Name: Thomas Marion Jett

Species: Human

Gender: Male

Age: 35

Height:6’1

Weight: 170 Pounds


Build/Body Type: Athletic Build, Muscular

Complexion: Slight Tanned.

Hair Color: Brown,

Hair Style: Sort, Crop Cut, short spikes

Eye Color: Blue

Voice (optional):

Off-Duty Clothing Preferences: Black Shirt, Leather Pants (Black) and Leather Vest (Red) with an Option Leather Jacked (Black)

Distinguishing Features: None

Face Claim: Ben Browder







Personal History



Early Life/Pre-Starfleet Career:



Thomas was born on December 17, 2345 on the passenger freighter Liberty. His parents were a part of a group of individuals that transported people to distant reaches of Federation space. From a young age, he was exposed to different cultures and far reaches in the galaxy. Tom childhood was similar to most space boomers with the added experience that strangers constantly shared his “home”. As a child, he struggled with his academics but showed an ability to fly.



His experiences on the Liberty, allowed him to meet several Starfleet Officers. As a child, he did not keep their names or who they were but some of them told him adventures and one of them even gave him “Flight” tips. His parents would ground him as he tried to ask the Starfleet Officer to take him away. His Academics were not his strong suit, he would be curious and try to learn as a child.



As a teenager, his responsibilities on the Liberty grew and he tried to accommodate the passengers. When he was 15, the Liberty was by pirates and Thomas help defend the ship. The crew was eventually able to protect most of the passengers and crew. However, a couple of civilians and one crucial person was captured, his mother, Mary Jett. Once the battle was over, Starfleet showed up and offered their assistance. His father accepted the help of Starfleet. He also forbade Jett to go after his mom. Tom as an impulsive teenager believed that he had to save his mom.



It took him more than a year, but he eventually found out the location of her mom. Disobeying his dad, he tried to rescue his mom. With what little money he had and with his weapons, the Teenager tried to save his mom. But he uncovered he was too late. The slavers did unspeakable things towards his mom. Disappointed by his father's cowardly act, Tom decided he wanted to do make his life different than his father.



He disobeyed his Father again as he prepared to enter Starfleet Academy. His father insisted that he remained with the Liberty and take over as Captain. He prepared his mind and body non-stop. In 2363 at the age of 18, Tom applied to Starfleet Academy. To his great disappointment, his initial application was denied as he was not up to par in terms of academics.



As he studied for Starfleet Academy Entrance Exam, he met a young aspiring archaeologist named Anna Shepard that wanted to be a Starfleet officer. She was an avid historian and loved 20th and 21st Century Earth Culture. With her help and tutoring, he was able to get his academic high enough to enter Starfleet Academy.






Academy/Technical Academy (if Starfleet):



In 2364, Thomas Jett entered Starfleet Academy as a Cadet. His primary field of study was Flight. His roommate on his quarters is Cyrus Clark and he dated the person that tutored him an aspiring archaeologist, Anna Shepard. The three of them were close friends in the Academy, as Anna was always the studious one. Clark was always the rule follower and Tom that claimed if it weren’t for him they would not have had any fun.



His grades and skills improved dramatically in his Sophomore year as he did well in practical flying lessons. He also did a lot of Secondary Studies in the area of tactical and strategy. His Science, Medical were below average. He was able to obtain his certification as a Level 5 pilot by this year.  Making him a highly skill flyer. 



On his Junior Year, he organized the cadets in an elaborate plot to steal the opposing team mascot. By using Advance Scanners and Red Squad’s ship and access to secured databases they managed to sneak to their Rival secured compound and captured the living mascot of their rival. They released the mascot during their rivalry event, which sparked a major diplomatic incident. They asked who planned the capture of the mascot and Jett mentioned that it was him. Under diplomatic pressure, he was Court Martial and disciplined by the Admirals of Starfleet Command. The tension was put to rest when several Admiral and Captains saw the elaborate prank as not undisciplined but harmless fun. The Admirals impressed by showing Leadership he was permitted to join Command School on his Senior Year.



On his Senior Year, he was in Command School when his best friend Clark expressed some jealousy that he got to go to Command School, meanwhile, he was not permitted. At Command School, Tom showed a talent for Command and was able to make sure that none of his cadets were below average in their proficiency scores.

He took the Kobayashi Maru test, in which Jett ordered his ship to enter the neutral zone. Instead of trying to get the individuals out of the Maru, he opted to sent most of his crew on the Escape Pods to drop the crew numbers to more manageable numbers. As he had a bare minimum skeleton crew of mostly engineers and medical. He warped into the System in which the Romulans were attacking the Maru. He then drops the warp drive of his ship and rigged to be a big bomb and blind the enemy sensors. He then evacuated the rest of the crew and remained on the ship to buy time for the Maru to escape. With no Warp Drive, he remained on the ship to fight until the last possible second and covered the Maru’s retreat. He was killed by the Romulans. Tom explained that he did beat the scenario as he completed all the objectives, saved his crew and rescued the Maru.


Tom graduated from Starfleet Academy in 2368.


Previous Assignments (if applicable):



After graduating at Starfleet Academy in 2368, Thomas Marion Jett was commissioned to the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade was as assigned as Chief Helm Officer of the U.S.S. Agincourt. The Agincourt was an Excelsior-class vessel under the Command of Captain Orin sh'Rathi, an Andorian Female, that had a quick temper. In 2370, there was an incident in which several Vulcan diplomats where Captured as they attempted to act as a mediator in a dispute between two spacefaring civilizations. Lt. Jett came with a bold plan on attempting a rescue mission in the middle of a hurricane where the enemy least expects it. With great personal risk, he piloted the shuttle in horrible weather landed it and attacked to compound and helped free the diplomats with no casualties. He was promoted to the rank of Full Lieutenant and award the Starfleet Command Medal of Conspicuous Gallantry.



In 2370, during the Maquis movement, several posts were opened and Tom was transferred to a Galaxy Class Vessel. He was sent to the U.S.S. Victory, which he served as Chief Flight Officer. The Ship was under the Command of Vulcan female Captain T’Sai. She was a very logical Captain and attempted to control his impulses in leaping into Danger. The pair had a good working relationship as he grew to admire her over time. Things were stable on the ship until the Klingon-Federation War of 2372, began. The Victory was sent to deal with Klingons as hostility between near the border. Tom was quick to notice that Starfleet Defenses were inadequate. The First Officer at the time, Commander Richard Ryence was confident that they had enough defenses for the Klingons. When the battle began, the Victory observed that they were outmatched and warped out to get reinforcements. Commander Ryence and Thomas Jett were left to command the ground defenses. Commander Ryence was killed in action and Tom, took command of the Defenses. Using bottleneck, a pincer strategy he used the Klingons aggressiveness against them. For two days his ground forces help the Klingons until when they appeared that they would defeat them and the civilian population would die. The Victory came in with reinforcement and turned the tide of the battle. After the battle, he was promoted to the rank of Lt. Commander and awarded the Medal of Valor and Purple Heart for his injuries.



On 2373, due to the heavy damage in the Klingon Front lines, the Victory was sent back for repairs and refit to Sector 001. For most of the year, the Victory was being worked over and Tom was promoted to Second Officer. The repairs needed to be done quickly as the Second Borg Invasion came and the Victory was needed to help protect Earth. The battle began badly for the Victory as it was heavily damaged again fighting the Borg. Jett’s action in the battle was gallant and earned him the Legion of Honor and Distinguished Service Medals



It was not until 2374, that the Victory was able to join the War Effort again, with the First Battle of Chin’toka. The battle was a resounding victory to the Allies. The Victory served as part of the plan that tried to destroy the orbital weapons and took hits when they went online. As a pilot, Jett was able to get the Victory onto its target with minimal hits even as the Dominion Forces tried to Ram the ship. He was awarded the Star Cross for exceptional flying. The iVictory tried to help keep the momentum of the war until the Second Battle of Chin’toka.



In 2375, the Second Battle of Chin’toka took place and the crew of the Victory was confident that it would result in a victory. Captain T’Sai was casually optimistic and Jett believed that the Victory was indestructible. After so much conflict and experience and a crew full of veteran seasoned officers, as Second Officer Jett felt that it was only a matter of time until the Dominion retreated. Until the unexpected happened, the Breen energy weapon hit the Victory and completely disabled it. Most of the crew died as a result of the energy weapon and the ship was lost. To great personal danger, Tom was able to rescue Captain T’Sai as she was rendered unconscious during the battle. Even in defeat, Jett was commended as he tried to evacuate as many of the crew as possible. As he was awarded the Silver Palm.

With the destruction of the Victory and approximately 300 vessels. Starfleet was scrambling to find seasoned Officers in the war effort. Captain T’Sai was given command of another starship. As her previous First Officer perished in the Second Battle of Chin’toka. She requested Thomas Jett, to be her new First Officer. He was promoted to the rank of Commander.



The Federation Fleet scramble to reassemble itself and promotions were underway. Both Captain T’Sai and Thomas Jett were assigned to the U.S.S. Saber and Akira Class Vessell. It was under the guidance of Admiral Ellis. As the ship was manned the Saber went into battle once again in the brutal Battle of Cardassia. In the middle of Battle, Captain T’Sai was severely injured and Thomas took Command of the Saber. Thomas Jett was ordered to stay and keep the formation by Admiral Ellis to ensure the protection on all the ships as it was vital for the Federation Fleet to make sure the main force was not outflanks. As the battle emerged Thomas observed that the enemy center line was weak in their assault and the enemy was trying to use a Pincer Maneuver as he did to the Klingons in 2372.


Jett requested authorization to break formation was denied. He then informed the crew that he would break orders and would accept responsibility and that he was defying Admiral Ellis' orders. Tom ordered the Saber to break formation and warp 3 times in short distance to get behind enemy’s lines.  Alone and with no backup he observed that the enemy was getting ready, to set up their trap.  Meaning a wing of the fleet would have been surrounded by Klingons.   He ordered the Saber to charge into the enemy and to dump their warp core and trigger it as an antimatter- matter bomb, to distract the enemy.  The fleet took advange of the disarray and was able to defeat that Wing of the enemy fleet. He carried out his plan and was able to escape with most of the crew via shuttle and escapes pods. Due to his heroism, he was awarded the Starfleet Medal of Honor and promoted to Captain, however, the Saber was lost.



In 2376, after the peace with the Dominion War things calmed down. He resumed exploration in Command of the Excelsior Class Starship Agincourt., which was under the guidance of Admiral Ellis.  The smart money was that he would one day become Admiral.  Admiral Ellis on the other hand gave him the important assignment of training Starfleet Cadets near earth.   He also worked on patrols. He made his wife, Lt. Commander Anna Jett his Chief Science Officer.  He was kept out of most of the action and important missions during this time span.



In 2377, Lt. Commander Anna Jett was offered a posting to a new exploratory ship on a 2-year frontier mission named U.S.S. Icarus. She accepted the posting as they requested an archaeologist.



In 2378, the Icarus is missing and all files regarding their disappearance are classified. Tom requested access to those files and was denied. He extended and asked for his long time friend Cyrus Clark, a Commander in Starfleet Intelligence to help him find out about his missing Wife. With some dummy access codes, he was able to find some information about the Icarus and it was related to another Starfleet Project which was classified over Intelligence Codes.



On 2379, he was arrested and tried for selling the vital intelligence of Starfleet to foreign governments. Which led to the death of several undercover Starfleet Personnel. He was tried by Admiral Ellis and all the evidence including the access codes he had pointed that he did sell those codes in exchange for money and influence to foreign governments.


As he was sentenced to imprisonment, the President of the United Federation of Planets took pity of him. He was pardoned by the President as a gesture of goodwill but he was told he could never return to Starfleet. He left for the frontier of space.


Birthdate: December 17, 2345

Birthplace: S.S. Liberty (Civilian Freighter)

Marital Status & spouse name(s): Lt. Commander Anna Jett (MIA, U.S.S. Icarus - 2378)

Siblings Names and Ages:

Parents' Names: Jonathan Jett, Mary Ann Jett

Parents' Status: Jonathan Jett (Alive Captain of the S.S. Liberty) Mary Ann Jett (Deceased - 2361)

Other Important Relatives: - N/A

Pets: N/A

Best Friend: Cyrus Clark (Starfleet Academy Roommate), Admiral T’Sai (Former Captain), Gorion (Information Broker)







Personality



Department Preference: Flight

Commissioned, Enlisted or Civilian: Civilian

Reason for joining Starfleet or moving to a Federation base: Start a New Life away from the press and people that think of him as a Traitor.

Academy/Tech Majors and Interests: Flight and Tactics, 20-21st Century Ancient Earth

Hobbies: Seeing Ancient Earth Movies, Ancient Earth Comic Books, Drinking, Playing Games and gambling.

Short-term Goals:
Long-term Goals:

Defining Characteristic: Sense of humor, pop culture references and confidence.

Sense of Humor: Sarcastic and pop culture references.

Phobias or Fears: To get attached to people. To fail people like he failed his Mother.

Favorite Things: His Pulse Pistol and Flying

Least Favorite Things: Being Reminded of his Failures

Bad Habits or Vices: Drinks a lot, pushes people away, feels he can only rely on himself.

Achievements (personal or professional):



Starfleet Command Commendation for Conspicuous Gallantry - 2370

Medal of Valor - 2372

Purple Heart - 2372

Legion of Honor - 2373

Distinguished Service Medal - 2373

Star Cross - 2374

Silver Palm - 2375

Medal of Honor -2375

Disappointments: Not accepted in Starfleet Academy, the overconfidence he has that led to the Destruction of the Victory, the disappearance of his wife Anna Jett.

Illnesses: Possible Signs of Paranoia

Strengths: Confident, Skilled Pilot, Skilled Tactical, Veteran, Follow gut instincts, Self-Reliant, decent leadership skills.

Weaknesses: Overconfidence, overprotective in not letting people attach to him, Academics, Science and Medical (in particular), not good following orders

Prejudices: Slavers and Human Traffickers are inherently evil.







Please write a brief answer to 3 of the following (a sentence or two for each is fine):

Your character's most painful experience

Three Events Painful for different situations. First, major even that was Painful was arriving to late to save his Mother. He promised himself that he would become stronger and better to save more people in the future. He would not allow his own weakness to caused the death of people he loved. (Motivation Factor)



Second, Major Event was the destruction of the U.S.S. Victory. The crew appeared to be overconfident prior to the battle and was a highly decorated ship for the war effort. He was overconfident that they will find a way to victory when everything that was stable in life turned into ashes. (Professionally Pained)



The third Major Event was the disappearance of his Wife Anna Jett. As she was the one that balanced him and helped him channel everything and let people in. As soon as she left his life he became detached from his friends as he wanted not to keep surviving. In short,

Your character's best or favorite experience



From an emotional point of view, after the academy when he married the person that helped him reach the Academy and his Academy sweetheart Anna Jett. They married in 2368.



Carrier was the Battle of Cardassia, where he was able to put in the lessons in the past to prevent the Federation forces to outflank at the cost of his own ship. He felt he lived the Kobayashi Maru test.

Your character's most crucial experience

The Death of his Mother. It motivated him that he needed to be better, stronger and smarter so it does not happen again. That he should not have listened to his dad for a year. It was his fault when he was 15 years old that he was not able to protect her. It was his fault he was not fast enough to save her. He would spend the rest of his life trying to make it up with bravery and skills.

Who is your character's role model and why?



Miltiades, the greek general that won the battle of Marathon. As he recognized that traditional Greek Tactics would not work he ordered a charge into the Persians lines and did not let them get a foothold in Grece. Thomas consider him to be an important general because not only he won what was then unconventional tactics. He had a disadvantage and still charged when he saw his opportunity. It shows that war is about finding the opportunities when is given and take the chances no matter the odds.



Please write a brief sample post from your character’s perspective:

[Torros III ]



“Thank you, how can we ever repay you” the words came from a woman holding a child. The child was approximately five years old. The woman held the child tightly and hugged the child with all her strength. Jett smiled at the couple as he felt good to do something kind from them. It took him two days but he was able to locate the child and get him out of slavers.



“Actually you can. I need a favor from both of you”. Jett responded. He knelt with one knee so he can be on the same level as the child. Tom had seen first hand how the child was scared over the last two days as he was separated from her mom. For the last couple of days, he tried to comfort the child and promised him that he would return him home. During the process he was able to steal a ship named the Falcon. With some upgrades, he could become a freighter Captain. The former Starfleet Officer doubt it that the people that he …commandeered the ship would report it as stolen.



“You know I have quite a dilemma, I have a ship and I have there two tickets out of Torros III and I don’t want them to go to waste. “. Tom lied. He got the tickets for them so they could leave this planet into Federation Space. The child would at least have a chance on a decent life and who knows maybe we would become a Starfleet Officer or be a leader. Once they left this dump and headed into Federation Space, they would be safe. The woman nodded into the affirmative as she was speechless.



Jett then smiled and handed the woman the tickets and informed her “You shuttle leaves in 3 hours. I recommend to pack lightly, once you make it into Federation Space you seek Asslym. Here is a PADD, whit all the sources that corroborate your story. Starfleet will grant it, . The PADD contained everything they needed the only thing that was omitted by the report is how exactly she got her child back. Truth be told even if he was pardoned his name was not the best name in the Federation. He was accused of treason.



It has been a short while since he was released and has not figured out exactly what happened. The man looked down and bit his lip and he wondered what his next step was. He placed his hand on his hips and look at the distance a hole in a wall bar called the Spotty Alibi



[Spotty Alibi]



As he entered the Bar, the former officer felt his stick sticking on to the floor. The place if it was ever cleaned, it was a long time ago. “Note to self…the 5-second rule here would be the death of you.. The man whispered under his breath. The atmosphere inside the place was stiff as he walked he gave a quick view as he spotted people; some of them were obviously criminals and some of them were prostitutes.



Criminals Jett laughed at the irony. He was technically a criminal himself, a traitor. From Starfleet Golden boy to hated criminal his life has taken a turn for the worse the last couple of years. We walked up to the Trill Bartender. “Whiskey”. Jett ordered. He then tossed a piece of latinum onto the bar to indicate payment. The bartender quickly looked at Jett poured him a glass. He picked up the half dirty glass and took a sip of the drink.



Is this freaking gasoline? Jett thought. As he felt the sharp burning sensation of the whiskey going through his throat. Once he reached his stomach it combined with the stomach acids and created an explosive reaction. Tom knew that it would be a matter of time until he would get heartburn from the situation. Jett thought for a second to make a toast when he was interrupted by a woman.



“You seem lonely, do you want to board me?” the woman asked Jett. The former Starfleet Officer knew that this was code for a proposal for prostitution. “No thank you” . As he turned around and explained to the woman. From a distance, he observed a small commotion.







It appeared that the man was holding the woman chin in forcing him to look. The former officer did not know if she was a guest, prostitute or anything from the woman. Regardless, Tom had seen first hand how abusive people could be in these rough areas. Jett for a second, tried to ignore the situation as it had nothing to do with him and he was trying to lay low especially after stealing a child and a ship. He knew he probably pissed off someone and it was a matter of time until he had a bounty on his head. The man took a sip and looked straight ahead as he tried to ignore the problem.



Damn! Jett thought to himself as he knew he could not ignore this. This woman, regardless if she was a prostitute or not, it was someone’s daughter. The former officer slammed his whiskey glass as he knew he was going to do something foolish. Jett walked up to the man calmly and pulled out from his pocket a Type II Phaser. As a former Starfleet Officer, he was comfortable with the weapon. Even though it screams that he was once in the Federation, they would not know if he was an undercover Starfleet Officer or a former Officer.



As he pointed to the man to his head, Jett looked and with a stern voice said “ “Get your filthy paws off her. It’s set to kill… I’d suggest that you leave this place before I’d kill you”. Jett then looked at the female figure and nodded to her. “Are you all right?. Jett asked as he kept his Type II phaser pointed on the back of the person. Hopefully, he would listen to reason and leave







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