Jack of Harts

The Cowboys have built small Cowboy Country establishments on nearly all friendly worlds throughout known space. Most people consider them akin to the various veteran bars you can find in most towns, because they usually act that way. The standard Third World Cowboy Country sports a bar that serves anybody in front and party rooms in the back. An upper floor holds offices for Cowboys and the Tarrant County Sheriff, while a landing pad atop the building is capable of holding anything up to an Avenger. Few outsiders ever see the basements, which consist of bunkers full of supplies and weapons fit for an army. More affluent worlds tend to have larger and more elaborate Cowboy Countries. An interesting point is that most of them have official signed agreements with the local governments putting them under their own legal jurisdiction. They truly are small Cowboy Countries.

Charles retired and traveled to Wolfenheim after War’s End. The Pennsylvania Incident was difficult for many to get over, and he considered it best to get out from under foot and travel where no media could catch up with him. A distant colony in alien space was perfect for his wishes. There Charles organized a new force, often called Ghost Fleet, that joined the various alien powers out there in patrolling against Shang scouts, raiders, and other miscreants. The Tarrant County Sheriff eventually sent a permanent representative to Wolfenheim to establish an office and deputize them into the posse. Orders creating a new Wolf Fleet arrived at the same time, making them official Cowboys. This also gave them jurisdiction in the Terran Sector whenever they traveled that way, though they have made it a practice to exercise it as little as possible.

Jay Lovato commands Bull Fleet. He is the son of the Navajo Nation President, and most of his pilots came from powerful American families or corporations. His Cowboys remained in Earthspace after War’s End, and spent the following decades as the public face of the Cowboys for most people. They are official peacekeepers, like all Cowboys, but most often take action during natural disasters in support of first responders. There is little call for swift frontier justice in the Core Worlds, and Core World administrators often distrust Cowboys who act in a peacekeeping role without first obtaining the approval of the local administrators. Bull Fleet Cowboys are accepted and tolerated to a large degree because they give due respect and honor to the administrators. Their primary standard duty is maintaining communications with the other Cowboys and recruiting new Cowboys.