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| - 'Mr Jones' was an ally to the Manhattan Resistance, during the invasion of Manhattan, he is one of the first people you meet in the game, as he allows you to get your first weapon and battle the Soviets. Jones is an older man, well past his youth, but his strong voice and his ability to stand up to the rigors of a frugal life beneath the streets of New York suggests Jones is in better shape than most men his age. He joins Chris Stone as the Soviets storm into New York City, after Chris rescues him from a beating by Soviet soldiers just after Troy Stone is captured by General Tatarin and a team of Soviet infantry. Jones, Chris, and a New Yorker called Phil Bagzton, whom Chris rescues along the way out of the apartment building, flee underground through a sewer hatch as New York City falls to the Soviets. From the beginning, Jones makes most of the plans and gives most of the orders to the fledgling resistance, displaying impressive strategic and tactical thinking. He directs Chris to a closed-down NYPD precinct in Brooklyn, allowing him to rescue Isabella Angelina, who thereafter assumes a position of leadership in the resistance alongside Jones Chris for a few months until the death of Troy Stone, and the assassination of General Tatarin. When Chris returned to the Rebel Base in the Manhattan sewers, he found the resistance members missing and the base under Soviet control. He also found a smug, triumphant, uniformed KGB colonel named Bulba waiting for him. Guessing that Chris will not know him, Bulba says "Hello, Chris," in Mr. Jones' exact voice, proving beyond a doubt it was Bulba the entire time. Bulba mocks Americans, saying "You were all so busy entertaining yourselves to death, while our great nation was busy- busy liberating Europe from the same fate." Bulba addresses Chris, possibly over loudspeakers, while Chris flees deeper into the sewers and battles large numbers of Soviet troops, refusing to surrender. While Chris is able to escape, Bulba is also successful- his superior, Tatarin, is dead, and Bulba "respectfully" takes his place as general in a public address on SAFN. It is possible that during his time with the resistance as Mr. Jones, Colonel Bulba gained a compasion for the citizens of New York. This can be seen during the SAFN broadcasts compared to Tatarin's broadcasts. Bulba institutes a holiday, starts a youth program, and a animal shelter/ meat rationing station. However, Bulba would also have a practical reason for doing this- being brutal and harsh to all of the city populace would only drive everyone into the hands of the resistance, and Soviet forces acting compassionately would help persuade more civilians to respect the authority of the occupation forces, or even take their side. As Mr. Jones was merely an alias of Bulba, Jones makes no more appearances in the game after Bulba reveals himself to Chris at resistance headquarters, following General Tatarin's assassination. General Bulba does not appear in the assault on Governor's Island, nor the storming of the island's historic harbor fortress Fort Jay. His status and whereabouts are unknown at the end of the game. Judging by the fact he failed to capture Chris, the entire Soviet army was exterminated in Fort Jay and his force was driven out of New York by the Resistance, he most likely will be executed for failure or demote to lower rank. Despite the circumstance, in the end, he was defeated by the same man and faction he used to gain power in the first place.
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