A talented reporter who went downhill due to drugs. He escaped from an asylum to investigate the case of a satellite with an unknown virus that crashed in the city of Pigmant in southern Utah. He pays well for information and keeps in touch with Dr. Stone, who is studying the virus with a group of scientists. The virus has been named Andromeda. Jack has brown hair, brown eyes, a slightly tanned complexion, a stubble on his lower face, and is tall and of average build. He smokes.