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WING COMMANDER

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WING COMMANDER

The novel by by Peter Telep From the screenplay by Kevin Droney and Mike Finch

Based on the characters created by Chris Roberts

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10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022-5299 If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as "unsold and destroyed" to the publishers and neither the author nor the published has received any payment for this "stripped book." This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author's imagination, or if real, are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or person, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 1999 by Wing Commander Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. WING COMMANDER™ designates a trademark of Origin Systems, Inc. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the published, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address HarperCollinsPublishers Inc., 10 East 52rd Street, New York, NY 10022-5299 ISBN 0-06-105985-4 HarperCollins®, ®, and HarperEntertainment™ are trademarks of HarperCollins Publishers Inc. First printing: March 1999 Printed in the United States of America Visit HarperEntertainment on the World Wide Web at http://www.harpercollins.com 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Dedication

FOR THE FANS ...

"I GOT YOUR WING."

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to my editors John Douglas and Caitlin Blasdell for thinking of me, and to my wife and daughter for smiles that eased the stress.

Robert Drake, my long-time friend and agent, did the usual, the unusual, and, as always, a professional job.

The folks at Digital Anvil were extraordinarily generous with their time and help. Chris Roberts, Maddie Fox, Ashley Galaway, and Katie Marye all answered my questions and sent material that helped to better this manuscript.

Chris McCubbin and David Ladyman at Incan Monkey God Studios gave their much-needed advice and criticism. Chris read the manuscript the same day I e-mailed it to him. He is a fine writer and a dedicated professional.

Mr. Ben Lesnick, Wing Commander fan par excellence, served as my research assistant and sent pages and pages of material, including an exhaustive list of the names of every capital ship in the Wing Commander universe. I thought relying on a fan for help would be a good idea. I had no idea Ben would be so friendly and determined. I met him through Mr. Dan Finkelstein, who runs a wonderful Wing Commander: The Movie website. Be sure to visit it at http://users.nac.net/splat/wc/.

My next-door neighbors Glen and Diane Martin provided me with information on the early Wing Commander games and were kind enough to give me the WCIII strategy guide. Yes, it's still possible to have great neighbors.

Finally, I need to thank all of the writers who have worked in the Wing Commander universe. Their contributions to this book and to the universe itself have made Wing Commander one hell of an exciting milieu in which to write.