Jack was designed as a punk, and her backstory is illustrated through the various tattoos all over her body, which cover her physical scars in a deliberate attempt by Jack to erase her past and author her own story. Creation and development Īn illustration of Jack's tattoos from The Art of the Mass Effect Universe If Liara T'Soni is present during the mission to evacuate Grissom Academy in Mass Effect 3, she claims that Jack's real first name is Jennifer. The player could approach her in two ways: she could either be treated as a one-night stand that will leave her resentful of Shepard, or Shepard could gain her trust slowly, which eventually reveals a more vulnerable side to her personality. Jack is available as a romantic option for male Shepard. When initially encountered by Shepard in Mass Effect 2, Jack wears nothing from the waist up except for a few strategically placed leather straps, and carries a belligerent, foul-mouthed and violent temperament the result of the accumulated psychological abuse inflicted on her while she was imprisoned at a remote Cerberus scientific research outpost throughout her childhood and adolescent years. Jack is born with the ability to "manipulate dark energy and create mass effect fields" called biotics, allowing for telekinesis and various other abilities. "Courtenay Taylor: The Nerd Appropriate Interview" When I saw her picture, I was like "Ahh it's so GREAT!" She's not the classic, big boobs, big hair, action figure… not that there is anything wrong with that." "I felt like I hit the Jackpot with Jack. Designated Subject Zero by Cerberus, she is considered to be one of the most powerful human biotics in existence in the Mass Effect trilogy as the result of unethical experiments conducted by Cerberus to enhance human biotic ability, though her traumatic experiences have molded her into an antisocial and psychopathic individual.Īlthough Jack was nominated for a video game character award in 2010, and is a popular subject for fan art and cosplay, she proved to be divisive among video game journalists the character's depiction in Mass Effect 2 in particular faced criticism for filling out the "edgy" archetype of a villain with a vulnerable side, whereas her appearance in Mass Effect 3 was better received. Within the series, Jack was orphaned at an early age and was kidnapped by the anthropocentric paramilitary group Cerberus to be exploited as a test subject. Jack appears as a squadmate in Mass Effect 2, and may appear in Mass Effect 3 as a supporting character provided she survives the events of the previous game.
Jack is a fictional character in the role-playing video game series Mass Effect by BioWare.
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