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.

Summary
July 2156: Archer is making a request to the Klingon Empire to enter into the war on Starfleet's side, a war which Starfleet is losing. The Klingon chancellor, M'Rek, says he and the council will consider their request.

July 2155: The Enterprise has to warp home from the Gamma Hydra sector, a voyage which takes some time. Travis Mayweather decides he must leave the ship, because of what happened at Gamma Hydra, as he could not accept Captain Archer's decision to abandon the freighter Kobayashi Maru. Hoshi Sato also considers leaving, but Archer convinces her to stay, at least for the time being.

As war breaks out, Administrator T'Pau announces that the Vulcans will not assist Starfleet in the fight, which angers them. They compromise, however, with a detection grid that will give any fleet a few minutes extra warning, at most. Despite this advantage, the Romulans launch sneak attacks on Tarod IX, Deneva, Berengaria VII, Achernar II and Threllvia IV, reducing most of each planet to ruins.

Gannet Brooks, a reporter for Newstime, and Travis Mayweather's old flame, sends reports from the front lines, slamming Starfleet for their apparent no-shows at attacked planets. Admiral Gregory Black asks her editor to make her tone down her stories.

Trip is rescued from his escape pod near Tezel-Oroko by a Vulcan freighter, the Kiri-kin-tha, commanded by Captain T'Vran. Also on board is a V'Shar agent, Ych'a, who requests Trip's help in finding out more about T'Pau's government. He takes on the role of a Vulcan merchant called Sodok, who deals in kevas and trillium - items Trip has never heard of.

T'Pol is recalled to Vulcan, but she decides to formally resign her commission with the Vulcans and stay aboard Enterprise. Archer has other plans: with T'Pol on Vulcan, she can try to determine why the Vulcans have pulled out of the war. When meeting with T'Pau, the administrator reveals that she has Surak's katra within her, and as his primary focus was peace and not violence, the Vulcans shall follow his path.

On Romulus, Admiral Valdore and most of the Romulan senate are unimpressed by Praetor D'deridex's plans to invade Haakona, an old enemy. The Romulans lose half the fleet they send there and the mission fails. Unwilling to take the blame for the military's losses due to the ever-deteriorating condition of the Romulan leader, Valdore uses his contacts to arrange for D'deridex's skimmer to have an "accident", which succeeds, killing D'deridex. Senator Karzan is installed as the new leader.

A combined Starfleet-Andorian fleet halts a Romulan attempt to invade the Procyon system, the location of Andoria. The Andorian's fleet is led by Shran, on the IGS Weytahn, whilst Travis Mayweather pilots the Daedalus-class USS Yorktown. During this battle, Captain Roy Dunsel becomes the first to use Starfleet's experimental self-destruct system, destroying his ship, the Challenger NX-03.

Ambassadors Thoris of Andoria and Gral of Tellar decide that they too must withdraw their fleets from the war.

In April 2156, Enterprise leads an assault to retake Starbase 1 and Berengaria VII from the Romulans. Archer has become a Commodore. Starfleet takes bad losses but the Romulans are driven off. The rest of the fleet joins up with Shran's ship and sets course for Deneva.

Back on Vulcan, an explosion destroys the living katra of Surak, causing T'Pau to cry openly and state that the planet may be permanently closed to "offworlders." On Enterprise, Archer feels the loss of the katra.

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 • Cheveyo • Curtis • D'deridex • D'ridthau • D'soria • Dagarth • Darule • Tobin Dax • Denak • Denorex • Roy Dunsel • Erickson • 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 • Hutchinson • Charis Idaho • Colin Idaho • Jhamel • Karzan • Kelby • 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 • Manfred • Travis Mayweather • Nash McEvoy • Fiona McKenzie • Tyler Mendez • Mirsky • Morek • Keisha Naquase • Uttan Narsu • Nijil • Nras • Donna O'Neill • Pehrek • Phlox • Porthos • Powaqa • Prev • Qaletaqu • R'Tal • Ragaav • Carlos Ramirez • Rarek • Rebecca • Malcolm Reed • Stephen Reynard • Runkaar • Ryan • Nathan Samuels • Hoshi Sato • Shav • Shea • John Sheehan • Shenar • Yutaka Shima • Ketai Shosetsu • Shran • Bryce Shumar • Silok • Sinak • Sitok • Sivath • Skon • Sodok • Sopek • Soval • Stak • Stel • Esther Stiles • Julia Stiles • Richard Stiles • Eric Stillwell • T'Kumbra • T'Leikha • T'Luadh • T'Met • T'Pau • T'Pelek • T'Pol • T'Vak • T'Voras • T'Vran • Takris • Talok • Tavak • Terix • Tevik • Thoris • Tomal • Tommy • Charles Tucker III • Pell Underhill • Valdore • Sidra Valerian • Thomas Vanderbilt • Vanik • Vela • Vishri • Vool • Voris • Weiss • Andrew Wiles • Ych'a • Grethe Zhor

Adams • Buzz Aldrin • Amarcan • Apollo • Henry Archer • Neil Armstrong • Hieronymus Bosch • Robert Bruce • Buddha • Ch'uivh • Chef • Zefram Cochrane • D'ravsai • Daedalus • Edward I • Ehrehin • Albert Einstein • Erebus • Pierre de Fermat • Benjamin Franklin • Gareb • God • Goldser • Samuel Goldwyn • Great Spirit • Harris • Attanasio Evan Hodgkin • George Jefferies • Thomas Jefferson • Jonah • Katowa • Keval • Koss • Lissan • Isaac Newton • Phinda • Phobos • Tinh Hoc Phuong • Popé • Ayn Rand • Rejac • Miguel Cristiano Salazar • William Shakespear • Skav • Solkar • Surak • T'Karik • T'Les • Theras • Tholos • Thon • Albert Tucker • Charles Tucker II • Elaine Tucker • Elizabeth Tucker • V'Las • Kojiro Vance • Virgil • Voltaire • William Wallace • Winchester • Margaretha Geertruida Zelle

Starships and vehicles

 * airplane • flitter • skimmer craft • submarine • 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)  • Christiaan Barnard • 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 • Shuttlepod One • 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 •  fighter • USS Zefram Cochrane

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

Romulan Star Empire

 * ChR Dhivael • ChR Terrh'Dhael • •  •

Locations

 * Hell • Lanka-Garukh • Vorta Vor

Space stations and Starbases

 * Atlai'fehill Stelai Complex • Jupiter Station • McKinley Station • Obama facility • Proxima Shipyard • San Francisco Fleet Yards • Starbase 1 • Titan Outpost

Stellar

 * 61 Cygni • Achernar system • Ahiuan sector • Alpha Centauri system • Beta Hydri • Boötes constellation • Borka system • Calder system • Cappa Fornacis system • Cygnus constellation • D'caernu'mneani system • Delphic Expanse • Denobula Triaxa system • Eisn • Eridanus constellation • Gamma Hydra sector • Nevasa • Onias sector • Piazzi's Flying Star • Procyon system • Proxima Centauri • Sol system • Summer Triangle • Tau Ceti • Tezel-Oroko • Vega • Zeta Reticuli • Zeta 2 Reticuli

Planets, planetoids, moons

 * Achernar • Achernar II • Achernar Prime • Adigeon Prime • Alpha Centauri • Alpha Centauri III • Alpha Eridani II • Altair • Altair VI • Andoria • Berengaria VII • Bessel's Star • Beta Hydri IV • Beta Virginis • Calder II • Capory • Coridan • Cygnet XIV • Deimos • Delta Pavonis • Deneb • Deneva • Denobula • Draylax • Earth • Haakona • Jupiter • Kaferia • Loracus Prime • Luna • Mars • Neptune • P'Jem • Phinda • Phobos • Proxima Centauri II • Qo'noS • Remus • Romulus • Saturn • T'Rukh • Tangus III • Tarod IX • Tellar • Threllvia IV • Trilan • Trill • Uranus • Vesta • Vulcan

Planetary

 * Ahota's Public House • Alan B. Shephard Dome • Antarctica • Ares City Dome • Australia • Barkhor Square • Bronx • California • Canada • Candlestick Park • Chinatown • Darro-Miller Dome • Dartha • East Bay • Enterprise • Florida • France • Gettysburg • Gol • Gordon Cooper Interplanetary Spaceport • Great Hall • Gulf of Mexico • Hall of State • Harrison Boulevard • Haurok leh-keh • Heliopolis • Henry Archer Hall • Hitchcock Street • Jokhang Temple • Jowo utra • Kearny Street • Kir • Lacon township • Laibok • Laikan • Lake Armstrong • Lake Yuron • Lhasa • Luna Colonies • Margaritifer Terra • Mill Valley • Mission District • Mount Seleya • Mount Tar'Hana • New Berlin • New Byzantium • New Mexico • New Zealand • North America • Northern Wastes • Olympus Mons • Ophir Planum • Oregon • Palais de la Concorde • Paris • Plain of Blood • Popé Pueblo • Qam-Chee • Raal • Radio City • San Francisco • San Francisco Bay • Sausalito • Sea of Tranquillity • ShiKahr • Sierra County • Sinai Planum • SkiKahr • Stickney crater • Summer Islands Archipelago • Surak's Peak • Syria Planum • T'Karath Sanctuary • T'Klass's Pillar • Tibet • United States of America • Upham • Utopia Planetia • Valakis • Vale of Mists • Valles Marineris • Venezuela • Voroth Sea • Vulcan's Forge • Vulcana Regar • Yukon Territory • Wyoming

Apnex Sea

Races and cultures

 * Adigeon • Aenar • Anasazi • Andorian • Antaran • Arabic • Asian • Cygnian • Denobulan • Egyptian • Haakonan • Hopi • Human • Klingon • Mexican • Mongol • Orion • Pueblo • Roman • Romulan • Spanish • Tellarite • Trill • Vulcan • Xindi

States and organizations

 * Andorian Imperial Freight Service • Andorian Imperial Guard • Assembly of the Martian Colonies • British House of Commons • Cochrane Institute • Coalition of Planets • Coalition of Planets Security Council • Continuing Committee • Dytallix-Barsoon Resource Extraction Corporation • Earth Cargo Service • Eastern Coalition • Ejhoi Ormiin • Ford Motor Company • Iroquois Confederation • Klingon Empire • Klingon High Council • London Kings • Lunar Colonies • Martian Colonies • Martian Hopi-Pueblo nation • Military Assault Command Operations • Parliament of United Earth • Romulan Star Empire • Section 31 • Solarcorp News Service • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Security • Symbiosis Commission • 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

 * 602 Club • Administrator of the Confederacy of Vulcan • Aeneid • alem-vedik • Australian dollar • bed • bible • Bönpo • boogieman • bottle • chronometer • boot • Buddhism • cam • cards • chair • Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire • Coalition Compact • comet • credit chit • Cymbeline blood burn • • Dalai Lama • desk • dierha • dog tag • dollar • duty uniform • Edsel • Ehrie • eisae • First Consul • flask • Foreign Minister of the Andorian Empire • Foreign Minister of the Confederacy of Vulcan • Fundamental Declarations of the Martian Colonies • futon • fvheisen • fvheism • g'teth • genie • German • ghost • glasses • gloves • golf • Grange Populism • Great Sty • Greek • habak • helmet • High Rihannsu • hla-meth • holovid • horseshoe • i'su'ke • ic'tan • infonet • jacket • juju • K'ri'Brax • K'ri'lior • kahs-wan • katra • khaidoa • Khoey • Khuti • kllhe'mnhe • kolinahr • Kuiper belt • lanka-garukh • laser sharpener • lemonade • Leo • lighthouse • lirt'k • Lotus Blossom • Lunar hab • Marxism • mat'drih • meter • mind meld • mohole-borer • mug • Nihilism • Newstime • Obelisk of Luxor • Objectivist-Libertarianism • onkian • osteoregenerator • padd • Perisphere • pitchfork • Pony Express • pool table • pooper-scooper • pressure dome • Prime Minister of United Earth • Qu'Vat virus • re'T'Khutai • re'Ti'Khutai • robe • Seine River • shelthreth • siuren • sofa • Sol • solarderm • Soo'jen • Surakian Logic •  • Tommy's Place • trouser • Trylon • tunic • Tuvan syndrome • United Earth Constitution • United Earth Interior Minister • Viking 2 • yoga • zen

Food and drink

 * alcohol • alicorne steak • Andorian ale • beer • bread • bubblegum • Chinses dumpling • coffee • e-rat • egg drop soup • Fesoan grainwine • Ganymedan whiskey • General Tso's chicken • gespar • juice • mongolian beef • scotch • soupa avgolemono • steak • Vulcan spice tea • water • whiskey • wine

Materials, compounds, and elements

 * adobe • aluminum • diamond • dilithium • duranium • glue • gold • granite • hydrogen sulfide • iron • kelbonite • keva • monocrystal cortenum • nitrogen • plasteel • polyalloy • polyferranide • polysilicate verterium • rubber • salt • sherawood • silver • steel • sulfatriptan • transparent aluminum • trillium • verterium cortenide

Events and eras

 * 1939 New York World's Fair • Age of Enlightenment • Battle of Threllvia • Earth-Romulan War • First Contact Day • Gamma Hydra Sector Massacre • Gold Rush era • Great Awakening • Gundersdottir's Dome Rebellion • Pueblo Revolt • Red Planet strikes • Vulcan-Romulan War • Wild West • World War III

Weapons

 * bat'leth • grenade • Honor blade • nuclear weapon • phase cannon • phase pistol • photonic torpedo • pistol • rubidium laser • tricheq blade • Ushaan-Tor

Plants and animals

 * alicorne • Altairian blowfly • Apnex Sea leviathan • bear • bird • coyote • dog • Draco berengarius • dragon • favinit • flea • fruit • hawk • hornet • ice borer • Kaferian rosevine • le-matya • lemon • lotus • Osmotic eel • pig • plomeek • potato • Pyrithian bat • Regulan bloodworm • rillan gourd • Risan jackrabbit • salmon • sehlat • sha'vokh bird • spider • targ • vegetable • whale • willow • wolf

Chronology

 * August 1680 : Pueblo Revolt
 * April 5, 2063 : First Contact Day
 * 2105 : War of Martian Independence
 * July 22-30, 2155 : re'Ti'Khutai, year of ShiKahr 8764
 * November 18, 2155 : Thirteenthmoon, Fesoan Lorveln year 463
 * January 21, 2156 :
 * February 10-11, 2156 : Tasmeen, year of Surak 8764
 * March 9-10, 2156 : Z'at (Vulcan month)
 * March 11-18, 2156 : 39th of K'ri'lior
 * et'Khior (Romulan month)


 * April 3, 2156 : Month of D'ruh
 * May 22, 2156 : Month of re'T'Khutai

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