Jack Mason (22nd century)

Lieutenant Jack Mason is a Human male who lives in the 22nd century and services the United Earth Starfleet, as the Armory Officer onboard the and later on   Archer under the command of Captain Marica Taylor. (Star Trek: Archer)

Early life
In 2136, Jack Mason was born onboard a cargo ship to a freighter Captain and an Ambassador to Vulcan and had a wonderful childhood, growing up his father was preparing him to one day take command of the freighter ECS Ronald Regan, but Jack's mother wanted Jack to choice his own destiny when he grows up.

Starfleet Academy
As a cadet, Mason, along with first-year cadet John Mayhill, was on a tour of the Cochrane Research Facility on Sirius IV when the reactor exploded. Twenty people, including Mayhill, were trapped in the radioactive core, and Mason watched them die of radiation poisoning from the shielded observation room. Even years afterwards, Mason would occasionally have nightmares about that day.

Starfleet Security
Mason started his career as an ensign at Starfleet Security, where he met Captain Matthew Harris. Harris was the liaison officer to the newly created Starfleet Intelligence and sent Reed on several covert operations on behalf of both divisions. At first, he found this sort of life exiting, eventually he realized that some of the missions Harris sent him on weren't authorized by Starfleet. When Harris came under scrutiny by his superiors he left Starfleet, leaving Reed with the impression that their affiliation is over.

Archer (NX-06)
Mason was assigned as armory officer aboard the Archer in April of 2156, under Captain Taylor.