Jago Tembak was the name of the mastermind behind the atrocious bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta which claimed twenty-seven lives. He was the leader of a jihad-inspired terrorist group known as the Marauding Tide, but his influence had been gathering, like the Tide, for several years before.

During the 1991 uprising in East Timor, sixteen year old Setiawan Tuti Mahendra witnessed an attack on a mosque. He didn't realise that the arsonists were actually government-backed militia, but instead believed them to be pro-Western supporters. He had been travelling with his father and had become something of a conscientious student of Islam. The attack had a profound impact on his developing mind. When he returned to Surabaya he was already well on his way to becoming a fanatic. He publicly ridiculed the West, especially Australia and the United States, and organised protest groups of fellow students who usually ended up chanted songs and burning flags. It wasn't until he went to Jakarta that Mahendra found a patron for his growing patriotism.

Secret departments within Suharto's government had already begun forming an uber team to carry out the plans of the Indonesian government. Mahendra had joined a jihad group at his university and through its government 'mole', the "black ops" organisation, known as Marauding Tide, discovered that Mahendra and his sister were both uberhumans. His fervent hate for the West, his passion for the ideals of Islam, and his uncanny ability to never miss a target, made Mahendra a perfect specimen for the government's uber team.

Mahendra dropped out of university and began military training, growing in confidence and egocentrism, as he came to fully realise and develop his uberhuman abilities. He was sent to Vietnam to train with ex-Viet Cong agents as well as French mercenaries. When he returned in 1998, he did so without telling his family. At that point he had no reason to care what happened to them. He now had a higher purpose. At the age of twenty-four, Mahendra, under the name of Jago Tembak, successfully led the attack on the Australian Embassy. It was November 1999.

Marauding Tide followed up its attack on the Embassy with lightning strikes across East Timor which brought them into contact with the Australian-New Zealand team of ubers, Southern Knights. Since that time, Jago Tembak has consolidated his reputation as one of the region's foremost terrorist threats, as well as branching out into mercenary work in the United States where he has earned the wrath of the FBI, for whom he holds the greatest of grudges.

Jago Tembak is a fanatic. He lives, breathes and exists solely for the destruction of Western society in the name of Islam. His hatred for the United States and Australia has grown through misunderstandings in his youth, to thorough indoctrination during his time in Vietnam and the Indonesia military. He shows kindness and compassion only for those who share his beliefs, and offers nothing but death for any who oppose him.

“I never give second chances.”

Jago Tembak has the uber ability of unnatural precision. Whether he uses a pistol or any thrown object, he seldom misses; and never more than once. He has gained training in savate and weapon handling and is an expert in demolitions.

Jago Tembak wears an armoured black shirt with camouflaged combat pants and high boots. He is a strong man who exudes good health, and his face is pleasant and handsome. When he is angry, his features contort into a hideous mask of hatred. He carries two pistols in holsters, and a combat knife. He never travels without his weapons and makes no apologies for it.