Kats Invade The Multiverse

WCX caught an interesting editorial piece on the prevalance of feline enemies in science fiction. Our Enemies: Space Tigers talks about some of the evolutionary context and how this affects humanity today. Many different fictional examples are discussed, and the Kilrathi from Wing Commander get their own section. There's a few quirky mentions - the core of Wing Commander history covers multiple decades, so it's a little weird for someone to dig up a milestone date in the timeline and then conclude the Kilrathi war lasted just 11 years. It's good to see the kats get top billing throughout the peice though! You can find the full article here.

In the Wing Commander universe, the main foe of the Terran Confederation is the Empire of Kilrah, composed of aggressive space tigers called the Kilrathi. Since the original computer space fighter simulator dropped in 1990, the Man/Kilrathi War was the focus of the series. According to the back story, on March 15th, 2629, an Terran Confederation exploration is destroyed by the Kilrathi. All attempts at communication are refused, and two years of raids by the Kilrathi are answered by a full-scale war. For 11 years, the Empire and Confederation engaged in a bloody war that ended when the homeworld of the kitties was destroyed by Christopher Blair. After the war, the various clans of the Kilrathi organized themselves, and attempted to keep the tense peace with the Terrans.