Jack Ryan is a born and bred Libertonian, born on Manhattan in 789AS, and raised along side his younger brother Kyle, by his parents Jack and Marilyn. He lived in a lower-middle class section of the sprawling metropolis of Manhattan, and was sent to Rochendale Elementary, and after that, Rochendale High.
His brother followed alongside him, and was just as smart as him, but far more hot-headed and over-confident.
After leaving Rochendale High, Jack lived on Manhattan for a few years, taking work wherever he could find it. Tragically, his father was killed in an accident in one of Manhattans many factories, and Jack left the planet.
His brother had dissapeared several years earlier, and Jack, and his mother Marilyn, feared he had been killed by pirates. Fortunately this was not the case. Kyle had infact joined the Lane Hackers. Jack heard no more of him however, and found work in Deep Space Engineering for a while, working on one of the transports as a gunner.
Jack worked up some cash until he could purchase his own used Transport. It was over 35 years old, but still functional. He got it cheap, and named it Gallavant.
Jack has been trading for several years now in the Gallavant, and has made a good sum of money, but he tires of the transport, yearning for something more worthwhile.
He keeps in touch with his mother, sending her a transmission every day, and she asks him to come home to Manhattan every time, and he does when he can, she is an old woman now after all, she deserves to be looked after.
The crew of the Gallavant, are mainly old frends from DSE, who wanted to see what Independent Trading was like, and are loyal to the core.
Recently, Jack has applied for the Liberty Navy, and plans to give the Gallavant to Dirk Johnson, his best friend from DSE, also his 1st mate.
// I know this is short, but I will probably add to it later.