Hobbs may be directly responsible for the the cuts seen on Astrid's hand and wrist in Episode 3, which presumably occurred during this altercation, judging from his statement 'We barely clipped her wings. Astrid tried to rescue people trapped the blaze, but Hobbs intervened, resulting in her stabbing him with a hunting knife in self defense. With his fellow inmates, Hobbs took the remaining citizens of Milton hostage in the Old Schoolhouse before it caught fire due to the adverse electrical effects of the Aurora, inadvertently killing those inside. The First Flare struck during transit, and he and at least two other inmates fled the prison bus when it crashed outside Milton, causing the tunnel to collapse. Hobbs is one of the Convicts, a felon on his way to Blackrock Federal Penitentiary to serve a twenty-year sentence.
He can be found in the Paradise Meadows Farm, near the town of Milton.
Hobbs is a minor character appearing in the REDUX version of Wintermute Episode 1.
