Red Knight was a squadron comprised of four Delta-class JV-7 escort shuttles that the Galactic Empire utilized throughout the Galactic Civil War. Their mission was to aid in the withdrawal from a research installation located within the Parmel system. This installation was where Grand Admiral Demetrius Zaarin had previously supervised the creation of the TIE/D Defender, prior to his attempted overthrow of Emperor Palpatine. At the time of the Red Knight's mission, Zaarin's forces were attacking the installation. The Red Knight group played a crucial role in the successful removal of the installation's last two TIE Defender prototypes, along with essential staff, aboard the BFF-1 bulk freighter known as Mharsup and the Lambda-class T-4a shuttle named G'nabgib.