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Terrence Rotering

Retired Air Force WSO | Low-Level Flying Veteran | Author of *The Trinian Chronicles*

Terrence “Roter” Rotering spent his career as a backseater in the F-15E and earlier in the F-111, executing demanding low-level terrain-following flights and surviving a terrifying incident dropping through a stack of F-111s.

On Space Tomatoes S2-EP23 he opened up about the training, the danger, the brotherhood, and how he began writing to inspire his children — ultimately creating the 10-book *Trinian Chronicles* multiverse. He also dives into AI tools for authors and the creative process.

Aviation stories, military grit, and big creative ambition in one unscripted conversation.

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June 5, 2026

Terrence Rotering - Flight and Fiction The Trinian Chronicles Unveiled S2-EP23

Retired Air Force WSO Terrence “Roter” Rotering on Low-Level Flying, Writing a 10-Book Multiverse, and AI Havok and LX interview Terrence “Roter” Rotering, a retired Air Force weapons systems officer who flew as a backseater in the F-15E and previously in the F-111, describing demanding training, extreme low-level terrain-following flights, and a dangerous incident dropping through a stack of F-111s. Rotering explains how he began writing to inspire his children, ultimately creating a 10-book...