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Tobias Barlow is a main character in Pacific Drive, and one of the three characters who regularly speak to The Driver via radio.
Before the Zone was decommissioned, Tobias was a manager in ARDA's Maintenance department. Afterward, he lived in Sector B of the Mid-Zone with his romantic partner, Dr. Francis Cooke,[1] investigating the Zone's many stories and mysteries.
History
Tobias worked at the Red Meadow Research Facility alongside Francis and Oppy before the facility's destruction. Oppy recalls Tobias throwing out weeks' worth of her lab notes.
Tobias was awake and within range of the Mass Hallucination on September 14th, 1961. He reported "freefalling through outer space" and hearing "the rings of Saturn sing".
In August of 1964, Tobias called Francis to inform him that he and some other employees had discovered Bubblegum Buddies stealing equipment. Tobias insisted on delivering the notes on Bubblegum Buddies in person, allegedly due to issues with the Pneumatube system.[2]
In September of 1964, Francis called Tobias to inform him that the drums of experimental gravity gel his team was delivering back to Maintenance had spilled across a long strip of road, creating the Airstrip anomaly.[3]
In February of 1966, a road worker helping Tobias and another maintenance worker fill a pothole discovered a Pothole Anomaly in the form of floating road repair tools, signs, and lights. [4]
Some time after the Sierram disaster in 1973, Tobias was assigned to clean out the guard towers that kept watch on Colossal Cappy.
When ordered to evacuate the Zone, Tobias refused to pack up and go. He convinced Francis to stay behind with him to investigate the Zone's stories. The two went without electricity for four months to avoid detection.
Events of Pacific Drive
Death
In one of the later missions in the game, The Driver works with Francis, Oppy, and Tobias to breach the Deep Zone Wall. However, in order to do so the team needed to redirect a large amount of electricity into the checkpoint so the final gates could be opened. To do this, Tobias ran out to restore power to Battery Farm 6 while a storm of instability hit. As a result, Tobias was killed. In the end, all members of the team are left to grieve, whether The Driver survives or not.
References
- ↑ Ironwood Studios [@ironwoodtweets] (Jun 1, 2024). https://twitter.com/ironwoodtweets/status/1796981289075306859
- ↑ Bubblegum Buddy log entry.
- ↑ Airstrip log entry.
- ↑ Pothole log entry.