The Storm Unit designated a group of boarding troopers fighting for the Rebel Alliance throughout the duration of the Galactic Civil War.
Throughout the conflict, the unit received many assignments to board enemy ships and bases. These missions encompassed a range of objectives, such as acquiring intelligence, setting explosive devices, freeing captured individuals, and seizing control of specific locations.
Lieutenant Paling was the commanding officer of Storm Unit, and he also led the Nighthawks.
A few of their more notable operations were:
- Retrieving crucial intelligence from the Imperial CR90 corvette known as the Talon
- Saving prisoners of war held aboard the Imperial Dreadnaught named VTR-LX
- Obtaining data from an Imperial factory that was manufacturing starfighters for the TIE Experimental Project, followed by the destruction of the entire facility
- Disarming an explosive device that had been placed on Azzameen Station.