Ceres grabbing Jax before he can run from his appointment.
In the early days, Jax would often try to avoid his check-ups with Ceres. Often unsuccessfully given he was unable to get doors open.
One of the first Stygian encounters Jax had, took him a little ways off the coast as the creature tried to attack ships. That footage was the first he saw of himself as a giant, and it really rattled him to see how frightening he appeared from the outside.
Monroe checking on Jax after one of his first intentional big shifts.
Jax absolutely loosing his shit in a meeting while he’s stuck small and thinking it might be irreversible. It was all a bit much for him, being surrounded by people so much bigger trying to decide what to do with/about him.
Ceres and Jax working on revisions and changes to his gear and her medical equipment to account for his shifts in scale. She often gets caught up in watching him move when he’s smaller, even after theoretically being used to it, she just can’t help it.
Jax got knocked out while trying to protect his team, and another squad from the Reaper Stygian, who dropped a building on them. Alan desperately tries to wake him while the Stygian continues to advance.
Another one in the early days of Jax being able to shift bigger. He had a lot of trouble controlling it, and got himself stuck in places more than once.
One of the Stygians in Act Two actually does fully manage to get its mouth around Jax. This is a bit of a turning point and a rather horrific moment for people watching. After a horrible long stillness where they all start to think it ate him, and he might actually be dead,Jax/Atlas in a sort of berserk moment, basically peels the Stygian apart along the jaws. A real shift as people realise what he’s capable of, and a red flag for those closest to him about his mental health.
Bael catches Jax with his helmet off while they’re trapped in a cavern on Eros. They’ve become friends during Bael’s time on base, despite the man being there to find the identity of the Atlas Soldier. They both have this moment of realising Jax’s cover is blown, and that both of them are going to have to figure out what to do next.
Jax as ‘Atlas’ helping out with some of the bigger repairs at the outpost.
I just really like the resonance blade.
There was a really rough mission that resulted in casualties, and Monroe loosing his leg. Jax blames himself for not getting there faster.
Ceres and Jax getting to dance at the Ball!
Ori spends more and more time with Jax when the man starts to pull away from the others. They spend a lot of comfortable quiet time together at the base.
Just a bunch of little thoughts and thumbnail sketches from Atlas Rising as I try get my brain ticking again!