Zach Colson
Callsign:Jazz

Homeworld:Earth
Born:2622
Death:2667
Rank:Major
Appearences:SM2, WC2, SO2
Major Campaigns: Firekkan, Enigma, Mandarin (enemy)
"I never betrayed anyone...."

Way off in the Antares sector, some pilots from the Austin spent a little time with the crew of the Tiger's Claw . There, in WC1: SM2, we are given our first glimpse of the scum who will take ten years of our career away from us. "Jazz" was a slickster even then and I didn't trust him any farther than I had to. He was a great pilot in the first game, no doubt about it, but he always had a glint in his eyes (pixels) that forbode no good.

Jazz lost a brother when the Goddard colony was destroyed by the Kilrathi (WC1: SM1) and he blamed the Claw for not dying in its stead. He swore to kill everyone on the Claw and very nearly completed that task when he betrayed the Claw's position on its approach to K'tithrak Mang. Joining forces with the Mandarins, Jazz engineered our disgrace, led Spirit to her death, and almost got away with it were it not for his burning hatred for us. His treachery was discovered and he gets arrested and convicted for his treasonous crimes. However, he escaped with the help of his Society of Mandarins cohorts while en route to Earth for execution. He vowed to get even with Blair, but instead ended up leading Blair to the Mandarin headquarters at Ayer's Rock. The Rock was destroyed by an elite Confederation strike force, and Jazz got his rematch with Blair Ñ the one-on-one dogfight ended in the traitor's death, meeting a bitter end at our blasters in WC2: SO2. Heh heh heh.

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