Derek "Karma" Knight

Command Sergeant Major **Derek "Karma" Knight** is a Delta Force operator and leader of Phantom Squad. He led his squad to various missions during the Taliban attacks on Eurasia, including rescuing President James Ross in Moldova.

## Biography

### Eurasia War

#### Imantau Citadel

After President Ross was captured by the Taliban in order to obtain the United States nuclear launch codes, Karma, along with his squad, Odolf Squad and an extra squad assembled by Agent Newman, was sent to rescue President Ross from the "impenetrable" Taliban prison, the Imantau Citadel. Using a stolen Taliban transport, Kazhakstani mercenaries led them within close distance of the citadel. When they reached the citadel, the team was successful in rescuing President Ross just before he was interrogated and tortured. Karma asked if President Ross had given up the launch codes. President Ross told him that he had half of the code while the Secretary of Defense, Sean Barrett, memorized the other half as a precaution. Karma and the rest of the team went to free Barrett and the other Secret Service agents. On their way, they were ambushed by Taliban commandos.

After the team defeated the Taliban commandos, they rescued the other agents. Karma and Wasp then decided to split up to prevent the enemy from getting either half of the codes. Karma took President Ross and Newman's squad and Wasp took Barrett and the other Secret Service agents with him. Karma was then able to cut a hole into an old tunnel. Karma was glad that things were going according to plan. As Karma and his team made their way through the tunnels, he watched their rear, leaving Crush leading the team. When they reached a dead end, Karma destroyed a recon drone and then fought against Taliban soldiers and Taliban commandos. Karma, Newman and the team were able to kill the Taliban forces and blast the dead end open. Karma and his team then went into a fuel line. When they reached the exit of the fuel line they were ambushed by Taliban soldiers and Keawlers. Luckily, Karma was able to destroy them by throwing a grenade into the fuel line. Karma and his team then moved to *Plan B*, to meet up with Wasps' team trying to reach the transport at the airfield. After the transport was destroyed, both teams fell back to some caves.

After Karma contacted Olympus, he, Wasp and the rest of team moved onto to the rendezvous point. When Karma's and Wasp's team reached the mountains, they were attacked by a large Taliban force. While the Kazhakstani mercenaries held off the enemy, Karma went down a cliff with the rest of the team down to the lake's shore and escaped into a set of gullies.

As Karma and Wasp discussed their exit strategy, they noticed hyenas trailing them, along with a squad of turbo bikes. Karma and Wasp lured the hyenas into an ambush, but the rest of the team itself was ambushed by Krawlers and another group of turbo bikes. When Karma and Wasp rejoined the team, Agent Newman arrived carrying Barrett's body, and told them that he had his half of the nuclear codes. Karma, Wasp and the rest of the team then took a brief moment to honor him before moving on. When they reached the island, Karma and Sailor fired extension cables, but were then ambushed by Kanaan al-Din and his Taliban commandos on turbo bikes. After Kanaan al-Din's death, Lieutenant Cooper arrived and picked them up in an Eagle.

#### Battle of Ashgabat

Karma and his squad were sent to participate in the Battle of Ashgabat, alongside the U.S. Army Special Forces and the S.A.S., as NATO pushed to destroy the Taliban primary weapons factory. Intending to make a three-pronged attack against the plasma shield, Karma and the Delta Force set out to attack the Taliban defense lines from the south to reach the rendezvous point—with only the U.S. Army Special Forces arriving at Checkpoint Sultan, as both S.A.S. and Delta Force transports were shot down and forced to make their way to Lt. Cooper's position by foot. Though they encountered resistance, Karma's team met up with Cooper's forces. After contacting Olympus to deploy a squadron of ALAS-B1 to help them, they reunited with the U.S. Army Special Forces, where they planned the assault on the plasma shield.

   They then improvised on their plan; leading the charge, Phantom and Odolf Squad disabled the enemy anti tank weapons with EMP grenades, enabling the ATX tanks to destroy the plasma shield; as the Eagles arrived, the Talibans in the area surrendered. NATO forces continued pushing towards the massive weapons factory. As Odolf Squad were sent into the Taliban rat tunnel under the factory to plant explosives, Cooper, his platoon and Phantom Squad went onto distracting the Taliban army along the S.A.S. by marching straight to the factory and engage the enemy.

As Haafil al-Arif had his TI-7 deployed, Phantom Squad destroyed the bridge, only to learn that Odolf Squad had not returned yet. Cornered by droids coming from the factory, Karma was contacted by Wasp and he apologized, uncertain that his squad would survive their ordeal, before using a TI-7 to destroy the factory.