History SmugSnake / VideoGames

* Ramon Salazar from ''ResidentEvil 4'' fits this trope to a T. He's a smug elfish character, who constantly condescends Leon Kennedy by calling him by his last name and ensuring that the next trap will surely kill him. The further Leon gets into the castle, Salazar [[VillainousBreakdown starts to lose his smug sarcasm, and yells "JUST DIE, YOU WORM!".]] The last battle with him is so annoying and deliberate, several players simply use the one-hit kill rocket launcher to be rid of his irritating ass.

* [[{{Borderlands2}} Handsome Jack]] takes this UpToEleven. Every word out of his mouth is him gloating about how he is always one step ahead of you, and that you have no chance. Not to mention the way he discusses the death of his victims...

* [[{{Borderlands2}} Handsome Jack]] takes this UpToEleven. Every word out of his mouth is him gloating about how he is always one step ahead of you, and that you have no chance. Not to mention the way he discusses the death of his victims...

* Grand Maestro Mohs from ''{{Tales of the Abyss}}'' is a high-level member of the CorruptChurch with designs to plunge the world into all-out war "for its own good". He's also a VillainWithGoodPublicity (even amongst some of your party members), and legally untouchable because he never touches anything directly. He is as such free to spend most of the game's story smugly plotting on the sidelines and looking down at both ally and enemy without suffering any personal backlash, even after performing the game's arguably biggest KickTheDog moment by [[spoiler:killing Ion]]. [[spoiler:He's finally killed after devolving into an AxCrazy OneWingedAngel.]]
* Previously, there's also Saleh from ''VideoGame/{{Tales of Rebirth}}''. To sum it up, this guy is presented as a {{Badass}} member of the Kingdom's Elites, but all he does is approach the heroes, taunt them, and do nothing. Later on, after being lectured by Tytree, he comes in denial that there is no way that the human heart can defeat him. So what does he do? Taunt the team even more rather than kicking their ass. Add to the fact that he's all doing it ForTheEvulz, he's as smug as you can get.
* [[SuperRobotWarsReversal Duminuss]], as depicted in the ''SuperRobotWars: [[SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Original Generation]]'' series, has had a number of grand schemes blow up in her face due to not thinking them all the way through.

** Bann Vaughan is another CompleteMonster example. In the City Elf origin, he abducts the female members of the elf marriage party, which may be the PlayerCharacter herself, to be raped by him and his cronies. What follows is the PlayerCharacter going on a [[RoaringRampageofRevenge roaring rampage of revenge]] to save the girls. He's [[GenreSavvy genre savvy]] enough to realize the PlayerCharacter, covered head-to-toe in the blood of his household guards, [[SarcasmMode may actually pose a threat to him]], but he's [[TooDumbtoLive too stupid]] to just let the girls go. Instead he tries to bride the PlayerCharacter into letting him rape the girls before returning them. He's smug, entitled, sadistic and treats all [[FantasticRacism elfs with absolute disdain]]. He'll even be racist to an elf PlayerCharacter who [[spoiler: he's relying on to rescue him from Arl Howe's TortureCellar.]]

** Idura from ''LufiaII'', and especially the remake ''Curse of the Sinistrals'', manages to completely overshadow Amon in this regard. He's just as overconfident, but doesn't have the justification of being a God. Instead, he spends most of his time laughing while kidnapping babies and girlfriends. Appropriately, he develops a rivalry with the BoisterousBruiser of the team, and most of his "brilliant traps" are overcome with brute force.

* [[{{Borderlands2}} Handsome Jack]] takes this UpToEleven. Every word out of his mouth is him gloating about how he is always one step ahead of you, and that you have no chance. Bot to mention the way he discusses the death of his victims...

* Caesar in VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas is rare strain of this trope as he's not just competent but also the game's Big Bad. Just not as competent as he thinks he is. He doesn't even make a token effort to sway the Courier's loyalties if you're anti legion, openly insults your intelligence if you ask about his beliefs and if you try to release Benny he blackmails you into killing him even though it will likely only give you another reason to hate the Legion.

* Merlina in SonicAndTheBlackKnight. [[spoiler:Her plan to save her world? Trap Sonic and fool him.]]

* Shinji Matou from ''FateStayNight''. In all three routes ("Fate", "Heaven's Feel", and "Unlimited Blade Works") he's shown as an overconfident idiot who tries to win through manipulating more powerful characters such as his servant Rider, [[spoiler:Gilgamesh and Sakura]] and it ''always'' [[EvilerThanThou turns out badly (and sometimes bloodily) for him]].
** In reality, ''he's'' being manipulated, by his grandfather Zouken. This is most obvious in Heaven's Feel (where his actions form most of the impetus for [[spoiler:Sakura's]] gradual SanitySlippage, culminating in [[spoiler:his eventual death and her FreakOut]]), but is also true in the other two routes.

*** He's the [[MemeticMutation King of Carelessness]], after all.

* Dr. Wallace Breen of ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}}'' fame. Acting as the puppet governor for the Combine, Breen keeps spouting out propaganda about the good intentions of "our benefactors" throughout the game (despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary) as well as making disparaging remarks on how Dr. Freeman "has created nothing". He is not even above threatening the transhuman Combine soldiers with "permanent off-world assignment" as a punishment for failure or, for that matter, the ''entire human race'' with extinction if they do not comply. He also seemingly betrays his own [[TheMole Mole]] within LaResistance, [[spoiler:Dr. Mossman]], refusing to make a bargain for [[spoiler:Dr. Vance]]'s life. Breen keeps [[EvilGloating gloating]] about how Freeman will be "destroyed in every way possible and even some ways that are essentially ''im''possible" even when he is about to escape through the Combine portal. [[spoiler: He is apparently killed as Freeman damages the dark fusion reactor, causing the portal to collapse.]]

*** Ephidel and his perpetual and ''extremely'' irritating grin from the same game. Fittingly, he's probably [[CompleteMonster the most utterly disgusting character in the game]], at least among those who aren't [[AxCrazy out of their minds]].
** Pablo, Riev and specially Valter from ''The Sacred Stones''. The first one only thinks "MoneyDearBoy" and tries to bribe everyone in his way; the second is a SinisterMinister worshipping a Dark God without reason at all, and the third is a [[CompleteMonster monstrous]] BloodKnight who wants either to bloodily kill Ephraim or keep Eirika as his SexSlave.

* Given how much backstory and justifications he's been given in the canon of DragonAge, [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation fans are still arguing]] whether this applies to Loghain, but one of his lackeys, [[CompleteMonster Arl Howe]] is a golden example of this trope. Not only is he overconfident, arrogant and rude towards the PC, he even crosses the MoralEventHorizon ''twice'' on the very basic game that plays out to all origins and completely vaporizes it in Human Noble origins:[[spoiler:you find out that Howe earned his title as Teyrn of Highever by slaughtering the former noble's family, despite them being his old friends.]] That incredibly smug smile and TimCurry's voice only strengthen his position as one of the meanest characters (and as the most satisfying bossfight) in the whole game.

** What keeps him from being a full-blown MagnificentBastard is that he easily loses his cool if in any way his plans are disrupted or his "truth" is called into question [[note]]a true MagnificentBastard would keep his cool even if the proverbial seat of his pants is on fire - a spectacular meltdown is expected only if ''every'' once-viable outcome now leads to defeat[[/note]]. And even his knowledge of the time loops and continuum shifts is meaningless if he fails, or refuses, to understand the motivations of his victims - half-formed layers of backup plans can only carry one so far before an exploit is found. [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Case in point]]: ''[[EvilCannotComprehendGood Slight Hope]]''.

* [[CompleteMonster Eva-Beatrice]] of UminekoNoNakuKoroNi is incredibly arrogant as she treats her allies poorly whenever they fail to entertain her and acts like a total jerk any time that she feels safe, and she gets reduced to a screaming mess when things don't go the way she wants them to.

* FearEffect presents Madame Chen. She is a pimp who runs a brothel behind a restaurant. She is a CompleteMonster and a CardCarryingVillain. She can turn into a demon, and happily admits to being "a bitch from hell" (literally and figuratively) when Hana calls her that. She never changes her attitude, even when Hana kills her off and she ends up in hell literally and figuratively. Okay, she did give Hana a doll that allowed Hana [[spoiler: to meet her literal inner child]], but it didn't seem to redeem Madame Chen at all.

** The Illusive Man jumps off the slippery slope in the third game, but being voiced by MartinSheen helps him maintain some gravitas [[spoiler: even as he loses his mind in the endgame]]. His new henchman Kai Leng, on the other hand, is possibly the biggest tool in the whole series.

* Sengoku from ''Yakuza 2'' is an epic Smug Snake, from his [[BadassInANiceSuit gold suit and retro sunglasses]] all the way to his {{camp}} personality and permanent toothy smile. Spending his time blackmailing your contacts and minor allies into turning on you, he proves so irritating that he eventually ends up being taken out by his own [[TheDragon Dragon]] and thrown off a building. You can't help but thank him for the service...

* Dr. Wallace Breen of ''{{Half-Life}} 2'' fame. Acting as the puppet governor for the Combine, Breen keeps spouting out propaganda about the good intentions of "our benefactors" throughout the game (despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary) as well as making disparaging remarks on how Dr. Freeman "has created nothing". He is not even above threatening the transhuman Combine soldiers with "permanent off-world assignment" as a punishment for failure or, for that matter, the ''entire human race'' with extinction if they do not comply. He also seemingly betrays his own [[TheMole Mole]] within LaResistance, [[spoiler:Dr. Mossman]], refusing to make a bargain for [[spoiler:Dr. Vance]]'s life. Breen keeps [[EvilGloating gloating]] about how Freeman will be "destroyed in every way possible and even some ways that are essentially ''im''possible" even when he is about to escape through the Combine portal. [[spoiler: He is apparently killed as Freeman damages the dark fusion reactor, causing the portal to collapse.]]

* Caesar in FalloutNewVegas is rare strain of this trope as he's not just competant but also the game's Big Bad. Just not as competant as he thinks he is. He doesn't even make a token effort to sway the Courier's loyalties if you're anti legion, openly insults your intelligence if you ask about his beliefs and if you try to release Benny he blackmails you into killing him even though it will likely only give you another reason to hate the Legion.

* [[TheDragon Shanath]] from ''BatenKaitos Origins'', who is unusually competent for a SmugSnake.

* Grand Maestro Mohs from ''{{Tales of the Abyss}}'' is a high-level member of the CorruptChurch with designs to plunge the world into all-out way "for its own good". He's also a VillainWithGoodPublicity (even amongst some of your party members), and legally untouchable because he never touches anything directly. He is as such free to spend most of the game's story smugly plotting on the sidelines and looking down at both ally and enemy without suffering any personal backlash, even after performing the game's arguably biggest KickTheDog moment by [[spoiler:killing Ion]]. [[spoiler:He's finally killed after devolving into an AxCrazy OneWingedAngel.]]

* [[BigBad Kuja]] from ''FinalFantasyIX,'' is a genuine threat--but not only is he ''obscenely'' arrogant and cruel, he's ultimately unable to overcome his fear of death. Essentially, he has the mind and air of a wicked genius, but the temperament and personality of a frightened, spoiled child. This mainly shows up in the latter half of the game. It's played UpToEleven in DissidiaFinalFantasy.

* In ''TheTrappedTrilogy'' series of {{Adventure Game}}s, Dan [=McNeely=] is memetically known as one due to the incredibly smug sneer he's voiced with. While the creator probably meant for him to be a Magnificent Bastard, the rather plot holed writing diminishes whatever guile or cunning he can demonstrate, leaving only the smugness apparent.

* ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' brought us a literal Smug Snake in Snivy, the Grass-type starter Pokémon. As if its actual name doesn't make the point clear enough, it quickly started [[FanNickname being called]] "Smugleaf". And it only gets smugger throughout its entire evolution line. There's a reason its final evolution Serperior [[FanNickname is nicknamed]] "Smuglord", and its actual name certainly makes the point too. Even its Pokédex entry agrees. [[WordOfGod Ken Sugimori]] has stated that Snivy's personality was meant to be similar to that of European (particularly French) nobility, so [[JustifiedTrope that's why]].

* Zant, the Usurper Twilight King, in ''{{The Legend of Zelda}}: TwilightPrincess''.

** Vaati in ''MinishCap'' comes off as a Smug Snake as well, with his digitialized "Mmmhm mhm" laughter, it doesn't help when one realized [[spoiler: He used to be an itty bitty Minish, taking away a good chunk of his 'evil aura' - Minish Vaati is just too cute!]]
*** And now we have [[EvilChancellor Chancellor Cole]] in ''SpiritTracks'', probably the biggest Smug Snake in the series thus far.
** The BigBad of ''SkywardSword'', Lord Ghirahim, acts really smug around Link, thinking that a human like him can't stand up to a demon. [[spoiler:After Link beats him twice, he [[VillainousBreakdown stops acting like this]] and does not hold back in their third and final fight.]]

* [[BigBad Kuja]] from ''FinalFantasyIX,'' is a genuine threat--but not only is he ''obscenely'' arrogant and cruel, he's ultimately unable to overcome his fear of death. Essentially, he has the mind and air of a wicked genius, but the temperament and personality of a frightened, spoiled child.

* ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' brought us a literal Smug Snake in Snivy, the Grass-type starter Pokémon. As if its actual name doesn't make the point clear enough, it quickly started [[FanNickname being called]] "Smugleaf". And it only gets smugger throughout its entire evolution line. There's a reason its final evolution Serperior [[FanNickname is nicknamed]] "Smuglord", and its actual name certainly makes the point too. Even its Pokédex entry agrees.
** [[WordOfGod Ken Sugimori]] has stated that Snivy's personality was meant to be similar to that of European (particularly French) nobility, so [[JustifiedTrope that's pretty much why]].

* Zetta from ''MakaiKingdom'' is another good guy example, though far less sympathetic and PlayedForLaughs. Despite declaring himself the "Most {{badass}} freaking overlord in the universe" about once a scene he spends most of the game totally powerless, surviving mostly on the charity of people he regularly insults. The game levels things out by making him a regularly mocked ButtMonkey.

* Rosencrantz from ''VagrantStory'' is a smug bastard all the way, who ''thinks'' he has the secret of Lea Monde all figured out...and then Ashley whips his ass, and hardly anyone seems to care. Rosencrantz has to yell yield, and even [[TheStoic Ashley]] mocks him for it. Not only that, but the game's real MagnificentBastard gets a shot. After Rosencrantz [[spoiler: has ambushed Sydney and Ashley, Rosencrantz demands Sydney name him his heir. Sydney calls him a "worm", and Rosencrantz chops off Sydney's arm. Sydney, bleeding BlackBlood, stands up and ''[[YouCallThatAWound reattaches his arm]].'' He then demonstrates to Rosencrantz that not only is the man not immune to Sydney's magic like he thought (by making him think he was holding Sydney's severed hand), but Sydney had been manipulating him the entire time. And in the end, Sydney doesn't even kill Rosencrantz. He lets a giant six armed statue of Kali do it for him.]] Truly, in case you had forgotten the real {{Chessmaster}} and LargeHam in the story, Sydney does not fail to remind you that [[ChewingTheScenery he was eating the scenery first.]]

* Erol is pretty much the Draco Malfoy of the the ''JakAndDaxter'' series - he's a smug, arrogant JerkAss who is in Jak's face nonstop from the moment his character is introduced. He gets even worse after [[spoiler: his "death" and resurrection as a cyborg in the third game.]]

* With a few exceptions, pretty much every villain from the ''{{Atelier}} Iris'' series, the biggest example being Mull. His {{Expy}}, Crowley, was thankfully a lot closer to being a MagnificentBastard, but still didn't quite make it.

** From ''Order of Ecclesia'' comes another partial-aversion: [[spoiler:Barlowe does a fine job of hiding his true allegiance to the Dark Lord, effortlessly manipulating Shanoa into obtaining Dominus so that, by using it, she can resurrect Dracula. And, when he reveals his TrueColors, he isn't that smug about it, just [[AxCrazy real effin' crazy.]] Not to mention that he ends up resurrecting Dracula anyway even after being defeated.]]
* Nicholai from ''[[ShadowHearts Shadow Hearts: Covenant]]'' tries ''so'' hard to be a MagnificentBastard. He's charismatic, scheming and utterly selfish, and loves to taunt you from just outside your reach. He sets up deals with every evil faction in the game so that whoever remains standing at the end, he should achieve his goals. He even [[spoiler:contracts the power of a ''god'']]! Unfortunately for him, he doesn't quite count on Yuri kicking the crap out of everyone, his sudden romantic infatuation with Karin [[RomanticPlotTumor makes him look dorky]], his plan to [[spoiler:release the Malice of Apoina Tower]] comes off as petty revenge, and he ends up getting completely outmanoeuvred by someone even ''more'' scheming. Not to mention the completely undignified way in which he finally bites the dirt.

* Previously, there's also Saleh from ''VideoGame/{{Tales of Rebirth}}''. To sum it up, this guy is presented as a {{Badass}} member of the Kingdom's Elites, but all he does is approach the heroes, taunt them, and basically do nothing. Later on, after being lectured by Tytree, he comes in denial that there is no way that the human heart can defeat him. So what does he do? Taunt the team even more rather than kicking their ass. Add to the fact that he's all doing it ForTheEvulz, he's as smug as you can get.

** Archibald Grims from the same series considers himself a MagnificentBastard, and ''does'' manage to force Elzam to [[SadisticChoice kill his own wife]] in the backstory. In the game proper, however, he's little more than a CardCarryingVillain who likes to "accidentally" shoot civilians ForTheEvulz. He even invites one of his subordinates for [[WickedCultured a spot of tea]]... And even screws that up by using a teabag, and explaining that he only drinks red tea because he's ''evil'' [[DontExplainTheJoke and it looks like blood]].

* Sengoku from ''Yakuza 2'' is an epic Smug Snake, from his [[BadassInANiceSuit gold suit and retro sunglasses]] all the way to his totally {{camp}} personality and permanent toothy smile. Spending his time blackmailing your contacts and minor allies into turning on you, he proves so irritating that he eventually ends up being taken out by his own [[TheDragon Dragon]] and thrown off a building. You can't help but thank him for the service...
* While he pulls off {{Gambit Roulette}}s with the best of them, Gongora from ''LostOdyssey'' is pretty much a straight up jerk lacking anything approaching style. It doesn't help that most of the people he manipulates are amnesiacs, [[TooDumbToLive inbred royals]] and [[ChivalrousPervert money grubbing alcoholic skirt-chasers]]. When he actually has to manipulate someone with a brain, he tends to use [[FateWorseThanDeath cruder]] [[ColdBloodedTorture methods]]. It also doesn't help that he, you know, [[ObviouslyEvil radiates evil]], his attempts against the amnesiacs amounts to "[[WhatIsEvil I'm not the bad guy]], ''[[WhatIsEvil you are]]'', he [[KickTheDog kicks dogs]] for fun, and he indulges in [[EvilLaugh maniacal laughter]] ''before'' checking to see if his plan actually worked...while his TooDumbToLive allies watch, which triggers their danger senses.

*** The Mayor from Days of Ruin is pretty much a walking, talking embodiment of this trope, and it's clearly intentional.

* He gets little development or even screen time, but Angelo from [[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate]] probably qualifies based on the one scene. He's [[BigBad Sarevok's]] lackey who takes over the local law-enforcing mercenary company when Sarevok's plans to get its real leaders out of the way go into motion. When you are arrested for murders you were either framed for or goaded into actually committing by Sarevok, he's more than happy to glibly pronounce you the death sentence for a list of imaginary charges besides murder, clearly enjoying the abusing of power. He even gets a potential KickTheDog moment in that if you mouth off to him in a way that manages to actually annoy him, he'll have a random party member killed on the spot. He's even annoying in the final battle, as he charges you and starts somehow exploding in fireballs repeatedly.
** Even more so, Isaea Roenall in the next game. He oozes it. "Don't take it so hard, I'm just... better than you. Oh, and feel free to lodge a complaint with the proper authority. That would be... me." He too abuses his military position to get away with anything, including kidnapping one of your party members when she doesn't want to go trough with their arranged marriage.
*** Luckily, the ensuing quest lets you bring him down in flames. This is ''very'' satisfying.
** Also Edwin, a ''party member''. His dialogue clearly indicates that he thinks he's a MagnificentBastard and he almost never shuts up about his masculinity and being a Red Wizard. Problem is, he doesn't realize that he's one of the designated comic relief characters...
** Let's not forget "Baron" Ployer, an ex-slaver that was exposed and humiliated by Jahiera and is now plotting a harebrained revenge scheme; Galvarey, a corrupt Harper that seeks to use the PC's status as a Bhaalspawn as a bargaining chip to increase his status; and [[spoiler:Dermin, Jahiera's former mentor who was in on Galveray's schemes and is just as bad as he was.]]
* Ramon Salazar from ''ResidentEvil 4'' fits this trope to a T. He's a smug elfish character, who constantly condescends Leon Kennedy by calling him by his last name and ensuring that the next trap will surely kill him. The further Leon gets into the castle, Salazar [[VillainousBreakdown starts to lose his smug sarcasm, and yells "JUST DIE, YOU WORM!".]] Hell, the last battle with him is so annoying and deliberate, several players simply use the one-hit kill rocket launcher to be rid of his irritating ass.

* "Queen" Valentina from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' shows many traits of your classical Smug Snake, including an over-inflated ego as well as a penchant for treating her underlings (specially her fat, feathered punching bag of a [[TheDragon dragon]] Dodo) and just about everyone she encounters with as little respect as possible.

* Just about every significant villain in ''BatenKaitos Origins'', with the exception of Baelheit himself has a tendency to trip over this trope at one point or another, mainly because of their tendency to rely on advanced weapons/magic as a crutch to take out people far stronger than them, then act completely flabbergasted when it finally doesn't work. Pretty much all arma-users also seem motivated exclusively by arrogance, until their various [[HeelFaceTurn heel face turns,]] and even Wiseman seems totally convinced that his magic is the most powerful force in the universe until the very end of the game.

** Lekain from ''Radiant Dawn'' is almost capable enough to be mistake for a MagnificentBastard. A high-ranking member of Begnion's Senate, Lekain arranged the Serenes Massacre and assassinated the previous Apostle, placing Sanaki, whom he thought he could easily manipulate, on the throne in her place (while making sure Sanaki's half-sister/the real heir did a dissapearing act). He's also TheManBehindTheMan to Izuka and Naesala, and it gets to the point where if something bad happened to a character it was probably Lekain's fault. However, at the end of the day, he's a BigBadWannabe and an UnwittingPawn of Sephiran the game's real BigBad. Not to mention that the business with Sanaki really backfired on him.
* ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}:'' Matic is one heck of a smug snake especially in the manga for his kick the sheep affair

* [[CompleteMonster Eva-Beatrice]] of UminekoNoNakuKoroNi is incredibly arrogant as she treats her allies poorly whenever they fail to entertain her and acts like a total jerk any time that she feels safe, and not to mention she gets reduced to a screaming mess when things don't go the way she wants them to.

* FearEffect presents Madame Chen. She is a pimp who runs a brothel behind a restaurant. She is a CompleteMonster and a CardCarryingVillain. She can literally turn into a demon, and happily admits to being "a bitch from hell" (literally and figuratively) when Hana calls her that. She never changes her attitude, even when Hana kills her off and she ends up in hell literally and figuratively. Okay, she did give Hana a doll that allowed Hana [[spoiler: to meet her literal inner child]], but it didn't seem to redeem Madame Chen at all.

* Mastema from ''StrangeJourney'' acts slimier and slimier the further you get in the game, blatantly [[ManipulativeBastard playing on Zelenin's insecurities]] and acting like an arrogant dick to everyone else. Then in the [[MultipleEndings Chaos path]], [[spoiler:he has a rather impressive VillainousBreakdown, revealing that he doesn't even have the excuse of having admirable motives]].

* [[spoiler:Captain Shannon]] from TheOrionConspiracy turns out to be this. He had some potential for MagnificentBastard. He murdered Danny by having a concussion charge blow up, damage Danny's spacecraft, and it falls into a black hole. [[spoiler: Shannon]] had a wife, and he blames the main character Devlin for her death. Danny's death accomplished two things...1. It got to Devlin and hurt him, and 2. It made Devlin come to the space station, where [[spoiler: Shannon]] would be able to ''deal'' with him on his terms. Then he hideously murdered Kaufmann to frame Devlin. He had Devlin tossed into a makeshift prison, and said that he would hand Devlin over to the authorities once they arrive. It is revealed later that [[spoiler: Shannon]] planted a bomb in the shuttle that Devlin was going to be transported in, and that it would have blown up once it got two kilometres away from the station. Fortunately, Devlin escaped the prison before that happened. Then [[spoiler: Shannon]] personally confronted Devlin, held him at gunpoint, and ''smugly'' (ha, ha!) confessed to the murders and the reasons for committing them. Too bad for him he did not count on [[spoiler: Meyer]] (who he was on bad terms with) overhearing the confessions and jumping him.