Jackson Jones

A closeted nerd and one of the physically toughest people to put on a Drivesuit
==Quick Facts==
*Right hemisphere (command) pilot of the Mark III Jaeger Vulcan Specter; younger brother Logan serves as left hemisphere; Andrea is their Spare
*The Joneses are probably the best wingmen among all the Jaeger pilots
*For all his fighting with and snarking at them, he deeply respects his fellow Rangers (especially Herc)
*Former amateur triathlete with bottomless stamina; the swim was always his best event (The stamina does not apply to all areas of his life, however)
*Logan shares this stamina, allowing them to slowly grind fight opponents into submission; their toughness makes this a viable and effective strategy
*He and Logan have the weakest stable neural handshake of any active duty Rangers; they never develop a fully-fledged Ghost Drift, despite more than a decade of regular Drifting
*The Drift-induced bond between him and Logan causes the other to appear as an impression of colour (Jackson appears gold to Logan; Logan is black-green-blue to Jackson) and allows them to tell when each other are in distress if they are within a certain distance
*Always cold, and thus generally wears a jumper (or two)
*Stops eating when stressed
*Sucks at tools
*Font of sci-fi and internet trivia, although he does his best to hide it (along with his tattoo)
*Has an extreme berserk button when it comes to his family and closest friends (think of it like this: hurt someone Logan cares about and you'll wish he killed you; hurt someone Jackson cares about and he will kill you and do so without blinking)
==Personality==
Awkward with people and defensive. Often speaks without thinking. Tends to be a drama llama and's prone to moping. When he falls in love, he falls quickly and hard. Unfailingly loyal to family, friends, and colleagues. Harbours a lingering grudge against Chuck that often results in physical confrontations between the two.
Adopts a 'bad boy' persona to match Logan's at the Jaeger Academy which he insists on maintaining throughout the war and a while afterward, despite its opposition to his 'natural' nerdy, overly-dramatic, somewhat flailing nature
==Pocket & Personal Effects==
* Collection of sci-fi movie art books
* Sketchbook and a number of pencils and charcoals
* Mobile phone
==Closet==
* A mountain of sweaters in assorted solid colors; he's been known to wear two or three simultaneously when it's especially cold out
* Stash of jealously guarded 100% wool socks (many of them knit by his grandmother)
* The heaviest coat he can find that's still vaguely fashionable
==Headcanons==
Belief in fairies: Fairies? Pfft. No. Now, extraterrestrial aliens are a completely different cargo bay of tribbles. 
Craziest thing he's ever done: Craziest or stupidest? Not that there’s much difference with him. Abducting a certain member of the Hansen family has to rank pretty highly. Backing Logan when he picked a fight with the Kaidanovskys was probably very unwise. And he probably should’ve thought a little harder about the tattoo. For all his fearsome reputation, he’s actually a pretty straight arrow; more awkward and defensive than anything else. 
Crying: He’ll deny it to the stars, but it’s actually pretty easy to make him tear up, especially he sees a loved one in distress or if he makes a loved one especially happy. Getting him to let go and really cry is a bit of a challenge. 
Smell: Normally smells of his mint(y) shampoo and glycerine soap
Pool shark: Will definitely kick your ass at pool
Theme song (according to PP): "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes, possibly as remixed by the Glitch Mob.
==Timeline==
1990 Nov 30: Born; paternal grandmother Holly (aka "Nanny") saves him from being named 'Eugene' ("Well-born")
1992 Oct 18: Brother Logan born
2000 Jun 19: Brother Derek born
2007: Logan pushes Derek down a flight of stairs, severely injuring him and straining the already rough relationships between all three brothers ("Give In")
2008 Dec: Graduates from Westport High School in Port Macquarie in the top five percent of his class
2009 Feb (mid): Begins study at the School of Art and Design at the University of New South Wales; belatedly celebrates his legal adulthood by getting a tattoo (which he occasionally regrets)
2009 Mar (early): Meets and begins dating Lily ("Model")
2009 (mid): Parents finalize an acrimonious divorce; share custody of Logan and Derek
2011 Jun (mid): Along with the rest of the family (except Nanny), loses contact with Logan after Logan drops out of university
2012 Dec (mid): Graduates university with an undergraduate degree in art and design; accepts a job as a CAD technician at a firm in Melbourne, where Lily will be attending graduate school
2013 Aug 11: Watches K-Day coverage with Lily in Melbourne; falls into an acute depression lasting several weeks
2014 Sep: Proposes to Lily; she accepts
2015 Sep: Lily breaks off their engagement and returns her engagement ring, citing Jackson's lack of career ambitions and prospects; Jackson throws it and the already-purchased wedding bands into Port Macquarie Harbour off Town Beach
2015 Dec ~10: Convinces Logan to join the PPDC and attend the Jaeger Academy with him after tracking him down in Brisbane ("Excuse")
2016 Jan: He and Logan begin term at the Jaeger Academy in Kodiak, AK, United States
2016 Feb: He and Logan put on the Ranger track at the Academy; discovers his berserk button ("Instinct")
2016 Mar: Introduced to Chao and Feng; the quartet quickly become friends, sparring partners, and roommates
2016 Apr: Meets Andrea after suffering a separated shoulder in training; comforts her about being Drift Compatible with Logan ("You'll Get Used to Him")
2016 Jun (mid): Graduates from the Jaeger Academy ranked 3rd in his class behind Chao and Feng
2016 Jun (mid): Moves at the Sydney Mini 'Dome at the Hong Kong Shatterdome; meets Chuck, he and Logan immediately begin tormenting him; meets Chuck Darling and immediately begins not-stalking and arguing with her ("Hey, Darling")
2016 Aug 28: He and Logan run off the first Team Vulcan Specter Handler; Jamie extorts his way into the position ("Timing")
2017 Jan 10: Vulcan Specter officially launches with a parade in Sydney; picks a fight with the Hansen brothers (with Logan's help) in front of the press, quickly establishing the Joneses as the 'anti-heroes' of the Australian Jaeger program
2017 May 5-8: Travels to Anchorage with Logan for tweaks to Vulcan Specter's AI after the Jaeger's 'sea trials' ("Monster," "Beckets Bite Back," "Black and Blue and Orange")
2017 May (mid): Moves to the completed Sydney Shatterdome
2017 May 25: Sydney Shatterdome officially opens under the command of Marshal Nguyen
2017 Oct: Attends Mark III gala in Hong Kong; is trapped in an elevator with Chuck Darling, an experience they both come to deeply regret
2017 ~Nov: Pushes Chuck Darling a little too far and nearly pays with his life in front of a crowd; is confined to quarters
2018 Jan (mid): Witnesses Chuck Darling's collapse after her failed Drift with Chuck and rushes her to Medical; upon learning of her transfer to Anchorage, begins a long depression; vows to find Chuck a copilot ("Collapse", "Bye, Darling")
2018 Feb: Jamie attempts to lift Jackson's depression by introducing him to Nate; it sorta works ("Platter")
2018 Mar 14: Assists in the kill of Hellmaw at the Battle of Singapore with Logan and Vulcan Specter
2019 Jan 1: Wakes up not alone and with the worst hangover in the history of ever ("Deprived")
2019 Jan 3: Suggests Chuck and Pietr might be Drift Compatible ("He's My Copilot")
2019 Jan 8: Sees Chuck Darling for the first time since her collapse the previous year; it doesn't go well, despite his gift of a plush drop bear ("A Distinct Lack of Caffeine", "Plushie", "Go!")
2019 Jan 14: Discovers Derek is now Team Striker Eureka's Handler and is very unhappy ("Handler")
2019 Jan 16: Introduced to Cameryn and Lamb ("Maneuvers")
2019 Jan (mid-late): Kidnaps a member of the Hansen family, ends up with a severe laceration and another disciplinary write-up, this time for concussing Chuck ("'napped")
2019 Jan (mid): Forced by Chantell to take the 'Decorum for Rangers' course with Pietr ("Decorum")
2019 Feb 16: Lucky Seven badly damaged by Mizuchi at the Second Battle of Manila; Herc and Scott hurt; Lucky Seven becomes the first Jaeger permanently removed from service due to damage
2019 Mar 3: Attends the formal inquiry into Lucky Seven's destruction in support of Scott; sees Scott stripped of his Ranger status ("Stripped")
2019 Nov 28: Watches helpless from Guam with Logan and Vulcan Specter as Triton Tasmania is destroyed and Iorangi and Elizabeth killed at the First Battle of the Breach; upon return to the Shed, lashes out at the first person he feels vaguely responsible for the failed plan he sees, Hermann, and throws him against a wall; gets knocked down by Chuck and begins a continuing run of bad luck with technology courtesy of Lucky; breaks Chantell's nose.
2021 Sep 24: Deployed near Taiwan in advance of the Battle of Hangzhou, a storm forces he and Logan to spend several nights in Hong Kong before returning to Sydney; sees Chuck Darling again and resumes arguing with her; meets Pietr's family and charms Izzy ("Bunny")
2021 Dec: Attends Chao and Feng's funeral in China with Logan ("Get to Know Vulcan Specter") 
2022 Jan (mid-late): Pietr attempts to play matchmaker between Jackson and Chuck Darling; she is completely oblivious to both of their attempts to stimulate any interest in Jackson
2022 Jan 31: Deploys with Logan and Vulcan Specter at the Battle of Melbourne, but is held out of combat by Nguyen to his immense frustration
2023 Jul 1: Nguyen informs him of PPDC Command's desire to remove him as a pilot of Vulcan Specter, giving the right hemisphere to Logan and placing a new Ranger (Mako is the first choice) in the left hemisphere, and offers to protest on his behalf; Jackson and Logan discuss and ask Nguyen to make their case
2023 Jul (late): Nguyen pushed into retirement by PPDC Command; replaced by Josephs
2023 Aug 8: Arrives in Anchorage with Logan for Logan's Drift Compatibility test with Mako; Logan sabotages the test by picking a fight in town with Raleigh which leaves him too injured for the test to proceed
2023 Q4: Josephs, under orders from PPDC Command, begins a campaign to force Jackson into retirement through extra work and regularly replacing him with Andrea for patrols; Jackson, being a stubborn fucker, is unmoved
2023 Dec: The plan backfires spectacularly when Andrea has a 'breakdown' and quits the PPDC, leaving Command no choice but to keep Jackson on active duty
2024 Jan ~31: Helps cover up Chuck's absence when Chuck visits Koffiefontein
2024 Jul 30: Assists in the kill of Bonesquid at the Battle of Port Moresby with Logan and Vulcan Specter
2024 Aug (late): Begins experience vivid nightmares; diagnosed with PTSD; he and Logan realize they're unlikely to live much longer if they remain Rangers, continue anyway; Jackson realizes he's the oldest active duty Ranger aside from Herc
2024 Sep (mid): Visits Andrea and her newborn twins, Sunny and Sky
2024 Sep 25: Against protocol, deploys with Logan and Vulcan Specter against Rachnid at the Battle of Brisbane without backup, a transport difficulty delaying Striker Eureka's arrival; assists in the kill of Rachnid; Vulcan Specter destroyed; ordered by Josephs to eject before he and Logan are killed, Jackson successfully triggers the escape sequence despite having suffered grave injuries and Logan having been knocked unconscious ("Red")
2024 Sep 26: Wakes in Royal Brisbane Hospital's ICU; learns that his left leg has been amputated below the knee, his right hip has sustained irreparable nerve damage, and that, well, he was technically dead for four minutes after his heart stopped due to critical blood loss from his other injuries; cardiac massage was required to restart his heart, leaving him with a scar in the center of his chest; also learns Logan remains in a coma from Derek ("White")
2024 Sep 29: Finally tracks down Logan, who has been hiding in the part of his mind they share in the Drift and convinces him to return to his own body; Logan wakes up ("Gold")
2024 Oct (mid): Faces a formal inquiry into the destruction of Vulcan Specter; both he and Logan are found to have acted properly and are honourably discharged from the PPDC with full pensions and benefits ("United Front")
2024 Oct (mid): He and Logan accept job offers from Caitlin and make plans to move to the United States
2024 Nov: Moves to Pittsburgh with Logan and begins work in Caitlin's lab
2025 Jan 4-5: Logan hugs Jackson and vanishes with no explanation for thirty-six hours; returns with a Russian military parka he gives to Jackson
2025 Jan 5: Learns from Mǐn that Derek is in good health (ish) after the Second Battles of Hong Kong and the Breach
2026 ~Jun: A routine Drift becomes anything but and he and Jackson wind up with a permanent mental connection to Vee "(Vee)"
~2027: Logan moves back to Australia, leaving Jackson in Chuck Darling's capable hands ("Going")
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