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Death Squadron

General information
Leader(s)	Supreme Commander Darth Vader^[1] Admiral Amise Griff Admiral Kendal Ozzel^[1] Admiral Firmus Piett^[1] Admiral Okins
Notable members	Captain Needa^[1] Captain Lennox^[1] Captain Venka Lieutenant Cabbel^[1] Major General Veers^[1] Brigadier Nevar Colonel Covell Colonel Starck Colonel Evir Derricote Colonel Soontir Fel Major Turr Phennir Lieutenant Arnet
Historical information
Formed from	0 ABY
Dissolution	4 ABY^[1]
Other information
Era(s)	Rebellion era^[1]
Affiliation	Galactic Empire^[1] Imperial Navy^[1]

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"Deploy the fleet so that nothing gets off that system."

―Darth Vader to Admiral Piett^[src]

Death Squadron was the codename applied to Darth Vader's personal fleet of Star Destroyers following the Battle of Yavin, led by the Super Star Destroyer Executor. The fleet, designed to instill terror in dissidents of the Empire's New Order, was in fact tasked with locating and destroying the Rebel Alliance headquarters. Moreover, Vader used his fleet in a more personal mission to find and capture his son, Luke Skywalker. Death Squadron represented the largest fleet of warships ever gathered in the history of the galaxy.

1 Composition
- 1.1 Ships
2 History
3 Known officers
4 Appearances
5 Sources
6 Notes and references
- 6.1 In other languages

CompositionEdit

About half a dozen or so Imperial-class Star Destroyers comprised Death Squadron at any one time, while Vader or the fleet's admiral could reassign ships from other fleets to Death Squadron whenever needed. Likewise, ships assigned to Death Squadron could be sent off from the main fleet on reconnaissance missions when appropriate.^[2]

The centerpiece of Death Squadron was Vader's flagship, the Super Star Destroyer Executor, while a number of smaller vessels routinely acted as support ships. Together, Death Squadron was the most powerful assemblage of warships in galactic history.^[3]^[4]

Famed units attached to the fleet included Baron Soontir Fel's 181st Imperial Fighter Group,^[5]^[6] Major General Maximilian Veers' Blizzard Force^[4] and elements of Stormtrooper Commander Bow's 501st Legion.^[7]

ShipsEdit

Death Squadron consisted of the Executor and five Star Destroyers (the Avenger, Stalker, Conquest, Tyrant and Devastator), though Vader and Admiral Ozzel had authority to temporarily attach other fleets' ships when it was necessary.^[8]

Executor-class Star DreadnoughtsEdit

Executor^[1]^[8]

Victory-class Star DestroyersEdit

Firewind^[11] (temporarily)^[8]

HistoryEdit

Darth Vader formed Death Squadron after the Imperial defeat at the Battle of Yavin. For three years, Death Squadron hunted the Rebel Alliance from system to system under the command of Admiral Kendal Ozzel, mercilessly crushing any Rebel forces it encountered. Eventually, a probe droid launched by the Stalker succeeded in locating the Rebel Alliance base of operations on the ice world of Hoth.^[1]

After participating in the space and ground battles at Hoth, Death Squadron pursued the Millennium Falcon, which was lost in the Hoth asteroid belt.^[1]

One year later, Death Squadron, under the command of Admiral Firmus Piett, served as the core of the Imperial fleet at the Battle of Endor.^[12] During the battle, Devastator and Executor^[12] were destroyed, and a number of ships were captured. With the deaths of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader, the unit was disbanded.