Lyford Beverage (flight deck officer)

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This article is about the flight deck officer. For the flight deck officer, see Lyford Beverage (cruiser squadron commander).


Lyford Beverage
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Allegiance Terran Confederation
Service/branch Terran Confederation Space Navy
Years of service 2667
Rank Lieutenant
Battles/wars Operation Back Lash


Lyford Beverage was a Terran Confederation Space Navy lieutenant. He was a flight deck officer aboard the TCS Tarawa during Operation Back Lash. When Jason Bondarevsky arrived on the Tarawa he mentioned to Beverage that he would like to have the wing's reconnaissance ships positioned in front of the fighter bombers, prompting Beverage to work through the night to rearrange the launch sequence. He conducted launch operations for the wing's training mission the following day. Bondarevsky was impressed with Beverage's commitment to getting the job done correctly and considered him to show real promise.

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Behind the Scenes

In a September 4, 2001 interview with Justin Bielawa, William Forstchen answered the question "Who the heck is Lyford Beverge and why does his name keep showing up in your work?" He replied: "Ahh, Lyford, A very dear friend who I worked with while teaching High School in Maine. many of the characters in my different novels are named after friends, such as Mina, Beverage, Ferguson, Kindred. I also will use the names of favorite students as a little way of saluting their efforts."