Wing Commander story
Set in the year 2654, the story follows a crop of fresh Terran Confederation military recruits in their effort to thwart a hostile alien empire from exterminating the human race. The film is loosely based on the video game series of the same name.
18 total · 6 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| attack from outer space by a genocidal enemy | major | The plot surrounds the efforts of a young crew to thwart a massive Kilrathi armada from destroying Earth. |
| commander and subordinate | major | Starship commanders and high ranking officers were constantly telling sometimes obedient, sometimes grumbling lower ranking ones what to do. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | The cat-like Kilrathi aliens were seeking the complete eradication of the human race. |
| interstellar war | major | The Terran Confederation and the Kilrathi Empire were fighting a Milky way galaxy spanning war. |
| space colonization | major | A premise of the story is that the human race had reached out to colonize large swaths of the galaxy by the year 2654. |
| traversable wormhole | major | A novelty of the film is that Terran Confederation spacecraft got around the galaxy by passing through black holes and quasars. |
| artificial intelligence | minor | The Navcom units installed in selected Terran Confederation spacecraft were simulated minds that were used to navigate the passage through black holes and quasars. Navigating through such objects was beyond the abilities of ordinary humans. |
| coping with the death of a lover | minor | Marshall was devastated when his lover Rosie died in battle. |
| felinoid being | minor | The Kilrathi aliens were cat-like in appearance, but their cat nature was not explored in the film. |
| friendship | minor | Christopher and Marshall were fast friends. |