Search Backup Liaison 'JESSE' Page 2
Shortly after entering the group home, Jesse befriends the director. As the place is filled with older, more disgruntled people, the director feels a lot of empathy towards young Jesse and does what he can to help make his life more comfortable. Among other things, he encourages Jesse to use his computer when he is not working on it himself. Jesse, able to access all kinds of information and explore the world of cyberspace, becomes highly proficient with computer technology. Any time the director is not at his computer, Jesse is there learning.
Jesse manages to make a couple of friends at school, but remains rather isolated. Education has become his focus, and becoming a volunteer search and rescue backup liason. His way of staying close to his mother.
By the age of sixteen, Jesse finishes high school and attends graduation with the class of 2012. Just two days later he's in surgery.
A research grant has chosen Jesse for a neural implant which allows him to communicate directly with a computer. It also provides him with his own computer system.
By seventeen, Jesse has completed his level five backup liaison exam and is attending university online. He is ready and eager to return to the world of search and rescue, but the wait is excruciating. Due to his age, but most likely his disability, Jesse has been passed over for fourteen months. Backups not only assist the team during each search, but they also continually monitor a team's video feed, location and physiological status. This allows the search dog handler to focus on searching. Then one night Jesse's luck changes.
No one is available to backup a search dog team known as 'Dog's Raven'. Using an experienced dog named 'Ebbey', the team has built their celebrity reputation through high find ratios. However, they're also known for pushing the boundaries of search and rescue protocol. Jesse is well aware of their success, even before becoming their new backup liaison. You see, the team's experiences are being turned into an animated adventure series and Jesse is one of their biggest fans. As their real life backup, he soon faces some ethical decisions.
