Commander Zulkilfi ("Jo") Hassan

Hails from Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaya. Tactical & Command background. Veteran of several firefights with independent rogue militants during the Inner Sol period. Former officer from the Malayan Rangers and involved in multiple covert Operations. Comes from a family of two, single father. Daughter enrolled in the prestigious AI Research Institute in Penang. Parents are still alive and live in Rembau. Very traditional alpha male but has learned to accept pluralism. Second in Command to Captain Olivia Chu on the UNES Tigris. First appeared in Marooned (Part 1).

Jo was featured as the main character in Short Story #1, "Rembau", named after the small town where he was from. Rembau covers events which molded a younger Zulkilfi Hassan as a boy, into what he was to become. It involves adventures with his "gang" of friends in uncovering a mystery encountered in the usually quiet and laid back settlement.