As demonstrated with General Adams firing the weapons platform on the ISA Fortress.ĭetermined to stop Adams, Templar decided to head for the remains of the fortress in the hopes that there is a way to an up-link to the weapons platform. To everyone's shock, it is discovered that General Stuart Adams, the appointed military commander of Vekta's orbital defense network, is a traitor working for the Helghast. This caused a near-deadly argument between Hakha, Rico, and Luger in which Templar defused the situation and angrily reminding them to "start acting like soldiers." He gives Hakha three minutes to do what he has to do. However, Hakha requested Templar to hack into the ISA mainframe to extract information on the SD platform, which he believes has fallen to the Helghast. He then led the team with Hakha to the ISA Fortress, where it will take Hakha safely off Vekta. Templar looked past Hakha's Helghast heritage and even preventing Rico from killing him. The three eventually rescued Hakha from the Helghast, and were surprised to find the spy to be half-Helghan. Templar continued his mission in finding Hakha with Rico willingly joining them. They along with Rico saved Vaughton and giving the security key to the General. The two later came across Rico Velasquez, an ISA gunner, who informed them Vaughton was captured and being held nearby. Reunited with his lover, Templar reminiscent on their relationship and even slyly asking Luger if she "got laid" since they last saw each other. After acquiring the key, Templar was saved from a Helghast sniper by Luger, who was assigned by Vaughton to aid Templar's mission.
The base was soon attacked and Templar is told by Vaughton that the security key that he needs to reactivate the platform never arrived to him. Vaughton assigned Templar to rescue Colonel Gregor Hakha, a spy, who has knowledge of how the invasion bypassed the SD. Templar was then told by his mentor that the battle has been going badly in which the ISA has requested assistance from the UCN-in which the UCA Navy will arrive in a couple of days-and are working to restore the SD platform. After being assisted by RRF Private Sanchez in holding the area and fighting Helghast forces in the outer urban area, Templar was summoned to Central Command by General Vaughton. Templar took part in the frontlines, defending the trenches outside Vekta City. In August 2357, the Helghast invasion of Vekta began. The investigation was put on hold when the Helghast invasion commenced. There was much speculation when it was discovered that the weapon came from the SD weapons platform, as it had been reported that it was stolen recently from a munitions store on the platform. During a routine defense emplacement inspection, Templar made the narrowest of escapes after being fired upon by an unseen aggressor.īallistics experts confirmed that the rounds were fired by an army standard M82-G assault rifle, which suggested that Helghast sympathizers had managed to infiltrate ISA ranks. To make matters worse, Templar was the target of an assassination attempt. Templar didn't have time for heartache or self pity, as the RRF intelligence center began receiving reports of an enormous surge in Helghast military activity shortly afterwords. In the end, Luger effectively broke off the relationship by entering the classified Shadow Marshal program in December 2356. Conversely, Luger didn't feel like staying home while Templar did all the killing. Templar didn't want Luger to stay in the military, because he couldn't bear the thought of losing her in some war.
In addition, both proved terribly headstrong around each other, which quickly lead to arguments. Their relationship was troubled from the start, as the otherwise vivacious Luger became cold and distant whenever Templar tried to get close. Templar met Luger during an RRF training exercise, and promptly fell in love. He joined the Rapid Reaction Force and eventually became a captain, being one of their most decorated and experienced officers. Vaughton's assessment of Templar proved correct, as the young recruit was soon taking Officer Training Classes alongside grizzled veterans twice his age.
Vaughton became aware of Templar's extraordinary potential, and enrolled him in the ISA military academy early. Jan received his values from his mentor, godfather, and friend. When Dirk died in the first Vektan war, Vaughton felt responsible for young Jan, and took the boy under his wing. Dirk was good friends with the commanding officer of his regiment, Bradley Vaughton, who became a friend of the family. His mother died when he was very young, and he was taken care of by his father, Dirk Templar, who was a soldier in the ISA.