There were no records for Jon Doe. No birth certificate, no way of proving that he had ever been born. The man before Lt. Masters was an enigma.
He was scarred from some kind of mishap that had happened on this rogue planet of Janus where he had been kept as a slave to JayCo, the mining company. He had no known relatives and had been sold to the company when he was about 13 by his claimed father to pay off gambling debt.
Joining the Imperial Navy or Marines would be the start of a new life for the young man. Lt. Masters decided to take a chance...