 SPOPILERS:Of all the characters from the original game, only 4 are  still alive: Angel, Spirit, Maniac and Paladin plus series hero  Christopher Blair. Spirit dies in this game in a kamikaze run at a  space station, Angel is stabbed to death by a Kilrathi in the  following game, Paladin goes into politics and gives up flying  completely and Blair himself dies in Wing Commander: Prophecy. This  leaves only 1 character from the original game that is still a pilot  after the last game in the series: Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall.