History Monster / TheExpanse

-->--'''Augusto Nguyễn''', "[[Recap/TheExpanseS03E06Immolation Immolation]]"

* Seasons 2-3:

* ''[[ComicBook/TheExpanseOrigins Origins]]'' prequel comic issue #4--"Amos Burton": The unnamed [[EvilOrphanageLady headmistress]] of [[OrphanageOfFear Baltimore's Home For Children]] is a cold-hearted woman who [[WouldHurtAChild turns her orphanage]] into a brothel for pedophiles, perpetuating rape and forcing the innocent orphans under her care into prostitution--her only "rule" being returning the children by morning. So bad are the lives of the orphans that one of them, the best friend of Amos Burton, ultimately [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide to escape the torment]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:"One hit would have been a triumph. Two proved [[Characters/TheExpanseTVFreeNavy our]] tactical brilliance. But after three, the Inners will never perceive us as weak again!"]]

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* ''Nemesis Games'' & ''Babylon's Ashes'': [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Marco Inaros]] is the commander of the Free Navy. In the past, Marco tricked his girlfriend, Naomi, into helping him sabotage ships' magnetic bottles, allowing him to destroy any ship he wants without any sign of foul play. When Naomi protested this, Marco forbade her from seeing their son, Filip, and brainwashed him into obeying his orders. Marco uses Filip to help carry out an [[ColonyDrop asteroid bombardment]] of Earth that kills 15 billion people. While Marco claims to be fighting for his fellow Belters, he nearly destroys a large chunk of Tycho Station [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill just to kill Holden]] for dating Naomi and cripples Ceres Station through looting just to slow down his enemies. Marco justifies his crimes against the Belters by claiming that they weren't "true Belters", but it quickly becomes apparent that Marco defines true Belters as only those who are personally loyal to him.
* ''The Churn'' prequel novella: The real [[TheDon Amos Burton]] rose [[FromNobodyToNightmare from humble beginnings]] and established himself as a feared Baltimore crime boss. Believing himself to be the tyrannical ruler of up to a thousand "disposable lives"--including junkies, prostitutes and [[WouldHurtAChild children]]--Burton dabbles in drug dealing, gunrunning, and even pedophilia, owning a brothel where an outbreak of syphilis infected a five-year-old boy. A [[BadBoss cruel boss]], Burton is happy to sacrifice his subordinates whenever they become a liability to him.

* ''Origins'' prequel comic: The unnamed [[EvilOrphanageLady headmistress]] of [[OrphanageOfFear Baltimore's Home For Children]] is a cold-hearted woman who [[WouldHurtAChild turns her orphanage]] into a brothel for pedophiles, perpetuating rape and forcing the innocent orphans under her care into prostitution--her only "rule" being returning the children by morning. So bad are the lives of the orphans that one of them, the best friend of Amos Burton, ultimately [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide to escape the torment]].

* Seasons 4-6: [[ItsAllAboutMe Marco Inaros]], the head of the [[Characters/TheExpanseTVFreeNavy Free Navy]], is so fanatical and vicious that even other Outer Planets Alliance factions consider him a dangerous madman. [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Marco]] is a terrorist who cares nothing for countless deaths in his wake and upon gaining technology, Marco [[ThrownOutTheAirlock ejects into space]] everyone aboard a colony ship he captures; bombs the Martian parliament; and [[ColonyDrop bombards Earth with asteroids]] to devastate the population. Holding mankind hostage with use of a bioweapon, Marco wipes out the other OPA factions and even takes another colony for all he can, leaving the population to die. Brainwashing his son Filip into hating his mother Naomi, Marco attempts a full-on genocide on anyone who will not follow him. While Marco will never sacrifice himself for another, he will gladly let all of his followers die for him.

While ''Literature/TheExpanse'', and its [[Series/TheExpanse TV adaptation]], mostly takes place in a SpaceColdWar where political extremists and war criminals exist on all sides, a few still manage to stand out as being [[CompleteMonster especially vile]].

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Literature/TheExpanse & Series/TheExpanse

** [[GeneralRipper Fleet Admiral Augusto Nguyễn]] is a warmongerer from [[Characters/TheExpanseTVEarth Earth]] who seeks to use protomolecule hybrid {{super soldier}}s to [[FinalSolution wipe out Mars and its seven billion inhabitants]]. When Admiral Souther attempts to relieve Nguyễn of command for his acts of treason, Nguyễn murders Souther and several officers loyal to him. When a few UN ships refuse to obey Nguyễn's orders, Nguyễn decides to make an example of the fast-attack boat UNN ''Jimenez''--Nguyễn fires on this ship himself after the CIC watch refuse to fire on a friendly ship. Nguyễn uses his last moments to mock Alex and Naomi for trying to stop him, making it clear that he is motivated [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain purely by racism against Martians]].

* Season 2: [[SociopathicSoldier Staz]], one of several [[Characters/TheExpanseTVTheOPA OPA]] soldiers stationed at Tycho Station, [[FromNobodyToNightmare starts out]] as a lowly militiaman and becomes a radical terrorist when given the resources to threaten Earth itself. Infuriated at Fred Johnson and his moderate politics, Staz stages a violent coup to depose him of power and tries to [[NukeEm launch 150 thermonuclear missiles against Earth]] to kill as many people as possible. By letting thousands of Belters die when the UN decides to destroy Tycho Station in retaliation, Staz hopes to ignite a [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized bloody revolution]] that will consume all Inners in a fire.

** [[GeneralRipper Fleet Admiral Augusto Nguyễn]] is a warmongerer from [[Characters/TheExpanseTVEarth Earth]] who seeks to use protomolecule hybrid {{super soldier}}s to [[FinalSolution wipe out Mars and its seven billion inhabitants]]. When Admiral Souther attempts to relieve Nguyễn of command for his acts of treason, Nguyễn murders Souther and several officers loyal to him. When a few UN ships refuse to obey Nguyễn's orders, Nguyễn decides to make an example of the fast-attack boat UNN ''Jimenez''. Nguyễn fires on this ship himself after the CIC watch refuse to fire on a friendly ship. When a damaged hybrid-carrying pod crashes into the UNN ''Agatha King'', Nguyễn is mortally wounded. He uses his last moments to mock Alex and Naomi for trying to stop him, making it clear that he is motivated [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain purely by racism against Martians]].

** [[MadDoctor Dr. Lawrence Strickland]] appears to be a kindly pediatrician who treats children with a rare spinal condition. In reality, he is a scientist studying the [[AppliedPhlebotinum protomolecule]] for the [[Characters/TheExpanseTVProtogenCorporation Protogen Corporation]]. Strickland discovered that children with the spinal condition he specializes in treating can be transformed using the protomolecule into controllable {{super soldier}}s called hybrids. Strickland kidnaps his patients, many of whom trust him like a father, [[WouldHurtAChild infects them with the protomolecule]], and turns them into hybrids to be sold to fight in wars. In a last ditch effort to save himself, Strickland murders his remaining nurse and tries to pass himself off as another of Protogen's prisoners.

** [[MadDoctor Dr. Lawrence Strickland]] appears to be a kindly pediatrician who treats children with a rare spinal condition. In reality, he is a scientist studying the [[AppliedPhlebotinum protomolecule]] for the [[Characters/TheExpanseTVProtogenCorporation Protogen Corporation]]. Strickland discovered that children with the spinal condition he specializes in treating can be transformed using the protomolecule into controllable {{super soldier}}s called hybrids. Strickland kidnaps his patients, many of whom trust him like a father, [[WouldHurtAChild infects them with the protomolecule]], and turns them into hybrids to be sold to fight in wars. When Katoa, one of Strickland's protomolecule-infected patients, brutally murders a nurse on orders from the protomolecule, Strickland is fascinated and accelerates the protomolecule's infection of Katoa to interrogate him, only stopping when the protomolecule completely overwrites Katoa's mind. When the crew of the ''Rocinante'' come to stop Protogen, Strickland sends the now fully-hybridized Katoa against them as a distraction, leading to Katoa's death. In a last ditch effort to save himself, Strickland murders his remaining nurse and tries to pass himself off as another of Protogen's prisoners.

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