Paladin
Background
James "Paladin" Taggart is a Commodore in Confederation Naval Intelligence. He still uses old paper navigation charts to help navigate. Taggart is a Pilgrim.
During the events of Wing Commander (1999) played by Tcheky Karyo
Paladin tells Blair that he has a message from Tolwyn. Later, Blair tells Paladin, Maniac has taken over flying and Paladin asks Blair if he can see Blair's Pilgrim cross. Paladin tells Blair people used to look up to the Pilgrims and since the Pilgrims were defeated in the war, no new quasar has been charted. An alert goes off and Paladin and Blair run back to the bridge. Maniac tells Paladin he increased the speed and Paladin tells him the beacon is marking a gravity well and while Paladin goes to fix the Navcom system, Blair is forced to fly the ship and plot the jump through the gravity well. Paladin and the others then land on the T.C.S. Tiger Claw which is on patrol in the Enyo System, Vega Sector. Paladin is brought before Sansky and he shows him a ring from Tolwyn proving the message Blair gave him is real. Blair goes to speak with Paladin, and Paladin tells him the history of the Pilgrims and that the Navcom A.I. were based off of the abilities of the Pilgrims to navigate space. He then tells him the Pilgrim War started when they believed they were gods and lost their humanity. On the bridge, Paladin takes over the navigation and when the Navcom tries to resume control he tells Sansky to override the Navcom and Sansky tells the Helmsman to maintain Paladin's course. The Tiger Claw then arrives at the Ulysses Corridor. Sansky asks Gerald what he suggests, and Gerald tells him they should send out fighters to attack the communications module, which Blair and Deveraux found, but Paladin disagrees and thinks that will leave the Tiger Claw too vulnerable, but he is overruled. While about to attack the communication module, Paladin tells Deveraux to abort the mission and reveals himself to be an officer in naval intelligence, and the Kilrathi ships are nothing but discards. Deveraux and her fighters arrive and engage the Kilarthi. During the attack, Knight is killed escorting Paladin on his bombing run of a Kilrathi Battleship. As their fuel supplies start to run low, Paladin comes up with an idea to steal fuel cells from the Kilrathi ship. Blair, Deveraux, Paladin, Gerald and a group of marines land on the Kilrathi communication ship and fight their way to the fuel cells and helm. Blair then finds the Pegasus Navcom. Gerald has Obutu prepare a drone with the Kirlathi jump coordinates they got off of the Pegasus Navcom. Obutu tells him the drones are offline and Paladin suggests Blair go to deliver the coordinates with Deveraux as his backup. Blair is hesitant to go and Paladin reveals he is a Pilgrim. Blair and Deveraux then leave to deliver the coordinates. Paladin tells Obutu that he is going to look for Deveraux. Blair returns to the Tiger Claw and watches as Paladin brings Deveraux onto the launch pad.
