Swansea

Appearance: Swansea is a tall middle-aged man with brown short hair and blue eyes. He has a noticeable belly, probably due to age. He is often depicted with a frown. He wears the yellow and red Pony Express polo shirt, a pair of jeans and white and blue sneakers.

Personality: Swansea often appears as a grumpy, old man. Initially, he doesn't care for his intern Daisuke, whom he often finds to be more of a nuisance than anything else. He continuously blocks off the path to the utility room claiming that it's filled to the brim with foam, which turned out to be a lie as he was trying to hide the only working cryogenic pod from the other crew members. Although he has a very tough exterior and had treated Daisuke rudely, it's likely he was hiding the pod in the hope that Daisuke could use it.

Biography: Swansea was the main mechanic of the Tulpar. Back in the day, he used to be an alcoholic but recovered. He mentions having settled down and getting married with children, but reveals a dissatisfaction with his life despite becoming a "good man" as he says. Whether he is divorced or not is left to interpretation. He had been sober for a decade and a half but due to the traumatic crash of the Tulpar and the discovery of the mouthwash, he took up drinking again.

Relationships: Jimmy, Swansea sees Jimmy for what he is, a selfish wannabe hero, a lowlife parasite, and he refuses to treat him like a leader. Him and Jimmy find themselves in multiple spats throughout the game. After he kills Daisuke to help him finally rest. he goes on a rampage and tries to kill Jimmy, though it is unclear if this really happened, since the game is from Jimmy's perspective. He is killed by Jimmy, tied to a chair and shot straight in the forehead.

Anya: Anya and Swansea seems to share a positive relationship, with Swansea handing her a note so that she could give to Curly during his psychological evaluation, and Anya later on telling him the fact that Jimmy sexually assaulted her. It was unclear how Swansea reacted to hearing the news, however, judging from Swansea's increasing passive aggressiveness towards Jimmy after the conversation between Swansea and Anya, it can be deduced that Swansea believed her and came to despise Jimmy. Swansea also confronted Jimmy when Jimmy asked him what he had told Anya, saying that it was Anya who “told him all sorts of things” instead, indicating that he knew what happened.

Daisuke: Swansea sees Daisuke as a sort of son, there are various examples throughout the game where he puts Daisuke's safety before his own. It is theorized that Swansea may have been keeping watch on the cryogen pods to allow Daisuke to survive. When he sees him writhing on the floor in agony after sustaining major injuries in the vent to the nursing office, Swansea takes the axe and drives it trough Daisuke's face, ending his misery. He mentions him in his final speech, mentioning how much of a good kid he is, and how he deserved to live.