Jake Williams
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- Jacob "Jake" Williams is a human in Armada continuity family.
This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.
Jacob "Jake" Williams is a former trucker. He lived a good life, but with the death of his wife and son, he has no more good years to look forward to. He took to long trips in his pickup "Nelly Belle", out among the deserts of west Oregon to stare at the stars. It didn't make the hurt any less, but it made him able to go on a little longer.
Jake is a low-level telepath, an ability he's never done anything with, despite his wife's urgings to do something to benefit mankind. When he's upset or excited, those near him can feel his emotions.
Now… Jake lost his wife, his son… his dog has cancer, so he'll lose him too… but mostly, Jake lost his heart. The man is a country song waiting to happen, and then he meets giant robots.
Fiction
Transformers Legends anthology
Following the death of his son, Jake headed out to the western desert in the company of his dying dog Yeller. The solitude of the mountains did not cure his pain, though it eased it enough for him to go on a while longer. That and the bourbon, the bourbon helped.
The Mini-Con healer QuickFire was attracted by Jake's psychic distress (and his sexy truck). He re-energized the aging Jake, curing his eyesight and taking away the little aches and pains that had crept in with age (he also cured Yeller's cancer). Jake agreed to help QuickFire, hauling freight across the country to hide their presence from the Decepticons while QuickFire healed his comatose partner, Riptide.
Several pleasant months passed doing this. Jake's return to work, and purpose, heartened him, and he found a friend and kindred spirit in QuickFire, who had renounced the life of war he once led, wanting never to fight again.
When a Decepticon attack on Yellowstone National Park threatened to create a massive volcano, Jake, Yeller, and QuickFire reluctantly broke their cover to alert the Autobots. Jake saved QuickFire from being captured by Megatron by crashing his pickup truck off a cliff and into the Decepticon, following up his initial attack with a couple shotgun shells.
After the battle, Riptide and QuickFire returned to their peaceful life with Jake instead of rejoining the Autobots. Lonesome Diesel
Notes
- Jake and his search for peace may be a reference to the song "Feed Jake" by the Pirates of the Mississippi.
