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

 * Reiko Akagi • Jonathan Archer • Gannet Brooks • Mike Burch • D'deridex • Denak • Roy Dunsel • Veronica Fletcher • Stephen Foyle • Sam Gardner • Gral • Karl Graylock • Erika Hernandez • Karzan • Matthew Kelly • Khazara • Krell • L'Vor • Manetta Lundy • M'Rek • Malvoy • Travis Mayweather • Nash McEvoy • Fiona McKenzie • Nijil • Donna O'Neill • Phlox • Porthos • Malcolm Reed • Stephen Reynard • Ryan • Hoshi Sato • Yutaka Shima • Shran • Sivath • Sopek • Soval • Stak • Richard Stiles • T'Luadh • T'Pau • T'Pelek • T'Pol • T'Vak • T'Voras • T'Vran • Terix • Tevik • Charles Tucker III • Valdore • Sidra Valerian • Vanik • Voris • Ych'a

Zefram Cochrane • Surak • Kojiro Vance

Coalition of Planets

 * USS Adirondack (Daedalus class) • Atlantis (NX-05)  • Challenger (NX-03)  • Columbia (NX-02)  • Discovery (NX-04)  • Endeavour (NX-06)  • Enterprise (NX-01)  • USS Kearsarge (Daedalus class)  • Kiri-kin-tha •  • USS Shepard (Daedalus class)  • T'Jal • Toth • USS Yeagar (NCC-76)  • USS Yorktown (NCC-108)  • IGS

ECS • ECS

Locations

 * Alpha Centauri • Altair • Andoria • Achernar • Australia • Berengaria VII • Beta Hydri • Beta Virginis • Calder II • Calder system • Coridan • D'caernu'mneani • Deneva • Denobula • Earth • Gulf of Mexico • Haakona • Kaferia • Mars • McKinley Station • Neptune • New Zealand • Obama facility • Proxima Centauri • Qam-Chee • Qo'noS • Romulus • Tarod IX • Tau Ceti • Tezel-Oroko • Threllvia IV • Vulcan • Zeta Reticuli

Races and cultures

 * Andorian • Antaran • Denobulan • Human • Klingon • Romulan • Tellarite • Vulcan

States and organizations

 * British House of Commons • Coalition of Planets • Coalition of Planets Security Council • Earth Cargo Service • Klingon Empire • Klingon High Council • Military Assault Command Operations • Romulan Star Empire • Solarcorp News Service • Starfleet Command • United Earth • United Earth Space Probe Agency • United Earth Starfleet • Vulcan Defense Force • Vulcan High Command

Other

 * Administrator of the Confederacy of Vulcan • bat'leth • Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire • Coalition Compact • • Earth-Romulan War •  • K'ri'Brax • katra • le-matya • Newstime • Osmotic eel • Pyrithian bat • Qu'Vat virus • re'Ti'Khutai • Regulan bloodworm • Soo'jen • targ

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."