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Jack Dark is Joanna Dark's father, and the founder of Dark Bail Bonds agency. We spend the first 7 Missions around Jack, with the gray-haired companion only being present for 6 of them.

Ex-marine, former cop, now single parent of a young woman. Jack Dark has seen it all and lived to talk about it. Now a bounty hunter for hire, Jack runs his own outfit, Dark Bail Bonds, while passing on everything he's learned over the years to Joanna. Morally driven, Jack's major business challenge is avoiding the giant hypercorps as his ethical viewpoints don't often see eye-to-eye with the executives. In times of financial stress, Jack has no idea how his own life and the lives of those he cares for will be affected after accepting an anonymous rescue operation.

Biography[]

Hong Kong Sunrise[]

The first we meet Jack Dark is in the short comic featured in the Collector's Edition of Perfect Dark Zero entitled "Hong Kong Sunrise." Dark Bail Bonds is seen hiding out in an apartment as Chandra tracks down a illusive scientist named Zeigler. Jack Dark is hot on his trail, tracking down everyone who associates with him and questioning them. Although Joanna is with him, he has her stay at the apartment with Chandra and work on mission prep, cleaning off the guns and gadgets. Jack goes off to find Zeigler and leaves Jo alone. Soon, Joanna gets into a scuffle with rivel bounty hunters and successfully defeats them. Jack finally tells her that she's ready for a mission with him.

Perfect Dark Zero[]

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We first meet Jack Dark in Mission 0 of Perfect Dark Zero. Joanna is completing a VR training mission in order to sharpen her skills for a big mission the upcoming day. We meet up with Jack Dark once Joanna reaches the main loading deck of the Trinity Platform, We escape in a rocket with Jack, and learn that the mission was a simulation, With Jack telling Joanna that "Tomorrow night, the missions for real."

Jack Dark brings Joanna out on her first mission, to get Zeigler away from Killian, a gang lord in Mainland China. They are set to infiltrate a nightclub, but the mission plans are ruined when Joanna decides she needs to fight her way into the building and upstairs to help Jack. This throws the mission off plans, and Jack is caught off guard, letting Killian escape through the window and leaving the agents with a bruised Zeigler.

Jack insists that Zeigler goes to the hospital as he's losing blood, but Zeigler insists that he can't leave without his research. Jack brings Zeigler to an elevator to monitor him well Joanna retrieves the briefcase containing the research from inside a building behind the nightclub. Once Joanna meets up with them, Zeigler, aware he won't last much longer, transmits his research to Jacks brain using a neurodrive, claiming he "Took out an insurance policy."

The Father and daughter duo set their sights on leaving as fast as possible, thinking they'd rather cut their losses than get involved with Killian and what seems to be a bigger entity that is now working with him. They decide to escape through the rooftops in the city and meet up with Chandra on her powerboat. Plans are foiled when Killian swoops in and shoots Jack Dark with a missile, causing the bridge he's crossing to collapse and for him to fall several feet into a dumpster. With no other option, the two complete the mission separate, with Jack navigating the streets until hes kidnapped at the end of the mission.

Chandra tracks down Jacks whereabouts, learning that dataDyne had kidnapped the ex-cop and was holding him hostage on a dig site, which was being used for mysterious research relating to Zeigler. The megacorp was interested in whatever research the scientist had put in his brain and were invested on getting it out by any means necessary. Joanna would successfully rescue him, but this wouldn't go unpunished. Mei hem is enraged by Joanna's ability to sidestep her and sets it as her goal to capture both her and her father. They quickly devise a plan to escape Via hovercraft, but the mission won't be easy. The two manage to escape but are stopped just before they can leave on a hovercraft. Jack grabs Joanna's pistol convinced he can save them both from Mei Hem and her team, but is overpowered, and dies at her hands.

Janus Tears[]

With the passing of Jack Dark, we don't see him again alive in the series, but mention is made to him in Perfect Dark: Janus Tears, showing his profound effect on Joanna. We see a flashback, showing how Joanna was relentlessly trained by Jack to be the ultimate agent, and how sometimes this left Joanna feeling alone. Jack is also seen in the first issue of the series, represented by a hallucination of Joanna's, where he blames her for his death and tells her his disappointment in her joining the Carrington Insititute.

Description and Personality[]

Jack has short cut black hair that is turning white on the top, showing his age. He has a muscular build from years of training in many fields of combat. He has a sharp face with gray facial hair and brown-green eyes. He's normally seen wearing a tactical vest, and a white and black suit with blue pants overtop. Jack normally wields two revolvers with a bail bond agent logo on the hilt.

Jack can be described as a calculated and potentially cold individual. He expresses his love and care though his urge to provide for Joanna, and to protect her by teaching her what he knows best, how to fight. He is highly focused on the mission at all times, wanting to complete it no matter what the cost may be. Hes also quite overprotective of his daughter, trying to keep her out of harm's way until he took his last breath.

Skills and Abilities[]

Jack Dark, much like his daughter is a highly trained individual. He knows his way around a gun and a battlefield, with experience in the marines and as a Cop for the Detroit PD. He is stone, knowing what's best in any situation sometimes before it even happens.

Triva[]

  • Jack Dark is only playable once in Perfect Dark Zero, in Rooftops | Escape
  • Jack wears his tactical outfit, even when on vacation as seen in a photograph in the debriefing for Trinity | Infiltration
  • Jack is a playable character in DeathMatch, and has the largest hitbox out of all the playable characters.

Appearances[]

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