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== Cover Copy ==
== Cover Copy ==
:: <big>'''THEY PLANNED ON A ''NICE'' WAR . . .'''</big>
:: <big>'''THEY PLANNED ON A ''NICE'' WAR . . .'''</big>


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== Around The World ==
== Chapters ==
 
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Foreward|Foreward]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter One|Chapter One]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Two|Chapter Two]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Three|Chapter Three]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Four|Chapter Four]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Five|Chapter Five]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Six|Chapter Six]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Seven|Chapter Seven]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Eight|Chapter Eight]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Nine|Chapter Nine]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Ten|Chapter Ten]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Eleven|Chapter Eleven]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Twelve|Chapter Twelve]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Thirteen|Chapter Thirteen]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Fourteen|Chapter Fourteen]]
* [[Wing Commander Action Stations Chapter Fifteen|Chapter Fifteen]]
 
== Translations ==
 
=== German ===
 
=== Czech ===
 
The German language edition, ''Wing Commander: Die Bedrohung'', was published by Bastei Lubbe Verlag in 2000. The alternate cover artwork manages to outdo even its American equivalent for 'What the heck?' factor. As of this writing, this was the last Wing Commander book ever published in any language.
The German language edition, ''Wing Commander: Die Bedrohung'', was published by Bastei Lubbe Verlag in 2000. The alternate cover artwork manages to outdo even its American equivalent for 'What the heck?' factor. As of this writing, this was the last Wing Commander book ever published in any language.


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== Timeline ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chapter
!Date
|-
!Forward
|2677
|-
!Chapter One
|2634.089
|-
!Chapter Two
|2634.120
|-
!Chapter Three
|2634.121
|-
!Chapter Four
|2634.155
|-
!Chapter Five
|2436.170
|-
!Chapter Six
|2634.181
|-
!Chapter Seven
|2634.195
|-
!Chapter Eight
|2634.218
|-
!Chapter Nine
|2634.220
|-
!Chapter Ten
|2634.226
|-
!Chapter Eleven
|2634.234
|-
!Chapter Twelve
|2634.235
|-
!Chapter Thirteen
|
|-
!Chapter Fourteen
|
|-
!Chapter Fifteen
|
|-
|}


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
== Ships ==
=== Human ===
=== Human ===
==== Fighters ====
{| border="0" align=center cellspacing="10"
|-
|<CENTER>[[Gotha]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Hurricane (fighter)|Hurricane]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Wildcat]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Corsair]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Hummer]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Falcon]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Gladiator]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Thor]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Minotaur]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Trident]]</CENTER>
|-
|}
==== Support Ships ====
{| border="0" align=center cellspacing="10"
|-
|<CENTER>Wasp</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Sheridan]]</CENTER>
|-
|}
==== Capital Ships ====
==== Installations ====
{| border="0" align=center cellspacing="10"
|-
|<CENTER>[[Alexandria]]</CENTER>
|-
|}
=== Kilrathi ===
=== Kilrathi ===
==== Fighters ====
==== Support Ships ====
==== Capital Ships ====
==== Installations ====
== Places ==
== Places ==
== Ships ==
== Ships ==

Latest revision as of 06:11, 8 October 2023

Wing Commander Action Stations
Actionstations.jpg
English language cover, Baen Books.
Author(s) William R. Forstchen
Cover Artist Paul Alexander
Language(s) English
German
Czech
Publisher Baen Books
Publication Date January 1998
Pages 345 pp
ISBN 0-671-878559-X
Retail Price $5.99 U.S.

$7.99 CAN



Novel by William R. Forstchen, published in early 1998 by Baen Books.

The book covers the early career of Geoffrey Tolwyn, under the guise of being a Confederation Fleet historian's fictionalized novelization published four years after Tolwyn's death; it is a "novel-within-a-novel". The plot centers around the McAuliffe Ambush at the very start of the Terran-Kilrathi War, an event first described in Claw Marks; thus, except for the fictional author's foreword, the events in it predate every other Wing Commander game, book, film, or television series.

Cover Copy

THEY PLANNED ON A NICE WAR . . .
 There had been a century of peace, and the politicians of
Earth and its colonies were running on platforms of cutting
“wasteful” military spending―all while Earth's military tried to
keep aging and obsolete ships flying and battle-ready. And
while the swords rusted, war clouds gathered on the horizon. . . .
 Contact had been made with the Kilrathi―a warrior race
feline in appearance and deadly in combat. Yet, even though
they had annihilated or enslaved scores of other races
throughout the galaxy, and had attacked human colonies on
the border worlds, the government was not taking them
seriously, thinking that the Fleet could handle them with ease.
Commander Winston Turner knew that the government was
moving toward a declaration of war against the Kilrathi in
response to demands from the border worlds. He also knew
that the Fleet would be forced to operate under Plan Orange
Five: limited action and punitive responses only. He only hoped
that mankind would recognize its mistake before it was too
late.

Chapters

Translations

German

Czech

The German language edition, Wing Commander: Die Bedrohung, was published by Bastei Lubbe Verlag in 2000. The alternate cover artwork manages to outdo even its American equivalent for 'What the heck?' factor. As of this writing, this was the last Wing Commander book ever published in any language.

German language cover.
Czech language cover, Poutnik Knihy.


Timeline

Chapter Date
Forward 2677
Chapter One 2634.089
Chapter Two 2634.120
Chapter Three 2634.121
Chapter Four 2634.155
Chapter Five 2436.170
Chapter Six 2634.181
Chapter Seven 2634.195
Chapter Eight 2634.218
Chapter Nine 2634.220
Chapter Ten 2634.226
Chapter Eleven 2634.234
Chapter Twelve 2634.235
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen

Characters

Ships

Human

Fighters

Gotha
Hurricane
Wildcat
Corsair
Hummer
Falcon
Gladiator
Thor
Minotaur
Trident

Support Ships

Wasp
Sheridan

Capital Ships

Installations

Alexandria

Kilrathi

Fighters

Support Ships

Capital Ships

Installations

Places

Ships

Confederation

Kilrathi

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