The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing

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NOVEL
The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing
Attribution
Series:	Enterprise
Author(s):	Michael A. Martin
Publication information
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Published:	Paperback - October 20, 2009
Pages:	384
ISBN:	143910798X

The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing is the most recent entry in Pocket Books' Star Trek: Enterprise novel series. It chronicles the beginning of the Romulan War continuing on from the events of Kobayashi Maru.

Contents 1 Publisher's description 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Starships and vehicles 3.2.1 Coalition of Planets 3.2.2 Romulan Star Empire 3.3 Locations 3.4 Races and cultures 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Other 4 Appendices 4.1 Background 4.2 Related stories 4.3 Timeline 4.4 External link

[edit] Publisher's description

From the back cover

At the start of the twenty-second century unconditional war swept across the Earth. A war that engulfed the great and the small, the rich and the poor, giving no quarter. Each side strove for unconditional victory, and as battle built upon battle the living began to envy the dead.

Chastised by the cataclysm that they had unleashed, the governments of Earth banded together. Humanity vowed to put an end to war, and to strive for the betterment of every living creature. A united Earth created Starfleet, an interstellar agency, whose mission was to explore the cosmos, to come in peace for all mankind. A naïve wish, yet man persists in the belief that peace is the way. Banding together with other powers to form a Coalition of Planets, humanity hopes that the strength each can offer the other, will allow for peaceful exploration.

The rise of the Coalition strikes dread within the Romulan Star Empire. They feel the growing reach will cut them off from what is rightfully theirs. But, the Romulans know that the alliance is fragile, that the correct strategy could turn allies into foes. Perfecting a way of remotely controlling Coalition ships and using them as weapons against each other, the Romulans hope to driving a wedge of suspicion and mistrust between these new allies.

One ship, one Starfleet captain uncovers this insidious plot, Jonathan Archer of the Enterprise. Determined not to lose what they have gained, out manned and out gunned, the captains of Starfleet stand tall vowing to defend every inch of Coalition space. The tide begins to turn. The Romulans now plan to strike at what they see as the heart of their problem. With nothing left to lose the Romulan Star Empire engages in all out war against humanity, determined once and for all to stop the human menace from spreading across the galaxy.

[edit] Summary

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[edit] References

[edit] Characters

Agram • Ahota • Reiko Akagi • Haroun al-Rashid • Albertson • Jonathan Archer • Beaton • Belak • Gregory Black • Brent • Gannet Brooks • Mike Burch • Camacho • Carpenter • George Casey • Curtis • D'deridex • D'ridthau • Darule • Tobin Dax • Denak • Denorex • Roy Dunsel • Veronica Fletcher • Stephen Foyle • Sam Gardner • Gerhard • Gora bim Gral • Giannini • Estelle Granger • Karl Graylock • Selma Guitierrez • Lian Hua An Gyatso • Hendricks • Erika Hernandez • Hess • Charis Idaho • Colin Idaho • Jhamel • Karzan • Dwayne Keller • Matthew Kelly • Elena Kemper • Nelson Kemper • Khazara • Kolichiyaw • Krawczak • Krell • Kuvak • Kwahu • L'Vor • Elrene Leydon • Jie Cong Li • Lydia Littlejohn • Manetta Lundy • M'Rek • Makar • Malvoy • Travis Mayweather • Tyler Mendez • Nash McEvoy • Fiona McKenzie • Morek • Keisha Naquase • Uttan Narsu • Nijil • Nras • Donna O'Neill • Pehrek • Phlox • Porthos • Prev • Qaletaqu • R'Tal • Ragaav • Carlos Ramirez • Rarek • Malcolm Reed • Stephen Reynard • Runkaar • Ryan • Nathan Samuels • Hoshi Sato • Shav • John Sheehan • Shenar • Yutaka Shima • Ketai Shosetsu • Shran • Bryce Shumar • Silok • Sinak • Sivath • Skon • Sodok • Sopek • Soval • Stak • Stel • Julia Stiles • Richard Stiles • Eric Stillwell • T'Luadh • T'Met • T'Pau • T'Pelek • T'Pol • T'Vak • T'Voras • T'Vran • Takris • Talok • Terix • Tevik • Thoris • Tomal • Charles Tucker III • Pell Underhill • Valdore • Sidra Valerian • Thomas Vanderbilt • Vanik • Vela • Vishri • Vool • Voris • Ych'a • Grethe Zhor

Referenced only 

Buzz Aldrin • Henry Archer • Neil Armstrong • Robert Bruce • Zefram Cochrane • Ehrehin • Benjamin Franklin • Gareb • Harris • George Jefferies • Katowa • Keval • Edward Longshanks • Tinh Hoc Phuong • Skav • Solkar • Surak • Theras • Tholos • Thon • V'Las • Kojiro Vance • Voltaire • William Wallace

[edit] Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise

[edit] Coalition of Planets

USS Adirondack (Daedalus-class) • USS Archon (Daedalus-class) • Atlantis (NX-05) (NX-class) • Challenger (NX-03) (NX-class) • Columbia (NX-02) (NX-class) • Discovery (NX-04) (NX-class) • Endeavour (NX-06) (NX-class) • Enterprise (NX-01) (NX-class) • USS Essex (Daedalus-class) • Gankerev • Heinlein • Intrepid (Intrepid-class) Ka'Thelan Krotus • USS Kearsarge (Daedalus-class) • Kiri-kin-tha • Kon-Tiki • Miracht (Phinda-class) • IKS Mup'chIch • USS Olympus (Daedalus-class) • USS Shepard (Daedalus-class) • Shesh • Skev • T'Jal • Toth • USS Valley Forge (Daedalus-class) • USS Yeagar (Daedalus-class) • USS Yorktown (Daedalus-class) • IGS Weytahn • USS Zefram Cochrane

Referenced only 

ECS Horizon • ECS Kobayashi Maru • Kumari • Phoenix • T'Plana-Hath

[edit] Romulan Star Empire

Nei'hrr-class • T'Liss-class

[edit] Locations

Achernar • Alan B. Shephard Dome • Alpha Centauri • Altair • Andoria • Australia • Berengaria VII • Beta Hydri • Beta Virginis • Calder II • Calder system • California • Canada • Coridan • D'caernu'mneani • Dartha • Deimos • Delphic Expanse • Deneva • Denobula • Earth • Enterprise, Oregon • Florida • France • Gulf of Mexico • Haakona • Heliopolis • Jupiter • Jupiter Station • Kaferia • Lake Armstrong • Lhasa • Luna • Mars • McKinley Station • Neptune • New Berlin • New Mexico • New Zealand • Obama facility • Oregon • P'Jem • Palais de la Concorde • Paris • Phobos • Proxima Centauri • Qam-Chee • Qo'noS • Remus • Romulus • San Francisco Bay • Saturn • Sausallito • ShiKahr • T'Rukh • Tangus III • Tarod IX • Tau Ceti • Tellar • Tezel-Oroko • Threllvia IV • Tibet • United States of America • Uranus • Venezuela • Vulcan • Vulcan's Forge • Yukon Territory • Wyoming • Zeta Reticuli

[edit] Races and cultures

Aenar • Andorian • Antaran • Denobulan • Human • Klingon • Romulan • Tellarite • Vulcan • Xindi

[edit] States and organizations

Andorian Imperial Freight Service • Andorian Imperial Guard • British House of Commons • Cochrane Institute • Coalition of Planets • Coalition of Planets Security Council • Continuing Committee • Earth Cargo Service • Eastern Coalition • Ford Motor Company • Klingon Empire • Klingon High Council • London Kings • Military Assault Command Operations • Parliament of United Earth • Romulan Star Empire • Section 31 • Solarcorp News Service • Starfleet Command • Tal Shiar • Terra Prime • United Earth • United Earth Space Probe Agency • United Earth Starfleet • United States Navy • V'Shar • Vulcan Defense Force • Vulcan High Command • Vulcan Science Academy

[edit] Other

602 Club • Administrator of the Confederacy of Vulcan • Assembly of the Martian Colonies • bat'leth • Candlestick Park • Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire • Coalition Compact • Cymbeline blood burn • D'Kyr-class • Dalai Lama • dilithium • Earth-Romulan War • Edsel • First Contact Day • Foreign Minister of the Andorian Empire • Foreign Minister of the Confederacy of Vulcan • Fundamental Declarations of the Martian Colonies • Honor blade • K'ri'Brax • katra • kelbonite • keva • kolinahr • le-matya • Lotus Blossom • Martian Hopi-Pueblo nation • Newstime • nuclear weapon • Osmotic eel • Prime Minister of United Earth • Pyrithian bat • Qu'Vat virus • re'Ti'Khutai • Regulan bloodworm • Seine River • Soo'jen • targ • trillium • United Earth Constitution • United Earth Interior Minister • Vulcan-Romulan War • World War III

[edit] Appendices

[edit] Background

• In the early stages of conception for this book the editor, Margaret Clark, considered presenting the story of the Romulan War as either a trilogy of mass-market-paperbacks or one large trade-paperback book ^[1]. In July 2008 it was announced the format had settled on the large trade-paperback^[2]. Additional information on the project released in December 2008 revealed that despite the choice to go with a single larger format this book would start, but not complete, the story of the entire conflict^[3].
• Clark told the writer to think of the Romulans like North Korea, drawing on the tradition in Star Trek to parallel real world events: "Gene's stories were always tales about today. In Gene's day, they were China. But now, you have North Korea. It's a totally closed society, which explains why we don't know what Romulans look like. The Romulan Praetor… he's like Precious Leader."^[4]

[edit] Related stories

• ENT episodes: "Affliction", "Divergence" - references the changes that the Klingons undergo during these episodes

Star Trek: Enterprise prose publications
Novelizations	Broken Bow • Shockwave • The Expanse
Original novels	By the Book • What Price Honor? • Surak's Soul • Daedalus • Daedalus's Children • Rosetta • Last Full Measure The Good That Men Do • Kobayashi Maru • The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing

[edit] Timeline

Published Order
Previous novel: Kobayashi Maru	ENT novels	Next novel: TBA
Previous story: Kobayashi Maru	Stories by: Michael A. Martin	Next story: TBA
Chronological Order
Previous adventure: 2155	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: Not yet placed

[edit] External link

• The Romulan War - Beneath the Raptor's Wing article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.