Jack

"I. Will. Crush. You. Crush! Crush! Crush! Crush! Crush! Crush! Crush! Crush!"

— Jack

Jack
General information
Gender	Male
Age	28
Affiliation and military information
Affiliation	None
Occupation	Mercenary
Craft	Rotten Fly
Eras present	Verdict War
Real world information
Appearances	Armored Core: Verdict Day

Jack is a mercenary encountered in Mission 08-4 of Armored Core: Verdict Day.

Information

Origin: Galef Plant. Male, age: 28.

After a long period of unremarkable performance, his talents seemed to flourish overnight. His reason for the sudden skyrocketing of his skills: an emblem, taken from a downed AC he chanced across in the field. While colleagues cheered him as a symbol of good luck, he began to exhibit increasingly strange behaviour. The origins of the emblem remain unknown. He is defeated by the Lone Mercenary at Galef Plant.

AC: Rotten Fly

Jack's Armored Core, Rotten Fly, is a powerful and versatile bipedal model of medium weight. It's equipped with a KE head, KE legs, which provide good mobility, a CE core and CE arms. Rotten Fly is armed with a special, three round burst battle rifle of tremendous power, a front-line laser rifle and a backup mini-gatling.

Rotten Fly
Classification: Armored Core	Assembly Type Booster: HB: KE: 2027 CE: 1252 TE: 492
Parts: Head: Hd-R-E06 Jack Core: TAMAKAZURA mdl.2 Arms: Ar-M-E34/L Jack Legs: L03 FreQuency FCS: Generator: Booster: Recon Unit: Shoulder Unit: AMAKUMO mdl.2 R Arm Unit: Au-C-H22 Power: 1508 Rapid Fire: 115 Accuracy: 80 L Arm Unit: SHIOBUNE mdl.1 Power: 1432 Rapid Fire: 20 Accuracy: 91 Ultimate Weapon: - R Bay Unit: Power: - Rapid Fire: - Accuracy: - L Bay Unit: AU04 Kestrel Power: - Rapid Fire: - Accuracy: -
Stats: Total Weight: Stability: Recoil Resistance: Turning Performance: Energy Recovery: Repair Cost: AP: 38801 Total Load: Loading Capacity: Total EN Consumption: EN Output:

Trivia

• He appears as a reference to Jack Golding from Armored Core V. His AC shares the same general appearance and color scheme, and the emblem of Rotten Fly is a deteriorated versions of Flame Fly's.
• The pilot's and AC's name also seem to reference the book Lord of the flies. In the book, Jack was once rational but never violent only up until he desired nothing than the thrill of a hunt to kill a pig.
• One possible theory for Jack's behavior and change is that he was an early experiment by the Foundation to see if they could transplant the skills/personality of a long dead person into another one. If so, the experiment partially succeeded as Jack's talent "flourished overnight," but resulted in severe mental instability.
• Another theory is that Jack is possessed by the spirit of Jack Golding. While unconfirmed, it is mentioned that upon gaining the emblem he began to act erratic and different, displaying unusual behavior. Also, Flame Fly's emblem had been used by other pilots before, and each acted differently and had increased amounts of rage.

Gallery

AC Rotten Fly charging into battle.

Jack VoW Personnel file (047)

Jack VoW Personnel file (047) Part 2

Jack VoW Personnel file (047) Part 4