Jack of Harts

Jesse James and his minions became our primary team for dealing with shady operations during the Hyades Campaign. If we thought someone was dirty, we called him to let out some rope and see who grabbed it. His team became the best little firecrackers we had when it came to searching out conspiracies and connecting with the various gangs and mafias and whatnots that often ran the streets. It was those extracurricular activities that they became known for. And if I’m being honest, Jesse and his minions really were the trendsetters when it came to the whole bad boy reputation my Cowboys got credited with. Not that I ever tried to pull him back, you understand. I joined in the festivities myself whenever I could. We all did. It was great fun, and it was effective. Jesse was amazing at mixing the two as often as possible.

Jesse James was rather unique in the time leading up to the Hyades Cluster campaign. His cybernetic intelligence had taken on a physical avatar in direct contravention of all United States military regulations. He encouraged her because of the nature of many of their missions, and Dawn DeMarco’s cyber followed her example. The number of weapons they could carry into a questionable situation was impressive. We Cowboys “did not notice” what they were doing at the time, and that quartet was so successful at completing their missions that the military brass “forgot to inform themselves” of the matter when the information absolutely did not come to their attention. The Fox and his minions truly did stand a great many policies and regulations on their heads. And many of the things we later did in the Hyades Cluster were a direct result of their actions before it.

When Jesse James left Serenity to prosecute The War against the Chinese and their Shang allies, Dawn DeMarco remained on his wing. He was a farmer from Kansas. She was a highborn noble of Camelot, in the Avalon system. And once again, those two totally different people worked well together. Jesse’s pragmatism and the natural sneakiness of a farmer when it comes to getting rid of pests made him most capable of coming up with interesting and effective plans to kill Chinese warships. And he was an excellent teacher as well. He and Dawn became trendsetters in the art of sucking unwary victims into their traps, and twenty-four Avengers make a powerful trap when they pounce. Jesse regained his confidence in his ability to lead a flight during that campaign, and for that Dawn has my everlasting thanks and respect.