The Farlander Papers

The Farlander Papers is a companion book found only in the "Limited Edition" version of X-Wing game (the original floppy disk based release). This book contained a short story about Keyan Farlander's assignment in the Rebellion. In some point the narration breaks when Keyan opens a Rebel document which contained A call to reason, spec sheets for the various spacecraft in the game, a "who's who" for the races of and much more. When he finishes reading, the narrative continues to Farlander's first mission.

It serves as a great scene-setter, provides lots of useful information for playing the game, and is generally very nicely done. The "Limited Edition" versions are identifiable only by a small round sticker on the front of the box.