Jason Cain

"We're getting too fucking lucky in this war."

- Said during Operation: Blue Blood, referring to the South Osean Continental War

Lieutenant Jason 'Tombstone' Cain, was a former Emmerian Air Force pilot before becoming a mercenary, participating in several smaller conflicts across the world before being involved in the South Osean Continental War in 1992.

Early Life (1964-1982)
Jason was born on a small hamlet farm near the outskirts of Gracemeria, on the third of March 1964. A lone child to a duo of poor farmers, the only real entertainment Jason had was watching the military exercises of the aircraft from the nearby Air Force base.

Unfortunately, his family had fallen on hard times, and at the age of six, Jason was put up for adoption. He remained in an orphanage's care until his second year od schooling, when his first grade teacher adopted him. One Anna Cain was not a single woman, she was married to the one man Jason sees as his actual father, Marcus Cain. In addition she had two other kids, David and Maria Cain. Jason's new family, and the only real family he ever knew.

For the rest of his schooling he poured his heart and soul into it. Learning all he could and soaking up information like a sponge. A such the only real friends he had were his adoptive siblings, and even then Jason wasn't all that talkative. Though he did develop a decent enough family relationship with the two and saw them as family, he was just a silent kid.

Of particular note in his schooling was his keen interest in linguistics and aeronautics. For the school science fair in sixth grade he made a makeshift wind tunnel, and while it didn't win any prizes he did receive notice by a few teachers. It wasn't too far after this that he was tested for a variety of mental disorders on the suspicion of one particularly nosy teacher. And while it was discovered he had Asperger Syndrome, his parents were far from pleased.

For the next six years Jason pushed himself to the brink mentally, learning as much as he could, Not for personal knowledge, but for a degree of skills that would keep him a job, making sure that neither him nor his family would ever be forced to take as drastic measures as his biological parents did.

Emmerian Service (1982-1985)
At the age of 18 Jason enlisted with the EAF. Specifically as an air superiority pilot, though due to recent changes in the EAF's organisation, Jason was trained as a multirole pilot, learning how to dogfight with heavier load outs as well as make quick ground attacks to avoid enemy ground fire.

Of special note his superiors took in his training was the G-force testing. Jason not only passed, but got the coveted 9g for 30 second tee-shirt. A feat that wasn't uncommon, was still something invaluable to a fighter pilot.

A very good majority of his career was spent in training exercises, and as a deterrent against Estovakian flights that strayed too close to the border.

After a certain incident in which Jason refused to fire upon an encroaching Estovakian airliner acting under duress (initially Visually ID'd as a B-52), Jason RTB'd where he struck said officer for acting so impulsively and nearly starting a war because of it. Despite the goodwill of his actions both the CO and Jason were dishonorably discharged.

F.A.T.O Incident (1989)
Sometime after being discharged, Jason joined up with Hammerhead Industries, a PMC with it's fingers in the Land and Air pies. His engagements ranged from around the world, usually border skirmishes, but the most important of them was his final engagement with the company over the border between F.A.T.O and Wielvakia.

In said engagement, the belligerent were between himself and Wingman 'Oleander', against the entire rest of their flight. The resulting incident initially arose from equipment failure, but was unofficially a result of greed, resulting in all but Holly 'Fantasy' Clark, being shot down.

The event changed the previously cheery and trusting man into a greedy, intorverted, and self-centered man.

Shipping Career (1989-1991)
Between one and three years before the South Osean Continental War, Jason became a simple cargo pilot for varying multinational companies. Including -but limited to-: The EASA, and Gründer Industries. It was during these jobs that Jason had an abundant amount of time to reflect on his life.

South Osean Continental War (1992)
During the South Osean Continental War between Beiarusia and Seian, Jason served as a Dorusian hired contractor for the Dorusian 13th Mercenary Air Squadron "Morena". His arrival upon the war was a bit late, making his debut in Morena's second battle, over the Seianese city of Tiananmen in Operation: Jade.

Just prior to Operation: Skeleton on the evening of September 29, 1992. Jason was reunited with former Squadron leader Holly 'Fantasy' Clark. Despite the North Pointer's apprehension in the unification. Jason suppressed said doubts by understanding why she did what she did.

Despite suspicions of betrayal, his own private greed, doubts in the war efforts, and his own wish to return home. Jason would remain with Morena until the war's official end on xx/xx/199x.

The Belkan War (1995)
TBD

Personality and Traits
Jason used to be a more talkative man -when he actually spoke- and as of recent he's been slipping back into his old self from prior to the FATO incident. But his new persona is that of a man who really just wants to be left to his own devices. As per his diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome, he doesn't do well with comforting others emotionally. That isn't to say he doesn't try to comfort the people that matter to him, just that he's not very good at doing it.

Despite what one may expect, Jason doesn't shy away from conversation, he just doesn't want to speak about small things when one could have a conversation with actual meaning. Unfortunately, 'actual meaning' has a very small number of categories. As such Jason is a man of few words unless he has something that needs to be said.

Trivia

 * Inspired by Ziv Nedivi/Larry Foulke, as well as the 'Death Rider' F-15C Skin from AC:AH.
 * Is fluent in Beiarusian, Emmerian, Osean, Belkan, and Estovakian.
 * Tombstone's emblem is the logo of the Sith Empire from Star Wars, a small pun on his Emmerian Squadron "Empire".
 * Jason is diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome.
 * His Favorite band is Judas Priest.
 * Favorite brand of beer is 'Sleeman Cream Ale' a Gracemerian beer.

Gallery
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