Ruby Tachibana

"Come on, Rose Squadron!. Lets get in there and take that Star Destroyer out!. The officers on the planet won't sit around and wait for the ships to destroy themselves. Rose 2, 3 and 4 stay right behind me because once those Y-wings come up, we're going to take out thoose engines on the Star Destroyer as well as that shield generator. Rose 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 hit that reactor dome with everything you've got once the bombers finish their ion run!."

- Ruby to Rose Squadron during the Space Battle over Sullust in 4 ABY, just before the Battle of Endor

Ruby Nakamura Rose was a human female born on the imperial controlled world of Kuat three years after the Clone Wars had ended with the Jedi being pushed to extinction and purged by the new Galactic Empire.

Like her father, Bastian Nakamura, she was extremely skilled with flying a starfighter. Most notable her Rose Leader X-wing starfighter that belonged to the Alliance Starfighter Corps during the Galactic Civil War. She, alongside her Rebel friend and right wingman Weiss Jenkins Schnee, formed Rose Squadron together right after the Battle of Yavin which resulted in the Death Star being destroyed by Luke Skywalker.

Later Rose Squadron, like the remains of Red Squadron now Rogue Squadron, were known within the Alliance Starfighter Corps as one of the most elite X-wing starfighter squads in the Alliance Fleet which Fleet Admiral Gial Ackbar would begin to trust Ruby and her squadron of pilots so much that he would depend on them other than Rogue Squadron or any other starfighter squadron available in his command.

During ground operations, Ruby wielded her trusty sidearm blaster pistol, Crescent Rose which saved her life many times from Stormtroopers and imperial officers, engineers, enforcers and agents. She, and Rose Squadron, went sent on various missions throughout the Galactic Civil War under the orders of Fleet Admiral Gial Ackbar of the Alliance Fleet.

She also took part in the Battle of Hoth as a pilot of a T-47 Airspeeder alongside Weiss and her squadron. During the imperial assault on Echo Base, Rose Squadron assisted Luke Skywalker in taking down one of the AT-AT walkers with the help and distraction of Rebel soldiers defending the defence line that led to the base itself as well as the shield generator. After Luke had been shot down by the walkers, Rose Squadron finished what he started and took down the other walkers but that wasn't the bigger victory they had on the surface as there was a large imperial fleet in orbit that had more AT-ATs and AT-STs along with dozens of stormtroopers, shock troopers, snipers and engineers. With the surface area clear around Echo Base, the Rebel forces evacuated from the base and with the help of their ion cannon on the ground, several Rose Squadron pilots were ordered to enter their X-wings and escort GR-75 transports for a clear lane of space to enter hyperspace and flee the planet that would soon be bombarded by the Imperial fleet.

Ruby was later ordered to escort a transport that was carrying supplies for Ackbar and was to make sure that it gets to him, she agreed and did as she was told. Getting into her Rose Leader X-wing, her trusty sidekick and R2 astromech, Zwei, prepared her ship for her already and took off as soon as the transport was ready. She was paired with Yang Xiao Tachi Long, leader of X-wing starfighter sqaud Dandelion Squadron. And escorted the transport to where it needed to be in which at Ackbar's current location on Mon Calamari, his homeworld. Later after escorting the transport, Ruby contacted the rest of Rose Squadron and asked for their current status which they all reported that they were all safe and in the clear of imperials with other fleeing Alliance starships near and away from the Hoth sector.

Just before the Battle of Endor, Ruby and her squadron were ordered to take out an Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, Supremacy, that happened to enter Sullust orbit for recon but instead was met with large gathering Rebel fleet preparing to make their move on the in-complete second Death Star above the forest moon of Endor. The captain of the Supremacy wasn't aware of the rebel starships gathering and reported it as soon as he saw the large number of starships above the red planet. During the battle, Ruby's bestfriend and wingman, Weiss was killed by an imperial TIE/IN while her group was circling the Supremacy to make another bombing run with the torpedoes within the X-wings. Later Ruby went all out and disengaged from her squadron and went on a rampage on every TIE/IN she saw around the Star Destroyer, ignoring all TIE fighters and other TIE series starfighters as well. The rest of Rose Squadron did their best to protect their leader from the other TIE starfighters in the area with Dandelion Squadron being called to assist them since they were more busy on protecting Ruby as best they could. Ruby later finished off the last TIE/IN and made the final strike on the Supremacy, destroying and bringing it down but that did not bring back Weiss.

Later after the remaining Alliance starships, that were called to Sullust to assault the Death Star II, arrived above the planet's orbit, the fleet amassing entered hyperspace to Endor to take down the second Death Star. At the time, the Alliance were doing a suprise attack on the bigger imperial battle station, at least that was what Emperor Palpatine wanted them to think. He allowed Bothan spies to get ahold of the location and alert the Alliance because he had laid out a trap for them and organized an entire imperial starfleet of Vader's Executor Star Dreadnought and many imperial II-class Star Destroyers to stay on the far side to keep the Rebels from escaping. The spies had told the Alliance High Command that the battle station itself wasn't operational. Later the Rebel fleet entered Endor's orbit and headed towards the station but without getting a reading on the superweapon, they suspected that the task force, led by Han Solo, Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker, failed at getting the shield, protecting the Death Star, down and so they fled but were surprised to see the large imperial fleet blocking them from escaping and when Palpatine ordered the station to fire its laser to destroy one of the MC80 Liberty type Star Cruisers, the Alliance fleet had no choice but to get close to the Star Destroyer as General Lando Calrissian stated that they would last longer against the star destroyers than against the Death Star's superlaser. Rose Squadron was then deployed to assist the other X-wing, A-wing, Y-wing and B-wing squadrons in protecting the Alliance starships from imperial star destroyers and TIE bombers, Ruby only went after TIE/INs and ignored other TIE starfighters, due to Weiss' death at Sullust. Rose 3 and 4 stayed behind Ruby because they knew that she wouldn't last long if she flew by herself only without any support while the rest of Rose Squadron did their part in the battle.

During the aftermath of the battle, the remains of Rose Squadron regrouped with the Alliance forces on the surface of the forest moon with the Ewoks. Ruby was with Rose 3, 7, 9 and 13 by their X-wings and mourned loss of the Roses 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16 who were all killed in the battle.

Ruby later left Rose Squadron a year after the New Republic made their final victory against the Galactic Empire on the surface of Jakku and left it to Rose 3 being the new leader.

She was later comfirmed to have died in 7 ABY during a mission that wasn't known nor who asked her to do it.

Early life
During Ruby's younger years on Kuat, she would always watch the Imperial I-class Star Destroyers in the skies above the cities and towns. Ruby's past isn't much known and only known parts is when she joined the Alliance Starfighter Corps as an X-wing starfighter.

Death
Ruby was killed during a mission to the Outer Rim on board her Rose Leader out-dated X-wing starfighter, carrying a message for someone that no one found out as those who were notified of her death never got to find out.

Personality
Ruby was always determined to complete her objectives and missions when she was issued a task but during her off-time, she spent time with Zwei on modifing her Red Leader X-wing as much as she could to make it strong in both firepower and shielding as well as wanting it to be fast and deadly. After Weiss' death above Sullust, her personality changed entirely from Determined pilot to Rampant pilot. Also grew to hate every TIE/IN pilot and when encountered, she would ignore other TIE starfighter classes and engage and destroy TIE/INs as soon as possible which her squadmates would often protect her.