Chiss Squadron

The designation Chiss Squadron was the usual name given to the force of Chiss Clawcraft commanded by Colonel Jagged Fel in the later years of the war against the Yuuzhan Vong. It would appear that they deployed alongside New Republic forces in the weeks subsequent to the Battle of Borleais, but it is entirely unclear where they came from, who they answered to, or why they were fighting the Yuuzhan Vong.

The Chiss Squadron were first found patroling the Hydian Way, approximately three months before the Battle of Ebaq 9. They subsequently participated in the Battle of Ylesia, and probably the major clash at Ebaq, after which Major Shawnkyr Nuruodo returned to the Unknown Regions to report to her superiors.

A few months after this, Jag and two of his pilots were reattached to Twin Suns Squadron as part of the taskforce under the command of Han Solo; although he initially considered his second-in-command, Eprill, and a young female pilot named Sumichan, he went instead with the eager male warrior Miza, who was killed in a skirmish at N'zoth, and the cool, Csilla-born female Jocell.

By the time of the Liberation of Coruscant at the end of the war, it would appear that the Chiss Squadron had been given the designation of Vanguard Squadron, which had previously denoted a unit of Hapan volunteers raised by Jag Fel before the Clawcraft force appeared to join him.

Behind the Scenes
"Chiss Squadron" appears abruptly at the start of Destiny's Way, where they are said to have been detached from Twin Suns Squadron in the weeks since the Battle of Borleais, although the only Chiss pilots in previous novels were Jag, flying with the Twins, and his long-time wingmate Shawnkyr Nuruodo, commanding the Hapan volunteers of Vanguard Squadron.

The novellists appear to have been unaware of the distinction in political allegiance, chain of command and rules of engagement between House Phalanx forces and the Chiss Expansionary Defence Fleet established in Vision of the Future and Dark Tide: Ruin, and subsequently reiterated in Dark Journey and Survivor's Quest, or of the fact that Jag had commanded a multi-squadron force of Clawcraft in Ruin.

Appearances

 * Destiny's Way
 * ''Force Heretic Trilogy
 * The Final Prophecy
 * The Unifying Force