Jake Ramsey

Jacob Jefferson "Jake" Ramsey is a talented "maverick" archaeologist. He lost many friends when Mar Sara was destroyed by the Zerg and Protoss, and may have been born there.

He is over six feet tall ("his only distinguishing feature") and is extremely good at playing poker (counting cards comes naturally to him).

Biography
Ramsey is a talented archaeologist, but his career was stagnating, partly due to his "maverick" theories. He believed that the artifact discovered on Bhekar Rho was created by an intelligent alien species unknown to the Terrans which may have been the ancestor of the Protoss and Zerg. He was nominated for the Flinders Petrie Award for Archaeological Distinction for his excavations on Pegasus, but didn't actually win the award.

Ramsey and two other archaeologists worked on the "hell" world of Gelgaris for two years before he received a message from the Terran Dominion. The spokesman identified himself as Valerian Mengsk, son of Dominion Emperor Arcturus Mengsk (much to Ramsey's surprise) and a budding archaeologist. Mengsk told him about the find on Bhekar Rho, along with other such artifacts, created by a third alien race, which he and his father noted were appearing on other worlds. He invited Ramsey to help him uncover the secrets.

Ramsey and the younger Mengsk had a meeting. Valerian Mengsk invited Ramsey to visit him but insisted that Ramsey work with several people unfamiliar with him, not tell them who Valerian was and keep some classified information to himself. Ramsey was hired to unearth an artifact discovered on Nemaka that was related to the one on Bhekar Rho. Valerian and Ramsey toasted to "the discovery of wonders".