Jackson Brendon

Jackson Brendon, full name Jackson Augustus Brendon, formally known as Captain Brendon, or by his Ctizian name, Shelet Salaki, is an adult human male who works as a captain for the United Alliance under the Science Research and Health Corps (S.H.R.C). He is in command of the I.E.S Entrepreneur, a dated, yet worthy vessel.

## Description

### Physical

Jackson is your average Caucasian make with brown eyes and hair. He is five foot seven and weighs 132 pounds. He is a relatively lean man, with visible abdomen muscles. He is fairly slender, which tends to give him a taller appearance in photos.

He is commonly seen in uniform most of the time. Usually the Class C “Service Dress.” He is usually seen wearing a white collared shirt, white pants, a black belt with a brass buckle and black patent leather shoes.

On his uniform he wears a black tie, with series of ribbons and medals along with his name plate. He has four crimson sleeve stripes on his uniform, indicating his rank as a captain. He also wears two black shoulder boards with four golden bars on each and a star with the delta.

On his collar, he wears two golden collar gorgets, with a thick dark gold stripe in the center along with the alliance delta in a lighter gold. He also wears four gold pips. He is commonly seen wearing his peaked service cap, which feature two gold bars and one set of “scrambled eggs.”

During the night, he has commonly been seen wearing a dark blue bathrobe with a black shirt and pants underneath.

### Personality

He is a natural born leader, leading with bravery. A type of bravery not seen in any other commander. He holds a belief that true leaders lead from the front, not the back. His executive position leaves him tied up in the office or bridge, but when he has the chance, he is willing to go fight.

Despite being an officer, he is willing to get his hands dirty, believing in the value of hard labor. He advocates for worker rights, and supports unions. He still believes in capitalism, though he would be more of a Welfare-Eco-Capitalist. Having a loving sense for nature, and has various -lands and an aquarium in his personal office.

He is serious, and does get things done. While he is so, he is compassionate. He feels pity for others, though he hides it well. He often will help others, especially because of events that happened to him during his youth.

He is traumatized, mainly by aforementioned events in his youth. Reminding him of these doesn’t put him in the best mood. He’s not the type to break out, but he does go on “brakes.” He tends to get very tense when he is reminded, and shows a stern look.

## Life

### Job

He works as a captain for the U.A’s Science Research & Health Corps. He is in command of the I.E.S Entrepreneur, a dated, yet fairly worthy vessel. It is his job to lead the vessel’s crew on their missions. He is responsible for everybody’s safety, and the decisions he makes could decide between life and death. He is commonly seen in the bridge, giving out orders and commands from there, but whenever the vessel itself gets boarded, he often helps defend it, alongside his troops.

### Residence

Being the commander of the vessel, he lives on board, along with the rest of the crew. He lives in a semi-spacious apartment that contains one bed room, a living room, two bathrooms, a kitchen, laundry room and an additional room for any purpose. It’s one of the plenty of rooms on the ship to resemble a traditional building on earth, having more traditional furnishings and a more traditional build.

### Friends

* Magnesium - He interacts with Magnesium every now and then.
* Pristina Alienca - He likes her. He thinks she has some pretty god qualities, and is glad that he gave her the opportunity to join the Entrepreneur’s crew. He likes to spend time with her, just talking or eating. He likes her defying nature. He also likes her caring side just as much and he thinks she is a good complement to the crew.
* Alia Siriasei - She scares him. A little. But he is fond of her, and even though she unnerves him as little, he finds her pleasant to be around. He doesn’t interact with her that much outside of work, but he does stop by her place here and there.
* Richard Xivi - He enjoys him. He likes Zed’s jokes, and tends to laugh at them, although not as much as Mag.

## Backstory

### Early On

Jackson Augustus Brendon was born to star zeppelin captain, Edward Hiddenland Brendon and his wife, Marietta Brendon on June 15th, 2728, aboard the space zeppelin, the I.E.S Titan II, a vessel with a capacity for 3,300 crew and civilians.

His childhood was a calm one. He was personally tutored by his mother and father. His mother thought him how to read, write and basically the academics. His father thought him morals and values.

He spent most of his early years on the Titan II, making him a “stellar child,” a child who is born and lives most of their early life on a space vessel or station. As a result, he knew only “silver walls and steel floors,” though he did have personalized room decided to look like a room that was located on a building on earth.

He enjoyed a quiet calm life, having a variety interest, namely painting and exploration. He became quite good at painting, and still is. He began to help out his father with some minor task when he was old enough. By the time he was 14, he began to not command, but help (informally) lead others.

### Change

This would change though. In 2731, the Titan II was tasked with exploring a a newly discovered planet (known as Corina in present day). The planet had appeared to contain elements that had the perfect properties for a new project the alliance was working on, The Titan Il’s mission was to colonize the planet and establish an outpost.

They appeared to be no hostilities or any hostile entities within the region of this planet. As a result, the Titan II went alone. This mission occurred during a time when the alliance was going under a mass reorganization/restructuring effort.

The Titan II was in space, just outside several miles away from the planet. The vessel was attacked by mysterious enemies that didn’t appear in any of the alliance’s initial scans. It was theorized that they use some form of cloaking device to help them hide.

The crew on board scrambled and the captain ordered a distress call to be sent out. He knew they would be obliterated before any help would arrive, so he left a final message. He was going order an attempt to sonic jump into space, but before he could he even begin to speak, the vessel’s thrusters were hit and destroyed, resulting in the vessel going into a self destruct (a safety measure against capture).

By then, the ship had been invaded, and fighting was going on between the vessel’s crew and civilians and the invaders. It was that moment saw his father and mother die in front of him. It was that day he would swear revenge. That day. He ran to an escape pod. Just before the vessel exploded, he launched. It would be years before he came into contact with humans.

### A New Life

Several hours later, he would land on the red planet the alliance sought to colonize. The planet itself contained warm humid temperatures and colorful diverse wildlife. He was surprised to find the environment was friendly, being a hospitable temperature, temperate weather and breathable air. It had weather patterns similar to those on Earth (which he had rarely been on then).

His time here was rough early on. He spent days walking, trekking along the planet’s dense red ground. He had trouble finding food and he could rarely rest, with the tragedy still fresh in his head. The local insects were getting to him, who found him an easy target. Shelter was also a problem, with him getting constantly stuck in the rain. Eventually, he couldn’t take it anymore.

He had gone so much timeout food, and sleep, alone and isolated he was ready to give up… He eventually collapsed. Just before he fainted though, he thought he saw several humanoid beings tower in front of him…

He would wake up in an underground cave. It was filled with furnishings. They looked familiar but more primitive, with weird designs and patterns. He was in a hammock of sorts. He wondered if it was a dream. Eventually, as he woke up, a word humanoid creature came in.

It appeared to be some humanoid creature, with a short muzzle, mouth pincers, two big bug like eyes, three smaller eyes on its forehead, antennae, two pairs of transparent dragonfly like wings, four arms and a black exoskeleton. It had a fairly slender body. It appeared to be like a mixture of several different bugs in a human configuration.

The creature terrified him. He screamed out of fright, and fell onto the floor. He tried to scoot away. And who wouldn’t try to get away. At first glance, these creatures looked like they could devour you in a matter of seconds.

But the creature made a type of hissing humming hybrid sounds, that strangely enough, had an effect. It calmed him down, which he found surprising. The creature then came over, and began patting him on the head, in an attempt to calm him down. This was the first time he would have contact with his (eventual) step family.

The first weeks were odd and rough. Locals were distrustful of him, they spoke a different language, he had to get used to this new environment, he also had to adapt to a technology less advanced civilization. But he came through. He learned the language. It was rough, but he began to be able to speak.

He learned that these creatures were name the Ctizi, or Ctiziana. He began to assimilate into their society, practicing their traditions and even their religion (which he still does to this day, albeit with adjustments). He learned the language somewhat quickly, being able to speak fluently in four months.

Eventually, he was accepted by his new family, and eventually, the villagers. He began attending school, something he had never done (as he was privately tutored). He found it fun, and although an outcast and misfit at first (obviously), he eventually found a spot to place himself in.

He fell in love with the village and the kingdom. He liked the villagers and his familiar, especially his two of his younger step siblings, a brother and sister (who were twins). They went out of their way to ensure his comfort and satisfaction at all times.

His family was intrigued by the tales he had to tell. He would tell them of his adventures through the stars, leaving whitenesses wondering. His family and the village loved the stories he brought with him, talking about meeting new races, discovering new civilizations and witnessing new cultures.

He would miss his life in the stars, and began longing for human contact, but his family reassured him that one day, his desires would be fulfilled.

### Recontact

Eventually, this would be proven true. When the Titan II was destroyed, unknown to Jackson, the ships communications officers managed to send a last minute distress call, along with a live video feed, part of which included Jackson running into the escape pod. The Alliance found out, and decided to send a fleet of Research and Warships to find the sole survivor of the incident.

Well eventually the fleet arrived, although it wasn’t noticeable. It was decided to stay out of visual range of the planet. It wasn’t known whether there was sentient life. It wasn’t known where these beings would be hostile or friendly. It wasn’t known wether the soon would be captain was alive.

Well, a research probe was sent into a remote area of the planet. After a couple of days of searching, they found Jackson’s village. The alliance would approach. The news of more aliens spread like wildfire. Eventually, Jackson’s village decided to send him to make contact.

The first contact was a miss or hit. Nothing too special, just initial greetings. But as soon has he heard they were from the U.A, he decided that he needed “some time.” You see, he had thus great grudge against the alliance. He blamed them for the killing of his family, his friends and the destruction of his home. He blamed them for loosing everything he lost.

For days, he refused to talk to negotiators, only sending couriers to tell the, “to wait.” His family knew they couldn’t keep this up forever. So they eventually came to him, telling him to drop his grudge. Maybe not completely drop it, but quell it just a little. This is the first time he would come into contact with his race again in years, and after some convincing by his family, he decided to talk to the negotiator, on behalf of not just himself, but his adoptive people.

The negations were nothing special. It would be a series of talks between the alliance and the natives. Being the only translator available (for some reason, universal translators weren’t used. I guess they didn’t have any on hand or maybe they were broken or something), he acted would represent his adoptive people, as well as humanities.

The first series of meetings were tense to say the least the queens and natives being skeptical, but they would eventually open up.

### A Decision

After some time of negotiations, Jackson had begun to realize how much he had missed exploring space, and came to the decision that he wanted to leave and rediscover his place in the stars. He eventually told his family after deciding to wait for a bit. It was an emotional time for both the, and him. They had took him in at a time where he was suffering, nearly deciding to give up on life, even nearly committing suicide.

They had been open to him, some of the very first natives to openly trust him. They provided emotional, and “physical” support at a time when he needed the most. He could never ever in his life find a way to repay them. They were all sad. He didn’t want to leave, but the stars called him, and he had to… go.

Well the alliance hadn’t left, yet. They were still waiting for further developments. Well, he told him of his decision to join them, despite the bitterness he still felt towards alliance officials (mainly the higher ups). But he had requested something of them.…

The alliance had found out about his grudge, and decided to compensate him. It couldn’t be anything too crazy, just a “small” favor. Well, he had requested that he have undisrupted communication with his adoptive family.

With the natives’ consent, they would establish a diplomatic and trade outpost, which would result a series of cultural and (one sided) technological exchange. Soon the Ctizians had access to advanced communications technology, allowing for video calls between Jackson and his adoptive family.

Eventually when the time came, he would depart, but not without saying goodbye and giving out his best regards to his caretakers.

### Back In the Outer Reaches

After leaving, he had to decide what he would now do. He couldn’t just do nothing. So, he decided to join the Star Fighter Corps. He applied and was accepted. He eventually went to boot camp, where he got past basic training and advanced individualized training. After finishing, he later went to flight school, where he would be learning to fly a star fighter.

It went disastrous. After learning how to handle his craft, he decided to try out some new tricks he found on the net, but this resulted in him crashing and gettin gingered badly, and practically destroying his craft, resulting in having to replace five major bones and needing three organ transplants.

His family was informed. They were given the resources to visit him, which they did.

In the hospital, his adoptive mother proceeded to give him a scolding before embracing him, with the rest of his family also doing so. This was a big emotional moment for all of them. This all happened while the doctors were waiting outside. Jackson felt something. A feeling he did not feel ever since landing on the planet. He didn’t think that his “family” would actually have felt worried for him, but they did, for he was one of them.

Three weeks passed after this incident. He wanted to try again, but because of what happened, he was deemed “unfit.” When he went to the recruiter, the recruiter told him to apply for officer school, for the navy specifically. Naval officers didn’t require as much of the harsh “field training,” that the other branches expected their officers to have, because mos too their time was spent on their vessels.

So he eventually applied for the officers’ academy, in which he was accepted. He was sent to Halifax a city on Mars to take classes. His time at the academy was uneventful, although he did gain new interest in astronomy, physics and history. It was here he would meet Magnesium, not as the robotic dragon he is now, but as a Salis.

### First missions

He graduated from officer school on May 7th, 2730. After that, he was officially commissioned as a Junior Ensign, not for the Navy, but for the Science Research and Health Corps, who were more lax in regards to physical requirements, as they didn’t see combat as much.

Hus first task was on the Steelport space station, located on the Earth Defense Line. Although located on the defense line, this was actually a civilian spaceport for oncoming and outgoing civilian spacecraft.