History Characters / StarWarsInfernoSquadron

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Kills Gleb, someone who indoctrinated children into joining the Empire.]]

->'''Appearances:''' ''Literature/InfernoSquad'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsHiddenEmpire Hidden Empire]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''Literature/InfernoSquad'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsHiddenEmpire Hidden Empire]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''Literature/InfernoSquad'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsHiddenEmpire Hidden Empire]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''Literature/InfernoSquad'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsHiddenEmpire Hidden Empire]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]''

* VillainHasAPoint: He accurately states that the First Order [[BestServedCold has been waiting 30 years to get their revenge on the New Republic for destroying the Empire]] while [[WeHaveBecomeComplacent they did nothing about it]]. Even Shriv, who is with Iden on Vardos to help her daughter concedes that they've been planning this for a long time.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:He was chums with Iden and Del, going on missions with them for the Empire with whatever free time they had hanging out ini whatever ways they could. Their relation crumbles after both of them defect to the Rebellion.]]

* KnightTemplar: Believes Operation: Cinder is for all the greater good and during the Resurrection DLC, [[spoiler: when Iden accurately describes Project: Resurrection as kidnapping children, Hask corrects her and states that they are in fact rescuing them.]]

->'''Appearances:''' ''Literature/InfernoSquad'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''Literature/InfernoSquad'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''Literature/InfernoSquad'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''Literature/InfernoSquad'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]''

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: A dogfight against him marks the end of the main campaign, and the ''Resurrection'' DLC ends with a CutsceneBoss confrontation against him 30 years later.]]

* {{Omniglot}}: She can speak ''[[UpToEleven twenty-nine]]'' languages and is literate in seven more. [[spoiler:Ends up being her downfall when she makes an outburst in an uncommon language her cover identity wasn't supposed to understand.]]

* BadassCrew: Pretty obvious, don't you think?

* MeaningfulName: The name Aiden means "little fire"/"fiery", and is also the name of a Celtic sun god. She's the leader of Inferno Squad, and it also befits her willful, courageous, and militaristic personality.

%%* TheDragon: To Iden. Helps that they're best friends. Later becomes this to the Admiral [[spoiler:after Iden leaves]].

'''Hask''': [[spoiler:Yeah and you don't get to be brave! Because you are not a soldier anymore. Look at you, you're a coward. You traded your weapon in for what? Fatherhood!? Hauling cargo on the ''Corvus''? You know Iden may have betrayed me, [[EtTuBrute but you, Del, you let me down! You...!]]]]

* SoleSurvivor: Of his family.

* TokenEvilTeammate: While Inferno Squad are not exactly good guys to begin with, Gideon is the most straightforwardly evil and loyal to the Empire. [[spoiler:So much so that he disobeys Iden's orders and has her & Del labeled as traitors]].

* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:With Iden and Del, after both of them defect to the Rebellion.]]

* BenevolentBoss: In comparison to the normal [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness way Darth Vader and other Imperials]] normally treat subordinates, Iden is incredibly good to her subordinates. She openly praises their good work and treats them well. [[spoiler:Ends up being something of a FatalFlaw since her inability to put aside her TeamMom attitude prevents her from dealing with Gideon when he believes she's betraying the Empire's beliefs for attempting to help the people of Vardos]].

* BeenThereShapedHistory: She personally fought in the dogfight at the first Death Star during the Battle of Yavin and was one of the few Imperials there that lived to tell the story. [[spoiler:She also deletes a warning message that would've alerted the Rebellion of [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi the Empire's trap at Endor before their attack on the second Death Star]], ends up helping the effort against Operation: Cinder at Naboo, as well as participating in the Battle of Jakku.]]

* BeenThereShapedHistory: She personally fought in the dogfight at the Death Star during the Battle of Yavin and was one of the few Imperials there that lived to tell the story. [[spoiler:She also ends up helping the effort against Operation: Cinder at Naboo, as well as participating in the Battle of Jakku.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Ciena Ree. Both Ciena and Iden are [[WideEyedIdealist Wide-Eyed Idealists]], strongly committed to the virtuous ideals upheld by their homeworlds ([[IGaveMyWord loyalty]] and [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans order]], respectively). Both women are confronted at certain points by the Empire's true nature. But while Ciena feels bound by her oaths to the Empire to the point where (though she won't desert outright) she wishes that [[DeathSeeker something]] would end her service to the same, Iden [[spoiler:defects to the New Republic very soon after she witnesses the Empire go off the deep end by carrying out Operation Cinder on her fiercely loyal homeworld of Vardos.]]

* {{Foil}}:
** To Admiral Versio. Having been raised in military families, they both dedicated their lives to the Empire to the point that they are specialized in their own fields--Hask being a special forces operative, while the Admiral is a high-ranking StateSec officer. [[spoiler:They both lose or lost their families at some point--Hask's DarkAndTroubledPast is that they were killed by rebels, while the Admiral is bitterly divorced and loses his daughter's allegiance. After reuniting with a defected member of Inferno Squad, the Admiral acknowledges as the Empire is dying that he wasted his life and urges his daughter to have a happy life, while Hask--having joined the transition to the First Order--is still bitter and blames his former brother-in-arms for leaving him for a happy life.]]
** To Agent Kallus. Both are Imperial agents specialized in neutralizing rebels and originate from the Core Worlds, with both being fiercely dedicated to their jobs because they hold [[ItsPersonal grudges]] against rebels because of their {{Dark and Troubled Past}}s involving the brutal deaths of their family and/or friends. However, when faced with a MoralEventHorizon[=/=]ArmorPiercingQuestion on how far their loyalty goes, [[spoiler:Kallus defects after realizing none of his colleagues actually want to help people while Hask deludes himself into believing the Empire is still good in spite of hurting people]].

* EvilCounterpart: Iden could be considered this to Leia Organa [[spoiler: prior to Iden's HeelFaceTurn]]. Both are strong-willed women who sought to be like their fathers and live up to their expectations. Both are very passionate about their chosen causes, and filled with contempt for everything the other side stands for, with Iden being wholly committed to destroying the Rebellion in service to the Empire and Leia is just as wholly committed to helping the Rebellion bring down the Empire; this stems with Iden growing up on a mostly peaceful planet that prospered under the Empire's rule, while Leia grew up on a peaceful planet that was destroyed by the Empire, which prior to that had prospered. Also, Iden was raised to be a soldier, Leia a senator and diplomat, but ultimately both women came out very combat-capable and both are excellent shots with a blaster. Finally, Iden dresses in predominantly black while Leia dresses in predominantly white do distinguish the sides that they are fighting for.

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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:After she accidentally blew her own cover, she killed herself by throwing herself onto Iden's knife to prevent the Dreamers from interrogating her and finding out about the other Inferno Squad infiltrators.]

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The commanding officer of Inferno Squad and the ''Corvus'', Iden graduated top of her class at Coruscant Imperial University with honors, she served Sigma Squadron as a TIE pilot and became the holder for the record of most verified kills in battle. After a near-wipeout of her squadron at the Battle of Yavin, Iden Versio became the commanding officer of Inferno Squad. She is the protagonist of ''Literature/InfernoSquad'' and ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]''.

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%%[[spoiler:After she accidentally blew her own cover, she killed herself by throwing herself onto Iden's knife to prevent the Dreamers from finding out about the other Inferno Squad infiltrators.]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler: He's the main adversary Iden, Shriv and Zay have to deal with in the Resurrection DLC.]]