A boy in Annie's year from Queslett South, Jack Hyland discovered the power station that everybody snuck out to see in Chapter 19. He says himself that he goes exploring around Gunnerkrigg Court all the time, and he has some technical know-how since he is able to disable the Court's motion detectors and tend to damaged laser cows, as seen during the camping trip chapter. He can be a bit mischievous (Chapter 19, Page 18), and he and Kat seem to hit it off. He looked ready to connect with Kat over their mutual love of technology, but now, in most recent chapters, seems to be more interested in Annie. Most significantly, though, he was the only person besides Antimony and Gamma to get sucked into Zimmy's pseudo-Birmingham when she had a reality-altering episode on the roof. This resulted in J