Jamal “JaJo” Johanson (*2600 on the spaceship Last Frontier) is a fourth-generation ExoHuman and politician from the Gamma Age on VOI 700 D. He is a member of the Individualist Party and has a complex and controversial history as both a successful farmer and a notorious figure from the Great War.

Jamal Johanson was born blind and was one of the settlers who received 65 acres of land in 2625, under the government’s initiative to incentivize farming. His strategic acquisitions from less successful farmers allowed him to rapidly expand his land holdings.

During the Great War, Johanson founded a specialized task force known as “Team Johanson,” an unofficial group that conducted brutal behind-the-lines operations intended to break the morale of the Native tribes. His unit was accused of numerous war crimes, including the deaths of over 750 Honga women and many Trando elders, none of whom were active combatants.

Following the surrender of the Volunteer Army of Man and the resulting peace treaty, Johanson lost his land due to the Federal Confederation’s abolition of private property and was tried as a war criminal. He was sentenced to ten years of labor service in the Federal Copper Mine of Firetown in a tribunal involving both humans and Honga natives. However, due to his influence, Johanson's sentence was soon relaxed, and he was allowed free movement within the Firetown reservation, sparking outrage among the Communards in the Habitual Belt.

in 2635, Jamal Johanson was mysteriously pardoned, despite the Communards Party's objection. This allowed him to stand as a candidate for the Individualist Party in 2636. His controversial political role has divided public opinion, but his charismatic leadership and polarizing presence have garnered significant trust. Many believe that Johanson could be the key to breaking the Communards' long-standing dominance in the Federal Confederation.

Jamal Johanson is strongly opposed to the excessive regulations imposed by the Federal Confederation and does not acknowledge the Peace Treaty as legitimate. He believes that humanity lost the war not to the Natives, but due to internal weakness caused by a conspiracy from the so called Anti War Movement. Jamal envisions a future where humans regain dominance on VOI 700 D and reestablish a capitalist society enriched by technological progress. His goal is to undo the communardist economic structure and restore the comforts of a more advanced society.

Jamal Johanson is considered a charismatic leader and value-oriented politician.

Along with his close ally Decker Bolton, he is considered the “Conqueror of Hope” among individualist voters because, as the Firetown Post wrote, the two “have built Hope into the much-needed second individualist power bloc next to Firetown.”

This reading, however, is not shared by the public service Weekly Gazette, for example. Rather, they say, Hope is now a “swing reservation” where Communards and Individualists alike have equal opportunity. Which, if you look at the facts, is basically true. For in the 2636 election to the Federal Court, the Individualists did manage to win two out of three seats, but in 2638 it was the other way around again. Nevertheless, the fact remains, of course, that Hope is the first Habitual Belt city to have an Individualist as mayor.

Criticism of Jamal Johanson`s politics comes mainly from the party and from the voters of the Communards. They accuse him of populism. For even if the individualists were to promise the voters, for example, to give the farmers “their land” back, the terms of the peace treaty would not allow this at all. And renegotiating the peace treaty would not be possible either, he said, because the people would only have “guest rights” on VOI 700 D and the Natives had made it clear that they would only accept the people into the community as equal partners if they respected the freedom of nature. Accordingly, no tribe or people should simply claim farmland for themselves.

Jamal Johanson is the second child of Yasmine Saito (*2574) and Sam Johanson (*2572), who were part of the third generation of human pioneers on the spacecraft. He has a older sister (Fatima Johanson, *2598).

Since 2610 Jamal Johanson is married to Wimberley Johanson (*2585 on the spaceship Last Frontier). The couple has three sons: Noah Sam Johanson (*2612), Ethan Sam Johanson (*2614) and Elijah Sam Johanson (*2616).

Jamal's look is based on Arabic, Asian and Scandinavian influences. Thus, although he has a darker, Arabic-influenced skin color and light brown, wavy hair. His eyes have an almond shape, as known from the Japanese population on Earth, but a blue-green color, as known more from the Northern European gene pool.

Jamal Johanson is 1.92m tall and weighs 85 kg. He has an athletic figure and broad shoulders.

The exohuman governmental system in the Gamma Age

ExoHuman personalities of the Alpha-, Beta- and Gamma-Age