Amos Burton

**Amos Burton** was a ship mechanic from Earth, and a master of both combat and survival. Amos had a tendency towards violence, but unwavering loyalty to Naomi Nagata and -- later on -- to Jim Holden.

## History

### Early Life

Born in the slums of Baltimore, a product of unlicensed prostitution. He was named "Timothy" by his mother who gave him to the care of Lydia Allen. She raised him as his mother, but later became his lover. Sometime during his childhood, Amos was used as a child prostitute.

During his teenage years, Amos' childhood friend Erich recruited Amos into a Baltimore-based crime syndicate -- which was headed up by a man named Amos Burton. At a certain point, Timothy was faced with a choice of killing the leader of the syndicate or his childhood friend. He chose to kill Burton, and then -- with Erich's help -- took his name and identity and in 2272 CE, now under the name Amos Burton, he left Earth for Luna.

Eventually, Amos came into contact with Naomi Nagata and developed a friendship. He became fiercely loyal to her. They served together on the Pur'n'Kleen ice hauler the *Canterbury*. He was working as the mechanic.

### Boarding the Rocinante

Jim Holden selected Amos as one of the members of the away team that responded to the distress signal from the *Scopuli*. As such, Amos survived the destruction of the *Canterbury* at the hands of a stealth ship. Rescued by the MCRN ship the *Donnager*, Amos stayed with his crewmates when that ship was also attacked -- boarding the *Rocinante* to escape. After Holden met with Fred Johnson, Amos and the other *Canterbury* stay together until they could find answers about the destruction of their ship.

While journeying to Eros on the *Rocinante*, Amos discovered that Chrisjen Avasarala's spy Kenzo Gabriel had stowed away on their ship. Despite Amos' threatening to space Kenzo, he managed to get an MCRN ship to leave the *Rocinante* alone. On Eros, Amos was the first to recognize that the crew had walked into a trap, and attacked the assassins who had been assigned to eliminate the crew. In the midst of Eros Incident, he helped Naomi Nagata and Alex Kamal evacuate as many people as they could aboard the *Rocinante*. However, when Setimba tried to make them leave the asteroid with their refugees and without Holden or Josephus Miller, Amos simply shot him.

After capturing Paolo Cortazar from Thoth Station, Amos helped Holden to interrogate him -- gaining important information about the protomolecule. Amos was aboard the *Rocinante* when they chased the protomolecule-controlled Eros.

### Searching for Mei

Following the Ganyemede Incident, Amos helped distribute supplies to refugees. When one of the refugees attempted to take more than her share, Amos lashed out. Afterwards, he spoke to Cortazar again -- looking for a means to reverse his psychological condition. When Cortazar explained the impossibility of this, Amos went into a tailspin. He began arguing with Alex about helping the people of Ganymede. However, upon meeting Praxideke Meng and learning of his missing daughter, Amos found a renewed sense of purpose.

After searching for clues, the crew found a hacker named Roma who -- with extra convincing from Amos -- agreed to help find Mei. He found her last known whereabouts, eventually tracking down some of Dr. Lawrence Strickland's cronies. In the ensuing firefight, Amos was shot. Wounded, Amos leaves with Naomi to help evacuate Ganymede on the *Weeping Somnambulist*. After successfully departing Ganymede, Amos returned to the *Rocinante*.

## Appearances

Amos Burton is derived from *The Expanse* and appears in every episode. For canon information, please visit The Expanse Wiki.