Colonel Joseph ``Jesse'' Wood is a retired United States Air Force tanker pilot and has been involved from the outset in the NUS/USE efforts to develop basic aircraft and build an air force. He is unpretentious and informal with a tendency to calmness when others would panic, perhaps necessary traits in the NUS air force's sole test pilot. He has a bent for organization and through the loss of his prot*g*, Hans Richter, in the Battle of Wismar, has developed a strong dislike for the opponents of the NUS and Gustavus Adolphus.
Hans Richter
Gustavus Adolphus