Beneath the Raptor's Wing

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 .

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.

Characters

 * Agram • Ahota • Reiko Akagi • Haroun al-Rashid • Albertson • Jonathan Archer • Beaton • Belak • Gregory Black • Brenner • Brent • Gannet Brooks • Mike Burch • Camacho • Carpenter • George Casey • Curtis • D'deridex • D'ridthau • D'soria • Dagarth • 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 • Nash McEvoy • Fiona McKenzie • Tyler Mendez • Mirsky • 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 • Shea • John Sheehan • Shenar • Yutaka Shima • Ketai Shosetsu • Shran • Bryce Shumar • Silok • Sinak • Sivath • Skon • Sodok • Sopek • Soval • Stak • Stel • Esther Stiles • Julia Stiles • Richard Stiles • Eric Stillwell • T'Luadh • T'Met • T'Pau • T'Pelek • T'Pol • T'Vak • T'Voras • T'Vran • Takris • Talok • Tavak • Terix • Tevik • Thoris • Tomal • Charles Tucker III • Pell Underhill • Valdore • Sidra Valerian • Thomas Vanderbilt • Vanik • Vela • Vishri • Vool • Voris • Weiss • Ych'a • Grethe Zhor

Buzz Aldrin • Amarcan • Henry Archer • Neil Armstrong • Robert Bruce • Ch'uivh • Chef • Zefram Cochrane • Edward I • Ehrehin • Benjamin Franklin • Gareb • Goldser • Harris • Attanasio Evan Hodgkin • George Jefferies • Jonah • Katowa • Keval • Isaac Newton • Tinh Hoc Phuong • Miguel Cristiano Salazar • William Shakespear • Skav • Solkar • Surak • Theras • Tholos • Thon • Albert Tucker • Charles Tucker II • Elaine Tucker • Elizabeth Tucker • V'Las • Kojiro Vance • Voltaire • William Wallace • Winchester • Margaretha Geertruida Zelle

Starships and vehicles

 * USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

Coalition of Planets

 * USS Adirondack (Daedalus class) • USS Archon (NCC-189)  • Atlantis (NX-05)  • USS Carolina (Daedalus class)  • Challenger (NX-03)  • Columbia (NX-02)  • Discovery (NX-04)  • USS Dykstra  • Endeavour (NX-06)  • Enterprise (NX-01)  • USS Essex (NCC-173)  • USS Franklin Roosevelt  • Gankerev • USS Heinlein  • Intrepid  • jump-pod • Ka'Thelan Krotus • USS Kearsarge (Daedalus class)  • Kiri-kin-tha • USS Kon-Tiki  • USS Lovell  • Miracht  •  • USS Olympus  • USS Probert  • USS Ptolemy (Daedalus class)  • USS Shepard (Daedalus class)  • Shesh • Skev • USS Stephen Decatur (Daedalus class)  • T'Jal • Ti'Mur • Toth • USS Valley Forge (Daedalus class)  • USS Yeager (NCC-76)  • USS Yorktown (NCC-108)  • IGS • workpod • USS Zefram Cochrane

ECS • ECS • Kumari • Phoenix • T'Plana-Hath

Locations

 * 61 Cygni • Achernar • Alan B. Shephard Dome • Alpha Centauri • Altair • Andoria • Australia • Berengaria VII • Bessel's Star • Beta Hydri • Beta Virginis • Calder II • Calder system • California • Canada • Candlestick Park • Centauri III • Chinatown • Coridan • Cygnus constellation • D'caernu'mneani • Dartha • Deimos • Delphic Expanse • Deneb • Deneva • Denobula • Draylax • Earth • Enterprise, Oregon • Florida • fog • France • Gamma Hydra sector • Gordon Cooper Interplanetary Spaceport • Great Hall • Gulf of Mexico • Haakona • Heliopolis • Hell • Jupiter • Jupiter Station • Kaferia • Lake Armstrong • Lanka-Garukh • Lhasa • Loracus Prime • Luna • Mars • McKinley Station • Mill Valley • Neptune • New Berlin • New Mexico • New Zealand • Obama facility • Onias sector • Oregon • P'Jem • Palais de la Concorde • Paris • Phobos • Piazzi's Flying Star • Proxima Centauri • Qam-Chee • Qo'noS • Remus • Romulus • San Francisco • San Francisco Bay • Saturn • Sausalito • ShiKahr • Sierra County • Summer Triangle • Surak's Peak • T'Klass's Pillar • T'Rukh • Tangus III • Tarod IX • Tau Ceti • Tellar • Tezel-Oroko • Threllvia IV • Tibet • Trilan • United States of America • Upham • Uranus • Vega • Venezuela • Vulcan • Vulcan's Forge • Yukon Territory • Wyoming • Zeta Reticuli

Apnex Sea

Races and cultures

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

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 • Ejhoi Ormiin • Ford Motor Company • Klingon Empire • Klingon High Council • London Kings • Martian Colonies • Military Assault Command Operations • Parliament of United Earth • Romulan Star Empire • Section 31 • Solarcorp News Service • Starfleet Command • Syrrannite • Tal Shiar • Terra Prime • United Earth • United Earth Space Probe Agency • United Planets of Tellar• United Earth Starfleet • United States Navy • V'Shar • Vulcan Defense Directorate • Vulcan Defense Force • Vulcan High Command • Vulcan Science Academy

Other

 * 1939 New York World's Fair • 602 Club • Administrator of the Confederacy of Vulcan • alem-vedik • aluminum • Assembly of the Martian Colonies • Australian dollar • bat'leth • bear • bed • bible • bird • boot • bread • cam • chair • Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire • Coalition Compact • comet • Cymbeline blood burn • • Dalai Lama • desk • dilithium • dog • duranium • duty uniform • e-rat • Earth-Romulan War • Edsel • egg drop soup • favinit • First Consul • First Contact Day • Foreign Minister of the Andorian Empire • Foreign Minister of the Confederacy of Vulcan • fruit • Fundamental Declarations of the Martian Colonies • g'teth • Gamma Hydra Sector Massacre • German • gespar • glasses • gloves • glue • Great Awakening • Greek • helmet • hla-meth • holovid • Honor blade • i'su'ke • ic'tan • iron • juice • K'ri'Brax • kahs-wan • katra • kelbonite • keva • kolinahr • lanka-garukh • le-matya • lemon • lemonade • lirt'k • Lotus Blossom • Martian Hopi-Pueblo nation • mat'drith • meter • mind meld • mohole-borer • Newstime • nuclear weapon • Osmotic eel • padd • Perisphere • phase cannon • phase pistol • photonic torpedo • pistol • plomeek • polyalloy • Pony Express • Prime Minister of United Earth • Pyrithian bat • Qu'Vat virus • re'Ti'Khutai • Regulan bloodworm • rillan gourd • robe • rubber • rubidium laser • salt • Seine River • silver • Soo'jen • soupa avgolemono • sulfatriptan • Surakian Logic •  • targ • Tommy's Place • transparent aluminum • trillium • trouser • Trylon • tunic • United Earth Constitution • United Earth Interior Minister • vegetable • Vulcan-Romulan War • water • whale • World War III

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 . In July 2008 it was announced the format had settled on the large trade-paperback. 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.
 * 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."

Related stories

 * - references the changes that the Klingons undergo during these episodes