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| - By 2654, he held the rank of Captain and was assigned to serve on the CS Tiger Claw. However he had a low kill score, although his potential greater than that. While flying, he spent some time advising and tutoring newer pilots, or giving guidance to panicked pilots during times of radio silence in order to return to base. In a few occasions he talked pilots through their first kills. Knight was sitting next to Rosie Forbes and Adam Polanski in the mess hall when Todd Marshall and Christopher Blair showed up. He flew a patrol mission with Spirit shortly before the jump into the Ulysses Corridor. Right before, he was in the mess hall and commented that the pulsar they would jump "eats suns for breakfast" Later, he was flying a CF-131 Broadsword alongside James Taggart with the Baker Wing near the Ulysses Corridor. They were on their way to attack a Sivar-class battleship near Planet 415 when his fighter was shot out from under him, and he was presumed killed. Cheddarboy and Gangsta were brought in to replace him and Rosie who had died in the same battle. Knight's death in the movie is odd, considering that the Wing Commander I character he is based on, already appears alive during the Vega Campaign, which is set later than the movie. From the point of view of the movie, Knight has survived the battle, or has been "resurrected". No explanation is given about his death in the movie and appearance in WCI. When the ship explodes there is a mysterious body sized/shaped object/pod ejected towards the bottom of screen. Escape pods hold generally only enough air for about one hour. The only known ones in the sector who could have 'rescued' knight following the battle could only be Kilrathi patrols and fleet in the area that did not travel to Sol sector (including Dorkir, a destroyer, and Dralthis, and many others). If he was captured by one of the Kilrathi fleet its not known how he escaped. Of course its possible a Terran civilian transport could have jumped into the area as well later (as the situation was classified, they wouldn't have been part of the count of military ships in the sector).
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