulfenbach badge is the tower and wings in matte black on a gold oval, and is worn on their shakos.
- Black Eight Squadron was an elite unit of starfighters in the Imperial Navy. They were stationed at the Death Star. Most of them got killed in the Battle of Yavin. They were usually commanded by Darth Vader. Black Eight Squadron was in the Bombing of Callos under the command of Juno Eclipse. Black Eight received orders to carpet bomb the surface of the planet to show what happens to people apposing the Empire. Eclipse said it was unnecessary and a complete waste of life. Vader agreed, and made a new objective- he ordered her to strike the planetary reactor instead. Once they finished that, he considered the mission complete. After the Battle of Yavin, Vader recruited former Separatist ace, Nas Ghent to train and command a new squadron of eight elite pilots who would operate outside the chain of command. Some of the pilots that survived the Battle of Yavin were Black Eight, Black Seven, and Black Five. More members were added after that to replace the lost pilots. Some of the missions the were on:
* Bombing of Callos, a bombing raid on an Outer Rim planet.
* Battle of Yavin, where they tried to defend the unidentified station, but failed.
* Battle of Hoth.
* Battle of Endor.
* Attack on the Yuuzhan Vong, a mission in which they were secretly in, against the Yuuzhan Vong. They saved a Rebel fleet from a Yuuzhan Vong armada.
* Help dark side adepts reach the Emperor when he was attacked.
* Fought Rogue Squadron and Renegade Squadron.
* Participated in keeping away ships from a system that had a huge black hole in it.
* Some unknown missions after that.
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