Jimmy Wilder

Jimmy Wilder was a U.S. Marine Corp F/A-18 pilot. He was the best friend of Steve Hiller and was instrumental in the alien's defeat during the war of 1996. After the war Wilder joined ESD becoming colonel. He died test piloting the ESD's first alien hybrid fighter.

Early Childhood
Jimmy Wilder was born on May 14, 1965 in Los Angeles. When he was in the 7th grade he saved a boy from bullies. The boy name was Steve Hiller and they became friends. Wilder later joined the Air Force along with Hiller.

Years in the Air Force
Wilder often supported Hiller in following his dream of becoming an astronaut. Wilder once went on a date with a girl and they dated for a while before the broke up due to Wilder cheating on her. At one point Wilder met Steve's girlfriend Jasmine Dubrow.

War of 1996
When the aliens arrived, Jimmy was at a football game when the game was cancelled because of the event and Wilder was called back from his leave. Stationed at El Torro, Wilder met with Hiller and discussed Hiller's proposal to his Jasmine and his rejection letter from NASA. When the alien first attacked Wilder along with the rest of the cadets participated in the counterattack against the aliens. However the City Destroyer had their own defense shield the couldn't be penetrated. Black Knight squadron was wiped out and Wilder and Hiller fled from the ongoing massacre with two alien attackers following them.

Both Wilder and Hiller were able to outmaneuver both attacker with Wilder being able to lead one the attackers to crash into itself. Wilder reunited with Hiller after he baited the ship to crash land. The duo proceeded to capture the unconscious alien and head out into the Nevada dessert. The due were rescued by a refugee of survivor including being picked up by Russell Casse. They headed to Area 51 where they gave the alien to chief scientist Brakish Okun. They were later introduced to President Whitmore who congratulated them on their achievement. During their stay at Area 51 Steve decided to steal a helicopter to see if he could find Jasmine and her son Dylan who he presumed dead. Wilder protest as they did have authorization but Hiller moved on nerveless.

On July 4th, 1996, Hiller was at the main base when David Levinson proposed the plan the infiltrate the mothership and inplant a virus onto their main computer which should disable the City Destroyer's shield, a plan Whitmore approved and Hiller asked to join in flying the attacker into the mothership. Wilder participated in the battle over Area 51. He along with Whitmore protected Casse as he had the last missile. However due to the missile being jammed, Casse sacrificed himself to destroy the Destroyer.

After the battle, Wilder reunited with Hiller and marveled at the sight of a nearby destroyed City Destroyer.

Post War and Death
After the war, Wilder was promoted to Colonel and participated in the neutralization of the surviving alien forces in Europe and Asia. Wilder temporarily moved to Washington D.C. before moving back to a rebuilt Los Angeles. There with the request to ESD, he set up the ESD Children Space Recruit with their headquarter there in L.A. There he also met Jake Morrison who was a fan of him. In 1999, he along with Hiller were sent to China as technical advisers where they became acquainted with Jiang Lao and met his niece Rain Lao who he gave her an signed autograph. In 2000, Wilder went on another date however it was cancelled when he was called back to ESD.

In 2004, Wilder was among the many war of 96 heroes honored at the newly rebuilt White House with Wilder having a bust of himself in President Larson Oval Office. In 2007, Wilder volunteered to test pilot ESD first hybrid alien fighter much to Levinson dismay during the 2007 ESD Spring Expo. The experiment went wrong and exploded, killing Wilder. Wilder lied in state in a still under construction U.S. Capitol with the dome still partially complete.