Jens Aasen

Jens Aasen was an operative and a member of the Second Vanguard. A former and a veteran of the , Jens met Redmond Venter during their time in 's . Jens was a vocal critic of colonial policies and defected shortly after the end of the war. Like many disillusioned veterans he traveled to and was an active Insurrectionist agent during the bloody Second Mamore Insurrection. Following the collapse of Mamore's revolutionary government Jens joined Redmond Venter's Second Vanguard in its efforts to support independence movements across the colonial frontier. A fervent believer in colonial independence, Jens supported Venter's increasingly extreme tactics in the war against the . He helped train the Bloodhounds, child soldiers taken in or abducted by the Second Vanguard. Jens lent his surname to several Bloodhounds, including one Ragna Aasen. He was assassinated by UNSC forces during suppression operations on .