FLAG

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For other uses, see Flag (disambiguation).

FLAG, or Foundation for Law And Government is a fictional crime-fighting organisation, founded by Wilton Knight. FLAG's main purpose is to fight against "criminals who operate above the law"

FLAG has been run by three different individuals in the Knight Rider universe.

• Wilton Knight (until 1982)
• Devon Miles (1982-2000)
• Russel Maddock (2000 and later) (Knight Rider 2000)

In the original scripts, FLAG was to be called Foundation for Law And Justice, but it was later re-christened to a 'real word' acronym.

Not much is known about the founding of FLAG, but it has been a subject of much speculation and fanfiction. Some fanfictions show FLAG was founded by a young Wilton Knight, however, other fan-made stories see FLAG as brand new at the time of Knight Rider's pilot episode, "Knight of the Phoenix". Another theory often espoused by fans is that FLAG and the Knight Foundation were secretly a front set in the same universe as Battlestar Galactica, based on both series being works of Glen A. Larson, KITT and KARR both having the distinctive "red eye" look of Cylons, the plot of Galactica 1980 being based around trying to improve humanity and its technology, the series being set only 2 years after Galactica 1980, an episode of Galactica 1980 where several damaged Cylons were captured, and lastly, as an explanation for how FLAG could have access to the incredible technologies like artificial intelligence, impossibly powerful and accurate sensors, and the molecularly bonded shell armor.

At the beginning of Season Three of Knight Rider, "Knight of the Drones", more is explained as we learn that FLAG was on-line at the time before KARR was activated and Wilton Knight had a chosen man for the job of the Knight Rider. However, this man, Ken Franklyn was fatally shot by the criminal C. J. Jackson, nearly destroying Wilton Knight's dreams of FLAG. However, Wilton continued his project, but it almost came to its end again, as the industrial espionage expert Tanya Walker crossed paths with Wilton. As Michael Long (now as Michael Knight) defeated Tanya's gang, FLAG seemed to regain stability.