Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi/Characters

Terran Pilots

 * Note: pilots are listed in the order they fly on Blair's wing


 * "Bluehair" aka Christopher "Maverick" Blair: the player character. Gifted with dialogue and more personality than in the original game, Blair emerges as a general 'do-gooder' and an extremely capable pilot.  The irony of his "rebellious" callsign is much more pronounced.  In the one scene in which he has dialogue (the opening scenes of WC2), he is voiced by series creator Chris Roberts.
 * Captain Elizabeth "Shadow" Norwood: Blair's wingman from Caernarvon Station. A capable if uninspired pilot, she is due for retirement in a month, a fact that makes her death just that much more tragic.
 * Colonel Ralgha "Hobbes" nar Hhallas: a Kilrathi defector who brought the Ghorah Khar system into the Confederation. His callsign is commonly misconstrued as a  reference to a comic strip character, but in fact, Hobbes was named after the philosopher.  Though initially skeptical of Blair, he eventually becomes one of his strongest advocates.
 * James "Paladin" Taggart: though not a combat pilot anymore, Blair escorts Paladin's freighter, the Bonnie Heather, on several occasions. Paladin has transferred out of the Space Forces and into Intelligence, where he leads and commissions all manner of secret operations.
 * Captain Etienne "Doomsday" Montclair: a descendant of the Māori people of New Zealand, Doomsday got his cockpit moniker for his pessimistic, gloomy outlook on life: just about everything he ever says has something to do with how he expects the war to kill him at any second.
 * Lt. Colonel Mariko "Spirit" Tanaka: Blair's first wingmate aboard the Tiger's Claw, and one of his closest friends. Her piloting skills are somewhat hampered by emotional distress, the cause of which she confides to Blair during the course of the story.
 * Captain Dirk "Stingray" Wright: a new face, who never served on the Claw, Stingray's initial opinion of Blair is reversed when Maverick and Doomsday defy orders and rescue his ejection pod. Brash and somewhat hot-headed, he is still an excellent pilot.  Because his pilot's-wings insignia were found on the murdered Communications Specialist McGuffin, he is initially placed under suspicion.
 * Colonel Jeannette "Angel" Devereaux: Angel is the Wing Commander of the Concordia‘s flight group. In contrast to her statistics-spouting, generally distant behaviour in the previous game, she has become a much more humanistic character: she acts as a diplomatic buffer between Blair and Admiral Tolwyn's caustic orders and is seen disciplining unruly pilots on several occasions.
 * Major Zachary "Jazz" Colson: named for his virtuoso talents at the rec room piano, Colson has a dark history. He hails from the Goddard colony, which was lost to Kilrathi attack, which he blames on the Tiger's Claw having delayed in answering the colony's distress call. Colson swore to kill every Claw survivor and joined the Mandarins, a society of human defectors.
 * First Lieutenant Jason "Bear" Bondarevsky: from unknown pilot to hero, after the Gettysburg‘s commander issues an illegal order to kill defenceless Kilrathi. He is introduced in Special Missions 1 and makes later appearances in the Wing Commander novels.
 * Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall: making his triumphant return to the player's wing, Maniac is now a major, in charge of the prototype Morningstar medium fighters, which will be field-tested off the Concordia.
 * Captain Maria "Minx" Grimaldi: a pilot in Maniac's Wild Eagles squadron, she does her best to worm her way into Maverick's heart.

Terran Personnel

 * Rear Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn: one of the Confederation's best strategists, later described (by a Kilrathi, no less) as the finest fighting admiral of the fleet. A man of first impressions, he initially distrusts Blair, and the two maintain a certain animosity&mdash;though also a healthy dose of respect&mdash;throughout the rest of their careers.  In WC2 he seems petty and antagonistic; later excursions portray him as charismatic and heroic.
 * Chief Petty Officer Janet "Sparks" McCullough: the lady in charge of making sure Blair's planes are in proper shape, she is also one of Blair's first allies aboard the Concordia. Her evidence helps clear Stingray's name during a murder investigation.
 * Major Edmond: the Concordia‘s communications officer, who frequently relays orders to Blair during missions.

Kilrathi Personnel

 * Crown Prince Thrakhath nar Kiranka: the grandson of the Kilrathi Emperor and first in line to succeed the throne. A stock villain in WC2, later installments portray him as a capable but overconfident warrior, believing solely in brute force and fear, and showing little respect for the "hairless apes" that thwart him time and again.
 * Khasra Redclaw: Thrakhath's cousin and second-in-command, who chafes under the Crown Prince's rule. Blair encounters him in combat several times.
 * Rahkti Blooddrinker: Rahkti Bloodrinker pilots a Sartha class light fighter in one of the later missions in the original Wing Commander 2. He is deadly, fast, and can take a lot of hits.
 * Kur: Kur pilots a Grikath Heavy Bomber and is considered to be a major threat. He appears in one of the missions in the original Wing Commander 2, and is difficult to destroy, even though he is slow.