| During the first war against the Thargoids between 3125 and 3151, John Jameson was recruited by the Intergalactic Naval Reserve Arm to deploy the mycoid bioweapon against the aliens in a bid to decisively end the conflict. His ship, a Cobra MkIII of the era with the ID "JJ-386", was outfitted for the mission at the INRA base Taylor Keep in the 12 Trianguli system. John Jameson departed the base believing the weapon he would deploy would only disable the Thargoids' hyperdrives. John Jameson encountered a Thargoid "hive ship" which he would target with the weapon: "Threaded my way past their perimeter, masked my heat signature so I could get close to the superstructure. I tell you... I'd never seen a hive ship up close before. I doubt many people have. It was amazing, kiddo. Beautiful, really. Makes you realize just how smart they are, how advanced." After successfully launching the mycoid-armed missiles at the Thargoid ship and making his escape, John Jameson was horrified to learn from his sensors that the weapon did much more than disable the hyperdrive systems of the enemy vessel, and was in fact inflicting extreme damage to the entire ship and killing or severely injuring the Thargoids on board. Unfortunately for John Jameson, INRA had installed a program that shut down his ship's systems to ensure that he did not return from his mission and blow the whistle on them. With his ship locked on a collision course with the planet HIP 12099 1 B, John Jameson recorded one final log for his son. John Jameson's fate remained a mystery for decades. The crash site of his Cobra was finally located by CMDR Robbie Junior on November 25, 3303, at the coordinates -54.3, -50.3 on HIP 12099 1 B. Notably, there is no body visible through the cockpit canopy, and it is unknown who set up the beacons around the site. It can only be speculated whether John Jameson initially survived the crash long enough to plant the beacons, or he perished elsewhere within his ship at the moment of impact and the site was later discovered by a party who kept the location to themselves. A terrorist organisation calling itself the League of Reparation began assassinating various descendants of INRA personnel in the 3300s. They started leaving behind the words "For Jameson" at the scenes of their crimes shortly after the discovery of John Jameson's ship, but did not come to the attention of authorities until the assassination of Senator Nestor Cartesius on April 20, 3304. A tri-superpower taskforce set up to investigate the League declared the organisation dismantled on July 27, 3304, following the arrest or elimination of all of its members, including its founder and chief coordinator Riri McAllister. During interrogation, McAllister voluntarily revealed the details of the League's creation and operation, explaining that she had built the League to avenge John Jameson's betrayal and death at the hands of INRA because she believed herself to be a direct descendant of John Jameson. McAllister's ancestry claims could not be verified as she was registered as an orphan of unknown lineage, and Deputy Inspector Mara Klatt asserted that her beliefs were suspected to be either a long-held delusion or a product of a psychological disorder. |
