Beneath the Raptor ' s Wing Beneath the Raptor ' s Wing is a Pocket ENT novel – the first novel in " " series – written by Michael A . Martin . Published by Pocket Books , it was first released in trade paperback in . Continuing the story told in " The Good That Men Do " and " " , the novel details the first year of the Earth - Romulan War , and the role played by the crew of . Summary . July 2156 : Archer is making a request to the Klingon Empire to enter into the war on Starfleet ' s side , a war which Starfleet is losing . The Klingon chancellor , , says he and the council will consider their request . July 2155 : The " Enterprise " has to warp home from the Gamma Hydra sector , a voyage which takes some time . Travis Mayweather decides he must leave the ship , because of what happened at Gamma Hydra , as he could not accept Captain Archer ' s decision to abandon the freighter " Kobayashi Maru " . Hoshi Sato also considers leaving , but Archer convinces her to stay , at least for the time being . As war breaks out , Administrator T ' Pau announces that the Vulcan s will not assist Starfleet in the fight , which angers them . They compromise , however , with a detection grid that will give any fleet a few minutes extra warning , at most . Despite this advantage , the Romulans launch sneak attacks on Tarod IX , Deneva , Berengaria VII , , and , reducing most of each planet to ruins . Gannet Brooks , a reporter for " Newstime " , and Travis Mayweather ' s old flame , sends reports from the front lines , slamming Starfleet for their apparent no - shows at attacked planets . Admiral asks her editor to make her tone down her stories . T ' Pol is recalled to , but she decides to formally resign her commission with the Vulcans and stay aboard " Enterprise " . Archer has other plans : with T ' Pol on Vulcan , she can try to determine why the Vulcans have pulled out of the war . When meeting with T ' Pau , the administrator reveals that she has Surak ' s " katra " within her , and as his primary focus was peace and not violence , the Vulcans shall follow his path . On Romulus , Admiral Valdore and most of the Romulan Senate are unimpressed by Praetor ' s plans to invade Haakona , an old enemy . The Romulans lose half the fleet they send there and the mission fails . Unwilling to take the blame for the militarys losses due to the ever - deteriorating condition of the Romulan leader , Valdore uses his contacts to arrange for D ' deridex ' s skimmer to have an " accident " , which succeeds , killing D ' deridex . Senator is installed as the new leader . A combined Starfleet - Andorian fleet halts a Romulan attempt to invade the Procyon system , the location of Andoria . The Andorian ' s fleet is led by Shran , on the IGS " Weytahn " , while Travis Mayweather pilots the USS " Yorktown " . During this battle , Captain becomes the first to use Starfleet ' s experimental self - destruct system , destroying his ship , the . Ambassadors Thoris of Andoria and of Tellar decide that they too must withdraw their fleets from the war . In April 2156 , " Enterprise " leads an assault to retake Starbase 1 and Berengaria VII from the Romulans . Archer has become a Commodore . Starfleet takes bad losses but the Romulans are driven off . The rest of the fleet joins up with Shran ' s ship and sets course for Deneva . Back on Vulcan , an explosion destroys the living " katra " of Surak , causing T ' Pau to cry openly and state that the planet may be permanently closed to " offworlders . " On " Enterprise " , Archer feels the loss of the " katra " . 2156 ; 40 Eridani A ; 602 Club ; 61 Cygni ; Administrator ; airlock ; Aenar ; Alpha Centauri ; Altair VI ; Andorian ; Apollo missions ; asteroid ; atomic weapon ; Bird - of - Prey ; Berengaria VII ; Calder II ; ; Chancellor of the Klingon High Council ; Chinatown ; Coalition of Planets ; Cochrane Institute ; ; Coridan Prime ; Cygnet XIV ; ; dilithium ; ; doctor ; dog ; distress call ; Draylax ; ; Earth ; Earth Cargo Service ; Earth - Romulan War ; ; ; escape pod ; executive officer ; fishing ; Gamma Hydra ; helm ; " Horizon " , ECS ; IDIC ; ; Jupiter Station ; " kali - fal " ; Kahless ; Klingon ; Klingon Empire ; Klingon emperor ; kuiper belt ; Lake Yuron ; log buoy ; Lunar colonies ; McKinley Station ; Mars ; Martian colonies ; Military Assault Command Operations ; Mind Meld ; Mount Seleya ; Neptune ; ; orion ; " osol " twist ; PADD ; Pa ' nar Syndrome ; phase cannon ; phase - pistol ; plasma conduit ; Praetor ; Proxima Shipyards ; Qo ' noS ; radiation ; Regulan bloodworm ; Rome ; Romulan ; Romulan Continuing Committee ; Romulan Senate ; Romulan Star Empire ; rubber ; San Francisco ; shark ; starbase ; Starbase 1 ; Starfleet ; Starfleet Command ; Self - destruct system ; Sol system ; spy ; subspace communication ; squid ; Tal Shiar ; targ ; Tarod IX ; Tellarite ; Tellar Prime ; telepathy ; transporter ; trellium ; Trill ; Tuvan Syndrome ; United Earth ; United Earth Space Probe Agency ; universal translator ; Voroth Sea ; Vulcan ; Vulcan ( planet ) ; Vulcan ' s Forge ; Vulcan Science Academy ; warp core ; warp drive , William Shakespeare ; Zefram Cochrane