Jason Morelli

Jason Morelli aka The Castaway is Jersey Morelli's father, corporal in the signal core. He met his wife Bonita Morelli on the Churchill Ferry in New York where he dazzled her by talking about his favorite music, 1940s Jazz.

Sometime in the past he worked with the Melissa (A.I.). Melissa really liked Jason because he would play his jazz music for her to listen to. It was her who gave Jason the nickname, The Castaway. When Melissa was blown apart one of the reasons she chose Jersey's computer was because she remembered and liked Jersey's dad.

Presently he is attached to Naval Intelligence, Radio Beacon Deployment Program, and has been away from home for 513 days as of the date that Durga is found by Jersey Morelli. When Reach was glassed, Jason was assigned to a ship named the UNSC Soberg on a deep-space reconnaissance assignment.

Partial transcript of Jersey.wav
Durga: ...Give me a target Jersey: Me Durga: Lock Jersey: What's my name? Durga: Jersey Morelli... Jersey: DAMN! Durga: Father Jason is a corporal in the signal core attached to Naval intelligence, Radio beacon deployment program. He left you the material currently playing over this room's audio servers.