Timeline: The Night Knights

Jareth, Tag, and Hua each had their own reason for wanting to leave Talmar. That's why they all signed up for the contest held by the Unchained Armada. The winners of the contest would be invited into the mercenary group, and more importantly to this trio, would be granted a ship to call their own.   Entrants worked in teams to explore recently-unearthed alien ruins and bring back something of value. Jareth, Tag, and Hua were assigned to work together. They were the first team to return, and brought with them what appeared to be an intact alien data disk. Returning this to Armada leader, Ryker Derrix, earned them their ship - NK247.

The trio, now calling themselves the Night Knights, meet their handler, Desi Codac. He assigns them their first mission: fly to Talmar's moon, Norus, where they can get a spike drive installed at a secret Armada facility. While there, they meet the facility head Elliot and learn there have been a series of incidents lately that suggest intentional sabotage.   After some investigation, they find and apprehend Syndicate member Klyn Vonner. He was sent to take revenge on the Armada after the mercenaries ruined a Syndicate operation.   With their ship upgraded and Klyn in Armada custody, the Night Knights leave for their next mission.

The Night Knights head to Devali to secure a trade deal for Mirasoil. They recruit Loren Tebils and her brother, Brian Evers, to the Unchained Armada.

The Night Knights return to Devali and help Countess Max collect data and information from the ruins of Monhal. The see the dangers of Demencia de Mata firsthand, and learn more about the political state of the young country.

The Night Knights stop an unknown party (later determined to be The Emerald Legion) from destroying the city aboard Lusca. They get the first hints that mind control brain chips are being used to force people to do what they otherwise wouldn't.

With help from Tavari Zima, the Night Knights infiltrate a pretech ship manufactory and convince its controlling Alecto drone to build one more ship. After the local government's corruption is publicly revealed, the citizenry takes ownership of the in-progress ship to later use for evacuation.

The Night Knights track captured Unchained Armada members to a secret Yellow Jacket location in the mountains. They infiltrate to learn the Jackets' plans and free their colleagues. Along the way, they find evidence that the Emerald Legion has been manipulating both the Yellow Jackets and Unchained Armada.

The Night Knights help the Unchained Armada defend against an attack from the extremist Yellow Jackets cell run by Vossler Dane.

The Night Knights follow a lead to Geotera where the Legion was using the Syndicate to acquire a certain pre-human artifact from the nightmare planet. Though the Night Knights didn't stop the Legion, they do manage to rescue Annabel.

The Night Knights along with Ryker Derrix and Tavari Zima infiltrate an Emerald Legion battleship. They free captives from Parala, including Alice and Maria, and reclaim what Roderick took from Geotera. they find the console responsible for sending signals to mind control chips. Before sabotaging it, they repurpose it to send a warning across the sector. A warning ripples across the cluster. The Emerald Legion has been secretly imbedding itself in trusted positions for decades in preparation.

The Night Knights and their allies stop the Emerald Legion takeover of Talmar. They use a massive EMP to destroy mechs occupying New Argos, and a pre-human data disk to fire the planetary defense cannon found at the Hive.

The Battle of Talmar destroyed the Legion capital warships, and smaller skirmishes on Mithorous and Astronius ensured the Legion's attempted coups were failures. Though the incursion itself may be ended, the threat remains.