| “ | Believe me, boss. I want this [Enoch] to work, you have no idea. But… people don't change. |
| — Jakub, Prologue |
Jakub Dąbrowski is a member of the Outriders and a skilled mechanic. He has history with the Outrider, and holds a pragmatic view of things.
Journal Entry[]
"Believe me, boss. I want this to work, you have no idea. But... people don't change."
Jakub's always been a scoundrel and a grouch, but there's nobody you'd rather have at your side in battle.
Originally from Poland, Jakub lost his parents in the Siege of Warsaw, and grew up scrounging on the streets. He managed to escape to the States by boat as a young refugee, where he was happy to take up arms as a mercenary as long as he got three meals a day. Jakub signed on as a mechanic and driver under Jack Tanner, the same day you were recruited.
Over the next five years, you faced combat together more times than you care to count, fighting for whatever country was paying. You and Jakub were the only survivors of a squad airdropped into Venezuela during the fall of Caracas, and managed to extract three high-profile assets. You lasted nine months together in a Syrian prison camp in ‘73. Along with Tanner, you and Jakub survived a chopper crash in the Zagros mountains and walked all the way to Kermanshah.
On landing day on Enoch, Jakub is the Outrider responsible for driving and maintaining your truck as you secure a perimeter for the first human colony. This will likely be the last time you have to serve together — if all goes according to plan.
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31 years after landing on Enoch, you were sent on a mission to find Jakub, who'd been captured by a group of thugs, the Hounds, and rescued him, earning an earfull of grumbling and not even a thank you. Jakub has clearly not changed.
Jakub has left the life and ideals of the Outriders behind. He's now a crack mechanic under Grand Marshal Shira Gutmann’s employ, capable of keeping any set of wheels turning. Jakub nonetheless prefers to laze around and gripe about his predicament from his comfortable cocoon of fatalism.
Jakub was pleasantly surprised to find you’re alive, but he has a creeping feeling this joy will be short-lived.
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Jakub revealed how he rescued Channa's mother, Kasumi, from the Caravel disaster back on Earth, and how they reunited on Enoch. Kasumi died when Channa was a child, leaving Jakub to raise her on his own.
Jakub was unwilling to take on the responsibility.
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While taking shelter in the desert, Jakub was captured, along with the rest of your crew. While you were rescuing the others, Jakub rushed off to help Channa. Your old friend died saving his daughter, impaled by the leader of the hostile natives.
His tombstone reads "Here lies Jakub Dąbrowski. Father, friend, Outrider."
History - Outriders[]
Prologue[]
Jakub and the Outrider were part of a mercenary group that secured passage aboard the Flores, and later hired into the Outriders. On Enoch, he handled weapons and vehicles for the scouting group sent to recover probe data. He remarked on how the departure from Earth was "anarchy", and that he fears that Enoch could easily become as chaotic if people do not change their ways.
Jakub was dispatched with Alpha team to recover probe data, and was present when the team investigated a dense forest on their mission. An oncoming storm momentarily disabled his truck, but narrowly came online in time for the team to evacuate.
After the fight with Sergeant Major Charles Maxwell, Jakub stayed beside Shira Gutmann as more humans arrived on Enoch.
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