The player is given the option to follow her, though she returns safely in either case. Even if Blair destroys the missiles, Flint breaks formation and attacks the Kilrathi forces in an act of revenge. Blair and his wing are scrambled to defend Locanda against several of these missiles. Immediately afterward the Victory is rerouted to the Locanda System, where the Kilrathi are deploying a potent pair of new weapons: the "Skipper" cruise missile, equipped with a cloaking device, and a genetically-engineered bioweapon for use against the Locanda colonies, the home of Flint. If Blair wins the duel, he forces Dillon to request reassignment to the Victory's flight wing.
This angers Flash who challenges Blair to a simulator duel. When Flash fails to respond to an attack on the Victory, willfully napping through the crisis, Blair commandeers the Excalibur in defense of the Victory and, in an ensuing argument with Flash, accuses him of being a coward and repeatedly insinuates that he has no flying skills. Shortly after Blair's arrival, test pilot Major Jace "Flash" Dillon arrives on board the Victory with his prototype warcraft, the F-103A Excalibur heavy fighter. The Victory is assigned to the Orsini System, away from the front. Among those on board, Blair meets Lieutenant Robin "Flint" Peters and Chief Fighter Technician Rachel Coriolis. There are a few old faces-Colonel Ralgha nar "Hobbes" Hhallas, and Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall, but all the other pilots and staff are people Blair has never met. Her captain, William Eisen, has been with her for many years, and is proud of his ship. Blair, by orders of Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn, is transferred as Wing Commander to the TCS Victory, a Ranger-class carrier twice as old as Blair. It is the year 2669, and the Terran-Kilrathi War has been going for over thirty years, with no signs of stopping. On the planet Vespus, Blair and Brigadier General James "Paladin" Taggart inspect the downed wreckage of the TCS Concordia.
One, however, is left alive: Blair's lover Colonel Jeannette "Angel" Devereaux, due to her status among the Kilrathi as a respected warrior. Thrakhath nar Kiranka, Crown Prince of the hostile Kilrathi Empire, presides over the execution by disintegration of a group of Terran Confederation prisoners of war. The protagonist of the previous two games is officially assigned a name, Colonel Christopher Blair. See also: Wing Commander (franchise) § Setting and gameplay
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