Jack was born on Nar Shaddaa in Hutt Space to Dominus and Anla Fenn. Life on the smuggler's moon wasn't easy, but the Fenns never planned on staying there long. Dominus was an able-bodied gun-for-hire who was away on business most of Jack's early life, but it provided them with the bribe-money necessary for a comfortable living. Jack's mother was a pilot who worked for one Hutt lord to the next, depending on who needed cargo moved across the moon. Jack would often accompany her as a child, becoming fascinated with the lifestyle. One Hutt in particular, Grubbo, took a liking to Anla, and so it was taken as an insult when the Fenns left Nar Shaddaa for a planet closer to the Core.
Ralltiir was a rich world, and not only had Dominus accrued enough money to move here, but he had been offered a job as a bodyguard for a powerful banker. It paid well enough that Anla didn't have to work anymore, which meant that young Jack couldn't ride in the spaceships anymore. Though he missed his old life, he didn't realize how dangerous it had actually been. On Ralltiir, however, Anla and Dominus found time to give Jack a little sister named Maya. Jack never paid Maya much mind, being more interested in reliving the adventurous life he'd had on Nar Shaddaa. The dark reality of that old life eventually caught up to them, and one day while Jack and his mother were visiting relatives on another world, Anla was kidnapped by some of Grubbo's cronies. Jack's relatives were killed, and Jack was left behind due to careful hiding, alone on an unfamiliar planet. Luckily, he was only alone until he was taken in temporarily by a Togrutan family. Jack was there for three months before his father finally tracked him down when his wife and child hadn't returned. He'd brought Maya with him, but upon learning what had happened to his wife, Dominus entered a dark state. Jack isn't certain if a deal was struck, if Dominus had paid them, or if he had simply departed, but he and Maya both were left with the Togrutan family now.
The Togrutans had a daughter named Ada'asha, who was about Jack's age (or species equivalent). Though it took him time to come out of the sadness of recent events, he grew to realize that Ada also had a yearning for excitement. He would go to watch the speeder bike races with her, evading his little sister who tried following him around everywhere. It was a nice distraction from the recent trauma, and he quickly made a friend in Ada.
It was a year before Jack's father returned, almost wordlessly taking Jack and Maya back to their home on Ralltiir. Dominus was a different man, taking to drink and gambling regularly, and though he never told Jack what happened in a lucid state, his drunken ramblings were more than enough. Dominus had broken his mother free from Grubbo's den, but his mother did not survive the escape that followed. It was then that the reality of the terrors he'd experienced many months ago set in, and anger grew in his heart. Though it took considerable effort and negotiation due to being still relatively young, Jack began working in his father's stead as a gun-for-hire, using his father's blaster pistols and with some of his father's natural talent and teaching. Over several years, while affording the cost of living for his family, Jack accrued the credits that he needed for passage back to Nar Shaddaa. Not once had he forgotten the burning need for vengeance.
It took months of planning, preparation, and accumulating allies (including a rival Hutt crimelord named Igsultha) before Jack was ready, but when the moment came, the attack was quick and brutal. Grubbo and the majority of his henchmen were killed in a raid on their den, and the ends of Jack's blasters red-hot from overuse. Igsultha wished to commend him and the other men involved with a day of celebration, but much like his father, Jack left the moon wordlessly.
When he returned home, even this news wouldn't shake his father from the depression he'd entered. His sister had by this point gotten a job at one of Ralltiir's many banks, uninterested in bonding with a brother who'd abandoned her as much as her father had. Jack desperately wanted to mend his relationship with Maya, but neither of them were in a state to do so, and so he left seeking further mercenary work.
He worked jobs few and far between, more often sleeping in the corridors of starports than in a bed that he'd have to pay for. He'd kept in intermittent contact with Ada, and though he'd never let on how low he felt he had fallen, he was quick to accept the job that she suggested to him. The work was simple: escort the Major's son from one city to the next. His work had made him several enemies, and he feared for his son's safety. It turned out that his fears were warranted, and Jack's gun was needed throughout the day as their convoy was ambushed repeatedly. At the end of the day he was sharing drinks with Major Willute safe and sound. The Major had offered him a night's rest in the Imperial outpost, and Jack eagerly accepted. He awoke in the middle of the night, preparing to leave early, but not before he stumbled across the major's body, blaster wounds riddling his chest. Instead of waiting to be interrogated by the Empire, Jack fled. Alarms sounded soon after, and in his attempt to escape he caught a blast to his back, scorching his coat and body beneath.
He made his way to a doctor's patchshop, if only to get off of the street and away from his pursuers for a moment. It was there that he met Doc, who was forced to escape with him when the troopers found them anyway. They managed to get to the nearest port when Jack happened to spot Ada making her way up the ramp of her ship. Without much thought going into his plan, he urged the doctor to come with him as he boarded Ada's ship. He begged Ada to take him off planet, but she had questions. As understandable as the questions were, Jack knew that if the troopers caught up to them and got aboard, they'd be done for. And so he drew his blaster pistol and trained it on his friend.
"Ada," he said firmly, leaving no time for more questions,
"Get this ship in the air. Now."
Since then, it has been one day after the next, evading the Imperials, crime-lords, and his home (hoping that this wouldn't be traced back to his father and sister). He had to find out what happened so that he could prove his innocence and safely return home.
Last edited November 5, 2016 2:01 am