Zachary Colson

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Zachary "Jazz" Colson is a character from the computer games Wing Commander: The Secret Missions 2: Crusade and Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi.

Zachary Colson started his service life as a young, inexperienced pilot on the TCS Austin. He got his callsign "Jazz" from being a musician and was known to perform on the TCS Austin, playing the piano.

"Jazz" later transfers temporarily to the TCS Tiger's Claw along with Etienne Montclair. Even at this point, he despised everyone on the Tiger's Claw.

Over ten years later, long after the destruction of the Tiger's Claw, he served on the TCS Concordia. By this time, "Jazz" had joined the Mandarins. He then began a campaign of betrayal and murder. He sabotaged ships, transmitted information to the Kilrathi, and planted explosives on the Concordia's flight deck.

Eventually his betrayal is discovered and he is arrested. Christopher Blair went to see him to ask why he betrayed the Confederation. "Jazz" believed that the Goddard colony and his brother would have been saved if the Tiger's Claw hadn't detoured to attack a Kilrathi troopship. He had sworn to kill everyone who served on the Claw.

At his military tribunal, "Jazz" is convicted of murder and high treason and is sentenced to death, but he is rescued by the Mandarins. He spent a few days on Ayer's Rock but fled in a Morningstar when the base was destroyed. Blair eventually tracked and shot down "Jazz".