Jackson

Deathlok's Death Squad

*" My name is Jackson, and we takin' over this here server!"*
— Jackson addressing the players in a Big Team Battle game on Boneyard in "Outlaws"
**Jackson** is a hacker and a tertiary antagonist in Season 1 of *Arby 'n' the Chief: Next Gen.* He is the leader of the online commando team known as the Outlaws, and a member of Deathlok's Death Squad later on.

## Character History

### Hostage Crisis

Sometime before the Hacker Removal Squad was put together, Jackson was trained by Lockdown under orders from Brainiac alongside Rock, Danny, and the rest of Deathlok's Death Squad, and becoming a sort of third-in-command for Lockdown and a second-in-command for Deathlok. He was also given control of his own team of three known as the Outlaws, made of himself, Danny, and Rock.

After the Online Multiplayer Network Administration didn't respond to Speedzone and Deathlok's attack on The Eighth Prestige and Level Killers, Brainiac would have Lockdown send Jackson and the Outlaws to lure in the Hacker Removal Squad with bait, having the Outlaws hold players hostage on Big Team Battle in *Halo: Reach*.

Jackson would play his role perfectly, playing off the hostage taker and negotiating with the Arbiter and Master Chief to release the hostages. At first, he thought they were trolls due to their text-to-speech voices, but upon convincing from Arbiter, he humored them. However, when Arbiter gave Jackson an ultimatum, he was ready to kill them there and then before Arbiter and Chief used a hack given to them by Jason Burns that allowed them to pull out whatever weapons they wanted. They would attack both Jackson and Rock, forcing Jackson to retreat and get chased by Chief.

Later, he managed to find a scorpion tank and attacked Duncan Douglas with it, forcing the Hacker Removal Squad to work as a unit to take down his scorpion. After getting distracted by Nicholas Martin and Brandon Edwards, and then getting his tank disabled by Chief, his tank would be destroyed by Duncan and Jason, resulting in his account being fragged.

### Working with Deathlok, Speedzone, and Lockdown

After the mock hostage crisis, Brainiac would reinstate Jackson and the Outlaws and send them on a mission with Speedzone, Deathlok, and Lockdown to attack a base owned by a clan known as the Brotherhood of Gaming. He would arrive with Lockdown and Rock, before he would be sent to acquire a modded campaign falcon that had been put into the game via hacks.

He would show up later in the falcon and attack the Hacker Removal Squad, avoiding many of Chief's rockets and holding his own pretty well against the entire team up until Lockdown ordered him to fall back and cover him. After Lockdown pushed the Hacker Removal Squad into the water cave, Jackson patrolled the sky waiting for his chance, and taking a moment to pick up Rock on the turret.

When the HRS retaliated, Jackson quickly moved in and attacked Arbiter and Autumn Washington, firing at them as Autumn kept defending both her and Arbiter with a drop shield. Jason would attempt to blow up Jackson's falcon, but not before being attacked by Danny. Duncan would move to attack Danny, and frag him, allowing Jason to fire a spartan laser at Jackson's falcon and frag both him, Rock, and Speedzone by accident (due to the falcon landing on him).

### Permanent Fragging

However, Jackson and the Outlaws managed to get reinstated one last time, this time being sent with Deathlok and his Death Squad to take out Jay Harrington on a new OMN surveillance hub. This time, Jackson would get a falcon with a scorpion turret on it, and use it to assault the HRS after they began ambushing the Death Squad. At one point, Chief would distract Jackson, giving Autumn an opening to EMP his falcon with a plasma pistol she took from one of the fallen Death Squad members.

Seeing as they were putting up a big fight, and since they were losing their men quickly, Jackson opted to take the coward's way out and suggested to Deathlok that they retreat before getting fragged by Deathlok for wanting to retreat, this time fragging him permanently.

## Personality

Jackson seems to be a stereotypical southern cowboy-styled character, as he often speaks in southern lingo (such as saying y'all when addressing people) and tends to get rowdy when given flak. However, it can be inferred this is all an act he is putting on to make himself look more intimidating and authoritative.

While Danny is the sniper and Rock is more the muscle, Jackson tends to be more of the brains of the Outlaws, and tends to like using vehicles more than his weapons. He is shown to be a very capable pilot and driver, often avoiding projectiles shot at him, especially in a falcon.

## Trivia

* In "Outlaws", Jason implies that Jackson puts on a southern accent to try and intimidate people. This is ironic because both John Carter and Kunami13 both put on a southern accent for Jackson.
* Jackson and Speedzone share the same voice actors both before and after being recasted.
* In the original scripts for Next Gen, Jackson's name was Montana, and he was the leader of the Enforcers, which is a Marvel Comics team. However, this was changed due to Andrew wanting them to stand apart from the Enforcers.
* Jackson is always the second member of the Outlaws to be killed. In "Outlaws", he is blown up in his tank after Danny and before Rock. In "Locked Down", he is blown up by Jason after Danny is fragged by Duncan, and Rock is killed by being in the falcon.. However, the laser was primarily aimed at Jackson, making him the first to get killed. In "Death Squad", Jackson is blown up by Deathlok after Danny is shot in the head by Brandon and Rock is fragged by an army of Nicholas's holograms.
* Jackson's vehicle in "Death Squad" is a mashup of the two vehicles he used in "Outlaws" and "Locked Down": the falcon and the scorpion.
* Arbiter often addresses Jackson as a reference to a movie, namely Brokeback Mountain and Sheriff Woody (from Toy Story). This is only when he speaks to him personally though.

## Appearances

### *Arby 'n' the Chief: Next Gen Season 1*

* Squad Goals (Indirectly mentioned with the Outlaws)
* Outlaws (First Appearance)
* Locked Down
* Flash Fact (Indirectly Mentioned with Death Squad)
* Death Squad
* Panic in the Sky (Indirectly mentioned with Deathlok's Death Squad)
* Twilight (Indirectly mentioned with the Outlaws)