The Rebels killed the inspection team that boarded their shuttle, and Jyn and Cassian took their uniforms to infiltrate the base along with K-2SO. īodhi was able to use the codes he had as an Imperial pilot to gain access to the planet and pass the Shield Gate. They, along with the original six, officially became Rogue One when Rook identified them to the Rebel flight deck with the name. After Jyn failed to convince the Alliance High Command to invade Scarif, she found that a small group of Rebels were willing to follow her to Scarif. The remainder of the group was formed from the Special Forces Trackers Unit, the Andor team, the Marine Corps, and the 4th SpecForce Regiment. They managed to escape just before the city, and the temple, were obliterated by the Death Star.

Andor brought the defector, Bodhi Rook, with them when the group escaped via the U-wing piloted by K-2SO. After Jyn learned of her father's plan through a holo recording sent with a defected Imperial pilot, Governor Tarkin ordered a single reactor ignition strike on Jedha City. While K-2SO returned to the Captain's ship, the other four were captured by members of Gerrera's cell. After assisting in an attack on an Imperial patrol in the city, conducted by Gerrera's rebel cell, the Partisans, they met Chirrut Îmwe and Baze Malbus, both Guardians of the Whills. The two were accompanied by the reprogrammed Imperial KX-series security droid K-2SO. The group was started when Captain Cassian Andor was tasked with taking Jyn Erso, daughter of Galen Erso, to Jedha in order to get information from Saw Gerrera. ' Well there is now.' ―A Rebel technician and K-2SO

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