# Barry Watson — Short Fiction character guide

> Barry Watson in Short Fiction by Mack Reynolds.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Watson, The lanky Watson

**First appearance:** 0021-iv

## Who they are

A character often described as lanky, involved in events.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/iii)

Military expert who suggests using the Macedonian phalanx, chariots, and cavalry tactics for the Texcocan army.

### [The Conference of the Divided Teams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/v)

Plekhanov's team member; challenges Mayer's definition of 'free' and sarcastically notes the similarity between the two teams' tyrannical methods.

### [The Valley of Decision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/vi)

Commands the Tulan phalanx on the valley floor, executing the battle plan.

### [The Decade's Reckoning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/viii)

Texcocan military figure, boasts of having six to eight wives, defensive about his status.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ix)

Earthman and leader of the delegation, he insists on reforms and sacrifices Chessman to save the regime.

### [The Fortieth Year Conference](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/x)

Leads the Texcocan delegation, confronts Kennedy about Amschel Mayer's fate, and dismisses the conferences as pointless.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xi)

Texcocan delegate who presents the industrial progress of Texcoco and argues for the superiority of their collectivized system.

### [Chapter XII: The Reckoning at Rigel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xii)

Leader of the Texcocan team, confronts the Genoese and later faces the united Rigellian opposition.

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