Jason Morelli

Jason Morelli aka The Castaway is Jersey Morelli's father, a signalman in the Navy, has been away for over a year and a half. He is attached to Naval Intelligence, Radio Beacon Deployment Program, current tour of duty 513 days as of the date that Durga is found by Jersey Morelli. Likes classical/jazz music.

When Reach was glassed, Jason was assigned to a ship named the UNSC Silberg on a deep-space reconnaissance assignment.

In a live telephone call on October 19, Melissa confirmed that Jason is, in fact, the man she refers to as the The Castaway.

References

• On Reach.wav
• Jersey.wav

Partial transcript of Jerswy.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.