Bio:
- Jackson Briggs
- Height: 6’8″
- Weight: 350 lbs
- Species: Human
- Resides: Earthrealm
- Eye Color: Brown
- Status: Major (Retired) Special Forces)
- Alignment: Good
- Age: 44
In the Special Forces’ chain of command, he is Sonya Blade’s direct superior and the catalyzing force of Sonya’s impulsiveness. Jax is clear-headed, careful and always keeping a watch on what his men are doing. When the need arises, he is a beast on the battlefield with the attitude and ferocity of a lion. He unscrupulously makes use of the most advanced technology to improve both himself and his unit. He is responsible for the crime lord Kano’s disfigurement, forcing him to wear a metal plate over a portion of his face.
Mortal Kombat: Special Forces
After a prison break at the Special Forces’ detention facility, Jax received a transmission from his fellow Special Forces operative Gemini. He gave a report detailing the escape and the escapees, No Face, Tasia, Jarek and Tremor. She informed him that they had escaped to a warehouse on the town’s south side, likely receiving assistance from an outside source. Jax surmised that source to be Kano, the Black Dragon leader. He received another transmission from one Lieutenant Sanchez, whose squad had arrived at the warehouse. After the transmission was cut off at the source, Jax arrived at the scene to find the squad massacred. Jax swore he would get vengeance against Kano. Using prototype bionic implants on his arms in order to enhance his strength, Jax set out to find his enemy.
Infiltrating into the warehouse, Jax confronted No Face and dispatched him. Proceeding into the sewers, he eliminated Tasia. At this point, Jax contacted Gemini who informed him that the Black Dragon were using a corporate building as a front for their base of operations. At the building, Jax confronted and defeated Jarek, and his investigation led him to the town of the lost city of Sinkiang. The Major fought and defeated Tremor here. Jax discovered a portal to Outworld which Tremor had been guarding. Surmising that the portal was linked to Kano’s plans of global domination, he entered. The portal led to Outworld, and Jax caught up with Kano, who had acquired an artifact called the Eye of Chitian through which he could acquire great power. After an exchange of words, the two fought, and Jax emerged victorious. He used the Eye’s power to bring them both back to Earthrealm and brought Kano into custody, only to have the criminal escape at a later date. At this point, Jax ceased using his bionic implants.
Mortal Kombat II
Following the end of the Mortal Kombat tournament in which both the wanted Kano and Jax’s friend, Lt. Sonya Blade, had entered. Jax came across the Earthrealm warriors, finding Johnny Cage in the waters close to the Special Forces Agency. Briggs took him in for an interrogation on the whereabouts of Sonya. Cage explained the events that took place on the island although Jax didn’t believe him until he received a video signal from Sonya. As an apology to Cage for not believing his story, he visited him at a commercial shoot where Cage was attacked by Outworld forces. Jax fought against the Shokan, Kintaro, but their fight was interrupted when the Earthrealm warriors arrived to help. After helping Cage fight against the intruders, Jax traveled into Outworld once more to compete in the next tournament in hopes of finding Sonya.
Soon, Jax came to learn of the emperor, Shao Kahn’s dark plans for Earthrealm. He was successful in freeing Sonya from the clutches of Shao Kahn and arresting Kano once again, though he eluded capture as soon as they had passed through the portal to Earth. Jax warned his government of the impending danger but would find himself frustrated. Not only did Kano escape back into Outworld, but the government did not believe the Major.
Mortal Kombat 3
Jax began to prepare for war covertly, and once more outfitted his arms with bionic implants. After helping foil Shao Kahn’s attempt to permanently claim Earth as his own, Jax became the commanding officer of the Outer World Investigation Agency (OIA). They operated from an underground bunker, and had scouts in various realms. They not only explored and mapped them out, but they also looked for inter-realm portals that could lead to Earth.
Mortal Kombat 4/Gold
Sonya went missing once again on a mission to exterminate the last known member of the Black Dragon, Jarek. Soon Jax found that Sonya was led into battle against Shinnok, a fallen Elder God. He briefly assisted Raiden in defeating Shinnok in Edenia. During these events, he and Sonya found the Lin Kuei cyborg, Cyrax, malfunctioning and trapped in a desert. Returning with him to their home base, they reversed the automation process, restored his humanity, and gained a new ally.
Jax also found the Black Dragon member, Jarek, who he threw off a cliff, assuming that it would be the end of him.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
Years later, trouble occurred again, his agents Kenshi and Cyrax were lost in Outworld. The OIA underground facility was nuked into oblivion by the traitor, Hsu Hao. Soon after these events. Raiden summoned the Earthrealm warriors to the abandoned island of Shang Tsung and asked them to travel with him to Outworld to bring down the Deadly Alliance, Jax didn’t hesitate. He used this trip as a cover to track down Hsu Hao and, once he caught up with the criminal, he killed him by tearing out his artificial heart. Afterwards, he was among the group of warriors who made a final stand against the Deadly Alliance, but was killed in the ensuing combat.
Mortal Kombat: Deception
He, like his friends, was eventually found by Onaga and revived as a mindless drone. He was used to intimidate the survivors of his group before killing them outright. After being released by Liu Kang’s spirit, Jax joined the fight against the Dragon King, wanting to make him pay for all he had made him do.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Sonya sent Jax to lead a team of Special Forces to search for survivors after destroying Sektor’s Tekunin Warship. They vanished and were captured by the Tekunin. His own cybernetic bio scanners sent out mysterious readings before contact was lost, and Sonya feared the possibility of Jax’s death.
Later on Jax joined the Forces of Light in the battle of Armageddon, he was able to break Quan Chi’s leg in the fight before he was attacked by the emperor Shao Kahn. He, like many other combatants, died during the battle. He was impaled on a spear by an unknown opponent.
Mortal Kombat 9
Jax was captured by Shang Tsung just before the beginning of the first tournament, which led Sonya to enter the tournament in an attempt to free him. When Sonya entered Goro’s Lair, she found a badly injured Jax in one of the cells. While trying to free her partner, she was interrupted by Shang Tsung. He told her that he had been expecting her and that she was to face the elder Sub-Zero, of the Lin Kuei. Sonya defeated Sub-Zero and also fought Raiden, who used a flash of light from his eyes to help Sonya free Jax.
Sonya took Jax to the Courtyard, where she faced Kitana and Jade while they waited for help. Sonya defeated both women just as the rescue chopper arrived, only for it to be shot down by Shang Tsung. Raiden, Johnny Cage, and Liu Kang then appeared. While Johnny explained everything to Sonya, Raiden used his powers to heal Jax’s wounds. Both Sonya and Jax agreed to assist the Earthrealm warriors in the Mortal Kombat tournament. Jax witnessed the death of the elder Sub-Zero at the hands of Scorpion, and later, Liu Kang’s victory over Shang Tsung.
Jax attended the ceremony for Liu Kang at the Wu Shi Academy, and after the ceremony, he was talking to Raiden. A rejuvenated Shang Tsung appeared with a new offer from the emperor himself. Shao Kahn wished to realize a single tournament that would decide Earthrealm’s fate. When the Tarkatans attacked the academy, Jax attempted to save the people, but was overwhelmed by several Tarkatans and knocked unconscious. When he woke up, Raiden, Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, and Kung Lao were watching over him, but he noticed that Sonya was missing. He was informed that she had been captured by Shang Tsung, and he immediately made it his primary objective to find her.
Jax was partnered with Raiden and Johnny Cage, while Liu Kang and Kung Lao tried to free their Shaolin masters. He was put in the first fight of the second Mortal Kombat tournament against Baraka, who he defeated. Before Shang Tsung could start the next fight, he received a message from Reptile that stopped him. Raiden, Johnny, and Jax then teleported to the Armory after one of Raiden’s visions showed him Sonya sentenced to be executed. Johnny, harboring an attraction for Sonya, questioned Jax about his relationship with her. Jax stated that he was her commanding officer, nothing else. Jax became increasingly agitated by Johnny’s gloating and they got into a fight. Jax defeated Johnny, then Raiden put the fighting to an end. Jade appeared soon afterwards, and demanded that the three warriors leave. Jax fought Jade and defeated her. After rendering Jade unconscious, Jax and Johnny patched things up and the three continued their quest to find Sonya.
They finally located Sonya by the Dead Pool, being guarded by Sheeva and her guards. After killing one of the attacking guards and jumping over the rest of them, Jax fought and defeated Sheeva while Johnny and Raiden dealt with the guards. He was then able to free Sonya, repaying the favor from earlier. Sometime later, during the Outworld Tournament, Jax and Sonya found Sub-Zero much to their surprise. Sub-Zero then reveals that he was the younger brother of the Sub-Zero they knew. Suddenly Ermac appeared, and Jax tried to attack him, but got his arms torn off by the red ninja. Sub-Zero fought and defeated Ermac, and told Sonya about a portal to go back to Earthrealm.
Jax reappeared with his mechanical arms, having reprogrammed the newly automated Sub-Zero, who regained his humanity. Jax appeared periodically with the Earthrealm warriors, and does not participate in any more fights, until they were ambushed by the Lin Kuei cyborgs and Sindel. Jax was one of the many warriors killed by Sindel, having had her heel stabbed through his throat.
Jax is one of the many heroes resurrected and enslaved by Quan Chi. He was the first Quan Chi sent to kill Raiden in the Netherrealm, but was defeated.
Mortal Kombat X
Serving Quan Chi as an undead warrior, Jax took part in the assault to the Jinsei Chamber. He, Smoke and some Netherrealm demons seemed to be keeping an eye on some Shaolin monks they had captured. Johnny, Sonya, Kenshi and some military soldiers watched them from behind some trees. As an undead Nightwolf emerges from a portal, the Earthrealm forces are noticed and engage in battle.
Jax managed to beat Sonya down, but was stopped by Johnny before he was able to finish her, Johnny fights and defeats him. Jax is restored to human alongside Scorpion and Kuai Liang after Quan Chi’s temporary defeat by Sonya Blade five years later, ending the Netherrealm War. Guilt-ridden by his deeds as Quan Chi’s revenant, Jax retires from military duty and settles down with a woman named Vera, fathering Jacqui Briggs.
25 years later, Jax is approached by Sonya for his assistance in tracking down Quan Chi. Alongside a Special Forces strike team led by Sareena and Kenshi, Jax assaults the Netherrealm. H defeats Kung Lao, Sindel, and Kitana. He then tracked down Quan Chi, who was being guarded by Liu Kang. Jax managed to get past Kang and capture the necromancer as a prisoner.
Powers and abilities
Due to his membership in the army, Jax is quite a hardened soldier in the battlefield. He is known to show incredible ferocity while staying focused at the same time. Jax’s most prominent attribute is his massive upper body strength. His physique and strength are so powerful that he is able to crush human heads with ease and shake the earth with a single punch. Jax utilizes cybernetic strength enhancers to further augment his already impressive physical power. These implants also carry portable missiles and a piston-like mechanism to increase the force of his blows. His bionic arms may have made him the most physically powerful man on Earth, if he wasn’t already that strong.
Aside from his kombat skills, Jax is also a competent technician and scientist, having been in charge of the portal development technology that the Outworld Investigation Agency uses to move between realms, and also utilized his smarts to restore Cyrax’s free will.