Lavender Quinzel

Lavender Quinzel was a female cetanian fleet sergeant who served the Resistance during its conflict and eventual war with the First Order. She flew as an X-Wing fighter pilot under the callsign Blue Seven, and was also an occasional scout.

Early life
Lavender Quinzel hailed from the Outer Rim planet Uclora twelve years after the Battle of Yavin. As a cetanian, she was capable of voluntarily changing her hair, eyes, and skin color. The daughter of a successful businesswoman and a retired musician, she had a twin brother named Lincoln. The twins had Separatist heritage on their father's side, their great grandfather serving as an Admiral in the fleet, and their great grandmother representing Uclora in the parliament.

As children, the twins grew up listening tales of the Galactic Civil War from General Hermes Dawnseeker and came to deeply admire several rebel heroes. They particularly enjoyed playing as Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor and recreating the mission to steal the Death Star Plans. This stories (as well as her close relationship with Dawnseeker) would influence Quinzel's decision to be part of the military as a grown-up. When she was fourteen years old, Quinzel met Korr Sella via holochat and the two became friends and pen pals.

Resistance's service
In 28 ABY, New Republic senator Leia Organa quit the Galactic Senate after having her real parentage revealed and having been disillusioned by the Republic's unwillingness to take action against threats such as Rinnrivin Di's cartel and the Amaxine Warriors. Quinzel heard of the formation of the Resistance from Sella and was quick to join the paramilitary organization. She became a scout and will later go on to fly as an T-70 X-wing fighter pilot in the Blue Squadron under the callsign Blue Seven, with QT-KT serving as her assistant droid.

Mission to Raxus
At some point after the formation of the Resistance, rumors stated that the First Order had established a base on Raxus. Quinzel volunteered to investigate if they were true or not. Arriving to the planet, she confirmed that there was indeed a base, under the command of Carise Sindian. She then reported to General Organa. While her superior thought the base could be an useful outpost to the Resistance, Quinzel thought the First Order's intelligence should be acquired.

Organa disagreed and sternly instructed her to wait for reinforcements, so the base could be taken. Quinzel refused to follow orders and infiltrated the base to get more information for the Resistance. Posing as a low-level officer, she attended a meeting in which Sindian informed everyone present of the purpose of the base: building weapons of mass destruction to keep enemies out of the way, including the prototype of a TIE Fighter armed with a nuclear bomb, powerful enough to decimate entire planet surfaces.

Realizing the danger of the weapon, she accessed the main computer and attempted to hack the information. However, mercenary and spy Bazine Netal discovered her intentions and confronted her. After a brief intense clash, Quinzel managed to incapacitate Netal, avoiding exposing her cover. Realizing Netal had several thermal detonators hidden in her boots, she set up them up on the TIE Fighter and fired, severely damaging half of the base, killing almost all of the First Order personnel (Sindian included), and knocking herself out.

When she regained consciousness, she found herself back at the Resistance base at D'Qar, on the hospital wing. Organa was furious and disappointed by Quinzel's disobedience, but congratulated her on destroying the bomb. Nevertheless, Organa decided to teach the young scout a lesson. As punishment for her actions, she was forced to wash every single droid in the base for a month, a task which highly bemused her. However, Quinzel was still promoted to Fleet Sergeant for her bravery two weeks after the mission.

Skirmish over Patitite Pattuna
"Are those MG-100 StarFortress SF-17 bombers?! I've always wanted to fly one of those!"

- Lavender Quinzel upon seeing the Cobalt and Crimson Squadrons stationed in the Raddus Sometime later, the First Order attempted to seize the planet Patitite Pattuna. Quinzel alongside the rest of Blue Squadron and the Black Squadron managed to weaken the First Order's aerial forces. Later on, the Crimson Squadron was called to bomb the First Order's land forces. By unknown means, the Crimson Dancer 's pilot was indisposed, and Quinzel was quick to offer herself as replacement. Her plea was granted and she excitedly flew with the rest of the MG-100 StarFortress SF-17 bombers, ending the First Order's threat on the planet.

Battle of Takodana
Following the Hosnian Cataclysm, Quinzel was one of the many pilots that were sent to fight off the First Order's forces attacking Maz Kanata's castle. After the conclusion of the battle, she returned to D'Qar with the rest of the Resistance and after learning that the First Order intended to use the superweapon Starkiller Base to destroy the Resistance Base, the Resistance held a meeting in the Conference room to discuss how to destroy it.

Evacuation of D'Qar
"The First Order's here! Hurry up!"

- Lavender Quinzel during the evacuation of D'Qar After the victory on the Starkiller Base, Quinzel would bid Rey and Chewbacca farewell when the Falcon departed D'Qar to find Luke Skywalker. Hours later, the Resistance began evacuating its base, anticipating retaliation from the First Order. She helped Lieutenant Kaydel Ko Connix coordinate the evacuation, watching in horror as the First Order fleet arrived. She escaped in the last transport just as the Mandator IV-class Siege Dreadnought Fulminatrix fired on the base, completely destroying it.

She remained stationed at the Mc85 Star Cruiser Raddus, while Poe Dameron led both the Cobalt and the Crimson Squadrons in a bombing run against the Fulminatrix. Both squadrons were destroyed, but not before gunner Paige Tico managed to released her bomber's payload, destroying the cruiser and ending her life, allowing the Resistance to escape.

Attack on the Resistance Fleet
Despite having fled the Ileenium System, The First Order managed to track the Resistance's fleet through hyperspace and attacked it. During the attack, two TIE Fighters blew up the Raddus ' bridge, killing several Resistance officers and injuring General Organa. This chain of events led Viceadmiral Amilyn Holdo in charge of the Resistance.

Like Dameron, Quinzel was quick to dislike her new superior for the way she led the Resistance and her secrecy, teaming with him on a plan to save them from destruction. While maintenance worker Rose Tico, Finn and Dameron's droid BB-8 went on a mission to find a codebreaker on Cantonica, Quinzel, Dameron and Connix covered the quest and eventually began a mutiny against Holdo.

However, Finn and Tico's mission went wrong, and Organa recovered, forcing the mutineers to surrender. The group then learned Holdo's real intentions: to make the Resistance flee onto the nearby planet Crait while she stayed in the Raddus to give everyone time to escape. Unfortunately, the First Order learned of the plan form the "codebreaker" DJ and started firing on the Resistance transports.

Quinzel saw as Holdo positioned the Raddus towards the Supremacy, the First Order's flagship and understood what she was trying to do. She gazed in shock as Holdo light speeded the Raddus through the Supremacy, destroying both ships and part of the First Order's navy.

Battle of Crait
On Crait, the Resistance refuged on an old Rebel Alliance outpost. After the First Order arrived, Quinzel piloted a V-4X-D ski speeder to prevent a battering ram cannon of destroying the remains of the Resistance. Most of the speeders were destroyed by AT-M6s, forcing her and the others to retreat. The Resistance followed several vulptex into a passageway and were rescued by the Millenium Falcon, permitting them to escape Crait and live to fight another day.

Personality and traits
"Score for Lavender!"

- Lavender Quinzel's childish cheering Lavender Quinzel was a female cetanian, capable of willingly changing the hair of her hair, eyes, and skin. She was a great admirer of rebel heroes (particularly Jyn Erso) and wished to become like them one day. During her time with the Resistance, she had a knack for being opportunistic, often volunteering for dangerous missions or offering herself whenever replacement was needed.

She was also known for being rebellious and disobedient from time to time, infiltrating a First Order base despite being ordered not to, and joining a mutiny against Viceadmiral Holdo, not agreeing with her leadership. However, she was capable of following commands in life or death situations, such as retreating from battle on Crait when the Resistance was on the verge of destruction.

While professional and no-nonsense most of the time, Quinzel had a childish side of herself, over-excitedly cheering when she had the chance to pilot a Resistance bomber, though she did it in private where no one could see her. She was also shown to be very emotional, crying over Korr Sella's desmise during the Hosnian Cataclysm, devastated by the loss of one of her dearest friends.

Skills and abilities
Besides her competent piloting abilities, Quintal had training in advanced hand-to-hand combat and proved herself to be one of the best fighters in the Resistance. Despite being dominated for most of the fight, she was able to outduel Bazine Netal, a deadly mercenary with high skills in martial arts and incapacitate her while on Raxus.

Despite preferring to fight unarmed or on her X-Wing, Quinzel was also a skilled markswoman and carried a small hold-out pistol at all times. She was also capable of understanding Binary, thus being able to communicate with QT-KT.

During her mission on Raxus, Quinzel was able to impersonate a First Order officer thanks to her partial metamorphic abilities.

Appearances

 * Fleet Sergeant Quinzel
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
 * Star Wars The Force Awakens novelization
 * Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi