SFDB: The Science Fiction Database
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Wing Commander (Videogame)

A videogame from the Wing Commander universe
You're a starfighter pilot, the best of the best, but nothing in your training prepared you for action this hot. Deepspace dogfights against Kilrathi aces are deadly, and the future of humanity is on the line each time you fly! Wing Commander puts you in the middle of the most intense starship action you've ever experienced outside of a mo...

Wing Commander Armada

A videogame from the Wing Commander universe
The life of a seasoned starfighter pilot isn't all glory and adventure. After years of following orders and losing ships and friends, you are now the sole commander, responsible for heading up a momentous strike against your enemy's homeland - either the Empire of Kilrah or the heart of the Confederation. This ware requires real strategy, not just ...

Wing Commander Combat Information Center

A link from the Wing Commander universe
A comprehensive guide to the Wing Commander games covering all aspects including the various games, the novels and even briefly touching on the movie. There is also up to date info on mods and fan projects. For the avid Wing Commander fan there is an extensive database of ships, characters and events from all factions as well as a timeline...

Wing Commander (Film)

A film from the Wing Commander universe
It had been hinted for some time that there would be a film of the Wing Commander saga, but most of these rumours came to nothing. When it was finally announced that Chris Roberts would be directing, there was eager anticipation as he was the creator of the games series. However, the movie failed to deliver to Wing Commander fans on a m...

Wing Commander: Fleet Action

A book from the Wing Commander universe
After the strike on Kilrah as told in End Run, the Kilrathi capacity to wage war is severely limited. The Kilrathi, with their backs to the wall in the war, decide to sue for peace at the suggestion of an ambitious Kilrathi Baron. However, the peace is not all it seems and Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn and others bec...

Wing Commander: Heart of the Tiger

A book from the Wing Commander universe
In the aftermath of the Battle of Earth, the Terran Confederation is attempting to reconsolidate its forces in the seemingly never ending Confed-Kilrathi war. The population is war-weary, Confed is pushed to the limits and spirits are low. Colonel Christopher Blair finds himself reassigned to the TCS Victory, an old Light Carrier on the e...

Wing Commander III - The Heart of the Tiger

A videogame from the Wing Commander universe
Professionally scripted and filmed in Hollywood, ORIGIN's multi-million dollar production combines the entertainment of film-making with the interactivity of computer gaming. The result is a spectacular spaceflight adventure. Adrenline, romance, danger -- Wing Commander III has all this and more. This sequel completes the turbulent chronic...

Wing Commander II - Vengeance of the Kilrathi

A videogame from the Wing Commander universe
Ten years ago, you were the Hero of Vega Sector, idol of millions - the starfighter pilot who single-handedly turned the tide of a major Kilrathi invasion. Then something went wrong. You were disgraced, court-martialed and transferred to a backwater outpost. For years, your lightning-quick reflexes and instinctive dogfighting tact...

Wing Commander IV - The Price of Freedom

A videogame from the Wing Commander universe
The Kilrathi war may be over, but back home nothing is the same. There's trouble in the Border Worlds, Civil War seems imminent. You have to decide how to save the Confederation - or ifit should be saved at all! The fourth installment in the Wing Commander saga applies improved cinematic techniques and photo-realistic graphics to a story o...

Wing Commander Prophecy

A videogame from the Wing Commander universe
The penultimate installment of the Wing Commander series combines modern 3d- accelerated graphics with real-time cutscenes creating a thick sci-fi atmosphere. At the sight of the Confederation's greatest triumph, a new nemsis appears. An unimaginable threat, foretold in ancient Kilrathi prophecy. As a raw recruit on an untested ship, are y...

Winston Chang

A character from the Wing Commander universe
Winston Chang, callsign Vagabond was a pilot who also liked card games. He originally served on the TCS Victory with Christopher Blair and later got a transfer to the TCS Lexington commanded by his old CO, Captain Eisen. Vagabond defected to the Border Worlds Union and was later killed in a raid on a Confed listening station while attempt...

Wizkids-Mechwarrior

A link from the Battletech universe
The homepage for Wizkids who bought the Battletech licence. This covers the Dark Age era after the Word of Blake Jihad and encompasses the collectible miniatures game and the novels in that setting.

Wolf's Dragoons

A group from the Battletech universe
The Wolf's Dragoons are one of the most prominent Mercenary companies in the Inner Sphere. Founded by Jaime and Joshua Wolf, the Dragoons seem to have made an effort not to seem biased toward any one particular Successor State. This often happens with Mercenaries companies, no matter how apolitical they try to be....

Worldwar

Universe
An alternate-history series of novels by Harry Turtledove, written between 1994 and 1996.

Worsel

A character from the Lensman universe
A veritable dragon, with reptilian head, fanged jaws, leathern wings, taloned feet, knotty arms, and thirty feet of heavily-scaled serpentine body. His people had for ages been subjected to the tyranny of the Overlords of Delgon (Velantia II). Worsel ventured to Delgon as the foremost young scientific warrior of his day, taking his turn to attempt ...

Wraith Space Superiority Fighter

A vehicle/ship class from the StarCraft universe
The Wraith is the workhorse fighter craft of the Terran forces in the Koprulu sector. It is moderately durable and carries a respectable armament. The main mission profile for the Wraith is air superiority. In-game, its air-to-air missiles deal 20 damage per hit, which is considerable, and allows masses of Wraiths to quickly down even ca...

Xan Kriegor

A character from the Unreal universe
Xan Kriegor was the first Champion of the Liandri Tournament, and thought to be invincible for 2 years, until he was defeated by Malcolm, who became the new Champion. As Xan wears a full-body powered battlesuit, nobody knows his identity. There are a myriad rumors about Xan. Some say that he's not human, others say that he is in fact the leader of ...

X-Com

Universe
Computer game series. The games in the series are:-UFO: Enemy Unknown-Terror From The Deep-X-Com: Apocalypse-X-Com: Interceptor It describes the struggle of the human race with a race (or several allied races) of aliens, starting from modern-day Earth and eventually taking it to the stars. With aliens...

Xeelee

A group from the Xeelee Sequence universe
The Xeelee are the baryonic lords of the universe who are involved in a massive conflict with a dark matter race of creatures inhabiting the stars, the Photino Birds. This is a war that cannot be won, with the highest stakes imaginable and the fate of the universe being inevitable. (More info, forthcoming.)

Xeelee Sequence

Universe
A series of sci-fi novels written by Stephen Baxter that chronicle the history of humanity in its struggles amongst the epic back-drop of an immense conflict between the baryonic lords, the Xeelee, and the photonic lifeforms, the Photino Birds. Novels (can be read in any order):Raft (1991)Timelike Infinity (1992)Flux (1993)...

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