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High-Pockets Jones

A mysterious spacer who turns up wherever working men need straightening out, gifted with an uncanny feel for machinery and a reputation that makes management nervous.

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Also known as Jones, Pockets Jones

First appearance: electron eat electron

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High-Pockets Jones moves through the labor conflicts of the printing plants like a rumor made flesh, his talent with linecasting machines matched only by his inconvenient habit of appearing exactly where trouble is…

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DHDr. HudsonTJThe JudgeTETom EllingberySCSlim ColemanMSMr. ShaneHJHigh-Pockets Jones

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  • Supporting survivors and witnesses
  • Minor and background characters
  • Central human protagonists

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SetupEscalationBreaking pointAftermathClimax
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  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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