Changes: Omega Squad: Targets

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Warning: This infobox has missing parameters: title and unrecognized parameters: story name Omega Squad: Targets is a short story written by Karen Traviss and illustrated by Robert Hendrickson for Star Wars Insider 81. The story was also included in the Del Rey printing of Republic Commando: Triple Zero though not in the UK and Australia, where Triple Zero was published under the Orbit imprint. It takes place in 22 BBY.

Publisher's summary

A group of terrorists has taken a senator hostage on Coruscant, and it's up to a crack team of clone commandos to defuse the dangerous situation.

Plot summary

On Coruscant, Omega Squad is sent to a spaceport where a group of terrorists from Haruun Kal is keeping hostages. The terrorists demand that the Republic leave their planet so they can stay out of the war, or they will kill the hostages with explosives. Null ARC trooper N-11 Ordo, Kal Skirata, and a Jedi arrive, and the Jedi enters the room with the terrorists to negotiate. The squad, watching video from a camera the Jedi smuggled in, mentally catalogue the terrorists based on the colors of their clothing: green, gray, tan and dark brown. The terrorists kill the Jedi and throw out his body with a bomb attached to it. Fi jumps on top of the bomb before it can detonate, shielding the police with his armor. Luckily the armor protects him too and he is regarded as a hero for saving the men and gains Ordo's respect.

The squad then begins the attack. Ordo covers the roof as Darman sets explosives to destroy the door that protects the terrorists. Fi then throws some flash bangs in to stun the terrorists and upon entering shoots the green one in the chest. Atin takes out the gray one out and Darman and Niner take out the dark brown one. But the terrorists had switched the clothes of a hostage with the tan one and only by shielding the hostage does Skirata keep Fi from shooting. Then Ordo sees the one in the hostage's clothing with a gun and kills him. Later they learn that the hostage who had been framed was an important executive for the Corporate Sector Authority, an organization with a lot of money and armaments, and that the terrorists were trying to get the hostage shot so that the Corporate Sector would side with the Confederacy of Independent Systems. All the hostages are rescued, including the executive and a Senator who was the bait to attack the terrorists.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

OmegaSquad-TargetsPrelimart SWI81 — Preliminary artwork.

Berin B'naian (Mentioned only)
Dovel (First appearance)
Vun Merett Jai (Mentioned only)
Kaim (First appearance)
Cira Larutur (First appearance)
Joz Larutur (First appearance)
N'zaet Nir (First appearance)
Null-11 "Ordo"
Nuriin-Ar (First appearance)
Jaller Obrim (First appearance)
Mar Rugeyan (First appearance)
RC-1136 "Darman"
RC-1309 "Niner"
RC-3222 "Atin"
RC-8015 "Fi"
Kal Skirata
Meena Tills (Mentioned only)
Walon Vau (Mentioned only)

Organisms

Odupiendo

Events

Clone Wars
- Galactic City spaceport hostage siege (First appearance)
- Mission to Qiilura (Mentioned only)

Locations

Corporate Sector (Mentioned only)
Coruscant
- Galactic City
  - Galactic City Spaceport
Garqi (Mentioned only)
Haruun Kal (Mentioned only)
Mayro (Mentioned only)
Mon Calamari (Mentioned only)
Qiilura (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Confederacy of Independent Systems (Mentioned only)
- Trade Federation (Mentioned only)
Corporate Sector Authority (Mentioned only)
Galactic Republic
- Coruscant Security Force
- Grand Army of the Republic
  - Null-class Advanced Recon Commando
  - Omega Squad
- Republic Defense Procurement office (First appearance)
- Senate Guard
- Senate Head of Public Affairs (First appearance)
- Senate Security Committee (First appearance)
- Senator
HoloNet News

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Trade Federation Tank (Mentioned only)
Cloud car
VAAT/e (police assault ship)

Weapons and technology

Miscellanea

Caf
Eidetic memory
Kama
Mando'a
Skylane
Warra nuts (Mentioned only)

Behind the scenes

In this story, the Corporate Sector is abbreviated "CorSec", which typically refers to the Corellian Security Force. "CorpSec" is the usual shortened form of Corporate Sector.

External links

Omega Squad: Targets fan made audio drama, produced & directed by Dany Pépin.

Republic Commando series

Games
Republic Commando · Order 66
Novels
Hard Contact · Triple Zero · True Colors · Order 66 Imperial Commando: 501st
Short Stories
Omega Squad: Targets · Odds
Other
Republic Commando soundtrack Republic Commando: Prima Official Game Guide
Canceled
Imperial Commando · Imperial Commando 2 · Rebel Commando

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+*[[Republic Commando: Triple Zero|''Republic Commando: Triple Zero (Del Rey edition)'']]
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-'''''Omega Squad: Targets''''' is a short story written by [[Karen Traviss]] and illustrated by [[Robert Hendrickson]] for ''[[Star Wars Insider 81]]''. It was also included in ''[[Republic Commando: Triple Zero]]''. It takes place in [[22 BBY]].
+'''''Omega Squad: Targets''''' is a short story written by [[Karen Traviss]] and illustrated by [[Robert Hendrickson]] for ''[[Star Wars Insider 81]]''. The story was also included in the [[Del Rey]] printing of ''[[Republic Commando: Triple Zero]]'' though not in the UK and Australia, where ''[[Triple Zero]]'' was published under the [[Orbit (imprint)|Orbit]] imprint. It takes place in [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]].
 ==Publisher's summary==
-''A group of terrorists have taken a [[senator]] hostage on [[Coruscant]], and its up to a crack team of [[clone commando]]s to diffuse the dangerous situation.''
+''A group of terrorists has taken a [[Senator/Legends|senator]] hostage on [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]], and it's up to a crack team of [[Clone commando/Legends|clone commandos]] to defuse the dangerous situation.''
 ==Plot summary==
-The story opens during a mission on Coruscant in which a group of terrorists from the planet [[Haruun Kal]] is keeping hostages in a space port. They demand that the Republic leave their planet so they can stay out of the war or else they will kill the hostages with explosives. A Jedi comes to negotiate the surender but only gets killed and the body thrown out with a bomb attached to it. Fi jumps on top of the bomb before it can detonate, shielding the police with his armor. Luckily the armor protects him too and he is regarded as a hero for saving the men and gains the respect of N-11 Null ARC trooper Ordo. This is also when the character Kal Skirata enters. Skirata is the man responsible for training some of the Republic Commandos including all of Omega except for Atin. The squad after watching the video captured by a camera on the Jedi figured out that the terrorists would be in colored coded clothes green, gray, tan and dark brown.
+On [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]], [[Omega Squad]] is sent to a [[Spaceport/Legends|spaceport]] where a group of [[Terrorist/Legends|terrorists]] from [[Haruun Kal/Legends|Haruun Kal]] is keeping hostages. The terrorists demand that the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Republic]] leave their [[Planet/Legends|planet]] so they can stay out of the [[Clone Wars/Legends|war]], or they will kill the hostages with explosives. [[Null-class Advanced Recon Commando|Null ARC]] trooper [[Ordo Skirata|N-11 Ordo]], [[Kal Skirata]], and a [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] arrive, and the Jedi enters the room with the terrorists to negotiate. The squad, watching video from a camera the Jedi smuggled in, mentally catalogue the terrorists based on the colors of their clothing: green, gray, tan and dark brown. The terrorists kill the Jedi and throw out his body with a bomb attached to it. [[Fi Skirata|Fi]] jumps on top of the bomb before it can detonate, shielding the [[Coruscant Security Force/Legends|police]] with his armor. Luckily the armor protects him too and he is regarded as a hero for saving the men and gains Ordo's respect.
-The squad then begins the attack. N-11 Ordo covers the roof as Darman sets explosives to destroy the door that protects the terrorists. Then Fi throws some flash bangs in to stun the terrorists and upon entering shoots the green one in the chest. Atin takes out the gray one out and Darman and Niner take out the dark brown one. But the terrorists had switched the clothes of a hostage with the tan man and only by shielding the hostage does Skirata keep Fi from shooting. Then Ordo seeing the one in the hostages clothing with a gun and kills him. Later it was discovered that the hostage who had been framed was an important executive for the [[Corporate Sector]] (CSA), people with a lot of money and armaments. And that the terrorists were trying to get the hostage shot because then the CSA would have sided with the CIS. All the hostages are rescued, including a Senator who was the bait to attack the terrorists, and the CSA did not lose the executive.
+The squad then begins the attack. Ordo covers the roof as [[Darman Skirata|Darman]] sets explosives to destroy the door that protects the terrorists. Fi then throws some [[Flash-bang grenade|flash bangs]] in to stun the terrorists and upon entering shoots the green one in the chest. Atin takes out the gray one out and Darman and Niner take out the dark brown one. But the terrorists had switched the clothes of a hostage with the tan one and only by shielding the hostage does Skirata keep Fi from shooting. Then Ordo sees the one in the hostage's clothing with a gun and kills him. Later they learn that the hostage who had been framed was an important executive for the [[Corporate Sector Authority/Legends|Corporate Sector Authority]], an organization with a lot of money and armaments, and that the terrorists were trying to get the hostage shot so that the Corporate Sector would side with the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]]. All the hostages are rescued, including the executive and a Senator who was the bait to attack the terrorists.
 ==Appearances==
+{{App
-===Characters===
+|characters=
+[[File:OmegaSquad-TargetsPrelimart SWI81.jpg|thumb|150px|Preliminary artwork.]]
 *[[Berin B'naian]] {{Mo}}
 *[[Dovel]] {{1st}}
 *[[Vun Merett Jai]] {{Mo}}
 *[[Kaim]] {{1st}}
-*[[Cira Larutur]]
+*[[Cira Larutur]] {{1st}}
-*[[Joz Larutur]]
+*[[Joz Larutur]] {{1st}}
 *[[N'zaet Nir]] {{1st}}
-*[[Null-11]], Ordo
+*[[Ordo Skirata|Null-11]] "Ordo"
-*[[Nuriin-Ar]]
+*[[Nuriin-Ar]] {{1st}}
 *[[Jaller Obrim]] {{1st}}
-*[[Omega Squad]]
-**[[RC-3222|Atin]]
-**[[RC-1136|Darman]]
-**[[RC-8015|Fi]]
-**[[RC-1309|Niner]]
 *[[Mar Rugeyan]] {{1st}}
+*[[Darman Skirata|RC-1136]] "Darman"
+*[[Niner Skirata|RC-1309]] "Niner"
+*[[RC-3222]] "Atin"
+*[[Fi Skirata|RC-8015]] "Fi"
 *[[Kal Skirata]]
-*[[Meena Tills]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Meena Tills/Legends|Meena Tills]] {{Mo}}
 *[[Walon Vau]] {{Mo}}
+|creatures=
+*[[Odupiendo/Legends|Odupiendo]]
-===Creatures===
+|events=
-*[[Odupiendo]]
+*[[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]]
+**[[Galactic City spaceport hostage siege]] {{1st}}
-===Events===
-*[[Clone Wars]]
-**[[Galactic City spaceport hostage siege]]
 **[[Mission to Qiilura]] {{Mo}}
+|locations=
+*[[Corporate Sector/Legends|Corporate Sector]] {{Mo}}
-===Locations===
-*[[Coruscant]]
+*[[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]]
-**[[Galactic City]]
+**[[Galactic City/Legends|Galactic City]]
 ***[[Galactic City Spaceport]]
-*[[Garqi]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Garqi/Legends|Garqi]] {{Mo}}
-*[[Haruun Kal]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Haruun Kal/Legends|Haruun Kal]] {{Mo}}
 *[[Mayro]] {{Mo}}
 *[[Dac|Mon Calamari]] {{Mo}}
 *[[Qiilura]] {{Mo}}
+|organizations=
+*[[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]] {{Mo}}
-===Organizations and titles===
-*[[Confederacy of Independent Systems]] {{Mo}}
+**[[Trade Federation/Legends|Trade Federation]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Corporate Sector Authority/Legends|Corporate Sector Authority]] {{Mo}}
-**[[Trade Federation]] {{Mo}}
-*[[Galactic Republic]]
+*[[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]]
-**[[Coruscant Security Force]]
+**[[Coruscant Security Force/Legends|Coruscant Security Force]]
+**[[Grand Army of the Republic/Legends|Grand Army of the Republic]]
-**[[Null-class Advanced Recon Commando]]
+***[[Null-class Advanced Recon Commando]]
-**[[Omega Squad]]
+***[[Omega Squad]]
-**[[Republic Defense Procurement office]]
+**[[Republic Defense Procurement office]] {{1st}}
-**[[Senate Guard]]
-**[[Senate Head of Public Affairs]]
+**[[Senate Guard/Legends|Senate Guard]]
-**[[Senate Security Committee]]
+**[[Senate Head of Public Affairs]] {{1st}}
+**[[Senate Security Committee]] {{1st}}
-**[[Senator]]
+**[[Senator/Legends|Senator]]
-*[[Republic]] [[Holonet News]]
+*[[HoloNet News/Legends|HoloNet News]]
-===Sentient species===
+|species=
 *[[Garqian]]
 *[[Gurlanin]] {{Mo}}
-*[[Human]]
+*[[Human/Legends|Human]]
 **[[Korun]]nai
-*[[Mon Calamari]]
+*[[Mon Calamari/Legends|Mon Calamari]]
-*[[Twi'lek]]
+*[[Twi'lek/Legends|Twi'lek]]
+|vehicles=
+*[[Armored Assault Tank/Legends|Trade Federation Tank]] {{Mo}}
-===Vehicles and vessels===
-*[[Cloud car]]
+*[[Cloud car/Legends|Cloud car]]
-*[[Armored Assault Tank|Trade Federation Tank]] {{Mo}}
 *[[Variable Altitude Assault Transport/enforcement|VAAT/e]] (police assault ship)
+|technology=
+*[[Armor/Legends|Armor]]
-===Weapons and technology===
+**[[Katarn-class commando armor]] (Mark III)
-*[[Comlink]]
+*[[Comlink/Legends|Comlink]]
-*[[DC-17m Interchangeable Weapon System]]
+*[[DC-17m Interchangeable Weapon System/Legends|DC-17m Interchangeable Weapon System]]
-*[[EMP grenade]]
+*[[Electromagnetic pulse grenade]]
 *[[Flash-bang grenade]]
+*[[Flimsiplast/Legends|Flimsiplast]]
-*[[Flimsi]]
 *[[Hearing enhancer]]
-*[[Hologram]]
+*[[Hologram/Legends|Hologram]]
 *[[Hovercam]]
-*[[Kama]]
-*[[Katarn-class commando armor]] (Mark III)
 *[[Strip-cam]]
 *[[Verpine shatter gun]]
+|miscellanea=
+*[[Caf/Legends|Caf]]
+*[[Eidetic memory/Legends|Eidetic memory]]
+*[[Kama/Legends|Kama]]
+*[[Mando'a/Legends|Mando'a]]
+*[[Skylane/Legends|Skylane]]
+*[[Warra nut]]s {{Mo}}
+}}
+==Behind the scenes==
-[[File:OmegaSquad-TargetsPrelimart SWI81.jpg|thumb|150px|Preliminary artwork.]]
+In this story, the Corporate Sector is abbreviated "CorSec", which typically refers to the [[Corellian Security Force]]. "CorpSec" is the usual shortened form of Corporate Sector.
-===Miscellanea===
-*[[Caf]]
-*[[Mando'a]]
-*[[Skylane]]
-*[[Warra nut]]s {{Mo}}
 ==External links==
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+|cs=Omega Squad: Targets
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+[[Category:Legends short stories from Star Wars Insider]]
-[[de:Kommando Omega: In der Schusslinie]]
+[[Category:Short stories republished with novels]]

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