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- Blair, a fighter pilot, joins an interstellar war to fight the evil Kilrathi who are trying to destroy the universe.
- It is several years after mankind's war against the Kilrathi. Col. Christopher Blair is called back into duty by the Terran Confederation to help stop acts of terrorism that appear to be taking place against Confed by Border Worlds forces.
- When the Terran Confederation faces the possibility of humanity losing the war with the Kilrathi, Colonel Christopher Blair (Mark Hamill), who the Kilrathi have dubbed "The Heart of the Tiger", is summoned.
- Twelve years after the end of the Kilrathi war, the Terran Confederation must once again call upon its military to defend itself against a new and unknown alien menace.
- The dramatic adventures of a group of space cadets on the Terran carrier Tiger's Claw in total war against a hostile, alien, lion-looking warrior race, the Kilrathi.
- You're a 2nd Lieutenant just out of the Academy, who joins The Confederation who have been at war with the Kilrathi for the past 20 years.
- The main character (whose name and callsign are given by the player) is a space fighter pilot, in a war against the Kilrathi; a race of tiger-like creatures. The Kilrathi are a vicious, imperialistic and martial civilization, and a fearsome opponent. Little is revealed here about the objectives of this war, but in previous publications, it is revealed to be a Kilrathi holy war. The prologue informs the player that he (the main character) was blamed for a disaster that saw the destruction of one of the Terran Confederation's capital ships, the TCS Tiger's Claw. In fact, only he knows that Kilrathi ships with cloaking ability were responsible, but no one believes this, and the flight recorder disk that might prove this remains mysteriously elusive. The protagonist is court-martialed. Admiral Tolwyn believes the hero to be guilty of cowardice and treachery, but the court-martial could only convict him of negligence, and has the dubious fortune of only suffering a demotion and an undesirable assignment. However, his skill is badly required on the front lines, and is assigned to the TCS Concordia—a carrier from which fighters are launched. Gameplay has the player flying various space craft from the agile and lightly armed Ferret to the heavy Broadsword bomber. He flies reconnaissance missions (all of which end up on combat), strike missions against enemy capital ships, and other combat missions. Sometimes his flight plan might take him through asteroids or mine fields. These missions are interlaced with animated cinematic sequences, usually involving him chewing the fat with his peers. His fellow pilots, to name some, are Doomsday, a very pessimistic pilot who is always expecting to die a senseless death with his comrades, Paladin, an old Scottish friend who appears to have had a career in the private sector as a freighter captain, Angel, his French commanding officer with whom he has a budding romance, and Hobbes, a Kilrathi defector who is treated with some suspicion, notably by the main character. The hero also sometimes flies solo missions, wherein he encounters the stealth fighters again, only to find that his flight recorder was defective each and every time. As the game progresses, it is clear that there is a saboteur on board the Concordia. Towards the climax, it is discovered to be Jazz. Jazz escapes in a fighter, and in his second to last mission, the player gives chases and manages to destroy Jazz's craft. Before the embittered hero can shoot Jazz, helplessly spinning in his escape capsule, Angel manages to snatch him away with the rescue facilities aboard some fighters. Jazz reveals that his motive was revenge against select crew members he blamed for his brother's death—a marine who was killed in action, sometime before the game was set. The flight recorder disk that proves the protagonist's innocence in the destruction of the Tiger's Claw is found among Jazz's belongings, and he is finally absolved in this matter. In the final mission, the main character, against orders, flies against a Kilrathi space station, single-handedly destroying it. Upon his return Tolwyn appear furious with him for his reckless behavior, but begrudgingly admits to having pride in him. To a cheering crowd, Angel orders the hero to her quarters with a bottle of champagne.
- North Africa during World War II. The German fighter pilot ace Werner von Steinhaus dominates the sky.
- The conflict between Earth and Kilrah is drawing to a close, and in spite of new fighters, carriers, and technology joining the Fleet, the war effort is not going well. Every day, more news of fresh defeats and losses make their way around the fleet. As mighty as the Confed forces are, they face a foe which seems invincible, for every Kilrathi fighter and warship destroyed, 10 others take their place. Humanity's only hope lies in a desperate plan, the last ditch effort to bring this decades long conflict to an end.
- Mercenary space pilot Grayson Burrows is taking a breather after his adventures in the original game, when someone steels an alien weapon from his ship. Grayson suspects a dangerous Luddite religious cult, but info on them is expensive.
- A redesigned version of Wing Commander 1 for the 3DO and Apple Macintosh, with a different look, superior graphics and sound effects, added speech and extra missions.
- An XBox Live Arcade game based off the Wing Commander franchise.
- A mission simulator based on the Wing Commander II game.
- Episode: (1999)1986–2010TV-PGTV Episode
- 2016–Podcast Episode
- 2010–Podcast Episode
- Episode: (2019)2019– 36mPodcast Episode
- 2022– 29mPodcast Episode
- 2015– 51mPodcast Episode
- Episode: (2019)2016– 33mPodcast Episode
- 2011– 25mPodcast EpisodeOwen Hardy was a wartime fighter pilot. He flew Spitfires in combat in North Africa and Europe, including serving with No. 72 Squadron in Britain and in the desert, and No. 485 (NZ) Squadron. He is one of New Zealand's fighter aces, and continued to serve for many years in the postwar Royal Air Force. Owen has written an excellent autobiography called "Through My Eyes" which is exclusively available through the internet site Lulu. He tells us a little about the book and his days as a fighter pilot in this show. Recorded 27 Feb 2012.
- Episode: (2016)2016– 1hPodcast Episode
- 2018–Podcast Episode
- Bald Bogies at 6 o'clock... or whenever you're listening. Join your Pattern-Baldness Pilots as they take a deep nosedive into the high flying antics of 1999's Wing Commander. Adapted from a game series that included many big names, watch as none of them return for the jump to the big screen. Will Blair finally admit his true heritage? Was that an order or a suggestion? Where did David Suchet go? And if this isn't Star Wars, then what the heck it is trying to be?
- 2019– 1h 15mPodcast Episode
- 2022– 1h 30mPodcast Episode
- 2019– 3mPodcast Episode
- 2019– 4mPodcast Episode
- 2019– 2mPodcast Episode
- 2019– 14mPodcast Episode
- Episode: (2021)2019– 4mPodcast Episode
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- 2019– 5mPodcast Episode
- 2019– 3mPodcast Episode
- 2019– 3mPodcast Episode
- Episode: (2020)2019– 4mPodcast Episode
- 2019– 15mPodcast Episode
- 2011– 50mPodcast Episode
- Episode: (2016)2015– 47mPodcast Episode