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: the thin red line of heroes a traitor lurks!
: the thin red line of heroes a traitor lurks!

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Wing Commander
Movienovel.jpg
Author(s) Peter Telep
Language(s) English
Publisher HarperEntertainment
Publication Date March 1999
Pages 245 pp
ISBN 0-06-105985-4
Retail Price U.S. $5.99 C.A.N. $8.50
UPC-A 0 99455 00599 9
UPC-E 05985
Strippable? Yes



Description of the book goes here

Cover Copy

Front

Based on the major motion picture starring
FREDDIE PRINZE, JR.,
SAFFRON BURROWS, and
MATTHEW LILLARD
WING COMMANDER
A thin red line of heroes stands
between Earth and annihilation!


The novel by Peter Telep
From the screenplay by Kevin Droney, and Mike Finch
Based on characters created by Chris Roberts

Back

600 YEARS IN THE FUTURE
THE BATTLE FOR EARTH
IS ABOUT TO BEGIN....
 The egomaniacal alien Kilrathi have struck again,
 savaging a peaceful planet at the edge of space.
 And worse, they have captured a NAVCOM device
 that will lead them straight to Earth!
 Chris Blair and his pal Maniac are “nuggets,” cadets
 fresh from the Academy. Their first ship, the Tiger
 Claw, has an awesome mission: Recover the
 NAVCOM and stop the Kilrathi at all costs.
 But Blair's fighting wing--Earth's last hope--is
 seething with internal strife. For somewhere along
 the thin red line of heroes a traitor lurks!
WING COMMANDER
INCLUDES AN 8 PAGE FULL COLOR PHOTO INSERT
NO PRISONERS PRODUCTIONS and DIGITAL ANVIL Present  In Association With ORIGIN
SYSTEMS, Inc. and The CAROUSEL PICTURE COMPANY  A CHRIS ROBERTS Film
FREDDIE PRINZE JR.  SAFFRON BURROWS  MATTHEW LILLARD  TCHEKY KARYO
"WING COMMANDER"  JURGEN PROCHNOW  DAVID SUCHET  Costume Design by
MAGALI GUIDASCI  Production Designer PETER LAMONT  Visual Effects Supervisor
CHRIS BROWN  Edited by PETER DAVIES  Director of Photography THIERRY
ARBOGAST  Themes by DAVID ARNOLD  Score by KEVIN KINER  Co-Executive
Producer NEIL YOUNG Executive Producers JOSEPH N. COHEN  ROMAIN SCHROEDER
JEAN-MARTIAL LEFRANC Based on a Story by and Characters Created by CHRIS ROBERTS
Screen Story and Screenplay by KEVIN DRONEY  Produced by TODD MOYER
Directed by CHRIS ROEBRTS
(Billing Block not final)
HarperEntertainment

Index


Links Pages Date Ship Location System POV Character Summary
Half-Title Page i
Advertisement ii
Title Page iii
Copyright Page iv
Dedication v
Acknowledgements vii
Prologue 1-6 2654.074.0900 Zulu Pegasus NAVCOM Control Room Dakota Sherryl A Kilrathi fleet attacks Pegasus to capture its NAVCOM.
Chapter 1 7-14 2654.074.2100 Zulu Concordia Bridge Unk. Tolwyn Tolwyn receives a distress call from Pegasus.
Chapter 2, Part One 15-19 2654.074.2130 Zulu DIligent Cabin Sol. Blair Blair talks with Merlin; Maniac informs him he is needed on the bridge.
Chapter 2, Part Two 19-22 DIligent Bridge Sol. Blair Tolwyn orders Blair to deliver orders to the Tiger Claw.
Chapter 2, Part Three 22 Concordia Bridge Unk. Tolwyn Tolwyn and Bellegarde discuss using Blair to deliver orders.
Chapter 2, Part Four 22-23 DIligent Bridge Sol. Blair Paladin orders the Diligent to Beacon 147.
Chapter 3 24-28 2654.074.2140 Zulu Grist'Ar'Roc Bridge Dakota Thiraka Bokoth and Wilson discuss their plans.
Chapter 4 29-34 2654.074.2150 Zulu Diligent Taggart's Quarters Sol. Blair Blair talks with Paladin about his Pilgrim heritage.
Chapter 5 35-38 2654.074.2200 Zulu Diligent Bridge Sol to Enyo Blair The Diligent jumps Scylla.
Chapter 6, Part One 39-42 2654.075.0130 Zulu Diligent Bridge Enyo Blair The Diligent rendezvouses with the Tiger Claw.
Chapter 6, Part Two 42-47 Tiger Claw Flight Deck Enyo Blair Blair meets Angel while playing with Bosssman's Rapier.
Chapter 7, Part One 48-50 2654.075.0200 Zulu Tiger Claw Bridge Enyo Blair Blair gives Tolwyn's orders to Sansky; Gerald questions his heritage.
Chapter 7, Part Two 50 Tiger Claw Bridge Enyo Sansky Gerald tells Sansky he doubts Blair.
Chapter 7, Part Three 51 Tiger Claw Corridor Enyo Blair Maniac comforts Blair after he is distressed by his encounter with Gerald.
Chapter 7, Part Four 51-53 Tiger Claw Pilot's Mess Enyo Blair Maniac and Blair meet the rest of their squadron including Hunter, Bishop and Forbes.
Chapter 7, Part Five 53-54 Tiger Claw Chart Room Enyo Sansky Sansky and Gerald review their orders from Tolwyn.
Chapter 8, Part One 55-58 2654.075.0330 Zulu Tiger Claw Pilot's Mess Enyo Blair Blair and Maniac get into an altercation with Hunter.
Chapter 8, Part Two 58-59 Tiger Claw Corridor Enyo Blair Angel explains the 'never existed' rule to Blair.
Chapter 8, Part Three 59-62 Tiger Claw Chart Room Enyo Sansky Sansky interviews Taggart and orders the Tiger Claw to a pulsar.
Chapter 9, Part One 63-66 2654.075.0930 Zulu Tiger Claw Blair & Marshall's Quarters Enyo Blair Maniac gives Blair a peptalk before his patrol.
Chapter 9, Part Two 66-69 Tiger Claw Taggart's Cabin Enyo Blair Blair visits Paladin to learn more about Pilgrims.
Chapter 10, Part One 70-74 2654.075.1130 Zulu Rapier Space Enyo Maniac Maniac and Forbes fly a patrol of the area.
Chapter 10, Part Two 74-77 Tiger Claw Flight Deck Enyo Maniac Maniac and Forbes get into trouble after performing dangerous landing maneuvers.
Chapter 11, Part One 78-79 2654.075.1330 Zulu Tiger Claw Flight Deck Enyo Angel Angel bribes Raznick to let Forbes off the hook.
Chapter 11, Part Two 80-82 Tiger Claw Deveraux's Quarters Enyo Angel Forbes apologizes to Angel for the landing maneuvers.
Chapter 12, Part One 83-85 2654.075.1415 Zulu Tiger Claw Sansky's Quarters Enyo Sansky Sansky contemplates his situation.
Chapter 12, Part Two 85-87 Tiger Claw Chart Room Enyo Blair Blair joins the bridge crew for the pulsar jump.
Chapter 12, Part Three 87-88 Tiger Claw Pilot's Mess Enyo Maniac Maniac annoys other pilots while waiting for the jump.
Chapter 12, Part Four 88-91 Tiger Claw Bridge Enyo Blair The Tiger Claw begins the pulsar jump.
Chapter 13, Part One 92-93 2654.075.1430 Zulu Tiger Claw Flight Hangar Enyo Jones Jones begs Olivia to cover for his medical problem.
Chapter 13, Part Two 93 Tiger Claw Flight Control Room Enyo Raznick Raznick prepares fighters for the pulsar jump.
Chapter 13, Part Three 94 Tiger Claw Secondary Ordnance Room Enyo Rodriguez Rodriguez flirts with Galaway.
Chapter 13, Part Four 94-95 Tiger Claw Pilot's Mess Enyo Maniac Maniac and the other pilots make the jump.
Chapter 13, Part Five 95 Tiger Claw Engine Room Enyo Davies Oxendine taunts Davies.
Chapter 13, Part Six 95-99 Tiger Claw Bridge Enyo-Dakota Blair The Tiger Claw jumps to Dakota; Angel is injured.
Chapter 13, Part Seven 99 Tiger Claw Latrine Dakota Jones Jones has diarrhea.
Chapter 13, Part Eight 99 Tiger Claw Flight Control Room Dakota Raznick Raznick spills his coffee.
Chapter 13, Part Nine 99-100 Tiger Claw Secondary Ordnance Room Dakota Rodriguez Rodriguez and Galaway survive the jump.
Chapter 13, Part Ten 100-101 2654.076.0300 Zulu Tiger Claw Pilot's Mess Dakota Maniac The pilots learn that the Tiger Claw has jumped to the Ulysses Corridor.
Chapter 14, Part One 102-105 2654.076.0300 Zulu Concordia Bridge Unk. Tolwyn Tolwyn increases the fleet's speed to Earth.
Chapter 14, Part Two 105 Tiger Claw Lift Dakota Blair Maniac and Blair talk about Forbes.
Chapter 14, Part Three 105-111 Rapier Space Dakota Blair Blair and Angel take off and patrol an asteroid field.
Chapter 15, Part One 112-113 2654.076.0400 Zulu Rapier Space Dakota Angel Angel hides from the ConCom.
Chapter 15, Part Two 113-114 Rapier Space Dakota Blair Blair orders an escape after Merlin reports the ConCom has detected the Rapiers.
Chapter 15, Part Three 114-116 Grist'Ar'Roc Bridge Dakota Thiraka Bokoth learns of the ConCom attack.
Chapter 15, Part Four 116-118 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Blair Blair defends his decision to engage the Kilrathi.
Chapter 15, Part Five 118-119 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Sansky Sansky and Gerald plot to attack the ConCom in force.
Chapter 16, Part One 120-124 2654.076.0500 Zulu Tiger Claw Deveraux's Quarters Dakota Angel Blair apologizes to Angel for the patrol incident.
Chapter 16, Part Two 124-126 Tiger Claw Blair & Marshall's Quarters Dakota Maniac Maniac and Forbes have sex.
Chapter 17, Part One 127-129 2654.076.0530 Zulu Tiger Claw Flight Deck Dakota Blair Angel briefs the squadron; Hunter refuses to fly with Blair.
Chapter 17, Part Two 129-132 Rapier Space Dakota Blair The Black Lions head to the ConCom; Paladin reveals his real identity.
Chapter 18, Part One 133 2654.076.0600 Zulu Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Sansky Sansky reminisces about his youth.
Chapter 18, Part Two 133-134 Planet Naval Academy Sirius Sansky Flashback to Sansky and Wilson after their Academy graduation.
Chapter 18, Part Three 134-135 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Sansky The Kilrathi attack one of the Tiger Claw's patrols.
Chapter 18, Part Four 135-136 Tiger Claw Flight Control Room Dakota Raznick Raznick scrambles fighters.
Chapter 18, Part Five 136-137 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Sansky Sansky orders a torpedo attack.
Chapter 18, Part Six 137 Tiger Claw Secondary Ordnance Room Dakota Rodriguez Rodriguez works to load torpedoes.
Chapter 18, Part Seven 137-138 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Sansky The Tiger Claw takes a hit.
Chapter 18, Part Eight 138-139 Tiger Claw Flight Deck Dakota Jones Jones and Olivia rush to secure an errant missile rack.
Chapter 18, Part Nine 139-141 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Sansky The Tiger Claw fires torpedoes.
Chapter 19, Part One 142-143 2654.076.0630 Zulu Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Sansky The Black Lions return to join the battle.
Chapter 19, Part Two 143-145 Rapier Space Dakota Blair Blair, Angel and Maniac escort the Broadswords for a torpedo strike.
Chapter 19, Part Three 145-146 Tiger Claw Engine Room Dakota Davies Davies and Oxendine are killed.
Chapter 19, Part Four 145-146 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Sansky Sansky is incapacitated.
Chapter 19, Part Five 146-149 Rapier Space Dakota Blair The Black Lions succesfully protect Paladin's Broadsword until it can begin its attack run.
Chapter 19, Part Six 149-151 Broadsword Space Dakota Paladin Paladin targets the Kilrathi battleship.
Chapter 20, Part One 152 2654.076.0700 Zulu Ejection Pod Space Dakota Paladin Blair rescues Paladin's ejection pod.
Chapter 20, Part Two 153-155 Rapier Space Dakota Maniac Maniac and Forbes refuse orders to return to base.
Chapter 20, Part Three 155-158 Tiger Claw Flight Deck Dakota Maniac Forbes crashes and Angel orders the wreckage cleared.
Chapter 20, Part Four 158-160 Tiger Claw Flight Deck Dakota Maniac Angel confronts Maniac over Forbes' death.
Chapter 21, Part One 161-163 2654.076.0800 Zulu Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Gerald A Kilrathi destroyed drops charges on the Tiger Claw.
Chapter 21, Part Two 164 Tiger Claw Flight Deck Dakota Jones Jones is killed by a falling Rapier.
Chapter 21, Part Three 164-165 Tiger Claw Secondary Ordnance Room Dakota Rodriguez Rodriguez is killed saving the Tiger Claw from a hull breach.
Chapter 21, Part Four 165-168 Tiger Claw Flight Deck Dakota Blair Maniac rescues Blair after he is threatened by a hull breach.
Chapter 22 169-172 2654.076.0900 Zulu Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Gerald The Tiger Claw begins repairs.
Chapter 23, Part One 173-174 2654.076.1000 Zulu Grist'Ar'Roc Bridge Dakota Thiraka Bokoth orders Wilson to the ConCom.
Chapter 23, Part Two 174-176 Tiger Claw Blair & Marshall's Quarters Dakota Blair Blair attempts to reassure Maniac after Forbes' death.
Chapter 23, Part Three 176-177 Tiger Claw Conference Room Dakota Gerald Gerald meets with bridge officers to discuss the possibility that there is a saboteur aboard.
Chapter 23, Part Four 177-178 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Gerald Taggart develops a plan to save the Tiger Claw.
Chapter 24, Part One 179-180 2654.076.1030 Zulu Tiger Claw Blair & Marshall's Quarters Dakota Maniac Angel orders Maniac back to flight status.
Chapter 24, Part Two 180-184 Tiger Claw Flight Deck Dakota Blair The Diligent takes off to attack the ConCom.
Chapter 24, Part Three 184-185 Diligent Bridge Dakota Angel Angel and the marines prepare to board the ConCom.
Chapter 24, Part Four 185-186 Rapier Space Dakota Maniac Maniac escorts the Diligent.
Chapter 25, Part One 187-188 2654.076.1100 Zulu Diligent Umbilical Dakota Angel Angel and the marines board the ConCom.
Chapter 25, Part Two 188-190 Diligent Turret Dakota Blair Merlin informs Blair he is detecting a signal from the ConCom's bridge. Blair decides to leave his station to investigate.
Chapter 25, Part Three 190-191 ConCom Corridor Dakota Angel The marines battle the Kilrathi aboard the ConCom.
Chapter 25, Part Four 191 ConCom Corridor Dakota Gerald Gerald realizes that Blair has left his station.
Chapter 25, Part Five 191-195 ConCom Bridge Dakota Blair Blair discovers the NAVCOM aboard the ConCom.
Chapter 26, Part One 196-200 2654.076.1130 Zulu ConCom Bridge Dakota Blair Wilson reveals himself, promtping Blair and Gerald to engage in a knife fight.
Chapter 26, Part Two 200 Diligent Bridge Dakota Blair Gerald and Blair return to the Tiger Claw.
Chapter 26, Part Three 200-201 Tiger Claw Sansky's Quarters Dakota Blair Blair and Gerald confront Sansky, who has killed himself.
Chapter 27, Part One 202-203 2654.076.1200 Zulu Tiger Claw Blair & Marshall's Quarters Dakota Blair Blair and Maniac catch up after the mission.
Chapter 27, Part Two 203 Tiger Claw Blair & Marshall's Quarters Dakota Blair Blair finds Tolwyn's ring.
Chapter 27, Part Three 203-206 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Blair The crew formulates a plan to send Blair and Angel to warn the fleet.
Chapter 27, Part Four 206-208 Tiger Claw Flight Deck Dakota Blair Hunter apologizes to Blair.
Chapter 28, Part One 209 2654.076.1245 Zulu Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Gerald The Tiger Claw detects a Skipper missile.
Chapter 28, Part Two 210 Rapier Space Dakota Blair Angel breaks formation to destroy the Skipper.
Chapter 28, Part Three 210 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Gerald Gerald realizes the Tiger Claw is helpless to stop the Skipper imssile.
Chapter 28, Part Four 210-212 Rapier Space Dakota Blair Angel destroys the Skipper missile but her fighter is destroyed in the process.
Chapter 28, Part Five 212-213 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Gerald The Tiger Claw turns to battle the Kilrathi fleet.
Chapter 28, Part Six 213 Rapier Space Dakota Blair Blair heads for the jump to Sol.
Chapter 28, Part Seven 213-214 Tiger Claw Flight Deck Dakota Maniac Maniac scrambles to defend the Tiger Claw.
Chapter 28, Part Eight 214-215 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Gerald The Tiger's Claw engages the Kilrathi.
Chapter 28, Part Nine 215 Ejection Pod Space Dakota Angel Angel observes the fleet ation from her ejection pod.
Chapter 28, Part Ten 215-216 Rapier Space Dakota Blair Blair exits the asteroid field and approaches Charybdis.
Chapter 28, Part Eleven 216 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Gerald Taggart orders the Tiger Claw steady.
Chapter 28, Part Twelve 216-217 Rapier Space Dakota Blair Blair prepares for the jump to Sol.
Chapter 29, Part One 218-219 2654.076.1259 Zulu Grist'Ar'Roc Bridge Dakota Thiraka The Gris'Ar'Roc detects Blair's Rapier.
Chapter 29, Part Two 219 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Gerald The Tiger Claw fires a broadside.
Chapter 29, Part Three 219 Tiger Claw Secondary Ordnance Room Dakota Galaway Galaway prepares torpedoes.
Chapter 29, Part Four 219-220 Tiger Claw Flight Control Room Dakota Raznick Raznick orders the flight deck policed.
Chapter 29, Part Five 220 Rapier Space Dakota Blair Blair approaches the jump point.
Chapter 29, Part Six 220-221 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Gerald The Tiger Claw's broadside destroys an enemy cruiser.
Chapter 29, Part Seven 221-222 Rapier Space Dakota Maniac Maniac and Bishop stop Kilrathi fighters from reaching the Tiger Claw.
Chapter 29, Part Eight 222-223 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Gerald The Tiger Claw bridge crew celebrate a victory.
Chapter 29, Part Nine 223-224 Rapier Space Dakota to Sol Blair Blair jumps to Sol.
Chapter 30, Part One 225-226 2654.076.1303 Zulu Concordia Bridge Sol Tolwyn Tolwyn learns that Blair is signaling the location of the Kilrathi fleet.
Chapter 30, Part Two 226-227 Rapier Space Sol Blair Blair realizes that the Snakeir is chasing him.
Chapter 30, Part Three 227-228 Tiger Claw Bridge Dakota Paladin Taggart begins the search for Deveraux.
Chapter 30, Part Four 228 Rapier Space Sol Blair Blair identifies Beacon 147 and devises a plan to destroy the Snakeir.
Chapter 30, Part Five 229-230 Grist'Ar'Roc Bridge Sol Thiraka The Snakeir attacks Blair's Rapier; Ke'Soick attempts to kill Thiraka.
Chapter 30, Part Six 230 Ejection Pod Space Dakota Angel Angel attempts to self destruct her escape pod.
Chapter 30, Part Seven 230-231 Rapier Space Sol Blair Blair pulls away from Scylla at the last moment.
Chapter 30, Part Eight 231 Grist'Ar'Roc Bridge Sol Thiraka The Snakeir crew realizes they have been trapped by Scylla.'
Chapter 30, Part Nine 231-232 Rapier Space Sol Blair Blair runs out of fuel.
Chapter 30, Part Ten 232 Grist'Ar'Roc Bridge Sol Thiraka The Snakeir is destroyed by Scylla.
Chapter 30, Part Eleven 232-233 Rapier Space Sol Blair Blair sends an SOS but gets no response.
Chapter 31, Part One 234-235 2654.076.1315 Zulu Concordia Bridge Sol Tolwyn The Concordia abushes the Kilrathi fleet; Tolwyn orders fighters to search for Blair.
Chapter 31, Part Two 235-236 Rapier Space Sol Blair Blair is rescued by a Broadsword.
Chapter 31, Part Three 236-237 Concordia Bridge Sol Tolwyn Blair reports to Tolwyn and learns the Tiger Claw's fate.
Chapter 31, Part Four 237-240 Tiger Claw Flight Deck Sol Blair Blair returns to the Tiger Claw just as Angel is brought aboard.
Epilogue 241-244 2654.077.1900 Local Planet Mylon III Mylon Santyana Aristee arrives to recruit Santyana.
About the Author 245

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