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I have watched Wing Commander Academy hundreds of times but I somehow never noticed that the pilot helmets are color coded. They nominally match the Scimitars: blue for Maverick, red for Maniac, purple for Archer, etc.
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors1t.jpg)
It looks like they're forgotten or wrong a LOT... just like the ship colors. Hmm, maybe this is the kind of thing that needs a spreadsheet on a lazy Sunday afternoon...
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors5t.jpg)
Well I said I was going to do this and for some reason I did. I tracked every Scimitar that appears in the show (by sortie) and noted its pilot, color and fate. There are 150 and 25 are destroyed (or stolen by the Warrior King)!
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors9t.jpg)
Here are what seem to be the intended colors for the hero characters. Colors are repeated for extras (or are not visible).
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors12t.jpg)
There are a couple of exceptions: the trainers in episode one are all either red or blue, per the story... and The Last One Left gives Blair and Maniac black and a never repeated lime green, respectively:
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors13t.jpg)
Also if I had to see these goofy off model Scimitars then so do you:
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors14t.jpg)
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Original update published on March 11, 2024
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors2t.jpg)
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors4t.jpg)
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors3t.jpg)
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors1t.jpg)
It looks like they're forgotten or wrong a LOT... just like the ship colors. Hmm, maybe this is the kind of thing that needs a spreadsheet on a lazy Sunday afternoon...
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors5t.jpg)
Well I said I was going to do this and for some reason I did. I tracked every Scimitar that appears in the show (by sortie) and noted its pilot, color and fate. There are 150 and 25 are destroyed (or stolen by the Warrior King)!
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors6t.jpg)
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors7t.jpg)
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors8t.jpg)
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors9t.jpg)
Here are what seem to be the intended colors for the hero characters. Colors are repeated for extras (or are not visible).
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors10t.jpg)
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors11t.jpg)
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors12t.jpg)
There are a couple of exceptions: the trainers in episode one are all either red or blue, per the story... and The Last One Left gives Blair and Maniac black and a never repeated lime green, respectively:
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors13t.jpg)
Also if I had to see these goofy off model Scimitars then so do you:
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/wca_colors14t.jpg)
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Original update published on March 11, 2024