Space Knight
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Space Knights are the elite warriors of the Solstar Order's military arm. Instantly recognizable by their trademark silver armor, the Space Knights have spent the last two hundred years waging endless war against their foes the Dire Wraiths, a race of malicious alien shapeshifters. This endless war has given rise to the signature arsenal of the Space Knights, a wide variety of multi-purpose tools designed to help track down and eliminate their slippery foes. These include the Wraith-detecting Energy Analyzers and the deadly Neutralizers, both of which are housed within their flight-capable suits of armor.
Though rare, it is not unheard of for Space Knights to range beyond Solstar territory in their pursuit of the Wraiths. Rom, a Lord of the Solstar Order, has recently followed the trail of the Dire Wraiths all the way to Earth.
Known Space Knights include:
Fiction
2005 IDW continuity
The Solstar Order combated the Dire Wraiths across the galaxy for centuries before the Wraiths invaded Elonia. During the Wraith attack, rookies, Rom, Livia, and Fy-Laa discovered a mysterious ore which grew to form a suit of armor around them creating the first Space Knights. Other members of the Solstar Order would later don the armor and the ranks of the Space Knights would expand. Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #2
Approximately 15 to 20 years after the group's founding, a new generation of Space Knight cadets was formed. As part of their training they accompanied senior Knights on low risk missions. Stories of the Knights had reached the ears of the Galactic Council and the Cybertronians, neither of whom were particularly impressed. Shining Armor #1 After being attacked by Rom and seeing Stardrive, Ultra Magnus assumed the Knights were in league with the Decepticons and ordered a skeptical Bumblebee to kill them all. Shining Armor #2 Once cooler heads began to prevail, both Autobots and Space Knights agreed to a temporary alliance to thwart the Wraith/Decepticons alliance. Shining Armor #3 After the crisis on Xetaxxis had passed, Stardrive properly abandoned the order of the Space Knights, shedding her suit and giving it Rom before warping off. Upon returning to a Solstar space station, Sata was made a Knight before she and Livia began training even more cadets. Shining Armor #5
In 2017, after unusual Dire Wraith energy signatures were detected emanating from Cybertron, the Solstar Order sent four Space Knights to quarantine the planet and prevent the Carcerians from teleporting in reinforcements. First Strike #2 The four left after the crisis leading Starscream to feel that the Solstar Order owed Cybertron for their obstructive blockade. The Dead Come Home, Part 1
When Unicron attacked Elonia, a group of Space Knights functioned as the first line of defence, flying directly into the maw of their enemy over Optimus Prime's advice.. Many of them were instantly killed when Unicron unleashed a wave of energy. Our Darkest Those who survived, however, relocated to Cybertron where they heeded Rom's rallying call to war. Ad Infinitum Their sanctuary was short lived for Unicron soon arrived over the Transformer homeworld forcing everyone to evacuate to Earth. Our Finest Road's End
As part of a do or die plan to save the universe, the Space Knights joined in the attack on the Decepticon Vengeance Division, Assembly so that Optimus Prime could destroy Unicron. When the monster was felled, the Knights retreated back to Earth where Livia decided that they would have to take on new roles in the new era they found themselves in. Ceremony A group of Space Knights aided Jazz in cleaning up San Francisco while Rom served as their group's representative at Optimus Prime's funeral. Post
