StarCitizen:Jax McCleary
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Jax McCleary (b. 2887) is a human journalist, pilot, and StarCitizen:Spectrum personality best known for hosting the shows Galactic Tour and Whitley’s Guide.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref><ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>
Career
Before becoming a show host, McCleary worked as the sports anchor for the local news program in StarCitizen:Aydo on StarCitizen:Green, gaining a reputation as a bombastic, tongue-in-cheek commentator on spacecraft races with deep insight on the inner workings and handling of the ships. McCleary left his position in 2931 to launch StarCitizen:Galactic Gear, a show that examines and reviews spacecraft through often outlandish means. The show was sold in 2945 to Voyager Direct after years of ratings success and was relaunched and rebranded as Galactic Tour in 2946. McCleary left the show shortly after, and returned to racing commentary until accepting a contract to host Whitley’s Guide in 2950.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>
Tears of Fire incident (2951)
During coverage of the StarCitizen:Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2951 for Whitley’s Guide, Jax (under pressure to increase show ratings) attempted to recreate StarCitizen:Aaron Fring's painting StarCitizen:Tears of Fire by exhausting paint out of the engine plume of an Aegis StarCitizen:Redeemer aimed at a rooftop landing pad in StarCitizen:New Babbage.<ref>Whitley’s Guide 2951 IAE Special – Part 2. Star Citizen YouTube channel.</ref> The results, however, were less than satisfying, creating a mess of color not at all representing the original masterpiece. Remnants of this stunt have not yet been cleaned up and can still be discovered by players.<ref>Template:Cite game</ref>
Capture and Escape from Pyro (2952)
Template:For Whitley's Guide suffered from a ratings drop during IAE 2951, and Jax decided to leave for the StarCitizen:Pyro system in search for a new calling by "borrowing" a MISC StarCitizen:Odyssey prototype.<ref name=":0" /> In 2952, show producers included an "In Memoriam" title card during their coverage of that year's expo, having presumed their former host died in the lawless system. Shortly afterwards, however, Jax began live broadcasting to Spectrum from a StarCitizen:Bloom outpost, disproving his alleged death and announcing his return to the StarCitizen:Stanton system. Since he had crashed his Odyssey earlier in the year, he was forced to borrow a Drake StarCitizen:Cutter from his friend StarCitizen:Bob.<ref>Tweet by JaxMcCleary2887 on 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2022-11-19</ref><ref>IAE 2952: Part 1 - Star Citizen YouTube channel. Retrieved 2022-11-19</ref>
Jax was captured by pirates the following day and held in a run-down StarCitizen:890 Jump, but rescued by a different group of pirates shortly after.<ref>Tweet by JaxMcCleary2887 on 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2022-11-19</ref> Later, a solar flare disabled his ship, and he had to search for replacement parts in a black market on StarCitizen:Pyro I, but his live-streamimg scared off the vendors.<ref>Tweet by JaxMcCleary2887 on 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2022-11-21</ref> A local homesteader agreed to provide the parts in exchange for McCleary's repair skills. While Jax was able to fix the StarCitizen:MOLE, he couldn't eradicate the on-board StarCitizen:Pyro Crab infestation.<ref>Tweet by JaxMcCleary2887 on 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2022-11-26</ref>
Alas, even with the new parts, his Cutter failed him yet again, forcing a crash landing into a racer's Tumbril StarCitizen:Cyclone RC. To make up for the damage, Jax had to take the incapacitated driver's place in an upcoming competition.<ref>IAE 2952: Part 7 - Star Citizen YouTube Channel. Retrieved 2022-11-24</ref> He was able to clear his name, and one of the racers gave him a tip about a StarCitizen:Freelancer MAX heading for Stanton.
Jax hitched a ride on the ship, but to his dismay it only dropped him off at StarCitizen:Ruin Station.<ref>Tweet by JaxMcCleary2887 on 2022-11-25. Retrieved 2022-11-26</ref> While exploring the station he stumbled upon the prototype RSI StarCitizen:Galaxy which hadn't made it to the expo, as well as the pirates who had stolen it. He witnessed their attempt to sell this ship illicitly, but was discovered in the process. Just as all hope seemed to be lost, StarCitizen:Jimmy arrived to rescue his friend from the criminals in a blazing firefight.<ref>Tweet by JaxMcCleary2887 on 2022-11-26. Retrieved 2022-11-26</ref>
Trivia
- Jax owns a penthouse in StarCitizen:Castor Point. According to him, it is worth less than two crates of StarCitizen:Bondurant Vesseaux Blanc De Blanc reserve champagne.<ref name=":0">Whitley’s Guide 2951 IAE Special – Part 4. Star Citizen YouTube channel. Retrieved 2022-11-20</ref>
- Jax was created by Will Weisbaum.<ref>Star Citizen Live: Narrative History, Star Citizen, YouTube, 2 August 2024</ref>
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