Lyford Beverage (flight deck officer)

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

Lyford Beverage
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.

Appearances

• Wing Commander End Run
  • Chapter II

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."