Answers to old questions: Week Eleven (starting 11/9/1997):

Queston 21: How many fighters did the first Bengal Class Strike Carrier, TCS Tiger's Claw, carry?
Answer: 104 fighters

Question 22: What was the fighter complement of a Kilrathi Fralthra Class Cruiser?
Answer: 40 fighters

Bonus 11: How many fighters did the Kilrathi Hakaga Dreadnoughts carry coming into the Battle of Earth?
Answer: 288 fighters

Weeks Twelve and Thirteen (startings 11/23/97):

For all six questions the correct answer is the person who said each quote.

Question 23: "Used to be a pilot myself... till the fleabags shot me up so bad I couldn't fly." Hint: WC1
Answer: Shotglass

Question 24: "And if Maniac gives you any trouble, you have my permission to blast him out of the sky..." Hint: WC1
Answer: Colonel Peter Halcyon

Question 25: "I like ferrets, they're quick and light..." Hint: WC2
Answer: Captain Elizabeth "Shadow" Norwood

Question 26: "It looks like some kind of video virus, or should I say worm..." Hint: WC3
Answer: Lieutenant Ted "Radio" Rollins

Bonus 12: "Such 'accidents' are common in our family..." Hint: WC2
Answer: I gave three points for Thrakhath and two points for The Emperor because both were talking in the conversation where this line was said.

Bonus 13: "Look, doctor, I know how to do things, but not how I know how to do them. I've got no past..." Hint: P2
Answer: Ser Lev Arris

Questions for Week Fourteen (starting November 30, 1997):

Question 27: What rank did Peter Halcyon, former Wing Commander of the Tiger's Claw, hold before he died?
Answer: General

Question 28: What rank did Gash Dekker hold aboard the BWS Intrepid during the Border Worlds incident with Confed?
Answer: Lieutenant Colonel

Bonus 14: What was Janet "Sparks" McCullough's rank near the end of the Enigma Campaign while serving aboard the TCS Concordia?
Answer: Chief Petty Officer

Answers for Weeks 15 and 16 (starting week of 12/14/97):

Question 29: What kind of fighter was used in the assault on the Venice System Starbase, Kilrathi Vega Sector Headquarters, in 2654?
Answer: Rapier Class Medium Attack Fighter

Question 30: What fighter was flown in the attack at K'Tithrak Mang, Kilrathi Enigma Sector Headquarters, in 2667?
Answer: Sabre Heavy Attack Fighter

Question 31: Name the type of fighter that was used to destroy Kilrah in 2669 with the Temblor Bomb.
Answer: Excalibur Class Heavy Space Superiority Fighter

Question 32: What type of fighter craft was used to destroy the TCS Vesuvius in 2672 with the Flash-Pak?
Answer: Dragon Class Heavy Space Superiority Fighter

Bonus 15: What fighter was flown in the strike against the Mandarin Base at Ayer's Rock in 2667?
Answer: Morningstar Class

Bonus 16: Name the pilot that participated in each of the actions mentioned above.
Answer: Christopher Blair

Answers for Week 17 Questions (week starting 12/21/97):
(specific dates are not necessary)

Question 33: In what year was first contact made with the Kilrathi?
Answer: 2629 (formally)

Question 34: When was the Terran/Firekkan Treaty signed?
Answer: 2655

Bonus 17: When did the Confederation discover the race they codenamed the Double Helix?
Answer: 2654

Answers to Questions for Week 18 (starting 12/28/97):

Question 35: Describe how Mariko "Spirit" Tanaka died.
Spirit died during the mission to "retake" the captured Heaven's Gate Starbase. Her Sabre had been sabotaged. Due to their presence in hostile space she could not eject. After suffering critical damage disabling her craft and killing her turret gunner, she afterburned into the Heaven's Gate Base exploding all her torpedoes on impact.

Question 36: Describe how Laurel "Cobra" Buckley died.
Cobra was killed by Ralgha "Hobbes" nar Hhallas aboard the TCS Victory following her discovery that Hobbes was transmitting classified data to the Kilrathi. In trying to prevent his escape back to the Kilrathi, she was gutted on the flight deck.

Bonus 18: How did Geoffrey Tolwyn die?
Space Marshall Tolwyn hung himself following the Border Worlds Incident in 2672. He was awaiting excution after being convicted of crimes against humanity.

Answers to Questions for Week 19 (starting 01/04/98):

Question 37: After being convicted of negligence in 2656, what System or Starbase was Christopher Blair sent to serve out his sentence.
Answer: Caernarvon Station in the Gwenydd System

Question 38: What was Gilkarg nar Kiranka's punishment after losing the Sivar Dreadnought that destroyed the Goddard Colony?
Answer: Execution

Bonus 19: Name a famous mob boss of the Gemini Sector.
Answer: Roman Lynch and Simon Kroiz are correct answers that were submitted

Question 39: What is Christopher Blair's official callsign?
Answer: Maverick

Question 40: What human helped pick Ralgha "Hobbes" nar Hhallas' callsign?
Answer: Downtown and/or Blair

Bonus 20: Have you filled out and sent in the Wing Commander Convention Survey? Hint: the survey is at both the alt.games.wing-commander Homepage and Introspection's Wing Commander Home Sector.
Answer: there's a very short extension on this question.

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