Saboteur/Legends

"We have stolen a small Imperial shuttle. Disguised as a cargo ship, and using a secret Imperial code, a strike team will land on the moon and deactivate the shield generator."

- General Madine at a briefing prior to the Battle of Endor

A saboteur was an individual skilled at disrupting the normal operation of a physical mechanism, often by way of using destructive force. Commandos often served as saboteurs.

Characteristics
"Pretty. What do we blow up first?"

- Wraith Squadron motto, first coined by Myn Donos

Saboteurs operate covertly using stealth, often infiltrating a location by posing as an individual authorized to be there. They often worked individually if infiltrating a single structure or in small teams when their target was an entire complex covering a larger area.

The objectives of a saboteur ranged from simply disabling a particular machine, such as a shield generator or power grid, or the complete destruction of the building, complex or base. This wide variety of tasks necessitated a working knowledge of a wide array of tools, weapons and explosives.

History
Before becoming a Jedi Knight, Kyle Katarn worked as an agent of Alliance to Restore the Republic, often committing acts of sabotage against Imperial targets. While tracking down the origins of the Dark Trooper Project, Katarn infiltrated and destroyed a mining facility on Gromas 16, halting the Empire's flow of phrikite. He later infiltrated and caused the destruction of the Arc Hammer, the factory ship where Dark troopers were produced.

Han Solo led a strike team to the forest moon of Endor to destroy the shield generator protecting the Death Star II. After initially being captured by Imperial forces, the strike team was able to plant explosives causing the destruction of the generator. Once the shield was deactivated, Rebel Alliance fighters, led by Lando Calrissian in the Millennium Falcon, were able to penetrate the Death Star superstructure and destroy the battle station, ending the dictatorial reign of Emperor Palpatine.

After infiltrating Imperial City on Coruscant, Rogue Squadron was able to hijacked a Construction droid to take them to the command building. There, they took remote control of one of the orbiting solar mirrors. focusing a light beam from the mirror directly onto one of the planet's reservoirs. The flash-boiled water caused a massive electrical storm, overloading the shield station power supply, causing the shields to collapse allowing the New Republic to liberate the planet. Wraith Squadron, a New Republic starfighter squadron, used deception and sabotage on numerous occasions during the campaign to draw Warlord Zsinj into the open. Posing as as gang of pirates, they disrupted the warlord's supply line. Rather than destroy the "pirate gang", Zsinj hired them to work for him, allowing the Wraiths closer contact than ever before. Their continued ploy resulted in the destruction of the Star Dreadnought Razor's Kiss, preventing it from falling into Zsinj's hands and later, through the use of a double-agent, the warlord's demise.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
 * Star Wars: Dark Forces
 * Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * X-wing: Wraith Squadron