Jane Eliza Hartman

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___Gender: Female
___Age: 37 Years
___Affiliation: Liberty Navy
___Date of Birth: 21st Feburary 786A.S
___Birthplace: New Richland City, Planet Houston, Texas
___Place Of Residence: Delaware OCS, Planet Houston, Texas

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#001 Service History - The Ashes Of Her Fathers

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Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Service Number: NF-403198
Division: First Fleet
Service Record:
Decorations (By order of precedence.):

Height: 175cm
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Gray
Distinguishing Marks: A savage line of scar tissue curves across the right side of her face, inching its way from her fringe to just beneath her chin, a remnant of a shrapnel wound from a long dead smuggler.

A military woman from her regulation haircut to the soles of her polished boots, Hartman does not so much walk as march. Firm in her belief that a soldier's personal bearing should reflect the professionalism of the Navy as a whole, it is rare to find a hair out of place on her carefully pressed uniform and rarer still to see her wearing anything not issued from a navy store. Eyes that could make a raptor wince rest in a face only beginning to show the lines of nearly fifteen years of military service. Critically evaluating of her subordinates and superiors alike she rarely relaxes, the faint, knife-edge tension of a veteran evident in her movements, even when apparently at ease.

In the end, no-one remembers the battle itself, the strategies and the tactics, the hard won meters and the blood-soaked ground. When the bodies cool and the dust settles, people remember what you fought for. Long years of service have cemented that belief in Hartman's mind, and she has pledged herself to a cause she believes is worth fighting, and dying, for. While other officers may fight for the Republic of Liberty or family at home, Hartman's loyalty lies with the Navy itself. Fiercely protective of the honor, traditions and personnel of the Republic's armed forces, Hartman comes across as harsh to many of her subordinates.

Intolerant of any lapse in personal discipline or bearing in her subordinates, and despairing of it in her superiors, Hartman believes the best way to serve the Navy is to ensure high standards are maintained by those within it. She is not an automaton; however, and does genuinely care for the troops she serves alongside, and can be friendly on the rare occasions when duty is not nipping at her heels.

Born on Houston, she has retained a faint Texan accent, despite the years spent rotating between postings. The accent quickly fades when she is truly angry; however, replaced by clipped words spoken with all the formality and implied condemnation of a high court verdict.

Some people grow into the military life. Others are born to it. With a pair of retired marines for grandparents and an office worker and florist for parents, Hartman fell exactly in the middle. Life on Texas was tough, but livable, though financial difficulties forced the Hartman extended family to share an apartment. Raised on the stories of her grandparents, despite the quiet disapproval of her parents, Hartman seemed set for the military life long before a twelve year old Jane stepped through the faded green gates of Carolina Military School.

Fire years later she walked through those gates for the last time, graduating with the rank of cadet sergeant and an acceptable, if not outstanding, academic report. The students had become family in all but name in the intervening years, and tears were shed on their final day. Many met again at recruiting centers like the one Hartman found herself in later that year, a stroke of a pen cementing her place as a marine recruit in New Richland's 804A.S intake.

She took her place on the bright yellow boot prints outside Marine Corps Recruit Depot Hampton Hill alongside two hundred other hopefuls, eyes set on a Recon place. One in ten candidates was gone by the end of week one. Drills and the training became their lives. For the first month of training, drills were held at all hours of the night and, on one occasion, in the middle of breakfast. Rigorous firing drills were repeated, time and again, instructors marking names off lists for purposes known only to them.

Three months in, now at the School of Infantry, the cause of the unceasing drills was revealed. Fifty candidates, including Jane, had been chosen to undergo Recon selection. Three days into the training, the number was down to forty two. By the end of week one, thirty six. In the early hours of day eight, a kilometre from the end of a timed thirty kilometre pack march, the number dropped to thirty five. A knee injury, acquired in the early stages of training, had finally pushed Hartman past her breaking point. Unable to walk, she bowed out of selection. A little over two weeks later, at the completion of a hellish half year, Private First Class Hartman was assigned to the 4th Marine Regiment as a Rifleman under Major Carne, and posted to shore facilities on Pittsburgh

The eighteen months of relative inactivity passed slowly after the ceaseless rush of boot camp. Regardless, the 'soft' assignment left plenty of time for individual projects, and Jane took advantage of what spare time was available to catch up with the family she had neglected.

Reassignment aboard the Titania class assault carrier Philadelphia finally bought the excitement the Marines had been promised. Philadelphia and her four hundred strong Marine compliment was incorporated into Operation Hedgerow, a sector-scale operation working to eliminate key sources of influence for pirate leaders in central Liberty. The 4th was ordered to board and seize a small Rogue 'bolt hole' station in Texas, an action that lead to what the media later termed the "Blackrock Massacre". A convoy of civilian transports containing liberated slaves was ordered by the Marines to evacuate the station, only to be fired on by undiscovered pirate weaponry, resulting in the death of thirty four non-combatants and twelve Marines. Of the fifty six Marines assigned to board Blackrock, just over half made it back uninjured. Hartman was one of the survivors, thanks largely to the actions of one Captain Christopher Tancher. With such a significant portion of Bravo Company out of action, the depleted unit was reassigned to a smaller interdictor class battlecruiser, Douglas.

Douglas saw significant combat; however, her missions were primarily conducted against hostile warships at ranges that left the marines of bravo company unable to do more then clutch their rifles and grit their teeth. After two months aboard, the unit was rotated through to Pittsburgh and granted a brief leave period prior to conducting a one month joint exercise with elements of the Army. Units were drilled in aerial insertion and fire co-ordination. The exercise was political maneuvering at its finest; part training exercise and part a display of force intended to dissuade the rising pirate threat in Liberty's border worlds, it was a resounding success on the first count and an equally resounding failure on the second. Hartman was simply glad to be free of the smothering confines of a warship's corridors.

By early 806A.S, the ceaseless pirate attacks and accompanying contraband could no longer be ignored. Bravo Company; along with significant elements from the remainder of the 4th Regiment, were assigned to the 214th Rapid Response Flotilla, a gunboat-centered light interception force focused on scouting missions and the enforcement of harsh anti-smuggling laws. The 214th had a great deal of success in its assignment, on one occasion single-handedly holding back a rare pirate heavy cruiser in California until reinforcements arrived by boarding the ship and disabling its drive systems. The success did not come without cost, and Bravo Company's return to the flotilla left many empty bunks.

Two months into the assignment, Hartman's squad was dispatched to support a routine cargo-interception run. Designated as the unit negotiator, Hartman had removed her helmet and suffered extensive shrapnel wounds when a proximity explosive shredded the internal walls of the transport they had boarded. Bleeding and screaming, she was dragged back to the shuttle and rushed to med-bay aboard Mississippi. Thirty six hours later, she was transferred to Beaumont Medical Center, Manhattan. Hartman spent a month undergoing reconstructive surgery to repair the damage. After her injury Jane reportedly struggled to face the idea of returning to active duty and, in light of her record, was offered a medical discharge, which she accepted.

Hartman failed to return to Beaumont for follow-up treatment; a decision whose consequences remained etched in scar tissue on her features. Save a ticket on a public shuttle returning her to Houston and a smattering of accommodation and food bills, no record exists of Hartman's actions between departing Beaumont Medical Center and reappearing outside Manhattan's Recruitment Center two years later.

Hesitant to take command, Hartman was hardly West Point's most shining example of an officer candidate; however, she struggled through the course with the same determination that had carried her through multiple combat tours. Hartman kept her distance from the teenagers that made up most of West Point's population, and it wasn't until she was assigned her first naval posting that she began to feel the old military camaraderie creeping back in.

A competent and committed officer, almost to the point of fanaticism, Hartman served in a variety of postings alongside strike wings and resupply squadrons. When Commander Clark stepped down as Fleet Logistics Officer, Hartman; then a freshly-promoted Lieutenant Commander and experienced logistics officer, was granted temporary command of the logistics corps. She retained the position when Admiral Teerin assumed control of the corps, albeit as an assistant and full commander and, save for a year-long absence simply marked in the files as 'classified,' remained at that post until her promotion to Admiral in late 821A.S.

Hartman served briefly as Admiral of the 10th Fleet, a supporting element, during the doomed Leeds incursion known as Royal Flush. When her flagship was shot out from under her, Hartman and a handful of her crew were fortunate to survive the descent to Leeds. There, injured, they weathered the toxic atmosphere and Gallic patrols long enough to be retrieved by elements of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, under the command of then-Captain Reginald Lewis. Nonetheless, the combination of physical injury and the political backlash saw Hartman relegated first to Herbert Beeler Naval Hospital on LA for recovery, and then to a training position with Delaware OCS on Houston. Devoid of a command appointment, she reverted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander, and remains in the position to the present day.

Exit Wounds - Story - In Progress
Jane Hartman
Not all memories are pleasant ones. Wounded and teetering on the edge of an induced coma, Jane Hartman searches for purpose in the cracks of the med-bay ceiling.

Liberty Navy Recruitment - Recruitment - Complete
Jane Hartman, Matt Smith
Tired of life on the home front, Hartman re-enlists in the military.

Libertonian Servicemember's Bar & Grill - Watering Hole - Complete
Jane Hartman, Reginald Lewis, Remus Sius, Jimmy Patterson
Hartman settles into the bar to kill time while her recruitment is processed and runs into a few familiar faces.

Liberty Forces Message Dump - Message Dump - Complete
Jane Hartman, Others.

To: All Libertonians [Untraceable Transmission] - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Unknown, Others
Hartman speaks up to defend a comrade in the LPI.

To: Gabe Newell [C.O: Mine.Extractor|BC] - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Gabe Newell
Fines are dispatched in response to an IMG Battlecruiser in Liberty Space.

Rogue Navy Vessel - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Katherine Pennybrooke
Hartman responds to an unauthorised attack on a trade vessel by a Navy pilot.

To: Ensign Hartman - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Broddy
A Freelance contractor responds to Hartman's request for a delivery.

To: The Liberty Navy, CC: Jane Hartman & Remus Sius - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Remus Sius, Alanzo Espada
Working alongside Remus Sius, Hartman drafts a Freelancer into gathering intelligence for the Navy.

To: Ryan Williams - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman
With a new terrorist on the loose in Liberty, Hartman reaches out to the Hellfire Legion for aid.

To: Jane Hartman of the Liberty Navy - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Sierra
An unknown Security Force agent contacts Hartman to arrange a meeting.

To: Sgt. Vladimir Law - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman
When a friend goes quiet, Hartman tries to make contact.

To: Ageira Technologies - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Anthony V
Following detection of a suspected Lane Hacker fighter in restricted space, Hartman contact Ageria for information.

To: Liberty Security Force - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman
With Alanzo's probes at work tracking the Hacker, Hartman contacts the LSF to arrange further reconnaissance.

Chance Encounter - Story - Complete
Jane Hartman, Reginald Lewis, Natalie Cahoone
Confined to Washington shipyard due to maintenance on her fighter, Hartman meets some of her fellow pilots.

To: Liberty Navy Admiralty - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman
Hartman sends a report to the Admiralty summarising the activities of the Freelancers acting under her direction.

To: The Colonial Government - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Alicia Young
In the wake of a Colonial gunboat's passage through Liberty, Hartman contacts the Republic's government to determine its intentions.

To: Captain of Ace.Of.Spades - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Commanding Officer - Ace Of Spades
Hartman's transmission to the Captain of a wayward Colonial gunboat.

To: Alexis Hunter - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Gold Reaver, Dakota Lagsalot, Alexis Hunter, Unknown, Rachel Baker
When a Reaver threatens Alexis Hunter, her colleagues in the Navy jump to her defence.

To: The People of Liberty - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Vendetta, Others
A younger, idealistic, Hartman responds to a blanket broadcast.

To: The Republic of Liberty - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Murphey M. Hull, Others
Hartman responds to a treaty query.

Missing In Action - Story - Complete
Jane Hartman, Rika Hunter, Terrance Chamberlain, Jimmy Patterson, Remus Sius, Santos Bolevara
When a pirate attack leaves Clearwater crippled and drifting, Hartman is dragged from the wreckage by an unlikely rescuer.

Liberty Navy Recruitment - Recruitment - Complete
Jane Hartman, Others.

Report To Liberty Navy and Liberty Security Force - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Steve Ellis, Others
The Commanding Officer of Hercules submits a report on nomad activities in Liberty space.

To: Liberty Government, etc - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, E.J Skyes, Jack Malrone
Hartman answers a request for cloaking technology.

To the Liberty Goverment from the [7'TH] - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Mark Philips
Hartman responds to a smuggler report.

To: Reginald Lewis - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Reginald Lewis
When Lewis' retires from active service, Hartman sends a farewell.

To: Commander Hartman - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Henri Lavalle
Much to her surprise, Hartman is offered command of the former Royal Navy flagship, Normandie.

To: Liberty Navy High Command - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Commanding Officer of the Prestigio
Hartman process a request by a Zoner warship for clearance to operate in core space.

The Liberty Surplus Requisitioning Center - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Steven Howard
Hartman responds to a gunboat requisition request.

Logistics Corps Database [Volunteer Crews] - Recruitment - Complete
Jane Hartman, Others.

To: Liberty High Command - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Chester, Alan Polstari, The Republic of Liberty
The Liberty Government approves the presence of a Zoner Cruiser for research purposes.

To: Cmdr. Jane Hartman - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Pete Levine
Lieutenant Levine contacts Hartman, recently appointed to Normandie, with a personal matter to discuss.

Human Factors - Story - Abandoned
Jane Hartman, Pete Levine
Levine meets Hartman aboard Normandie, seeking her assistance in family matters - a horrifying concept for the strictly military Commander.

Liberty Navy Rank Adjustment Billboard - Noticeboard - Complete
Jane Hartman, Others.

To: Reginald Lewis - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Reginald Lewis
With her own transfer to the reserves pending, Hartman arranges to catch up with an old friend.

Pilot's Flask - Watering Hole - Complete
Jane Hartman, Reginald Lewis
Hartman meets Lewis in a bar on LA.

To: [LN] High Command - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, John Howard
Hartman responds to a smuggler report.

To: LN High Command - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Rose Chartermen
Hartman responds to a(nother) smuggler report.

To: VADM Rohj Teerin - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Rohj Teerin
When a review of appointments assigns the cardamine-addicted James Lambert as Executive Officer of a Logistics Corps ship, Hartman takes her complaint to the Corps' commander.

No Easy Day - Story - Abandoned
Jane Hartman, Reginald Lewis
On instinct, Hartman reveals a long-concealed secret - nearly killing both officers in the process.

Office of the Quartermaster - Noticeboard - Complete
Jane Hartman, Alan Polstari

TO: Liberty Navy and Liberty Security Force Personnel - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Alan Polstari
Rheinland's Widerstand are granted clearance to operate normally illegal transports in Liberty space.

To: Citizens of Liberty - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Lewis Robinson
Against her better judgement, Hartman responds to one of the Hellfire Legion's propaganda broadcasts.

To: LCDR Hood, LCDR Morse - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Max Morse
Hartman contacts two officers for confirmation of a new-found ally's intentions.

To: Roena Calintia - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Roena Calintia
After an interdiction effort goes shockingly wrong in Manhattan orbit, Hartman contacts a Bounty Hunter captain with the consequences.

To: Liberty Police Inc - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman
Hartman hands the Calintia case over to the LPI.

To: Liberty Navy High Command - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Alan Polstari
With Kusari's embargo strangling the Navy's fuel reserves, Hartman contacts High Command with a proposal.

To: Whomever it may concern - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Tal Ravis
Hartman responds to notice of an injured officer.

To: Liberty Government - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Skarsi Wyrdmake
In a rare fit of probability, a response to Hartman's fuel crisis simply drops into her inbox.

To: Captain Jane Hartman - Communication - Abandoned
Jane Hartman, Skarsi Wyrdmake
Wyrdmake continues his proposal to supply Liberty's armed forces with fuel.

To: The Liberty Security Force - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Robert Hume, Brandon Bunnett
When the restoration of a cruiser is cancelled, Hartman manages to secure a new Executive Officer - and some security force technology besides.

TO: Force personnel - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Alan Polstari
Hartman responds to a smuggler alert.

To: Captain Richard Cumming - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Richard Comming
With the emergence of a Rogue Dreadnought, Hartman turns to the navy's special operations division for assistance.

To: Jane Hartman - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Santos Bolevara
A figure Hartman never expected to see again re-emerges to call in a favor.

To: LCDR Michael Morse - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman
Hartman calls in help from an LA local.

Life and Times. - Story - Abandoned
Jane Hartman, Santos Bolevara
A near-forgotten favor leads Hartman headfirst into LA's drug trade.

Liberty Navy Capital Ship Database - Database - Complete
Jane Hartman
Glenbrook's database entry.

To: Deep Space Engineering - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Joy Homeswell, George Ross
Following up on a spate of incidents centred around the Junkers Congress, Hartman procures a portfolio of operations from Deep Space Engineering.

To: Liberty Navy Admiralty and Command. - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Michael Edridge
Hartman responds to a warship request by Ageria.

To: Liberty authorities - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Adam Wayland
Hartman responds to an assault on Junker ships.

To: Reginald Lewis - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Reginald Lewis
Taken into custody by the LPI on Los Angeles, Hartman calls in Lewis for support.

To: Liberty Navy Admiralty - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Alan Polstari
Thoroughly sick of the fragmented nature of the First Fleet's support divisions, Hartman requests permission to pool the respective squadrons under the banner of the 21st Combat Support Group.

To: The Liberty Navy High Command - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, "Champion"
Hartman responds to a Security Force requisitions request.

To: Captain Jane Hartman - Communication - Abandoned
Jane Hartman, Sebastian Hart
A representative of Ageira Innovations contacts Hartman with a new weapon for the Marine Corps.

Libertonian Servicemember's Bar & Grill - Watering Hole - Complete
Jane Hartman, Remus Sius, John Graham, Hudson Ravis, Jack Kaney, Frank Harrison, Reginald Lewis
Hartman meets an old friend and a new officer - and drags an errant sailor out of the bathroom.

Liberty Navy Recruitment - Recruitment - Complete
Jane Hartman, Rohj Teerin
With the 21st's operations in Texas winding down; Hartman requests reassignment to the First Fleet.

Order Of Battle - Story - In Progress
Jane Hartman
Snippets and conversations.

To: Captain Jane Hartman - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Catherine Ellington
Barely a day into her reinstatement, Hartman receives a priority message from one Commander Catherine Ellington of Special Operations.

To: Commander John Graham - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, John Graham
Hartman sends a message to the First Fleet's Logistics Officer.

The Lone Dome; meetings on the final frontier. - Watering Hole - Complete
Jane Hartman, Catherine Ellington, Valkyrie
After a two-day trip through the Edge Worlds Hartman finally meets Ellington.

LNS Challenger Point (CC-1228) - Database - Complete
Jane Hartman
Specifications and crew data.

To : Liberty Navy - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Texas Separatists
Glenbrook receives, and dismisses, threats from a Texas revolutionary group.

Chain of Command - Story - Abandoned
Jane Hartman, John Graham
Now a full Commander, Graham meets the recently reinstated Hartman aboard Long Island Station.

To : Commander William Jensen - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman
Freshly assigned as the First Fleet Quartermaster, William Jensen receives a message from Hartman.

To: First Fleet Admiralty - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, First Fleet Admiralty Board
Hartman pitches an upgrade proposal for Long Island Station to the Admiralty.

Heart of Darkness - Story - Abandoned
Jane Hartman, John Konrad
Hartman has a candid discussion with an Order operative caught in Liberty.

Liberty Navy Awards - Awards - Complete
Jane Hartman, Others.

Liberty Navy Personnel Noticeboard - Message Dump - Complete
Jane Hartman, Others.

To: Jane Hartman - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Santos Bolevara
After a long silence, Santos Bolevara's name reappears on Hartman's datapad.

To: LCDR Reginald Lewis - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Reginald Lewis
Hartman requests Lewis assistance in a disciplinary matter.

Keelhauled - Story - Complete
Jane Hartman, Reginald Lewis, Zoe Valentine
Hartman deals with a matter of discipline.

OPORD 1-1, OPERATION ROYAL FLUSH - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Robert McKay, Others
Fleet headquarters issues orders for the largest offensive in living memory - an assault on Gallic-held Leeds.

To: FADM (Res.) Rachel Baker - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Rachel Baker
With the Navy stepping up operations in Bretonia, Hartman advises former Fleet Admiral Baker of her reactivation.

Internal Message to the Liberty Navy First Fleet High Command - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Emma Lynch
After a rattling encounter with a nomad fighter, Ensign Lynch contacts the admiralty.

To: ADM Jane Hartman; Sender: Col. R. Baker - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Rachel Baker
Colonel Baker requests more control over her special operations guard.

To: CAPT Marisa Marshall - Communication - Complete
Jane Hartman, Marisa Marshall
Despite only requesting command of an individual ship, Captain Marshall is assigned command of an entire landing force.

See Thy Triumph - Story - Complete
Jane Hartman, Others
Opposed by the might of the Gallic Fleet, Liberty launches an enormous offensive against Leeds. Hartman finds herself in command of a ragtag fleet of reservists and retrofitted merchant ships.

Requiem - Story - In Progress
Jane Hartman, Reginald Lewis
Five months after the Leeds offensive, Jane Hartman wakes up in a hospital ward next to an old friend.

Visiting Hours - Story - In Progress
Jane Hartman, Emma Lynch, Rohj Teerin, James Lambert
The road to recovery is paid with well-wishers.

Collateral Duty - Story - Complete
Jane Hartman, Santos Bolevara
Left at a loose end after her marginal recovery, Hartman runs into an unexpected job offer.