Jazz Owens

## Jasmine "Jazz" Owens

In a fight against an Arachuma, Jazz shows off her new and improved handle in front of her peers.

## Appearances

### Appears in

Interstellar Ranger Commence

**Jazz Owens** is a Cosmos Academy student, Junior Ranger in training, and Hope Griffin's best friend.

Jazz Owens is voiced by Natalie Kolb.

## Description

### Personality

Jasmine (or Jazz) Owens is incredibly intelligent for her age and a highly skilled engineer with much potential. Jazz is reserved and prefers to think and work alone, though she loves the company of friends. She becomes best friends with Hope Griffin and stands up to students that put her down such as Itsuki Reo, Carmen Avilas or Arthur Stepanov. While her dream is to become a Ranger, she is also incredibly passionate for engineering weapons...and blowing things up.

## Attributes

### Abilities

* **Athletic Aptitude**: Due to extensive training and conditioning, Jazz possesses advanced physical attributes and athletic capabilities. She is shown to have relatively prominent strength, being able to shove Maria Long back slightly while the later held up striking paddles during a sparring session.
* **Combat Aptitude**: As a cadet at Cosmos Academy, Jazz is skilled in both armed and unarmed combat.
* **Marksmanship Aptitude**: Being prepared for security and military threats, Jazz is trained in the use of ranged weapons, particularly pistols such as the Interstellar Force’s standard issue handles.
* **Strategic Aptitude**: When sufficiently motivated, Jazz is shown to be a capable planner, as she managed to acquire schematics to the school's ventilation system, which is supposedly devoid of surveillance cameras, that would lead her to the weapons's vault, where she could steal several handles that she intended to modify. She and her cohorts, Maria and Hope Griffin, were only nearly caught due to the presence of surveillance equipment Jazz was unaware of, as well as Itsuki Reo, who didn't expose the trio after discovering them despite realizing their motives.
* **Survival Aptitude**: In preparation for missions across space and on various planets, Jazz is trained in operating in and adapting to a variety of environments and conditions.
* **Stealth Aptitude**: Both Jazz and Maria were able to successfully infiltrate the weapons room and took out the portions of the surveillance system there to cover their tracks, while Hope fell through the vents and into the locker room, exposing her presence to Itsuki Reo. The two were later able to avoid detection from a guard sent to the area to investigate the disturbance, as hidden surveillance equipment identified two unknown culprits leaving the vault with weapons, though they only truly managed to successfully complete their theft as Itsuki, who at that point deduced their actions after recalling Jazz's prior enthusiasm for weapons technology.
* **Technological Expertise**: Having an affinity for technology, Jazz is a talented engineer and technician, frequently tinkering with a miniature, custom-made robot called "Lemon". She is also extremely interested in weapons technology, surmising on her first chance to passively examine a handle she could modify its stun feature to induce explosions on impact. She also appears to be the who either built or helped design the automatic sewing machine used to repair the jacket of father after she had noticed a hole in its shoulder. After witnessing her handle overheat in simulated desert environment in the Dome, Jazz became determined to obtain multiple handles to improve her engineering skills and potentially improve the weapon's capabilities to increase its firing rate and reduce overheating.

### Weaknesses

* **Obsession**: Jazz's fascination on weapons technology, while superficially harmless, borders on obsession, strong enough to motivate her to devise a plan to steal multiple handles from the academy's weapons vault under the justification that it would mean an attempt to demonstrate the full extent of her engineering capabilities to Professor Strong if she could modify them. However, she willfully ignored that breaking curfew and raiding the weapons room would be in violation of the Academy's regulations and endanger her academic career, along with that of her cohorts, Hope and Maria, who joined in begrudging support of their friend. However, the plan was placed in jeopardy by hidden cameras unknown to the students and the presence of Itsuki Reo, who ultimately declined the chance to report her and her accomplices after realizing their goal.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **School Uniform**: A dress shirt, skirt and shoes worn during class hours.
* **Ranger Uniform**: Standard issue for Interstellar Force personnel, these durable yet flexible environmental bodysuits are designed with systems that regulate their wearer's body temperature, as indicated by small screens on their sleeves. Official Interstellar Rangers are indicated by two strips on the chest area of their suits.
* **Cellphone**: A personal mobile device carried by most civilians, complete with a camera, touchscreen and the ability to fold out into tablet size.
* **Computer Tablet**: A portable, interactive computer screen, complete with a stylus pen, that are used by students and staff for both classes and leisure. These tablets are installed with digital textbooks before being issued out. Jazz used parts from tablets for her custom-built robot, "Lemon".
* **Miniature Robot**: A small, costum-made robot called "Lemon", which Jazz continuously tinkers with and recently upgraded with parts from tablets issued out to her class as well whatever she could buy with Academy credits at its marketplace.

### Weapons

* **Handle**: As a cadet, Jazz has access to a handle during training exercises and on field missions. After successfully infiltrating and raiding the academy's armory, Jazz is currently in possession of a duffel bag filled with handles she intends to modify for the ostensive purpose of impressing Professor Strong, as well as the actual purpose of satisfying her fascination with weapons.

### Transportation

* **Shuttle**: An interplanetary craft able to make routine trips from Earth to Cosmos Academy and Interstellar Force Headquarters in space.

## Facilities

* **Interstellar Force Headquarters**: Jazz is currently stationed at Interstellar Force Headquarters.
	+ **Cosmos Academy**: Jazz's current residence is Galaxy Hall, a dormitory at Cosmos Academy, along with her roommates, Hope Griffin and Amai Higashi.

## Relationships

### Family

* Unnamed Father
* Unnamed Mother

### Allies

* Hope Griffin - Classmate, Roommate and Friend
* Amai Higashi - Classmate and Friend
* Maria Long - Classmate and Friend
* Sebastian Rojas - Classmate and Friend
* Alex Stepanov - Classmate and Friend
* Jeff Williams - Classmate and Friend
* Chris Myrthil - Classmate
* Kayleen Huo - Classmate
* Itsuki Reo - Classmate and Class Representative
* Carmen Avilas - Classmate
* Arthur Stepanov - Classmate
* Professor Parth Strong - Teacher and Superior
* Doctor Dola Amber - Superior
* Professor Maya Kimball - Teacher and Superior
* Counselor Alam - Superior
* Director Principle - Superior
* Ranger Diskin - Superior
* Ambassador Jorge Avilas - School Ambassador and Superior
* General Reo - Superior
* Unnamed Security Officer - Superior