Redemption Branch Deepening
Chips
Jed Welch's early New York contact and criminal-world bridge.
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Identity and story role
Chips is Jed's running companion and employer-connected figure at the start of the Redemption branch.
Chronological role
He helps establish Jed's pre-outbreak world and the stash-house economy that collides with the citywide infection.
Major conflicts and turning points
Runs with Jed in Elmhurst.
Represents the pre-outbreak street economy.
Helps position Jed outside the FDNY framework.
Relationships and connections
Jed Welch
Redemption Military Survivors
Elmhurst
Redemption Trilogy
Why it matters
Chips matters because Redemption does not present a single kind of civilian survivor.
Final status and consequences
Tier C page; expand only if later scenes support it.