Will Turner
Fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
William Turner Jr. is a fictional character in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films. He appears in ' (2003), ' (2006), ' (2007), and ' (2017). He is portrayed by Orlando Bloom (and as a child by Dylan Smith in the prologue of "The Curse of the Black Pearl").
William Turner is a blacksmith's apprentice working in Port Royal, Jamaica. He secretly loves the governor's daughter, Elizabeth Swann (played by Keira Knightley and Lucinda Dryzek), although he occupies a lower social class than she does. Will is the son of Bootstrap Bill Turner, and he works to free his father from service to Davy Jones. He marries Elizabeth Swann in "At World's End", and they have a son named Henry (played by Dominic Scott Kay, Lewis McGowan, and Brenton Thwaites). Alongside Hector Barbossa, Turner serves as an additional foil to Jack Sparrow's character, taking the role of the straight man with his subdued, good-natured personality.
Fictional biography.
Early life.
Will is the only child of "Bootstrap" Bill Turner (portrayed by Stellan Skarsgaard). According to Jack Sparrow, Will strongly resembles his father, both in appearance and ability. However, his father was absent during his early childhood in England. Will grew up believing his father to be a merchant seaman. Following his mother's death, Will, then about twelve years old, emigrated to Port Royal.
"The Curse of the Black Pearl".
Weatherby Swann and his daughter Elizabeth sail to Port Royal after Weatherby is appointed governor. Elizabeth spots Will clinging to a floating piece of a shipwreck. She discovers a gold medallion around his neck, and hides it to prevent anyone from believing that Will is a pirate. Later Elizabeth finds out the medallion is in fact Cursed Aztec Gold.
Over the next eight years, Will and Elizabeth maintain a respectful friendship, although Will conceals his romantic feelings for her. He is now a blacksmith's apprentice in Port Royal. Will has developed into a master craftsman of fine swords, although his often-drunk master usually claims credit for Will's exquisite workmanship. Will is also an exceptional, self-taught swordsman. The DVD commentary states that he is the best among the characters in the film, including Barbossa, Norrington, and Jack Sparrow. When Jack Sparrow attempts to evade arrest, Will engages him in a duel. Sparrow outwits Will in a sword fight; Will claims Jack "cheated" by ignoring the "rules of engagement."
Will learns that his father was the pirate "Bootstrap Bill" Turner, who served aboard the "Black Pearl" when it was commanded by Captain Jack Sparrow. Despite Sparrow's comments that Bootstrap was "a good man," Will remains deeply conflicted over the fact that his father was a pirate. Will learns that when First Mate Barbossa and the crew mutinied and marooned Sparrow, only Bootstrap defended him. Infuriated by Bootstrap's betrayal, Barbossa and his crew had looted a chest of Aztec gold. This resulted in them becoming undead and unable to feel physical pleasure. It was only after they had thrown Bootstrap overboard that they learned how to break the curse: they needed to return all of the gold pieces, and each pirate who took the gold had to make a blood offering as a form of repayment. Because Bootstrap only had one child, Barbossa decides to track down and kidnap the child in order to lift the curse.
It is revealed that the pirate's medallion stolen by Elizabeth is one of the pieces of Aztec gold. Believing her to be the daughter of Bootstrap Bill, Barbossa kidnaps her. After Elizabeth is kidnapped, Will forms an alliance with Sparrow. He helps Sparrow escape from prison. They commandeer a ship and recruit a crew in Tortuga. They sail to Isla de Muerta, where Barbossa has taken Elizabeth. Unbeknownst to Will, Sparrow intends to use him to bargain back the "Black Pearl". When Will learns his role in lifting the curse, he barters himself to Barbossa to free Elizabeth and the crew. In the end, Sparrow and Will succeed in lifting the curse; Sparrow kills Barbossa, and the pirate crew is defeated. At Sparrow's execution in Port Royal, Will declares his love for Elizabeth before attempting to rescue Sparrow from the gallows. They are quickly subdued by redcoats, but Will refuses to abandon Sparrow. Elizabeth intervenes and saves Will by declaring her love for him and vouching for Sparrow. Will is pardoned, while Sparrow escapes by falling off the rampart and into the bay where the "Black Pearl" awaits.
"Dead Man's Chest".
Will returns with the other main characters from "".
For aiding Jack Sparrow's escape, Will and Elizabeth are arrested just prior to their wedding ceremony by Lord Cutler Beckett, a man made wealthy and powerful by profits from the East India Trading Company. Beckett threatens Will and Elizabeth with execution for aiding Sparrow's escape, but offers clemency if Will can find Sparrow's compass for Beckett's use. This magical compass will allow Beckett to find the heart of Davy Jones. Beckett also possesses a Letter of Marque with which he intends to recruit Jack as a privateer.
To save Elizabeth, Will hunts for Jack Sparrow and the "Black Pearl". He finds the crew captive on Pelegosto, a cannibal-inhabited island. They escape, and are unexpectedly reunited with Pintel and Ragetti. Jack agrees to give Will his compass if he helps him find a key, though he has no idea what it unlocks. Jack seeks out Tia Dalma, a voodoo priestess who takes a particular interest in Will, proclaiming he has a "touch of destiny." Dalma says the key is to the Dead Man's Chest containing the heart of Davy Jones. Sparrow had once struck a bargain with Davy Jones to raise the "Black Pearl" from the ocean bottom and to make Jack captain for 13 years. Sparrow would then serve aboard the "Dutchman" for a century. When Jones attempts to collect on this deal, Jack reneges on the bargain.
The crew searches for Jones, and Will soon finds himself stranded on a wrecked vessel that Jack claimed was Jones' ghost ship, the "Flying Dutchman". When the real "Flying Dutchman" suddenly arrives, Jack attempts to barter Will to Davy Jones to repay his blood debt, but Jones refuses, saying one soul is unequal to another. Instead, he keeps Will as a "good faith" payment and demands an additional 99 souls. Otherwise, Jack must surrender or face the Kraken.
Will, now an indentured sailor aboard Jones' ghost ship, meets his father "Bootstrap" Bill Turner. When Will challenges Davy Jones to Liar's Dice, betting his soul against the key to the "Dead Man's Chest", Bootstrap joins in and purposely loses to save his son from eternal enslavement. With Bootstrap's help, Will steals the key from Jones and escapes in a longboat, vowing to one day free his father. A passing ship rescues Will, but Jones summons the Kraken to destroy it. Will survives and stows back aboard the "Dutchman," now headed for Isla Cruces where the Dead Man's Chest containing Jones' heart is buried.
On Isla Cruces, Will is reunited with Elizabeth, who has escaped jail and joined Jack Sparrow's crew. Also present are Sparrow and former Commodore James Norrington, who has also joined the crew. They locate the chest. Will, Jack, and Norrington each claim the heart for their own purposes. Norrington ultimately steals the heart and the Letters of Marque, escaping just as Davy Jones' crew attacks.
The "Black Pearl" flees, outrunning the "Flying Dutchman", but Davy Jones again summons the Kraken. Will leads the crew in temporarily fending it off, gaining enough time to abandon ship. When Elizabeth realizes that Sparrow is the Kraken's sole prey, she distracts him with a passionate kiss while handcuffing him to the mast. Unbeknownst to her, Will witnesses this and believes Elizabeth now loves Sparrow. From the longboat, the crew watches the Kraken drag the "Pearl" and Sparrow to Davy Jones' Locker.
Will, Elizabeth, and the crew seek refuge with Tia Dalma. Gibbs proposes a toast to their fallen captain, to which Will glumly raises his mug. Seeing Elizabeth's tears and believing she loves Sparrow, he tries comforting her. Will and the crew agree to attempt to rescue Sparrow from the Locker.
"At World's End".
Will is next seen in Singapore with Elizabeth, Barbossa, Tia Dalma, and the "Black Pearl" crew. They attempt bargain with Sao Feng, the Pirate Lord of the South China Sea, for the navigational charts leading to World's End and Davy Jones' Locker, so that they can rescue Jack Sparrow. Will had already attempted to steal the charts, but was captured. Ostensibly, the group's mission is to rescue Jack Sparrow from the Locker, but, like the others, Will has a secret motive: to retrieve the "Black Pearl" and free his father from Davy Jones. When Mercer and the East India Trading Company soldiers attack Sao Feng's bathhouse, Feng strikes a secret bargain with Will: Jack Sparrow in exchange for the "Black Pearl". Will and the others journey to World's End on Feng's ship, sailing over an enormous waterfall into the Locker. There, they find Jack aboard the "Pearl". Jack sets sail with them, although he and Barbossa dispute who is captain. Will learns that Elizabeth sacrificed Jack to the Kraken. And though he now understands why Elizabeth has been distant and despondent, she believes that her unrelenting guilt over causing Sparrow's doom is her burden alone to bear. Will tells her their relationship will not endure if they lack trust in one another and make their choices alone.
Sao Feng betrays Will in lieu of another bargain with Lord Beckett, though Beckett double-crosses Feng. Feng then offers Barbossa the "Black Pearl" in exchange for Elizabeth, who he mistakenly believes is the sea goddess, Calypso. Elizabeth is stunned that Will betrayed Jack Sparrow to achieve his goal. Ignoring Will, she agrees to Feng's terms in exchange for the crew's safety. Jack tosses Will in the brig, but he soon escapes. Still plotting to obtain the "Pearl", Will leaves a trail of bodies for Lord Beckett to follow to Shipwreck Cove, the Brethren Court stronghold. Jack catches him, but surprisingly hands Will his magical compass before pushing him overboard. Clinging to a floating barrel, Will drifts towards Beckett's ship, "Endeavour".
Will is exchanged for Jack during parley with Beckett and Davy Jones. Elizabeth tells Will she now understands the burden he bears, but having been aboard the "Dutchman", she believes Bootstrap can no longer be saved, although Will disagrees. When Barbossa releases Calypso from her human form, Will tells her that Davy Jones betrayed her to the First Brethren Court. This causes her to turn her fury against both the pirates and Jones, forming a giant maelstrom.
During the maelstrom battle, Will proposes to Elizabeth, convincing her this may be their only opportunity to wed. Barbossa performs an impromptu wedding as the battle continues.
Will defends Elizabeth from Davy Jones. He stabs Jones, but Jones is unharmed. Jones mortally wounds Will. Jack, who now possesses Jones' heart guides Will's hand to stab the heart and kill Jones. Bootstrap carves out his son's heart and places it in the Dead Man's Chest. Will becomes the "Flying Dutchman"'s immortal captain. Now under Will's command, the "Flying Dutchman" resurfaces, and the crew has reverted to human form. Will commands the "Dutchman" against the "Endeavour" and the combined firepower of the "Black Pearl" and the "Flying Dutchman" destroy the "Endeavour", killing Cutler Beckett. The remaining armada retreats without a fight.
Will is now a psychopomp, bound to ferrying souls of those who died at sea to the next world. Will is allowed one day ashore before beginning his ten-year duty aboard the "Dutchman". Bootstrap Bill decides to remain on the crew with his son. Elizabeth, a mortal, is unable to accompany them. Will spends his one day with Elizabeth on an island where they consummate their marriage. Before returning to the "Dutchman" at sunset, he entrusts the Dead Man's Chest containing his beating heart to her care. The "Flying Dutchman" disappears from the horizon amid the Green Flash.
Will returns ten years later, where he meets Elizabeth and their son, Henry.
"Dead Men Tell No Tales".
Orlando Bloom reprises his role as Will Turner in the fifth film, seen with barnacles forming upon his face, implying he's failing at the responsibilities as Captain of the "Flying Dutchman". At the start of the film, Henry Turner deliberately attempts to drown himself to lure in the "Dutchman", believing that he has found a way to cure his father of his curse, but Will rejects this idea, certain that there is no way to free him from his duty, asking Henry to forget him. Nine years later, Jack Sparrow recruits Henry, his small crew, a girl named Carina Smyth (who is secretly the daughter of Barbossa) and Barbossa to help him find the Trident of Poseidon, the destruction of the Trident breaking all curses imposed by the sea, including the curse that binds Will to the "Dutchman". At the film's conclusion, Will is reunited with Elizabeth. In the post-credits sequence, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are asleep when their bedroom is entered by the shadow of an apparently resurrected Davy Jones. Will then awakens and, assuming that he was simply dreaming, goes back to sleep, not seeing a puddle of water and barnacles on the floor. Although the post-credits scene of "Dead Men Tell No Tales" featured Will Turner having a dream of Davy Jones seemingly resurrected from the dead, directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg confirmed the scene was meant to "pay respect to a legendary villain in the franchise" as well as be a tease or hint that it could be the "beginning of the end" or "just a dream or nightmare".
Games/video games.
Will Turner appears in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" world, Port Royal/The Caribbean, of "Kingdom Hearts II" and "Kingdom Hearts III". In the Japanese version of "Kingdom Hearts II" as well as in the movies he's voiced by Daisuke Hirakawa, who was also the Japanese voice for Legolas, another famous character portrayed by Bloom. Crispin Freeman provided the voice of Will for the U.S. version of the game since Orlando Bloom was unavailable due to the filming of "Dead Man's Chest" and "At World's End". Freeman was also the voice of Will in the video game ' and in the video game adaptation of '.
Will Turner appears in the video game ' and in ' as a playable character in both games and was again voiced by Crispin Freeman. He also appears in the game "Pirates of the Caribbean Online" game as the character who gives the player their first sword. In the earlier versions of the game, Will urges the player to run and locate Tia Dalma after soldiers can be heard banging on his door. Will stays behind to confront them, drawing his sword. In the newer version, undead skeletons appear inside instead.
Will Turner appears as a playable character in the video game "Disney Magic Kingdoms".
Character development and portrayal.
Described as the "traditional Errol Flynn type" of character compared to Johnny Depp's Keith Richards-inspired portrayal of Jack Sparrow, Will Turner was originally written as a prison guard who freed Sparrow to rescue Elizabeth Swann in early drafts of "The Curse of the Black Pearl". Actor Orlando Bloom, who took the role of Turner after playing Legolas in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, stated that he read the script after Geoffrey Rush, whom he was working with on "Ned Kelly", suggested it to him. Tobey Maguire, Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Ben Peyton, Christian Bale and Heath Ledger were also considered for the role, with Tom Hiddleston also auditioning for the role.
By the end of filming the "Pirates" trilogy in 2006 and the release of "At World's End" in 2007, both Bloom and Keira Knightley repeatedly stated that they were done with "Pirates" series, noting that there was closure for Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann in "At World's End", and was quoted in saying they wanted to move on from the franchise, and so did not return for the fourth film '. However, Bloom made statements about returning to the "Pirates" franchise as early as October 2011. In 2012, Moviehole.Net reported that a "separate Disney contact" gave this one-line response: "Will Turner's story might not be finished..." While there were discussions for him to reprise his role as Will Turner by 2014, his involvement in fifth film ' was announced in Disney D23. Bloom alluded to his character's new "gnarly" appearance after taking over Davy Jones' post in "At World's End", stating that it would be "fun to do something where I’m rumbling round the bottom of the ocean, because I won’t look anything like me." Although it was announced as a supporting role, Bloom ultimately appeared as a cameo in "Dead Men Tell No Tales", which was released in May 2017.
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True Caribbean Pirates
True Caribbean Pirates is a documentary that aired on the History Channel in 2006.
The documentary tells about pirates of the Caribbean such as Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Anne Bonny and Black Bart Roberts. Larger than life, more dangerous than legend - pirates and buccaneers set sail for plunder. True Caribbean Pirates recreates the rise of piracy in the Caribbean and its climactic, inevitable downfall.
Show history.
"True Caribbean Pirates" captures the events and tales of piracy that were said to take place in the Caribbean during the time when Christopher Columbus made his landing in the West Indies during 1492. Within this time, the land of the Caribbean had attracted the attention of many but was dominated by Spain; as they mined plenty of riches and gold out of the region. This drew attention to the land and disruptions arose- creating chaos in the new world. Regions such as the Netherlands, England and France all began to send privateers into the land so they could, too, establish a presence.
Characters.
In the days of pirates and treasures, privateering was used to fight battles and disrupt the Spanish without having to pay for real navy within the Caribbean. Privateers were known to disrupt commerce and take part in the disruption of the enemies warships to protect trade against raiders.
Sir Henry Morgan- played by Lance J.Holt- was one of the most famous privateers to cross the Caribbean land was known for his ruthless acts against his ways to bring down them down through his brutal acts. The privateer turned pirate was most notorious for his two most famous attacks on Porto Bello and Panama. Porto Bello was targeted by Morgan due to it being the third most relevant Spanish city in regards to its saturation of warehouses that stored the riches discovered by Spanish colonies. Morgan and his men then went to capture Panama where they were much more capable of destruction compared to the opposing Spanish attackers. Sir Henry Morgan died unlike many other pirates- dying from what may have been tuberculosis and was buried at Palisadoes cemetery.
Blackbeard- played by Patrick Lander- earned his stripes by attacking Spanish ships during the Spanish Succession and to withhold the stolen goods which transformed him into an experienced sea robber, allowing him to join a group of Caribbean Pirates. Many stories have been retold time and time again about Blackbeard’s capturing ships with hostages and bribing them with their lives in turn for favors to benefit his conquests.
The fearful pirate in 1718, eventually took an offer of a pardon by the Governor of South Carolina and retired to the isle of Ocracoke an outer island off the coast of North Carolina. He indulged in a bit of smuggling but was ultimately lured to his death in 1719 by 2 British Navy Ships.
Lieutenant Robert Maynard set a trap for the supposedly reformed pirate by having both ships anchored off shore in rough seas, making the 2 seemingly distressed boats appear almost empty by pretending most of the crew had died. Blackbeard fell for it and saw only an easy target and not a trap, taking only a few men with him on board.
He swaggered on board and was ambushed, refusing to go down easily. According to the logs of Lieutenant Maynard and his commanding officer Captain Gordon, Blackbeard took over 24 cuts from the sword after seemingly fighting for hours. Both men were impressed with his bravery and resilience but in the end it did Blackbeard no favor.
After eventually killing him during the vigorous battle, Lieutenant Maynard then decapitated the infamous pirate and strung his head up the mast.
"Calico" Jack Rackham- played by David Joseph Boyd- was a pirate who conducted his operations in the Bahamas and Cuba. Rackham was not as successful in his missions as the previous two pirates mentioned and was mostly known for his relations with the two female pirates Anne Bonny (played by Michelle Michaels) and Mary Read (played by Kimberly Adair), who served under his command. He was captured in October 1720 after a short battle and imprisoned alongside his crew in Jamaica. Jack is tried, found guilty of piracy, and hanged on November 18, 1720.
"Black Bart" Roberts- played by Scott Silbor- was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off the Americas and West Africa between 1719 and 1722. He was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy (as measured by vessels captured), taking over 400 prizes in his career. He was originally the third mate on the slave ship "Princess" when it was captured by pirates off West Africa in 1719, and Roberts and several other of the crew of the Princess were forced to join the pirate crew. After the captain was killed in an ambush on the island of Principe, Roberts was elected as the new captain. After avenging the previous captain by ransacking Principe, he sailed for Brazil in 1719 and later to the Caribbean. After sailing back to the African coast, he was finally killed in action off Cape Lopez in 1722.
The stories of these pirates have been retold in this documentary as it separates the truth from the tales; truly depicting the true story of Piracy's Golden Age.
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William Fox (pirate)
William Fox (fl. 1718–1723) was a pirate active in the Caribbean and off the African coast. He was indirectly associated with a number of more prominent pirates such as Bartholomew Roberts, Edward England, and Richard Taylor.
History.
Fox's early career is not recorded. He was among a large number of pirates (including Benjamin Hornigold, Paulsgrave Williams, Francis Leslie, Richard Noland, and more) who accepted King George's 1717 offer of pardon to all pirates who gave themselves up within a year. He did so at New Providence in the Bahamas, possibly surrendering to Captain Pearse of , who had sailed to the Caribbean to deliver news of the pardon.
By July 1720 he had returned to piracy, joining up with Daniel Porter to embark a fresh crew. They sailed under the pretense of a privateering commission from Governor Robert Hunter of New York. Governor Woodes Rogers of the Bahamas wrote, "…Capts. Porter and Fox has left us since wth. about 60 men and I hear are gone under a coppy of a New York Commission from Govr. Hunter … I wish they may do no mischief for they began very suspiciously by lying near us and stealing as many men as they could from the shore yt. were not permitted to depart these Islands." Within a year they had attacked both ships and plantations in the area and had attracted another pirate named Miller to their flotilla. Captain Edward Vernon was stationed in the vicinity at the time; frustrated at the growing pirate presence, he wrote of them, "Their names are Porter and Fox, who were formerly pirates that surrendered themselves at Providence and took the benefit of the King's last pardon but are now returned to their old courses, and I verily believe such rogues are never to be reclaimed but by a halter."
The next appearance of Fox is aboard the former East Indiaman "Cassandra", which had been captured in the Indian Ocean by Edward England. After England was deposed from his command it was captained by Olivier Levasseur, who then traded it to England's associate Richard Taylor. Fox may have crossed the Atlantic with Porter and joined them on the return trip: Porter was known to be in the vicinity at the time, meeting with Bartholomew Roberts alongside fellow pirate Richard Tookerman. Taylor, Fox, and others had sailed back to the Caribbean and petitioned the English for a pardon but had been marked as pirates; they were rebuffed and were refused permission to land or trade. Instead they surrendered "Cassandra" to the Spanish in Panama in 1723 in exchange for a pardon.
Fox's further activities are not known. Other English Captains who had sided with the Spanish (including Richard Noland, who'd taken the King's Pardon on New Providence alongside Fox) were known to have continued to sail as "guarda costa" privateers in Spanish service.
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William Burke (pirate)
Irish pirate and trader
William Burke (died 1699, first name occasionally Thomas, last name occasionally Burk, Burt, Bourck, Burch, or Burcke) was an Irish pirate and trader active in the Caribbean and near Newfoundland, best known for aiding William Kidd.
History.
Burke had been active through early 1699 as a pirate off Newfoundland in his 140-man, 24-gun ship "Marigold". He was known to colonial governors as "very strong, and said to have a good ship". After menacing the Newfoundland fishing fleets he sailed to the Caribbean, trading slaves between Barbados and Curacao.
In May 1699 he visited Governor Lorentz of St. Thomas offering to fence goods from William Kidd, who had been in the area to sell off his remaining plunder and sell or replace his leaking ship "Quedagh Merchant" (which Kidd had renamed "Adventure Prize"). Burke had purchased Kidd's pirated loot just a few weeks earlier, before Kidd left for New York to try clearing his name. The Governor had already rebuffed Kidd's entreaties and refused Burke as well. The local Brandenburg representative Van Belle accepted Burke's offer and through intermediaries took possession of Kidd's merchandise. Six of Kidd's sailors left the "Quedagh Merchant" with Burke, who sailed for Curacao. Governor Lorentz had Burke arrested on June 1, though he was released a week later; Van Belle paid Burke's fines.
In August 1699 Burke's ship was lost in a hurricane. He and all but 7 or 8 of his crew perished. Governor Bellomont of New York, who had written the King complaining of Lorentz and other Caribbean governors protecting Burke and Kidd, hailed this: "Tis good news."
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
1987 video game
Sid Meier's Pirates! is a video game created by Sid Meier for the Commodore 64 and published by MicroProse in May 1987. It was the first game to include the name "Sid Meier" in its title as an effort by MicroProse to attract fans of Meier's earlier games, most of which were combat vehicle simulation video games. The game is a simulation of the life of a pirate, a privateer, or a pirate hunter in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It was widely ported to other systems.
"Pirates!" is set in the Caribbean. The "Pirates!" playing field includes the Spanish Main (namely the northern coast of South America), Central America and the Yucatán Peninsula, the entire Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and all Caribbean islands, plus Bermuda in the PC version. The player is free to sail to any part of the above-mentioned lands, stopped by an invisible barrier southeast of Trinidad, all the way north to just northeast of Bermuda.
The "Pirates! Gold" remake, with minor improvements and better graphics, was released in 1993. An enhanced remake, also named "Sid Meier's Pirates!", was released in 2004. Versions for mobile devices have also been released.
Gameplay.
"Pirates!" is a single-player, open-world game. The player receives a letter of marque authorizing service as a privateer for the Spanish Empire, the Dutch Republic, the Kingdom of England, or the French colonial empire in the Caribbean. The player's loyalties may change over the course of the game; they may also hold rank with multiple countries and may turn to piracy at any time. Gameplay is open-ended; the player may choose to attack enemy ships or towns, hunt pirates, seek buried treasure, rescue long-lost family members, or even avoid violence altogether and seek to increase their wealth through trade. The game also has no predetermined end, although as time goes on, it becomes more difficult to recruit crew members. As the player character ages, fighting becomes more difficult, and deteriorating health will eventually force the character into retirement. The game ends when the player retires, at which point they are given a position in their future life, from beggar to King's advisor, based on accumulated wealth, land, rank, marital status, and other accomplishments.
The era of play is one of the choices given to a player at game-start. Different eras provide a different challenge, as political and economic power shifts between the four fledgling European empires. Choosing 1560 (the earliest choice) as the starting year places the player in the Caribbean almost devoid of influence but that of Spain, while 1680 (the latest choice) provides a mature Caribbean with many non-Spanish colonies and an overall higher degree of activity in the region. The other choices include 1600, 1620, 1640, and 1660, with the progressive effect of reducing Spanish dominance in favor of the other nations, while increasing seafaring traffic. Ship designs are also era-dependent, with some types of ships appearing more frequently in certain eras and less in others, and certain ship types being used near-exclusively by certain nations.
The game tests a wide range of skills: hand-eye coordination during the fencing sections, tactical ability during the land and sea combat phases, and strategic thinking, for everything from choosing a wife to deciding when to divide up the plunder. Moreover, each game is likely to take a different course, as most events in the game are random, including the economic and political systems, and early in the game, these can greatly affect future strategic options. In the course of the game a player may try to tack in a frigate in order to run down a smaller and faster pinnace, but must be fortunate enough to have the weather gage.
One of the most innovative features of "Pirates!" is the introduction of a dynamic playing field. In "Pirates!" many of the most important factors which affect player decisions are randomized at the beginning of the game and continue to shift during gameplay. This not only creates a new experience each time the game is played, but also requires the player to remain flexible, and be ready to exploit possibilities when they occur. Changes happen whenever time passes and they are unrelated to player actions. In fact, in this game in the series, random events do not have any graphical representation, and the player can do nothing to prevent them.
The most important random factor in the game lies in the diplomatic relations between the four nations laying claim to the Caribbean. Relations may differ greatly from game to game, and can shift in an instant, creating and removing opportunities, possibly even for long periods of time. The player generally benefits from periods of war between two or more countries, because any aggression towards a country's ships or cities, which occurs often if not specifically avoided, will gain recognition with its enemies, prompting them to bestow the player with land, titles, and other benefits. During peacetime, the player can only benefit from the capture of pirates on the high seas, which is seen as favorable by all nations, but is a rare occurrence.
Cities are also dynamic, with statistics like wealth and population fluctuating constantly. The player can access any city's statistics. Knowing the statistics of a city helps the player plan ahead, especially with regards to trading or any desire to raid or conquer cities.
The original versions of "Pirates!" sported both disk and manual copy protections. Users were asked the time at which various treasure ships were arriving at the port. If the time was wrong, the game would continue, but at a much higher difficulty level that would frustrate most people.
Development.
In early 1986, Meier and fellow MicroProse designer Arnold Hendrick wanted to create a role-playing adventure game, but Meier's business partner Bill Stealey was skeptical of producing non-vehicle simulations. With five successful years behind him, Microprose considered star designer Sid Meier a selling point and chose to put his name on the box of his next game, despite a shift away from combat simulators he had become known for. According to Stealey, the idea to add Meier's name came after meeting Robin Williams: "We were at dinner at a Software Publishers Association meeting, and Robin Williams was there. And he kept us in stitches for two hours. And he turns to me and says 'Bill, you should put Sid's name on a couple of these boxes, and promote him as the star'".
Meier in his interview said that ""Pirates!" was actually inspired by a technological trick" when "one of our programmers came up with a cool trick where we could create images, pieces of art, by packing them into a font. And that allowed us to very quickly bring in new pictures". The game is mostly written in Commodore BASIC. Comments in the source code indicate that Meier originally intended to call it "Pirates of the Spanish Main!!".
Meier admits that "Pirates!" was not intended to provide an authentic, true-to-life recreation of historical piracy: ""Pirates!" was designed more around your fantasy of pirates than the actual reality. That allowed you to bring in all the stuff from the movies, whatever you had read, whatever was in your imagination". MicroProse planned several game elements removed before release, including multiple NPCs per town, more detailed sailing including fleet actions, and a subplot involving religion and nobility.
Ports.
The game was widely ported from the original Commodore 64 version, first to the Apple II (1987), then later to IBM PC compatibles (1987), Apple IIGS (1988), Macintosh (1988), Amstrad CPC (1988), Atari ST (1989), Amiga (1990), and Nintendo Entertainment System (1991). The NES port was developed by Rare and published by Ultra Games. Tobacco is replaced as a trade item by "crops" because of Nintendo's family-friendly requirements.
The IBM PC version was originally released in 1987 as a self-booting disk, stored on either two 5¼-inch disks or a single 3½-inch disk. A version for MS-DOS compatible operating systems was released in 1994 on CD-ROM in Europe, edited by Kixx.
Reception.
"Pirates!" was a groundbreaking game in its era. Its puzzles appealed more to female gamers than previous products from MicroProse, a company known for military simulations like "F-15 Strike Eagle". Although other open-ended games had already been released, the style of player-directed gameplay in "Pirates!" led it to be the spiritual predecessor of countless others since, both by Sid Meier himself ("Civilization", "Railroad Tycoon") and many others.
"Compute!'s Gazette" in 1987 praised the detailed gameplay with arcade and strategic aspects, stating that "the designers of "Pirates!" set themselves a variety of ambitious goals and succeeded on every count". The magazine concluded that the game "is a real treasure". "Computer Gaming World" said that although reminiscent of "The Seven Cities of Gold" or "Broadsides", "Pirates will prove to be a design with fresh approaches and much historical depth ... intriguing and addicting". Matthew J. Costello for "Asimov's Science Fiction" said that "[Arnold] Hendrick seemed to have helped supply the indefinable quality of fun and purpose that fills Pirates!. It’s not just


The 5th Wave (series)
Young adult book trilogy by Rick Yancey
The 5th Wave is a trilogy of young adult post-apocalyptic sci-fi novels written by American author Rick Yancey. The series started in May 2013 with the first book, "The 5th Wave". A sequel titled "The Infinite Sea" was published in 2014. The trilogy concluded in 2016 with the final book, "The Last Star". In 2018, "The 5th Wave: 5th Year Anniversary" was published with additional chapters.
"The 5th Wave" trilogy centers around four main characters: Cassie, Ben (nicknamed Zombie), Evan, and Cassie's brother Sammy (nicknamed Nugget). Themes such as betrayal, love, and hope persist throughout the trilogy. Through an intriguing expedition to find her brother during an alien invasion, Cassie is met with callous decisions to maintain survival. Leading to murder, mayhem, and chaos, Cassie is required to fight the army that resides in Camp Haven. The books are remembered for their eerie appeal.
Premise.
In the year 2013, the earth is systematically attacked by a group of aliens known as "the Others". They exist in an unknown form and attack through a series of "waves" as their mothership orbits the planet:
The First Wave: "Lights Out".
A powerful electromagnetic pulse is emitted by the Others, causing the immediate failure of all technology. Planes crash, cellphones go out, and automobiles cease function. The estimated death toll is about 500,000.
The Second Wave: "Surf's Up".
Due to the large concentration of the human population within close proximity to coastlines, the Others drop large metal rods "twice as tall as the Empire State Building and three times as heavy" onto the earth's major fault lines. The resulting tsunamis obliterate every ocean front and raise sea levels dramatically. The estimated death toll is roughly 40% of the surviving population.
The Third Wave: "Pestilence".
Using the earth's birds as carriers, the Others spread a deadly virus thought to be a modified strain of Ebola. As the virus progresses, symptoms slowly deteriorate from a fever and cough to profuse bleeding from every orifice. The Pestilence claims an estimated 97% of the remaining survivors.
The Fourth Wave: "Silencers".
After being "implanted" by the Others prior to the Arrival, people infested with alien consciousnesses are tasked with killing the remaining humans.
After the first four waves decimate the human population, those who remain are terrified and desperately clinging to hope. As humanity awaits the arrival of a new Fifth Wave, one that will supposedly wipe the human race off the planet, distrust is shown as people realize the existence of fifth column imposters in their midst, imposters intent on thwarting any possible plan for human retaliation.
Origins.
Yancey stated in an interview with "Lightspeed Magazine" that the basis for "The 5th Wave" came from a question he asked his wife about her worst fears. "It was one of those three a.m. conversations where your mind starts going, and I asked her, on the spur of the moment, 'What is your greatest fear?' She said, without hesitation, 'Alien abduction.'" Yancey continued on, telling how he developed the plot for the series. "It was basically trying to think like an alien, and considering the fact that if they are out there, they probably wouldn’t attack without getting to know us very, very well. They would learn how we think, they would learn about what do humans do in times of crisis, and they would turn that to their own advantage. So, when I was working through how the attacks might work, I realized first that it couldn’t just be one attack—the world’s too big—you’d have to do it in stages, or waves." The first book was officially published on May 7, 2013.
Books.
"The 5th Wave".
"The 5th Wave" is the first book in the series and was released on May 7, 2013.
The book opens in the midst of the Fourth Wave and follows Cassie's quest to find her brother, Sammy, after he is taken by U.S. Army soldiers. Cassie is shot by an Other-affiliated sniper, a "Silencer", from the woods on her trek, and is later rescued by Evan Walker, who nurses her back to health and agrees to help her find her brother. Meanwhile, Sammy arrives at Wright-Patterson AFB, which is now a "training camp" called Camp Haven. It is revealed over the course of the story that the soldiers are recruiting (truly, abducting) children into an army, telling them they are the last hope for fighting back against the Others. Sammy is placed in Squad 53 and befriends squadmate Ben Parish, who is coincidentally Cassie's long-lost crush from high school. After the two set out, Cassie and Evan are attacked by a squad from Wright-Patterson, and, after seeing how easily Evan dispatches them, Cassie finds out that Evan was the Silencer who originally shot her. He then helped her because he had fallen in love and couldn't bring himself to kill her. The two, though uneasily, coordinate a plan to extract Sammy then begin executing it. While deployed, Ben and his squadmate Ringer start to piece together their true purposes and learn that Wright-Patterson is actually run by the Others. It is revealed that the Others are masquerading as a resistance force, abducting and training the children into a fighting force, which they will deploy as the Fifth Wave to end humanity. Ben and Ringer decide to bolt with the rest of Squad 53, but Ben insists on going back for Sammy, who was left on base due to his age.
Ben and Cassie both enter the base. They eventually run into each other and join each other. They find Sammy but are taunted and thwarted by the acting commander of the base, Colonel Alexander Vosch. Evan saves them and says his goodbyes to Cassie before he detonates bombs that level the base, though he is lost in the process. Cassie, Ben, and Sammy ride off with Squad 53 as Wright-Patterson is destroyed.
The book was adapted into a film by J Blakeson and Columbia Pictures, under the title "The 5th Wave" and was released on January 22, 2016. After box office performance was poorer than expected and heavy criticism as of January 11, 2022, there have been no further talks in making a sequel. However, Sony has not officially confirmed its cancellation of the movie series.
"The Infinite Sea".
"The Infinite Sea" is the second installment in the series, released on September 16, 2014.
The book becomes much more involved with the members of Squad 53 and the character Ringer. The group takes refuge in an old hotel near the ruins of Wright-Patterson, at Cassie's insistence that Evan is still alive. Ringer sets out to find an alternate route, though it goes awry when she mistakes Teacup, a small girl of the squad, for a Silencer, shoots her, and is taken by an approaching helicopter. Evan is revealed to have survived, having been rescued by another Silencer named Grace. Evan attempts to kill Grace after he finds out she is hunting Cassie, and though he fails, he manages to flee during an attack by hidden assailants. Evan finds the hotel Cassie is stationed at, though he is shot and knocked out in a misunderstanding with Squad 53. Cassie tends to him, while Ben angrily awaits his awakening. Later, a helicopter quickly flies over the hotel, and then a small girl, whom Sammy identifies as one Megan, appears. Evan wakes up and warns them that she is rigged with a bomb that explodes when it comes into contact with human breath. Evan and Cassie extract the bomb from Megan's throat. Grace appears and, after a violent confrontation, is killed when Private Poundcake detonates the bomb near her, also killing himself and destroying the hotel.
The second part of the story follows Private Ringer. She is taken to a base somewhere, similar to Wright-Patterson, and meets the alive-and-well Colonel Vosch. Vosch constantly thwarts her with mind games and preaches to her a philosophy that "rage is not the answer". She semi-befriends a recruit called Razor, who is aware that Vosch and the staff of the base are indeed the Others. Vosch installs Ringer with a piece of technology, the "twelfth system", that enhances her strength. He also reveals to Ringer that Silencers were never actually Others, just humans planted with fake memories and enhanced by the twelfth system with a link to the alien Mothership. It is concluded that there are only dozens of true Others in the world, and that the Mothership is the last remnant of their society programmed with the goal of eradicating humans. Ringer and Razor attempt to escape, though Razor secretly conspired with Vosch, and they were being monitored the entire time. Ringer learns, neutralizes Razor, and runs off, but not fast enough to evade Vosch, who incapacitates her. Razor is ordered to rejuvenate Ringer, though he does more and the two sleep together in a rough, hazy love. When they arrive back on base, Razor kills Teacup, whom Vosch used as a bargaining chip, in order to set Ringer free. Razor is shot dead, and Ringer escapes the base.
As the novel closes, Cassie and Squad 53 recover from the bomb that destroyed the hotel, when Evan, weak and exhausted, emerges from the woods.
The book was noted for its dark appeal and was released to the same good reception as its predecessor.
"The Last Star".
"The Last Star", the third and final book in "The 5th Wave" series, was released on May 24, 2016.
The Fifth Wave is still commencing, or so the characters believe. Ringer and Evan know that once Vosch and the other few Others are withdrawn from the surface, the Mothership will drop massive bombs on the surface to obliterate any trace of humanity left on Earth. Cassie and Squad 53 settle in the dead Silencer Grace's former home. Ringer returns to Vosch knowing that he will kill Ben Parish and the rest of Squad 53 if she does not kill the persistently rebellious Evan Walker for him. She takes a helicopter to the town that the squad stationed themselves in and is attacked by a Silencer. She is met by Ben after the Silencer is killed, and the two head to the house. Ringer immediately attempts to kill Evan, but they are interrupted by an incoming helicopter. Evan realizes why Ringer intended to kill him and he submits and is taken.
The group devises a plan to not only save Evan but to end the Others permanently. Cassie and Ringer infiltrate the base via a hijacked helicopter. Ringer detonates several bombs to incite chaos on the base, and, after many complications, they reach the command center of the base. Ben, having stayed behind to protect Sam and Megan, is attacked by a patrol and the three are taken back to the base. Cassie and Ringer attempt to find Evan's data on the CPU to locate him, though they do not know how to sift through each cell individually, and so Cassie downloads the data of every logged person to her own head to find it. She learns everything there is to know about anything who was ever downloaded in the CPU, and she learns the codes and layout of the base. Evan arrives, now completely devoid of humanity at the hands of the twelfth system. He fights Ringer and disables her easily. However, he walks into a trap when Cassie drops a live electric cable on the wet surface beneath him (as a result of the sprinkler system). Ringer wakes up to see Vosch, who has become attached to her and wishes to bring her with him in his extraction pod. The conversation is only a decoy from Ringer, allowing Cassie to shoot and kill him from behind. Cassie then uses the knowledge she gained to open Vosch's escape pod and she ascends into the sky. Ringer gets ahold of a device from Vosch that will electrocute any soldier with a tracking implant in them. Without much else of a choice, she activates it. Ben, Sam, and Megan dive out of their helicopter as the soldiers and pilot die, and they realize Cassie and Ringer must still be alive.
Cassie, now ascending to the Mothership, has a chance to glimpse the memories that she now has from tens of thousands of people. She begins to truly think about what humanity is worth, when the pod nears the Mothership. She takes out an explosive pill from her pocket that Vosch originally gave to Ringer so she could kill herself rather than be destroyed in the bombs of the Fifth Wave. She bites down on the pill, and the Mothership explodes. Ben and the kids witness this to their sorrow and delight. They enter the base and find Ringer paralyzed on the floor.
Sometime later, the group has settled down in a house in Marble Falls, with Ben and Ringer raising Sam and Megan like their own children, and Evan (the twelfth system having kept him alive, and the group having restored his memories and humanity with the CPU) watches over them. Seeing no future for himself there, he sets off away from the four, on a mission to kill every single Silencer and Fifth Waver there is left in the world.
Characters.
Main characters.
Cassiopeia "Cassie" Marie Sullivan - the main protagonist of the series. Her namesake is the constellation Cassiopeia. Both of her parents died in the first four waves. Her younger brother Sammy is taken by The Others to a "training camp" called Camp Haven, formerly, Wright-Patterson AFB. She is seventeen years old and is described as a short, strawberry-blonde girl with average features.
Evan Walker - a farm boy from rural Ohio. All of his family and girlfriend were killed in the Third Wave by the Red Death. Earlier in his life at a carnival, he meets Grace, who is the only person he finds to be like him, an Other. He saves Cassie after she is shot by an Other sniper, the "Silencer". Cassie soon finds out that Evan is actually an Other and not truly human. He is described as being a tall boy, at least eighteen or nineteen years old, being very muscular with chocolate-brown hair. Cassie also notes his soft hands. He develops strong feelings for Cassie, and so does she. Though, these feelings are strained when Cassie learns that Evan is an Other. Evan is rescued by Grace, who tries to seduce him, but, after they are attacked and Grace is wounded, he makes his way to Cassie. Grace, however, follows him there. A confrontation ensues, after which Poundcake blows up the hotel after Evan was left behind in the hotel, and it is not clear if Evan survives. However, at the end of "The Infinite Sea", he emerges from the woods to find Cassie.
Benjamin "Ben" Thomas Parish or "Zombie" - the varsity quarterback of the football team at Cassie's school. Cassie secretly was in love with him. His family was killed during the first four waves by a group of psychotic looters. He is crushed by the fact that he ran while his baby sister was killed. He keeps a locket with a photo of her. He becomes a member of Camp Haven's makeshift army, not knowing that they are The Others (though he eventually finds out), taking the nickname "Zombie". After one of his squadmates goes crazy, or "Dorothy", Private Ringer replaces him. He obsesses with getting her to smile. Cassie describes him as overall gorgeous.
Marika "Ringer" - a member of Squad 53. Her father was an Atheist and a chess player. He taught her how to play. Marika's father was usually drunk. Her father is infected with the Red Death and dies of the disease. Marika wandered through the wilderness before forcefully being recruited into Camp Haven's army, where she took the nickname "Ringer". She is a replacement after Private Tank of Squad 53 went crazy, "Dorothy", and pulled a gun on his squad. Zombie is obsessed with getting Ringer to smile. On their first patrol, she and Zombie find that Camp Haven's officials are actually The Others. She is described as having glossy black hair and mild Asian features. In "The Infinite Sea", she grows closer to Private Teacup, and, after being captured, grows feelings for a recruit named Razor.
Sammy "Nugget" Sullivan - Cassie's five-year-old little brother. At his refugee camp, he boards a bus from Camp Haven and is recruited into its army, unaware of his father's death. He joins Squad 53 and friends Zombie deeply. Sammy is not allowed to go on his squad's patrol due to his age. (We later find out the purpose of kids his age at Camp Haven in "The Infinite Sea".) Zombie, Cassie, and Evan unite after Commander Vosch attempts to kill Sammy. Evan destroys the base, though it is not clear whether he survives or not, and Cassie, Sam and Ben escape.
Secondary characters.
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch - The main antagonist though the trilogy. He leads the 5th wave bases and Silencers stationed across the world. Throughout the books he is steadily sadistic and cruel. First introduced by killing Cassie's father and gathering her brother Sam into a yellow school bus under the guise of safe keeping. Followed by brainwashing Ben into submitting to a cruel military-style training at Camp Haven. He later destroys Camp Haven, and kills thousands of children in the process. Regularly the reader is reminded of Vosch's hatred, and deep understanding of humanity. He rigs carbon-monoxide bombs into young children's throats to sew mistrust in survivors. He takes memories from the Wonderland program to make himself more trustworthy. One example is mimicking Ringer's father during a chess game to weaken her resolve. He later "enhances" Ringer (Marika) with alien technology called The 12th System, a piece of Other technology. Then offers her a place in the existential Wonderland the "other" survive in.
Grace - a Silencer like Evan, programmed by the 12th System to believe she is a part of the immortal alien "Others" taking over. They befriended each other before the waves began. Grace saves Evan after finding him severely wounded in an escape pod. Unknowingly harboring a tractor to "their kind" after he destroys Camp Haven. The night after one of her hunts, she tries to seduce Evan, but he attacks her and renders her unconscious. Believing her to be dead, Evan heads back to the hotel Cassie's group has taken refuge in, which they had nicknamed "The Walker Hotel". She watches him get slower, the 12th systems breaking down in his body. Waits for him to get inside, get settled. And silently starts her pillage. Cassie's group where she then attacks them. After this violent confrontation, Private Poundcake, now mortally wounded, goes back to the hotel to retrieve the bomb dropped by Sammy and detonates it an arms-length away from Grace, killing both of them.
Dumbo - the twelve year old medical officer in Squad 53. One of his most prominent features is his extraordinarily large ears, like his namesake. He's known for his loyalty, risking himself for the other characters many times over throughout the series. Traveling through Urbana on a hopeless mission to save Teacup and Ringer, he dives into Zombie at the last second and takes a bullet to the back. Unable to stay Zombie leaves Dumbo with the promise to return with Ringer and Teacup. When he returns he finds Dumbo has crawled ten blocks away in delirium, looking for Zombie.
Allison "Teacup" or "Cup" - a seven-year-old member of Squad 53. She is described as "the meanest seven-year-old you've ever seen" by Zombie. Teacup grows close to Ringer as the only other female in Squad 53, especially after the destruction of Camp Haven. She is shot by Ringer who mistakes her for an Other. Ringer surrenders to Vosch knowing it is the only way to save Teacup's life, and Vosch uses Teacup as leverage against Ringer. Teacup is killed by Razor so Vosch will have no more leverage against her.
Poundcake - a chubby member of Squad 53 who is mostly silent. His mother was killed by the Red Death. While he was on a supply run, he returned to find his brother gone. On the supply run, he found only a sweet treat, his namesake, as his drill sergeant thought he was "so sweet". He sacrificed himself to save the others of his group by detonating a bomb rigged to detonate on high concentrations of carbon dioxide in close proximity to Grace, a Silencer targeting the group.
Megan - a seven-year-old girl rescued and taken to Camp Haven. She meets and befriends Sammy on the bus they ride. Megan is, along with many other kids her age that are part of the Fifth Wave, rigged with a carbon dioxide-bomb. She is dropped off near Cassie's group's hideout. Evan and Cassie manage to get the bomb out of her, for which they plan to use to attack the others, though Poundcake ends up detonating it to save the others from Grace. She inevitably lives on, independent and untrusting of any character in the books.
Flintstone "Flint" - a boy around Ben and Cassie's age. He is the former leader of Squad 53, until his drill sergeant, Reznik, replaced him with Zombie. In disbelief that Camp Haven could be a coup, he accidentally kills himself by taking the tracking devices and detonating his own kill-switch.
Tank - a young boy in Squad 53. He goes "Dorothy" (crazy) and is replaced by Ringer. Zombie and Dumbo discover him dead in the P&D Hangar (Processing and Disposal).
Kenny "Oompa" - an eight-or-nine-year-old boy on Squad 53. He is killed by grenade shrapnel on the squad's first patrol.
Razor - Alex a recruit at the northern base where Ringer was captured. He is ordered to bring her food three times a day after she's injected with the 12th system. Despite being ordered not to speak to her he rambles during their time together: his favorite things in life, before and after the others. Prayer circles. His grandmother nippy purse dog he prayed would not die because his grandmother told him to. Even though he hated the dog, he was upset when it died. He introduces a game of his own creation: Chaseball (baseball played on a chessboard using a quarter). He orchestrates her and Teacup's escape from the military base though secrets codes traced on board. After jumping from a Blackhawk manned by Lieutenant Bobband surviving, the two kiss. But Ringers 12th includes a CPU attached to her brain that interprets physiological biofeedback. She knew immediately something was wrong. She takes his gun and knocks him out, then finds Vosch inside of the hospital Teacups was supposed to be hiding in. After fighting with Vosch, Ringer is left to heal in an abandoned hospital with Razor assigned to watch her. They are tasked to rid hundreds of dead bodies. He and Ringer attempt to reconcile, her talking much more now, finding she misses the talkative nature he had taken in the military base. By the end of the week they sleep together. He does not have to convince her not to go back to the base: Teacup is there and Razor knows that is Ringer's only weakness. When they return to the base, he shoots Teacup so that Vosch will have no leverage over Ringer. He in turn is shot and killed himself by 5th Wave soldiers.
Lieutenant Bob - Was forced to commandeer a Black Hawk helicopter and escort Ringer, Teacup, and Razor away from Vosch's base. She made him jump out and then crashed it. As if once wasn't enough, she later forced him to fly another Black Hawk back into the base and then blew it up.
Film adaptation.
In March 2012, Columbia Pictures picked up the film rights to the trilogy, with Graham King and Tobey Maguire attached as producers. A film adaptation of the first novel in the series was released on January 22, 2016. It was directed by J Blakeson, with a screenplay by Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman, and Jeff Pinkner. While the film was a moderate box office success, it was negatively reviewed by critics and audiences, and there has been no word on any sequels.
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The 5th Wave (comic strip)
American gag cartoon, from 1981, weekly single-panel comic
The 5th Wave is a weekly gag cartoon by Rich Tennant, published on Sundays. Started in 1981, the comic usually deals with computers and technology. Tennant's cartoons regularly appear in the "For Dummies" book series, and have appeared in "PC Magazine" and "Computerworld", a magazine for which he worked from 1987 to 1999. Like most gag cartoons, Tennant's comics have no continuity, no recurring characters, and no storylines that continue into the next week.
The name of the comic comes from "Future Shock" by Alvin Toffler. In this book, societies are listed in waves, e.g., the Agricultural Age is the First Wave, the Industrial Age is the Second Wave, and the Information Age is the Third Wave. Tennant wanted to call his comic "The Fourth Wave", but "through a series of missteps and miscommunications", it was first published in a newspaper under the title "The 5th Wave", and the name stuck.

The 5th Wave (novel)
2013 novel by Rick Yancey
The 5th Wave is a young adult science fiction novel written by American author Rick Yancey. It was published on May 7, 2013, by G. P. Putnam's Sons. The novel is the first in the "5th Wave" trilogy, followed by "The Infinite Sea" and "The Last Star". The story follows 16-year-old Cassie Sullivan as she tries to survive in a world devastated by waves of alien invasions that decimated the Earth's population.
Sony Pictures released a film adaptation in January 2016.
Plot.
An alien invasion consisting of four "waves" of increasing severity has resulted in the death of most of the human population, with survivors scattered in mostly rural areas. As part of the fourth wave, the aliens, known as the "Others", physically imitate human forms and hunt down the rest of the human population. Such aliens are called "Silencers."
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan searches for her brother, five-year-old Sammy. While traveling, she is shot by a Silencer. Meanwhile, Cassie's high school crush Ben Parish is coerced into joining the army by Commander Vosch, who killed Cassie's father prior to the events of the novel. He joins Squad 53 and becomes known as Private Zombie.
Cassie awakes in a country house mostly healed. Her savior is a man named Evan Walker, who claims he found her delirious on the highway. The two develop a romance, and Evan agrees to help her find her brother. Cassie harbors suspicions of how he came to find her, however, and suspects him of being the Silencer that tried to kill her. Meanwhile, Sammy has been recruited into the army and joins Zombie's squad with other child soldiers. The squad rises through the ranks and becomes one of the best in the camp. While the army purports to be fighting the others, they soon discover that they have been tricked into targeting fellow human survivors. This is revealed to be the fifth wave.
Cassie and Evan are attacked by a group of soldiers from the camp. Evan defeats them easily, and he admits that he is a Silencer as Cassie suspected. Conflicted, she eventually agrees to let him help rescue Sammy. Cassie infiltrates the camp and meets her brother and Zombie, but they are captured by Vosch. They are rescued by Evan, who is revealed to have planted bombs throughout the camp. The group, along with the rest of Squad 53, ride off as the camp detonates.
Reception.
Critical reception of the book was fairly positive, although some reviewers noted an overreliance on genre tropes.
It received starred reviews from "Publishers Weekly" and Kirkus. Justin Cronin of "The New York Times" wrote that while "just about everything here is borrowed from one venerable pop culture source or another", it was a "rip-roaring setup, and as the bodies accumulate, the pages turn themselves." The critic Katherine Schulten listed it as one of the best young adult books of 2013.
Sequels.
"The 5th Wave" is the first book in a trilogy. The second book in the series, "The Infinite Sea", was released on September 16, 2014. The third book in the series, "The Last Star", was released on May 24, 2016.
Film adaptation.
A film adaption with the same name was released by Columbia Pictures on January 22, 2016. It was directed by J Blakeson, with a screenplay by Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman, and Jeff Pinkner.
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Marvel Now!
Branding for the relaunch of several comic books published by Marvel Comics
Marvel Now! (stylized as Marvel NOW!) is a comic book branding for the relaunch of several ongoing comic books published by Marvel Comics, that debuted in October 2012 with new #1 issues. The relaunch also included some new titles, including "Uncanny Avengers" and "All-New X-Men". Described as a shifting of the Marvel Universe following the conclusion of the "Avengers vs. X-Men" storyline, Marvel Now! entailed changes to both the publishing format and the universe to attract new readers. Publishing changes included new creative teams for each of the titles and the in-universe changes included changes to character designs and new storylines. It marked the next stage of the Marvel ReEvolution initiative, which began in March 2012. The original run went through several waves before coming to an end in May 2015 at the start of the "Secret Wars" storyline. A second Marvel Now!, Marvel Now! 2.0, debuted in 2016 following the "Civil War II" storyline. Marvel Now! 2.0 was followed in 2017 by Marvel Legacy.
Publication history.
Marvel Comics first announced the launch of Marvel Now! in July 2012. Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso described it as "the next chapter in the ongoing saga of the Marvel Universe." Alonso further explained, "From October through February, we’ll provide at least one great reason for readers—old, lapsed or new—to go into a comic store each week: a new issue #1, featuring an exciting new creative team and driving concept, that’s an easy entry-point into the Marvel Universe." Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada stressed that unlike DC Comics' The New 52, it is not a reboot, but a shifting of the Marvel Universe following the events of "Avengers vs. X-Men". Quesada explained that there will be "a lot of changes to the character status quos, alter egos, costumes, creator shifts, design shifts, the way that we do our covers, digital shifts and the way we start delivering our books".
In March 2013, Alonso announced that Marvel would be launching a new wave of Marvel Now! titles, dubbed "Wave Two", in the summer of that year. Alonso stated, "There are plans for a Marvel Now! Wave 2—a new wave of titles that will generate the same amount of excitement amongst retailers and fans that the first wave did. From 'Uncanny Avengers' to 'Thanos Rising,' Marvel Now! has been a hit, and we're far from done. Look for exciting new series, starting in July and carrying through next year". It was announced a week later that "Avengers A.I." would be the first of these new titles.
In September 2013, Marvel announced a next phase of Marvel Now! in the aftermath of the "Infinity" storyline, (which led into the "Inhumanity" storyline) called "All-New Marvel Now!" which will see new series being launched and will also provide entry issue to existing series. These entry issues will be branded as .NOW issues. For example, "Avengers" #24 was billed as "Avengers" #24.NOW. Several new series, such as "Inhuman" and "All-New Invaders" were also announced.
In January 2014, Marvel announced that following the conclusion of the Ultimate Marvel miniseries "Cataclysm" in April 2014, and coinciding with the Marvel Universe All-New Marvel Now! launch, three new Ultimate series will debut from April 2014, under the banner Ultimate Marvel Now!. The three series are: "", "Ultimate FF", and "All-New Ultimates".
In July 2014, Marvel announced that a fourth wave, Avengers Now!, would launch in October. The wave focuses exclusively on solo titles for individual Avengers, and takes place in the aftermath of the "Original Sin" storyline.
Marvel Now! officially ended in May 2015 at the start of the "Secret Wars" storyline, which saw the end of the Marvel Universe. Following the conclusion of "Secret Wars", the universe was scheduled to be relaunched again with the branding All-New All-Different Marvel. Alonso described the relaunches as reminiscent of the North American television season, explaining "I think that the comics industry – certainly, we are – slowly working into a season model that's not too unlike what we see in our favorite cable TV shows: a seasonal model that offers accessible entry points for new readers and is respectful of long-term fans. We did Marvel Now! and All-New Marvel Now!, which were both two very successful campaigns. And [All-New All-Different Marvel] is the latest campaign."
In May 2016, Marvel announced the return of Marvel Now! following the conclusion of the "Civil War II" storyline. Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort stated that the relaunch was timed to coincide with "Civil War II" as means to "refresh and revitalize" the titles explaining, "One of the things a big event story is judged on, rightly or wrongly, is what kind of an impact it has on the Marvel Universe in its aftermath. That just becomes a condition of these big event stories: what is it at the end that changes the landscape?"
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The 5th Wave (film)
2016 film by J Blakeson
The 5th Wave is a 2016 American science fiction action film directed by J Blakeson from a screenplay by Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner, based on Rick Yancey's 2013 novel of the same name. The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe, Maria Bello, Maika Monroe, and Liev Schreiber.
Development began in March 2012, when Columbia Pictures picked up the film rights to the trilogy of novels, with Graham King's production company GK Films and Tobey Maguire's Material Pictures. Filming took place in Atlanta, Georgia, from October 2014 to January 2015.
"The 5th Wave" was released in the United States on January 22, 2016 by Columbia Pictures (via Sony Pictures Releasing). Despite negative reviews from critics, the film was moderately successful, grossing $109.9 million worldwide against a $38–54 million budget.
Plot.
Ohio high-schooler Cassie Sullivan, armed with an M4 carbine, emerges from the woods to raid an abandoned gas station. Upon entering, she hears a voice calling for help. She finds a wounded man who points a gun at her, and then each of them asks the other to put their weapon down. When he pulls his other hand out from under his jacket, she mistakes the metallic glint of a Christian cross for that of a gun, so she kills him: the screen then cuts to black, and her backstory begins.
A colossal alien spaceship is circling Earth, guided by extraterrestrial life referred to as "the Others." Ten days later, The Others unleash their 'First Wave,' an electromagnetic pulse that disables all electrical power and communications worldwide and shuts off the engines of moving vehicles, including planes in mid-flight. The 'Second Wave' gives the Others power to manipulate the planet's geology and fault lines