103rd Starfighter Wing
| 103rd Starfighter Wing | |
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| Unit Information | |
| Unit Type | Starfighter Wing |
| Affiliation | Ternion Corps |
| Dates Active | Y-25 to Y-18, reformed Y22 |
| Part of | 18th Division |
| Commanding Officer | Lt. Commander Grohl Wylde |
| Garrison | Austan |
| Battles or Conflicts | First Galactic Civil War Second Galactic Civil War Battle for Kowak |
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Unit History
The Clone Wars
The 103rd Starfighter Wing was first formed as part of the Grand Army of the Republic and was assigned to a Core defense fleet and attached to the Venator-class Star Destroyer "Negotiator". The wing was comprised of five squadrons, totaling sixty starfighters and a ground crew of two hundred mechanics and droids. At the beginning of the war three of the squadrons flew V-19 Torrent starfighters, and two flew Z-95 Headhunters. The unit saw little action in the early months of the First Galactic Civil War, patrolling systems in the Coruscant sector. However, as the Republic began to overextend itself in Year -24 after their embarrassments at Ryloth and Kamino Separatists incursions grew more frequent, and the "Negotiator" was redeployed to support a battle group in Billbringi before joining the 9th Battlegroup on the assault on Dolomar. After that battle, the "Negotiator" and the 103rd were recalled to Coruscant where it spent the remainder of the war. The unit was retrained to fly the new Alpha-three Nimbus V-Wing starfighters just before the invasion of Coruscant, where the unit fought valiantly to repel the Separatist fleet. The 103rd remained in the Coruscant sector, flying peacekeeping missions as the victorious Republic transitioned in the Galactic Empire in Year -23.
Imperial Service
The 103rd remained an Imperial unit for five more years, mainly flying escorts for dignitaries' shuttles until it was officially disbanded in Year -18. By that time the unit's Alpha-3 Nimbus starfighters were being replaced by the fearsome new TIE Fighters, and clone soldiers were being replaced with volunteers and conscripts. While many of the pilots accepted their pensions and attempted to transition to civilian life, many accepted posts as flight instructors at the plethora of Imperial military academies being built across the Empire. By Year -10, however, all remaining clones were discharged from Imperial service, and the veterans of the 103rd were forced to find work as mechanics, cargo or escort pilots, or in other industries as they sank into obscurity, keeping in touch only through veterans' networks like the Ternion Corps.
The Reborn 103rd
In Year 21, the Ternion Corps began shifting from a veterans support group to a military outfit. With the assistance of Con Semper and Vir Calder and other researchers and investors, the Corps acquired state of the art cloning equipment and began producing clones with the intention of rebuilding the Grand Army of the Republic and restore the best values of the Republic they once served. Cloning, training, equipping, and housing this new army proved expensive, so the Corps began allowing sympathetic investors to sponsor their own units and receive an honorary commission within the new military force. Paul Luz agreed to raise and sponsor a regiment and was particularly interested in a starfighter unit that could defend his personal fleet when not on assignment. Through his association with veterans groups, Luz met Grohl Wylde, a former starfighter pilot from the Grand Army who had flown with the 103rd in the final weeks of the war. Not knowing how to train or run a starfighter wing himself, Luz offered Wylde command of the unit once it had developed and named it the 103rd in honor of Wylde's comrades and service. In the time between their agreement and the time the clones were ready to fly, Luz and Wylde began acquiring the necessary ships, buying war-era starfighters from collectors and surplus sales, or else finding them in scrapyards and working with the Corps to restore them to their former glory. By the time the pilots arrived, the wing already had two squadrons of Y-Wings and one squadron of Z-95 Headhunters ready. Wylde and his pilots worked alongside Protectorate Strategic Command of the newly formed Republic Protectorate of Quantxi to recover more ships, and by the middle of Year 23 the wing had grown to its former size, fielding five full squadrons, flying Y-Wings, Z-95's, Actis Eta's, and even V-19's like the original unit flew.
Lt. Com. Grohl Wylde
Lieutenant Commander Grohl Wylde is the current Wing Commander for the 103rd. He is a veteran of the Clone Wars, having been assigned to the original 103rd Starfighter Wing shortly before the Battle of Coruscant. Wylde survived the final months of the war, and served in the Galactic Empire as a starfighter pilot, and then as a flight instructor helping to found the Imperial Academy in the Voon system. He served there until being decommissioned and retired in Year -10. Wylde became depressed, having lost the opportunity to serve- his entire purpose for existing. Growing anti-clone bias even within the Empire made life difficult, and his service pension was not enough to allow him to remain in the Core Region where he had spent his entire life. Life was even harder in the Outer Rim, where memories of the war were still fresh, and anti-clone and anti-Imperial sentiment was high. When several civilian and planetary flight school turned him down for teaching positions, Wylde found work as a mechanic on Maridun, working with other war vets.
It was through those veterans that Wylde connected with the Ternion Corps, who assisted him financially and offered him avenues to connect with others like him and process their experiences. While at one of those meetings, Wylde heard that Ternion was reforming the Grand Army and were looking for clone veterans to command and advise units. Through the Ternion network, Wylde met Paul Luz, and the two began the process of forming the starfighter wing that would become the 103rd. Unable to fly, Wylde still proudly leads the unit by training and caring for the new clone pilots, managing the ground crews, and designing the mission strategies with the squadron commanders.
Gold Squadron
Gold Squadron is one of the oldest squadrons in the unit and is one of two that fly modern BTL-S3 Y-Wing bombers built by The Resistance. Gold Squadron specializes in neutralizing enemy capital ships, frigates, and corvettes, as well as precision surface bombing when orbital turbolaser fire is deemed too risk or unavailable. Of the two squadrons of Y-wings in the 103rd, Gold Squadron is more frequently deployed offensively and away from the rest of the fleet and operates mostly out of a Raider-class corvette. In Year 23, Gold Squadron was the only unit of the Luz Regiment deployed to Kowak to join coalition forces in the system's defense.
Squadron Roster:
- Lieutenant Aletra Emos, Squadron Commander
- Trooper Allende Wytho, Gold One
- Trooper Anjyl Zarkot, Gold Two
- Trooper Araneya Richardson, Gold Three
- Ensign Ari Trammer, Gold Four, Flight Two Commander
- Trooper Brand Pele, Gold Five
- Trooper Brill Thaxton, Gold Six
- Trooper Celes Silthen, Gold Seven
- Ensign Dace Chan, Gold Eight, Flight Three Commander
- Trooper Damasa Zess, Gold Nine, Ace
- Trooper Fretlyn Sunfell, Gold Ten
- Trooper Giles Damarcus, Gold Eleven
Green Squadron
Green Squadron is one of the oldest squadrons in the unit and is one of two that fly modern BTL-S3 Y-Wing bombers built by The Resistance. Like Gold Squadron, Green Squadron specializes in neutralizing enemy capital ships, frigates, and corvettes, as well as precision surface bombing when orbital turbolaser fire is deemed too risk or unavailable. Of the two squadrons of Y-wings in the 103rd, Green Squadron is used primarily defensively, operating out of the regiment's flagship and defending Ternion's assets.
Squadron Roster:
- Lieutenant Fias Lankfast, Squadron Commander
- Trooper Kea Langley, Green One
- Trooper Koran Kelrune, Green Two
- Trooper Kava Baralein, Green Three
- Ensign Loysia Asto, Green Four, Flight Two Commander
- Trooper Lucia Arekson, Green Five
- Trooper Malcom Shysha, Green Six
- Trooper Miri Arekson, Green Seven
- Ensign Nei Verbenti, Green Eight, Flight Three Commander
- Trooper Orin Drahoon, Green Nine
- Trooper Paldamar Cornnag, Green Ten
- Trooper Raynar Case, Green Eleven
Red Squadron
Red squadron is unique among the 103rd as the only squadron not made up of clones. Instead, Red Squadron is comprised of daughters and granddaughters of clone veterans, making it also the only all-female unit in the regiment. This gives the unit its nickname "The Daughters of the Republic." Red Squadron flies war-era Z-95 Headhunters and specialize in atmospheric combat and dogfighting.
Squadron Roster:
- Lieutenant Penta Sunfell, Squadron Commander
- Trooper Renci Nizzre, Red One
- Trooper Rowana Abya, Red Two
- Trooper Sela Kamalas, Red Three
- Ensign Shadra Soylon, Red Four, Flight Two Commander
- Trooper Shinnan Wan, Red Five
- Trooper Testa Zzhoran, Red Six
- Trooper Tracie Faselli, Red Seven
- Ensign Vanel Corse, Red Eight, Flight Three Commander
- Trooper Jeanida Vigil, Red Nine
- Trooper Yana Sepsom, Red Ten
- Trooper Zyrias Selzen, Red Eleven
Blue Squadron
Blue Squadron is the most diverse and most decorated unit of the 103rd. The squadron flies a mixture of V-19 Torrents and New Republic surplus T-65 X-Wings. Their mission profile is similarly varied, but the squadron has proven most efficient in dogfighting and escorting important vessels, as their predecessor unit once did.
Squadron Roster:
- Lieutenant Kaulyn Vanukar, Squadron Leader (X-Wing)
- Trooper Kess Jerveda, Blue One (V-19)
- Trooper Miriam Kain, Blue Two (V-19)
- Trooper Orin Fayar, Blue Three (V-19)
- Ensign Pash Hornen, Blue Four, Flight Two Commander (X-Wing)
- Trooper Sarin Mott, Blue Five (V-19), Ace
- Trooper Shinnan Pieweto, Blue Six (V-19) Ace
- Trooper Shyon Creel, Blue Seven (V-19)
- Ensign Wyla Mott, Blue Eight, Flight Three Commander (X-Wing)
- Trooper Xanatos Duine, Blue Nine (V-19)
- Trooper Yana Marr, Blue Ten (V-19)
- Trooper Zev Fexive, Blue Eleven (V-19)
Black Squadron
Black Squadron is the newest squadron on the 103rd. They originally trained on the nimble Actis-2 Eta starfighter, which during the Clone Wars were reserved only for Jedi use as they were thought too touchy and fast to be used without the assistance of the Force. Lack of adequate shielding caused regimental command to discontinue the Actis-2 program, and instead switched Black squadron to the Toscan 8-Q platform. Black Squadron also serves as the Regiment's test pilots for new spacecraft and experimental upgrades.
Squadron Roster:
- Lieutenant Cucu Tolen, Squadron Commander
- Trooper Danni Maru, Black One
- Trooper Danni Maru, Black Two
- Trooper Vanel Maru, Black Three
- Ensign Elaiza Luss, Black Four, Flight Two Commander
- Trooper Elayne Abogado, Black Five
- Trooper Ethea Ion, Black Six
- Trooper Ginovae Lithol, Black Seven
- Ensign Guld Jansen, Black Eight, Flight Three Commander
- Trooper Ian Lansford, Black Nine
- Trooper Isabel Qui-Zot, Black Ten
- Trooper Dunist Kobylarz,, Black Eleven
