I think honestly, the Concordia's Commander was Captain Ian St. John during 2668.
I mean Tolwyn commands the battlegroup and has his flag there, but the individual ship is commanded by St. John (Hunter).
I mean read this passage from Voices of War...
I highlited the part that seems to be conclusive of Hunter.
He was friends with K'Kai, he served on the Tiger's Claw (the brass-wing Shotglass gave him), and in the Fleet Action, Hunter was a Captain, and apparently they had switched the whole fleet over to Naval Ranks again (even the pilots-- judging by the fact that Captain Bondarevsky and Hunter seemed to be about equal-- Hunter never referred to Bondarevsky as "sir" for example, or no referrence to him being above him). Also Hunter would be pretty old by 2668...
Considering he was 27 in 2654, and Fleet Action and Voices of War take place about 14 years later, St. John would have been approximately 41 years of age. That is about right for a Naval Captain.
And there are numerous cases where Carrier captains were ex-pilots.
Of course there is a little problem though... Hunter died during Fleet Action, this passage takes place a few months later...
Of course, Voices of war I think comes with Armada, and therefore would have to take more precedence over the novels. St. John's death was an error on William Forstchen's part-- he screwed up, may not have known about that little passage in Voices of War.
Either way... dunno what to make about it...
Write over that Voices of War bit... or keep St. John alive... the way I figure it, if he bailed out of that fighter in Fleet Action, he'd be alive to command Concordia...
of course, where would he be when the Concordia was flying at F/A? Maybe Tolwyn did a Captain Kirk and assumed command of her directly, or the X/O assumed command with Tolwyn coordinating the BattleGroup.
Maybe he was a pilot in WC Fleet Action, then eventually commanded Concordia by .330. Of course he couldn't have died for that to happen.
Any ways to smooth that in? LOAF?
-Concordia
I mean Tolwyn commands the battlegroup and has his flag there, but the individual ship is commanded by St. John (Hunter).
I mean read this passage from Voices of War...
Commander's Log -- 2668.330
After the tense months leading up to the destruction of the secretly
produced Hakaga carrier force, this last assignment was anti-
climactic, to say the least. The Concordia was growing rather
rickety after years of abuse, and she'd been placed on indefinite
patrol status, Code 4. What this translated into was running routine
"safe" sector patrols. So I did just that, flying sortie after sortie in
clear, open space. For eight months straight.
Now, as the Concordia rounds Damioyn, I gaze out the tiny
porthole in my bunk. A waning crescent moon dips behind the
thick clouds of this transfer planet, brightly lit off the starboard
hull. The rapidly approaching haze is a curious swirl of avocado
and cranberry, like nothing I've seen before. In a less than half an
hour, I'll taste the first steak I've had in months. Showers, phones,
all the conveniences of real life on a real planet. Best of all, I'll be
transferring home.
Packing up what few odds and ends I've collected, I begin to think
I might actually miss this old bird after all. There's the brass wing
Shotglass gave me after K'Tithrak Mang. And the tall, thin
Firekkan chalice that my feathered friend K'Kai gifted me with
during her last stop-in. Finally, there's the framed picture of the
crew's last launch party. Friends hugging friends. Some friends
who never came back.
After I'm through packing, I zip my standard-issue duffle shut and
jog toward the decompression lounge. I wave goodbye to my
quarters and envision beaches, blondes, brunettes, and banana
daiquiris. Not to mention a promotion or two.
I highlited the part that seems to be conclusive of Hunter.
He was friends with K'Kai, he served on the Tiger's Claw (the brass-wing Shotglass gave him), and in the Fleet Action, Hunter was a Captain, and apparently they had switched the whole fleet over to Naval Ranks again (even the pilots-- judging by the fact that Captain Bondarevsky and Hunter seemed to be about equal-- Hunter never referred to Bondarevsky as "sir" for example, or no referrence to him being above him). Also Hunter would be pretty old by 2668...
Considering he was 27 in 2654, and Fleet Action and Voices of War take place about 14 years later, St. John would have been approximately 41 years of age. That is about right for a Naval Captain.
And there are numerous cases where Carrier captains were ex-pilots.
Of course there is a little problem though... Hunter died during Fleet Action, this passage takes place a few months later...
Of course, Voices of war I think comes with Armada, and therefore would have to take more precedence over the novels. St. John's death was an error on William Forstchen's part-- he screwed up, may not have known about that little passage in Voices of War.
Either way... dunno what to make about it...
Write over that Voices of War bit... or keep St. John alive... the way I figure it, if he bailed out of that fighter in Fleet Action, he'd be alive to command Concordia...
of course, where would he be when the Concordia was flying at F/A? Maybe Tolwyn did a Captain Kirk and assumed command of her directly, or the X/O assumed command with Tolwyn coordinating the BattleGroup.
Maybe he was a pilot in WC Fleet Action, then eventually commanded Concordia by .330. Of course he couldn't have died for that to happen.
Any ways to smooth that in? LOAF?
-Concordia