Jet Black is a former member of the ISSP (Inter Solar System Police). A top detective, he was known as the "Black Dog" for the way he refused to let things go once he'd sunk his teeth into them. Eight years ago he lost his left arm in a setup by his partner Fad and Udai Taxim, a major syndicate assassin. Having suffered the loss of his longtime lover Alisa some six to eight months beforehand, Jet found he no longer wanted to stay on his homeworld of Ganymede and left. He received a cybernetic arm to replace his damaged or missing arm, and purchased an old Ganymede fishing vessel, which he named the Bebop (Jet is a big fan of jazz music.). After five years of working solo, Jet teamed up with Spike Spiegel, and the two became bounty hunters, drifting about the solar system and living a fairly simple existence.
As a former cop, Jet still has a strong sense of duty and justice. However, as he is no longer a police officer, Jet is free to ignore the niceties of the law and get straight to the justice part. Still, he isn't as carefree and reckless as either Faye or Spike, and unlike either of them, doesn't engage in needless properly destruction while in pursuit of a bounty.
Although gruff in appearances and mannerisms, Jet is a bit softhearted, often seen by his interactions with Edward. He talks to her, rather than at her, and treats her as if she was his own daughter. Jet also treats Ein with kindness as well, unlike Faye who dislikes Ein quite a bit. He will feed Ein regularly for example, whereas Faye has eaten Ein's own food right in front of him. Jet isn't a total pushover, however. As he tells Faye at one point, "This ship is my ship, and this arm is my arm." He is, to an extent, set in his ways and any pressure to change will probably result in Jet digging in and resisting.
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