Consequently, Valentine's influence encouraged Nightflash to become more independent from the Academy's system. The effects of the challenge, namely the ensuing scuffle, attracted the attention of CEO Blake Valentine of Trident Industries to Nightflash. King's attempt to call Mythic off fell on deaf ears, and consequently, Mythic, Brass, Nightflash, and Clyde-213 ('Swift') were stunned by security droids. A brief scuffle between Mythic and Romero-024 ('Brass') followed as an indirect result of King dismissing Nightflash's concession. Throughout the challenge, both squads were slowly whittled down to their respective leaders, resulting in a fierce clash between them that ended with Nightflash eliminated.
While regularly clashing with Nightflash's personality, King stopped to watch Nightflash's assignment to a squad, an event that began to spark greater tensions between the two.Īs a result of Nightflash's unorthodox behavior, the Academy Actuarian pit his squad against King's in a surprise combat challenge. Although only Tier Three, King was the fourth highest-placed cadet in the Spartan Academy.
At the time of his first appearance, King was a highly skilled and respected Second Generation Squad Leader, commanding Mythic-071 and Roxanne.
