Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20171111143841/@comment-1496755-20171112135843

It seems I forgot to brief you about the story-related materials. But don't worry, you didn't mess up by reading those parts from the strategy guide ;)

The original releases of both X-wing and TIE Fighter included booklets that give some background story and introduce the main protagonist (supposedly the player character). XW's booklet is called "The Farlander Papers."

The good news is that the story in the Papers is nearly identical to the chapter you read from the strategy guide. There are just a few small differences and the it's in the third-person perspective.

If you're curious or want to read the story in the "proper" way, I have shared my PDF copy of The Farlander Papers.

For TIE Fighter, they probably realized that telling the same story twice doesn't make much sense, so the strategy guide's narrative begins from where the booklet's story ends.