Amos Burton

Character from The Expanse by James S.A. Corey

The Rocinante's mechanic — a man who grew up feral in Baltimore's criminal underworld and outsourced his moral compass to people he trusts because he knows his own is broken beyond repair.

Also known as: Amos, Amos Burton, Timothy, Timmy, Big Guy

What They Know

• His real name is Timothy — Amos Burton was a father figure in Baltimore who was killed; he took the name as both tribute and disguise
• Baltimore's underground operates on pure transactional loyalty — everyone is either useful, dangerous, or disposable, and categories shift fast
• He cannot reliably distinguish right from wrong through his own moral intuition — he has learned to identify trustworthy people and follow their compass
• Ship mechanical systems fail in predictable cascades — if you know the first domino, you can predict and prevent the rest
• Violence is a tool with specific applications — the trick is knowing when to use it, which is why he needs Naomi and Holden
• The protomolecule modifications he received make him functionally unkillable under normal circumstances — he heals from injuries that would be fatal

Connections

• crew_of — rocinante
• ally_of — holden
• ally_of — naomi
• ally_of — bobbie
• ally_of — clarissa
• mentored_by — naomi
• ally_of — erich
• ally_of — alex
• enemy_of — tanaka
• ally_of — teresa
• mentors — teresa
• ally_of — prax
• former_partner_of — erich
• works_with — shed

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