FredDude32
Rear Admiral
Hey all!
My Name is Fred Hall..I'm From Sweden. I'm 32 years old and I've been a WC fan since around 1992-1993 (I cant remember which) when I first got my hands on Wing Commander for the Commodore Amiga 500.
I've been lurking on this website since around 1998...(I think it was 98 anyways) but just recently joined the forum for some chit-chat
Anyhoo! I've recently been inspired by the many Wing Commander novels out there. I've read at least two of them. One: False Colors I got via GoG Wing Commande 3..The other I got via "other" means..*cough*
Right! I have been inspired to write my own novel or at the very least a short story..And I would like very much to share my first few paragraphs to you guys here...As you are Wing Commander fanatics just like me I think this would be the perfect place to vent my more or less sad attempt at creativity
(I'm not even an amateur writer, this is my first attempt)
It takes place in 2632, about 2 years before the official outbreak of the Terran-Kilrathi war. It follows the life and destiny of Confed pilot Henry Sibley..A relatively fresh graduated of the Academy. As I'm writing this I have not planned his full career/destiny as of yet, but then again I'm not in a hurry so I hope you guys will feel the same . I'm writing this here as I am in a need of encouragement..I do not wish to type much about my personal life here, but long story short: I am in need of encouragement in order to get things done! If you need more info about this then please take a look at this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome
Anyways, this quote below are the first two paragraphs I have formulated for my brief novel "Wing Commander Duty". Note that although its not much its just a very very very VERY brief tase of what I have so far..I'm writing this topic as to increase my ego/motivation to continue writing
Enjoy!
My Name is Fred Hall..I'm From Sweden. I'm 32 years old and I've been a WC fan since around 1992-1993 (I cant remember which) when I first got my hands on Wing Commander for the Commodore Amiga 500.
I've been lurking on this website since around 1998...(I think it was 98 anyways) but just recently joined the forum for some chit-chat
Anyhoo! I've recently been inspired by the many Wing Commander novels out there. I've read at least two of them. One: False Colors I got via GoG Wing Commande 3..The other I got via "other" means..*cough*
Right! I have been inspired to write my own novel or at the very least a short story..And I would like very much to share my first few paragraphs to you guys here...As you are Wing Commander fanatics just like me I think this would be the perfect place to vent my more or less sad attempt at creativity
(I'm not even an amateur writer, this is my first attempt)
It takes place in 2632, about 2 years before the official outbreak of the Terran-Kilrathi war. It follows the life and destiny of Confed pilot Henry Sibley..A relatively fresh graduated of the Academy. As I'm writing this I have not planned his full career/destiny as of yet, but then again I'm not in a hurry so I hope you guys will feel the same . I'm writing this here as I am in a need of encouragement..I do not wish to type much about my personal life here, but long story short: I am in need of encouragement in order to get things done! If you need more info about this then please take a look at this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome
Anyways, this quote below are the first two paragraphs I have formulated for my brief novel "Wing Commander Duty". Note that although its not much its just a very very very VERY brief tase of what I have so far..I'm writing this topic as to increase my ego/motivation to continue writing
Enjoy!
1st Lt Henry Sibley scanned his radar-screen: Nothing!
"Reapers" radar had produced precisely nothing for countless days before this one and he was sick of it. He had graduated from the Confederation Academy roughly two years before and he had been posted to his first assignment aboard the Heavy Fleet Carrier “Adams”.
“Reaper”, as he had been called ever since the Academy, had actually gotten his full nickname “Grim Reaper” during his Academy days. Not only because of his impressive kill-score again'st both Academy instructors and simulated opponents, but also because of his always serious and grim manner which had alienated him from his fellow Academy class-mates. Reaper had only a few friends during his training because of this, but they were loyal and they stuck by him through the hard times during the Academy.
Once he graduated, however, he didn’t have the luxury of choosing his new companions as he made his way to his new assignment on the frontier. “Reaper” graduated 5th of his class in the year 2632. Reaper was cynically predicted by his class-mates to earn the most pirate-kills but earning least friends during his career and advancing the least due to his attitude. Reaper, however, was out to prove himself and to prove his other wing mates wrong in their opinion of him, not to mention the opinions of the people he left back on Earth who thought he would never amount to nothing.
Reaper was posted at the Confederation Vega Frontier, as it was called back then, and it did not take long for him to realise he had very little chance to earn the glory which he so sought in order to prove himself. Even the pirates who nominally were fairly active at the frontiers and had no quarrels over attacking lightly defended Confed worlds had not been much active for the past year.