Wing Commander in Real Time - Intro

Introduction

Welcome to Wing Commander in Real Time!

From March 15 through 17th we will be reporting out the events of the Wing Commander movie using the @wccic Twitter account in real time as they will happen in 2654! Each event will be accompanied by a WCPedia page that offers video footage, script extracts, storyboards and portions of the novelization so you have the option of following the action more deeply.

This is our first proof of concept prototype and we hope to add more material over time to improve and replay the event in future years! This page covers the movie's introductory sequence which showcases the history of the Terran Confederation in quotes and paintings taking you from 1962 to 2654.

The adventure begins Tuesday, March 15th at 0900 Zulu (GMT)! (And then pauses for twelve hours for Admiral Wilson's message to arrive at the Concordia.)

Please note that we are following the timeline defined by the novelization which is based on the shooting script; as a result, several scenes will be presented in a different order than they appear in the final cut of the film!

Shooting Script Front Page

WING COMMANDER

by

KEVIN DRONEY

Rewrite by Chris Roberts & Larry Wilson

2nd Draft September 21st 1997

Revisions:

New Copy (White): January 8th 1998 by Mike Finch

Pink Pages Revised February 8th 1998
Pages 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 6A, 7, 7A, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15A, 16,
17, 18, 18A, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 26A, 27, 28, 29, 29A, 30, 31, 32,
33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 40A, 41, 42, 43, 48, 49, 50, 50A, 51,
52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 58A, 59, 60, 61, 63, 65, 69, 70, 79, 79A,
80, 82, 82A, 83, 84, 84A, 88,, 92, 95, 109, 109A, 110

Blue Pages Revised February 13th 1998
Pages: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 7A, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15A, 18,, 20, 21, 22, 25,
26, 26A, 27, 28, 29, 29A, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 40A, 41,
42, 46, 47, 49, 50A, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 57A, 58, 58A, 59, 60, 61, 62, 62A,
64, 65, 67, 68, 75, 75A, 79, 79A, 81, 2, 82A, 83, 84, 84A, 90, 91, 92, 93,
94, 95, 97, 99, 101, 104, 112, 113, 114, 115

Yellow Pages Revised February 15th 1998
Pages: 25, 26a, 32, 33, 35, 41, 55, 56, 57, 57A, 60, 61, 62, 62A, 65, 79,
79A, 80, 83, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 104, 113, 114, 115

Green Pages Revised April 3rd 1998
Pages: 4, 6A, 11, 32, 33, 40A, 54, 81, 83, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 93A,
112, 113, 114, 115

Novelization Acknowledgements

FOR THE FANS…

"I GOT YOUR WING."

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.