Nathan Jackson

## Overview

Nathan Jackson is a highly skilled bounty hunter turned agent. Though he spent his early life as an Aurelian and a Marauder, Nathan eventually joined the ranks of the Galactic Imperium as a special operations agent after the intervention of a Juggernaut named Harris Dain.

## Personality

Due to a troubled upbringing, Nathan Jackson is quite observant and mentally resilient, having risen above years of abusive behavior. He's able to read people's true intentions and see behind false smiles and thinly veiled lies. However, this side of himself is often covered by a layer of sarcasm and wit that he readily employs.

Whilst running as a Marauder and bounty hunter, Nathan's moral compass was a little looser. He remarked about a 'sick growing fame' and tended to do more what he pleased, rather than dedicate himself to any particular cause.

After the intervention of Harris Dain, Nathan still kept his maverick type nature, but became a lot more focused on bettering the lives of others, and taking out any who subjected those beneath them.

## Appearance

Nathan Jackson is a taller man of Latin American descent, with high cheekbones and a solid looking face. He is quite athletic due to the years spent on the run, and sports a number of scars to match.

   He typically wears a dark grey uniform underneath a set of gunmetal body armour, both tried and tested in the field of battle. Along with this, Nathan tends to opt for a narrow helmet and field goggles over more modern head protection, preferring the lightweight design. On top of this he wears a dark green camouflage type cloak.

During his years as a bounty hunter, Nathan wore far rougher clothing, pieced together from scraps and discarded armour panels. However, the field goggles and cape he wore are the same he wears to this day.

## Skills/ Weaponry

### Skills

**Keen Senses:** Nathan Jackson is a highly observant individual and well trained at detecting those around him that would wish him harm. These skills extend to seeing through lies, threats and intentions of anyone he's dealing with.

**Expert Marksman:** Nathan is quite proficient in firearms, claiming to have never missed a shot. Whether true or not, his skills with long barreled rifles especially have been proven time and time again.

**Skilled Fighter:** Due to the nature of his earlier profession, Nathan has honed a decent amount of skill in hand to hand combat.

**Skilled Tracker:** As a Bounty Hunter, Nathan grew quite skilled at tracking down and apprehending his targets.

**Skilled Survivalist:** After being ousted as a rebel, Nathan was able to survive on the run for a number of years, including on the dangerous and mostly barren moon of Etrion.

### Weaponry/ Equipment

**Rifle:** Nathan Jackson tends to default to using a slightly customized GI-25 Long Rifle.

**Armour:** Nathan wears a set of durable gunmetal grey body armour, slightly scuffed and worn from use. However, the armour itself is able to deflect most low-calibre projectiles and even dampen the effect of explosive and concussive rounds.

## History

### Early life

Nathan Jackson was born on Earth in 2070 to a pair of struggling parents. Raised in poverty, Nathan learned early on how to survive the difficulties of living with next to nothing. He also grew to be rather attentive, watching over his ill-stricken parents and his small community, and learned how to handle himself in a fight.

It was also during this time that Nathan witnessed the horrors of humanity, mostly due to corrupt local warlords and crime kingpins. In order to survive, his mental state was hardened drastically, causing him to eschew deep emotion and mask his intentions behind layers of sarcasm.

### Time with Aurelia

By the time he was twenty-three, Nathan had garnered a reputation as a rabble rouser and turbulent individual, which caused him to draw the eye of Aurelia. At the faction's request, his parents sold him out for a large sum of money, and Nathan was forced into their ranks. Despite his initial and obvious reluctance, the faction's propaganda and heavy training began to take its toll on the man, and he eventually relented.

After his training was completed, Nathan travelled around the American continent, lighting fires and inspiring those the Imperium had downtrodden. In some Aureli supporting communities, he was even recognized as a folk hero, of sorts.

### The Shift

After roughly a year with Aurelia, the cosmic event known as the Shift occurred. Nathan, along with many other Aureli soldiers and supporters, was forced to leave the planet. Transported to Qoter on a lone cargo freighter, Nathan rejoined his Aurelian fellows and continued the fight against the encroaching GI.

However, the Imperium incorporated quickly within Qoter's political system, and it wasn't long before the rebels were hounded off of the planet. A handful of those fortunate enough to escape made it to Etrion; Nathan being one of them.

### Bounty Hunter

After his arrival on the barren moon, Nathan's worldview began to shift. Left stranded and without much available aid from the Aureli fleets, he began questioning the faction he'd been sworn into to, as well as the cause he was fighting for. Eventually, Nathan decided to be free of it all and started roaming the moon as a mercenary and, in time, as a bounty hunter.

His notoriety slowly began rising once more as he bought in more and more successful bounties.