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Shades of Gray

Shades of Gray

Attribution
Author(s)	Charlene Newcomb
Illustrator(s)	Cat Staggs
Editor(s)	Pablo Hidalgo
Publication information
Publisher	StarWars.com
Release date	December 22, 2009
Chronology
Era	New Republic era
Timeline	12 ABY
Series	Hyperspace Exclusive Short Story

[Source]

"Of course, there are a lot of years–a lot of adventures–to fill in those 9 years between Betrayal by Knight and Vision. Stay tuned. After all, don’t you want to know how Alex got those cybernetic fingers?"

―Charlene Newcomb^[src]

Shades of Gray is a short story by Charlene Newcomb and is the latest installment in her long-running Alex Winger series. It bridges the events of Betrayal by Knight and Vision of the Future.

1 Plot summary
2 Production
3 Appearances
4 Notes and references
5 External links

Plot summaryEdit

The story revolves around just how Alex received her cybernetic fingers first mentioned in Timothy Zahn's Vision of the Future.

ProductionEdit

The story has been in development since 2005. As of July, 2008 LFL publishing had accepted Charlene's proposal for a new short story that would go into editing by August/September 2008.^[1]

In August of 2009, Charlene hinted that the preceding story, Betrayal by Knight, would be appearing on Hyperspace with Shades of Gray appearing sometime in the fall.^[2] After some delay Passages was instead posted. The story was eventually released on Hyperspace on December 22, 2009.

AppearancesEdit

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Brandei
Adalric Cessius Brandl (Indirect mention only)
Jaalib Brandl (Mentioned only)
Chaz
Kyp Durron (Mentioned only)
Natasi Daala (Mentioned only)
Dair Haslip
Palpatine (Mentioned only)
Ulic Qel-Droma (Mentioned only)
Retkin
Luke Skywalker (Mentioned only)
Matt Turhaya (Mentioned only)
Alexandra Winger
Tork Winger (Appears in hologram)

Creatures

Bantha (Mentioned only)
Boetay (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Astromech droid
- R-series
  - R2-series astromech droid

Events

Raid on Janara III (Mentioned only)
Galactic Civil War
- Battle of Garos IV (Mentioned only)
- Destruction of Carida (Mentioned only)
- Battle of Janara III

Locations

Carida (Mentioned only)
- Academy of Carida (Mentioned only)
Garos IV (Mentioned only)
- Ariana (Mentioned only)
Hoth (Mentioned only)
Janara III
- Sreina
Maw Cluster (Mentioned only)
Raithal Academy (Mentioned only)
Yavin 4 (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Admiral (Mentioned only)
Alliance Special Forces (Mentioned only)
BlasTech Corporation (Mentioned only)
Captain
Galactic Empire
- Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only)
- High Inquisitor (Mentioned only)
- Imperial Army (Mentioned only)
- Scout trooper
- Stormtrooper
Governor (Mentioned only)
Jedi Order (Mentioned only)
- Jedi (Mentioned only)
  - Jedi Master (Mentioned only)
Lieutenant
Major
New Republic
- Blue Squadron
  - Blue Four
  - Blue Three
- New Republic Intelligence (Mentioned only)
Sith (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Human

Vehicles and vessels

Weapons and technology

Miscellanea

Duracrete
"Eyeball"
Holonovel (Mentioned only)
Kirechawood
Sabacc (Mentioned only)
Transparisteel

Notes and referencesEdit

↑ Charlene Newcomb (July 27, 2008). New Story In The Works. Retrieved on October 30, 2009.
↑ Charlene Newcomb (August 18, 2009). Story News. Retrieved on October 30, 2009.

External linksEdit

Shades of Gray: from the Adventures of Alex Winger on Hyperspace (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)

The adventures of Alex Winger

Turning Point	Passages	A Glimmer of Hope	Whispers in the Dark	Mission to Zila
Shadows of Darkness	Rendezvous with Destiny	Betrayal by Knight	Shades of Gray

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