'''Lt. Yuri Stavrogan (†)''' was one of the most skilled E-frame pilots of the Exofleet although he always lacked discipline and subordination. This quality often caused him trouble, so he was being constantly transferred from exosquad to exosquad but couldn't fit in anywhere. He was briefly a member of the Able Squad during the reconquest of [[Exosquad planets#Mercury|Mercury]], however, after he and ''Kaz Takagi'', whom he befriended and began a playful rivalry of oneupmanship, defied their orders to chase the elusive Neosapien [[Neosapien Commonwealth#Thrax|Thrax]], Stavrogan has been reassigned once again. StavrogenStavrogan seemed to have some history with ''JT Marsh'', with whom there was obvious tension; StavrogenStavrogan commented once that Marsh used to be as insubordinate as himself, and Marsh did not approve of Kaz's friendship with StavrogenStavrogan. Shortly before the liberation of Earth, he was promoted to an exosquad leader, commanding the ''Fox Squad'' of an unknown flight unit, but his entire team was wiped out during the first attack on the Neo Lord breeding facility in [[Antarctica]]. He barely survived that slaughter, emerging from the tragedy of losing Fox Squad a more humble, thoughtful man, and stuck with the Able Squad until his tragic death by the hands of General Shiva during the unsuccessful quest for ''Phaeton''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[doomsday device]] at the [[Great Slave Lake]] facility. By the end it appeared that he had finally learned the value of teamwork and discipline, partly from the tragedy of losing Fox Squadron, making his death all the more unfortunate.
