Keni Loggins

Keni Loggins is a beaver and a retired weather wall engineer in We Can Fix Pawbert. He worked on Lynxley-era weather wall systems before the upgrades and is brought in by ZSI as a consultant during the Icener crisis in S05E07 "The Network". His transport to ZSI headquarters becomes the target of an assassination attempt by Kira Roskova's operatives.

Background

Keni Loggins spent fifteen years working in weather wall maintenance before retiring approximately thirty years prior to the events of Season 5. He worked his way up from apprentice to senior technician and claims to have been inside every junction station in Zootopia and crawled through maintenance tunnels no one has used in decades.

Despite his extensive experience, Keni considers much of his knowledge obsolete. The weather wall systems have been rebuilt twice since his retirement, protocols have been updated, and access points have changed. He keeps old notes---maintenance schedules, access protocols---in a folder of yellowed papers, uncertain how much still applies.

Series History

Season 5

S05E07 "The Network"

ZSI brings Keni in as a consultant because Icener's forces are using old Lynxley-era infrastructure to coordinate their attacks. Director Costa hopes Keni's knowledge of the original systems might reveal access points not documented on modern maps.

Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps are assigned to escort Keni from his residence in the Rainforest District to ZSI headquarters. During the drive, Keni expresses doubt about his usefulness, explaining that the systems have been rebuilt twice since he left.

On the Canopy Expressway, Nick spots a black SUV following them from Keni's neighborhood. A gray sedan joins the pursuit, and a coordinated assault begins. The sedan swerves into their vehicle while operatives open fire. Judy returns fire, neutralizing the sedan, but a polar bear in the SUV aims an automatic weapon at Keni in the back seat.

Judy throws herself between Keni and the gunfire, returning four shots while Nick executes an emergency maneuver that causes the SUV to crash into the median. Keni survives the attack unharmed but deeply shaken.

At ZSI headquarters, Keni provides what information he can. He explains that in his day, the weather wall junctions had backup access points---maintenance tunnels and emergency overrides that could reach control systems without going through primary stations. He notes that the Lynxleys "never truly decommissioned anything," building redundancy into all their systems.

When asked about Milton Lynxley's hints at something "deeper" under the city, Keni has no knowledge of any infrastructure below what he worked on. He wonders why someone would try to kill him when he considers himself "just a retired engineer" who hasn't worked on the systems in thirty years.

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Key Relationships

Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps

Nick and Judy serve as Keni's escorts and protectors during the assassination attempt. Judy's willingness to throw herself between Keni and incoming fire saves his life.

ZSI

Keni cooperates fully with ZSI's investigation, though his confusion about why he was targeted speaks to his limited understanding of the threat landscape.

Trivia

• Keni's name is a reference to the musician Kenny Loggins, as we're about to enter the Danger Zone.
• His description---a beaver in his sixties wearing a cardigan "older than most of the mammals in ZSI"---emphasizes his status as a relic of an earlier era.
• The attempt on his life demonstrates that Kira Roskova's network is eliminating anyone with knowledge of Lynxley-era systems, even those with seemingly outdated information.
• His observation that the Lynxleys "never truly decommissioned anything" becomes relevant to later discoveries about hidden infrastructure.