Jack Dawson Ryerson

* **Sex**: Male
* **Height:** 1.78m
* **Weight:** 80kg
* **Eyes:** Sky Blue
* **Hair:** light to medium brown
* **D.O.B.** : 9806.04
* **Birthplace:** San Fransisco General Hospital, San Fransisco, Earth

## Family

* **Mother:** Janice Ryerson - Starfleet Medical (Deceased)
* **Father:** William (Bill) Ryerson - Starfleet Tactical (Deceased)
* **Sibling:** Richard Clyde Skyler 21.5 years older
* **Other Family members:**
	+ Christine Skyler – Niece 3 years younger
	+ Katelynn Skyler- Niece 4 years younger

* **Spouse:** Grace Kelly (nee Scott) Ryerson
* **Children:** Christopher Samuel Ryerson

## **Personality**

* Jack's curiosity and sense of adventure set in motion several encounters with the science department aboard the U.S.S. Comanche, most notably with Chief Science Officer Kayta Prin, who would often interact with him in his many trips to the ship’s stellar cartography lab. It was here where his love and fascination with the stars were developed and cemented into the core of his interests.
* His interest in the sciences grew even more throughout his elementary and high school years where he got top marks in the science geography-related course material, granting him admission into the School of Stellar Sciences at Starfleet Academy.
* Jack’s current interests include camping and spending time outdoors, rock climbing, and of course stargazing. He is married to his childhood sweetheart, Grace.

## Personal History

* Jack was born shortly before his mother was assigned to Flemming Outpost on a super-secret research mission. Jack's mother died when he was 6 1/2 months old and he has lived with his half-brother Richard since that time until his acceptance to Starfleet Academy.  Before this, he lived with his maternal grandparents, Joe and Annette Lucas. They eventually contacted Richard because they were too old to care for him on a full-time basis. He has no recollection of his mother or father.
* Jack lived aboard the U.S.S. Comanche, U.S.S. Huron, and Starbase 71 where he would often get into antics or go on adventures with Winchester, his best friend, and beloved chocolate Labrador Retriever. An unintended side effect of these little misadventures led to the wedded union of his older brother Richard to his wife Lynn.
* When Jack was three and a half, his father Bill showed up on Starbase 71, demanding the return of his son.  A court battle ensued, but the court dictated that Richard’s custody was only until his biological father could care for him properly. Jack doesn’t remember much of the instance except being taken away from the only parents he ever knew, and handed to the man who he had never met.  The ship on which Bill and Jack were traveling on to return to earth suffered an accident.  Jack and an older lady were jettisoned out of the ship in an escape pod by Bill before the ship exploded.  They were the only survivors. The pod was found by Richard and Allan Scott. Though injured in the process, Richard and Alan brought Jack home to his family.
* Jack was formally adopted by his older brother and his wife Lilly Lynn Skyler on 10501.03.  They chose not to change his last name so that he could keep a piece of the father he never knew.
* Jack and his family lived on Starbase 71 until he was 7, when Lynn was transferred to Star Fleet Medical on Earth as their head of pediatric medicine. The family formally moved into Lynn’s ancestral home Ravenswood.
* Jack loved to hang out with his nieces and treated them as his sisters.
* Given how close the Scott and Skyler adults were, it was not unusual for Jack to be at Scott’s home, or their children at Ravenswood.  Growing up he was always close to Scott’s oldest child Grace.
* When he was 14 he noticed other boys paying attention to her. He wasn’t sure why, but the thought of Grace hanging out with these others seemed to cause a dragon to well up in his chest.
* He graduated from Upper-Level School when he was 18 years old and was accepted into the School of Stellar Sciences at Starfleet Academy.  He majored in Stellar cartography and astrometric with studies in piloting.
* At the graduation ball, he asked Grace to be his +1 as he hadn’t found anyone who wanted to go with him.  The truth was that he couldn’t see himself dancing with anyone else. He and Grace decided that they wanted to try the relationship thing but they knew they had to keep it a secret from their families.  They didn’t know how they would react if they found out they were together.  To be honest, not a lot changed with them, when he was gone on duty assignments, the two still kept in touch. When they were together with their families, they tried to keep things cool, but it was obvious to both their families.  They stole ‘secret’ kisses and holding of hands. To make their hanging out together legitimate they always included the other children.
* They decided to out their relationship to their families over Christmas Grace’s senior year of the Academy. They had nearly been caught making out in the Ravenswood barn loft and decided it was best to just get it out in the open.
* To their surprise, both families were happy for them.  The two of them were happy, and they wished them well.  It was as if a huge weight had been lifted off their shoulders. From then on, they allowed themselves to show affection to each other around their families, they just made sure they didn’t overdo it.
* On 12102, the couple took a romantic trip to a small Canadian lakefront cottage.  Jack was to ship out on a 16-week mission, and the couple wanted to spend their last few days before he left together.  It was on that trip, as Grace lay next to him sleeping, he made up his mind he would ask her to marry him when he returned from the assignment.
* He got lucky and the ship returned to earth 2 weeks earlier than expected.  Jack was able to be there for Grace’s graduation from the Academy. It was wonderful to be back with his family, and especially back with Grace.
* After a couple of days of family time, the couple decided to visit the Skyler family cottage in Scotland. They couldn’t imagine how much that trip would change their lives.  Jack had planned a nice bicycle ride across the moors. It would take them to this beautiful overlook where they would have a picnic brunch.  While there he would propose to Grace.  Things didn’t go as planned.
* As they road along the crest of a hill on their way to the overlook, some rocks gave way causing Grace’s bike to fall out from under her. She took a nasty fall down the hill.  Thankfully she didn’t have any lasting injuries.  She did break her wrist, sprain her ankle, and have a bunch of bumps and bruises.  Jack called for help from the local village and had Grace transported to the medical center.  It was there that they got the surprise of their lives.  Because of the long fall, the doctor wanted to do some deep scans on her; however, per protocol, they ran blood work on her to make sure nothing else was wrong.  When the nurse returned and said they were unable to do the deep scans due to Grace being pregnant, they thought the nurse was joking with them. She wasn’t.  The couple was informed that not only was she pregnant, but she was also 14 weeks pregnant! The couple was floored. With his head spinning, Jack did the one thing he knew he must do. In the middle of the exam room, he got down on one knee and proposed to Grace.  After calling him an idiot, Grace said yes.
* Fearing what their family would say and do, the couple worked with the villagers where the Skyler cottage was located, to have a small wedding. Jack called in favors and was able to get his niece Christine to them to be Grace’s maid of honor.  The local judge performed the ceremony, with the mayor and his wife as additional witnesses.  Scared out of their wits, the couple returned home to their families, hoping they could keep their secrets to themselves.
* The secret only lasted 4 days before both families knew about the wedding and the baby. While disappointed, both families were there to support them.
* As a wedding gift, the Skylers gave the couple the cottage on the other side of the Ravenswood property, and with some help from his brother’s friends.  By the end of the weekend, the couple had a new home, abet still in need of some work.
* The couple spent a week in their new home before Jack shipped off to Galerstien Station.  He knew that Grace would be arriving in two weeks, and set about making the small quarters on the station he and Grace’s home for the next couple years.
* Jack was promoted to full Lt. on  12108 xx
* Jack and Grace’s first child was born 1211101
* In late 12111, Jack and Grace were given 30 day leave to return to earth and have the rest of their families meet the new baby.  It was at that time, that the couple decided to renew their vows in front of their families. It was done at an old manor house in Scotland.