| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Name | Type | Quadrant | Namesake | Book | Year | Vietnam | Notes |
2 | Asimov | SFF Writer | Asimov | Isaac Asimov | Foundation | 1951 | OPPOSE | |
3 | Blish | SFF Writer | Asimov | James Blish | A Case of Conscience | 1958 | OPPOSE | |
4 | Brin | SFF Writer | Asimov | David Brin | Startide Rising | 1983 | ||
5 | Card | SFF Writer | Asimov | Orson Scott Card | Ender's Game | 1985 | ||
6 | Clarke | SFF Writer | Asimov | Arthur C. Clarke | Childhood's End | 1953 | ||
7 | Crichton | SFF Writer | Asimov | Michael Crichton | Jurassic Park | 1990 | ||
8 | Ellison | SFF Writer | Asimov | Harlan Ellison | I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream | 1967 | OPPOSE | Short story collection |
9 | Foster | SFF Writer | Asimov | Alan Dean Foster | Spellsinger | 1983 | Also well known for his sci-fi adaptations including Star Wars, Star Trek and Alien | |
10 | Gibson | SFF Writer | Asimov | William Gibson | Neuromancer | 1984 | ||
11 | Piper | SFF Writer | Asimov | Henry Beam Piper | Space Viking | 1963 | Novaya Kiev C; Enigma system attacked by the Kilrathi, only mentioned on the losing path; as the other dialogue references are not included on the WCUM it's likely Piper is present only because of the incredible coincidence that it is also SFF writer's name | |
12 | Pohl | SFF Writer | Asimov | Frederik Pohl | The Space Merchants | 1953 | ||
13 | Pournelle | SFF Writer | Asimov | Jerry Pournelle | A Spaceship for the King | 1973 | SUPPORT | |
14 | Robinson | SFF Writer | Asimov | Spider Robinson | Stardance | 1979 | Coauthored with Jeanne Robinson | |
15 | Sterling | SFF Writer | Asimov | Bruce Sterling | Schismatrix | 1985 | ||
16 | Vonnegut | SFF Writer | Asimov | Kurt Vonnegut | Slaughterhouse-Five | 1969 | ||
17 | Kalvan | Unknown | Asimov | May be a reference to H. Beam Piper's Kalvan series which begins in Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (1965) | ||||
18 | Salayna | Unknown | Asimov | May be a reference to a star (and starship) which appear in Franz Joseph's Star Fleet Technical Manual (1975) | ||||
19 | Defiance | Word/Concept | Asimov | Too broad a term to determine a reference | ||||
20 | Grills | Employee | Grills | Jeff Grills | ||||
21 | Hilleman | Employee | Grills | Richard Hilleman | ||||
22 | Irving | Employee | Grills | Rob Irving | ||||
23 | Heaven's Gate | Mythology | Grills | Christian; the afterlife | Existing system from Wing Commander II; also a Michael Cimino film (1980) | |||
24 | Novaya Kiev | Geography | Grills | Ukranian city | Existing system from Wing Commander II | |||
25 | Pembroke | Geography | Grills | Welsh town | Existing system from Special Operations 1 | |||
26 | Axis | Mythology | Grills | Greek; river god | Existing system from Wing Commander IV; misspelled ("Axius") | |||
27 | Callimachius | Mythology | Grills | Greek; historical scholar & poet | Existing system from Wing Commander IV; misspelled ("Callimachus") | |||
28 | Speardon | Mythology | Grills | Christian; Saint Spyridon | Existing system from Wing Commander IV; misspelled ("Speradon") | |||
29 | Cabrea | Word/Concept | Grills | Spanish for "pissed off" | Existing system from Wing Commander II | |||
30 | Cardell | Word/Concept | Grills | Small garden | Existing system from Wing Commander III; misspelled ("Gardel") | |||
31 | Vespus | Grills | Existing system from Wing Commander III | |||||
32 | Isaac | Employee | Isaac | Paul Isaac | ||||
33 | Shelton | Employee(s) | Isaac | Multiple Sheltons worked on Wing Commander games including Scott, Jeff, Peter and Tobin | ||||
34 | Gwynedd | Geography | Isaac | Welsh county | Existing system from Wing Commander II | |||
35 | Ghorah Khar | Kilrathi Name | Isaac | Existing system from Wing Commander II | ||||
36 | K'arakh | Kilrathi Name | Isaac | May derive from Kilrathi intoxicant "arakh leaves" | ||||
37 | K'tithrak Mang | Kilrathi Name | Isaac | Existing system from Wing Commander II | ||||
38 | Trk'Harna | Kilrathi Name | Isaac | Kilrathi Word | ||||
39 | Telamon | Mythology | Isaac | Greek; one of the Argonauts | Existing system from Wing Commander IV | |||
40 | Rigel | Real Star System | Isaac | Existing system from Special Operations 1 | ||||
41 | Tesla | Scientist | Isaac | Nikola Tesla | Existing system from Wing Commander II | |||
42 | Bradbury | SFF Writer | Isaac | Ray Bradbury | Martian Chronicles, The | 1950 | OPPOSE | |
43 | Harrison | SFF Writer | Isaac | Harry Harrison | The Stainless Steel Rat | 1961 | OPPOSE | |
44 | Niven | SFF Writer | Isaac | Larry Niven | Ringworld | 1970 | SUPPORT | Existing system from Wing Commander II |
45 | Zelanzny | SFF Writer | Isaac | Roger Zelazny | Lord of Light | 1967 | Misspelled on WCU map | |
46 | Racene | Unknown | Isaac | |||||
47 | Repleetah | Unknown | Isaac | Existing system from Wing Commander III | ||||
48 | Enigma | Word/Concept | Isaac | References the mystery of its black hole | Existing system from Wing Commander II | |||
49 | Roddenberry | SFF Writer | Roddenberry | Gene Roddenberry | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | 1979 | OPPOSE | Likely included for Star Trek in general, the novelization of TMP is his only prose fiction credit |
50 | Mustakas | Employee | Roddenberry | Sean Mustakas | ||||
51 | Dyson | Scientist | Roddenberry | Freeman Dyson | Proposed the Dyson Sphere in "Search for Artificial Stellar Sources of Infrared Radiation" (1960) | |||
52 | Adams | SFF Writer | Roddenberry | Douglas Adams | Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The | 1979 | ||
53 | Blake | SFF Writer | Roddenberry | William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience | 1789 | ||
54 | Drake | SFF Writer | Roddenberry | David Drake | Hammer's Slammers | 1979 | ||
55 | Gerrold | SFF Writer | Roddenberry | David Gerrold | A Matter for Men | 1983 | ||
56 | Haldeman | SFF Writer | Roddenberry | Joe Haldeman | Forever War, The | 1974 | ||
57 | Heinlein | SFF Writer | Roddenberry | Robert Heinlein | Starship Troopers | 1959 | SUPPORT | |
58 | Herbert | SFF Writer | Roddenberry | Frank Herbert | Dune | 1965 | ||
59 | Lucas | SFF Writer | Roddenberry | George Lucas | Star Wars | 1976 | Likely included for Star Trek in general, the novelization of A New Hope is his only prose fiction credit (it was ghost written by fellow Enigma namesake Alan Dean Foster) | |
60 | McCaffrey | SFF Writer | Roddenberry | Anne McCaffrey | Dragonflight | 1968 | ||
61 | Spielberg | SFF Writer | Roddenberry | Steven Spielberg | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 | Likely included for his directorial work, the novelization of CEot3K is his only prose fiction credit (it was ghost written by Leslie Waller) | |
62 | Steakley | SFF Writer | Roddenberry | John Steakley | Armor | 1984 | ||
63 | Stirling | SFF Writer | Roddenberry | S.M. Stirling | Marching Through Georgia | 1988 | ||
64 | Arraman | Unknown | Roddenberry | |||||
65 | Langston | Unknown | Roddenberry | Unclear but it may be an Origin-related name; background chatter in the 1999 Wing Commander movie mentions a TCS Langston | ||||
66 | Exile | Word/Concept | Roddenberry | Too broad a term to determine a reference, though it is evocative of a potential story that would prompt the name | ||||
67 | Wetland | Word/Concept | Roddenberry | Too broad a term to determine a reference | ||||
68 | Midian | Employee | Unknown | Musical name for Marc Schaefgen & Dana Glover | Mentioned in WC2 but not listed on the WCU map; Novaya Kiev C; Enigma system attacked by the Kilrathi, only mentioned on the winning path | |||
69 | Sharm | Geography | Unknown | Egyptian city | Mentioned in SO1 but not listed on the WCU map; Ghorah Khar 2 B; close to Ghorah Khar (Isaac); Paladin plans to travel there to monitor approach vectors of Kilrathi fleet approaching GK | |||
70 | Talbot | Geography | Unknown | Welsh town | Mentioned in WC2 but not listed on the WCU map; Novaya Kiev D & Novaya Kiev (L) D; one jump from Novaya Kiev (Grills Quadrant) | |||
71 | Fiddler's Green | Mythology | Unknown | English; afterlife for mariners | Mentioned in WC2 but not listed on the WCU map; Novaya Kiev C & Novaya Kiev (L) C; Enigma system attacked by the Kilrathi | |||
72 | Niffleheim | Mythology | Unknown | Norse; land of ice and cold | Mentioned in WC2 but not listed on the WCU map |