Jacques Maret

Jacques Maret in 2531.

Jacques Maret was a human Marine, security sergeant and salesman who was heavily involved in the Dauntless Incident, and was "posthumously" awarded the Medal of Valor for his actions during that same crisis, despite his body never being recovered.

Maret was the ranking officer in the aft section of the EFS Dauntless during the boarding action, and initially led the crew on directives to re-establish control against the enemy, but eventually passed the torch to Tigran Sarkis in favor of securing the overwhelming amount of refugees that flooded into the security hub during the latter half of the mission.

When a mission to retrieve supplies went awry, Maret led a relief crew to save Task Force Dauntless. He successfully commandeered a XT-4 "Volcanic" Dropship and, after using it to kill a Gola Exosuit aboard the ship, failed to pilot the craft and crash-landed on the surface of Oasis. He is officially listed as KIA as a result of this, but no corpse was ever produced, leading many to question the exact nature of his death, or if he is even dead at all.

### Marine Service

Maret was an enlisted man in the Marines for several years, eventually serving in the Triton War. In 2515 he led a squad of marines on a suicide mission onto a separatist battleship, successfully blowing the ship's reactor and getting his entire squad out in one piece. For this he earned a promotion to Sergeant Major and was given several medals. He was critically injured in a blue-on-blue incident during the Battle of Relsin when attempting to stop the Relsin Purge, and, after bringing the issue to his superiors, was forced into an honorable discharge by direct order of the council of the Systems Union.

### Civilian Life

Maret loathed being forced into retirement. He spent years as a proprietor of a bakery in his home town of Caen, attempting to dig up information on the Relsin Purge. He was unsuccessful, and even received Cease and Desist orders from the council, to the point that he was privately informed that if he continued, he would be imprisoned. Seeking any way to get as far from the Systems Union's eyes as possible, he signed on with the crew of the Dauntless and became a security guard.

**Later Life**

Though it was not known to much of his former friends and colleagues, Maret survived his crash-landing. He was found shortly after his crash in a near-death state by Silas Hawkins. Not knowing Hawkins initiated the Relsin Purge, Maret dedicated his life to assisting Hawkins, culminating with his involvement with Humanity in Power. However, just a few days before the Glassing of Babylon, Maret discovered the truth about Hawkins, and detained him not long before Task Force Dauntless raided the HIP facility on Petra, taking command of HIP himself. He ordered Humanity in Power to surrender and then surrendered himself. However, he was quickly set free and assisted Task Force Dauntless during Operation Trojan.

Having grown tired of war, he did not re-enlist nor did he participate in the Tasaar War. Instead, somewhat uncharacteristically, Maret turned to a life of farming, cultivating land near Redville. He became a well-known farmer and settled down with a loving family, remaining friends with his old comrades until he eventually died due to a heart attack in 2568.

Despite his awards and accolades being posthumous, they were not taken away from him. Instead, he was given an official award ceremony shortly after the end of Masterly's War.