Knife 12

Knife 12 (K-12) was the callsign for a GA-TL1 Longsword fighter attached to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn in 2552. Its assigned pilots were Captain Thrace and Lieutenant Commander Agathon, who served as the ship's naval flight officer and weapons officer, respectively.^[1]

Service history

Knife 12 was one of five Longsword fighters attached to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn when the ship escaped from the Fall of Reach in August 30, 2552. When the ship arrived at Installation 04 on September 19, Knife 12's crew was placed in rest cycle. As such, the Longsword did not participate in the battle against the Covenant forces from the Fleet of Particular Justice. Instead, Knife 12 was docked in the Autumn's Launch Bay 7 to rearm its weapons.^[1] Knife 12 ultimately did not deploy from the Autumn, which then crashed-landed on the ring.^[2]

Knife 12 remained in Launch Bay 7 inside the wreckage of the Autumn during the Battle of Installation 04, until John-117 returned to detonate the ship, and by extension, destroy the ring. The Spartan escaped the ring's destruction aboard Knife 12.^[2]

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Production notes

Knife 12 first appeared in Halo: Combat Evolved, albeit without a callsign for identification. Its designation and the identity of its original pilots were revealed in Halo: Campaign Evolved on display screens in the bridge of the Autumn.
Knife 12's appearance has varied across its in-game depictions. In Halo: Combat Evolved, it is a C709 Longsword. In Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, it reuses the Halo 3 C712 Longsword model. In Halo: Campaign Evolved, it uses an unidentified Longsword variant that has a canopy which can be opened and closed—a feature that is notably absent from both the C709 and C712 variants.
The pilot and co-pilot, Thrace and Agathon, are a reference to the 2004 Battlestar Galactica characters Kara "Starbuck" Thrace and Karl "Helo" Agathon.