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| “ | I am the National Security Advisor. It's my job to prevent terrorist attacks, not cause them... | „ |
| ~ Derek C. Simmons, refusing accusations of supporting terrorism. |
| “ | She got me... Well played... | „ |
| ~ Derek after being Infected with the C-Virus by a Stray J'avo |
Derek Clifford Simmons is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Carla Radames) of the 2012 third-person shooter game Resident Evil 6.
He is the National Security Adviser of President Adam Benford and leader of the group known as The Family. He is the one who is responsible for the nuclear destruction of Raccoon City and the bioterrorist attack on Tall Oaks, including the President's assassination. He can be encountered in Leon and Ada's campaigns, and is the archenemy of Helena Harper.
He was voiced by David Lodge, who also voiced Yaldabaoth in Persona 5 and Bahamut in Final Fantasy XV and Archimonde in Warcraft.
Biography[]
Life[]
In 1967, Derek Clifford Simmons was born from a secret historically important family, his ancestor having founded the group known as The Family. In 1983, sometime around his high school education years, Simmons befriended Adam Benford, who would become the future US president. Derek would also become a high ranking government official, as well as the head of The Family.
At some point prior to the Raccoon City Incident, he worked with, and eventually became infatuated with Ada Wong, though this admiration was one-sided. He wanted to keep his involvement in the Raccoon City alongside the Umbrella Corporation and the U.S. government secret from the world, leading Ada to completely cut ties with him. Infuriated at her betrayal, Simmons would come to the decision to create his own Ada Wong.
Carla Radames and Project Ada[]
Simmons hired the young and intelligent Carla Radames, for her extensive genetics research. While he simply wanted her to make viruses and bio-organic weapons, Carla fell in love with him, similar to how he fell for Ada. Wishing nothing more than to please Simmons and obtain his praise, Carla worked very hard in order to create a virus which later became the C-Virus. As its mutative properties became more known and it was discovered to be guided, Simmons was finally able to begin the process he had promised to accomplish when Ada left his employment.
Photo of Simmons and Carla Radames.
Project Ada began under Carla Radames with the goal of perfectly recreating Ada Wong, but it wasn't until the 12,235th experiment when it became a success. After having discovered that Carla's genetic make-up would provide the closest result, Simmons took the advantage of the woman's feelings for him and convinced her to be the next test subject. Much to his delight, Carla was successfully reborn as Ada Wong after hatching from the chrysalid a decade after starting his selfish ambitions.
With Ada Wong once again in his life, Simmons dedicated himself to "programming" Carla, wanting to make sure that she was like Ada in every way, but also wouldn't betray him like she did. He gave her great responsibility by gifting her with her own submarine base and complete control of The Family's Asian soldiers. However, he was unaware that his new Ada Wong retained some of Carla Radames's attitude.
Agent Sherry Birkin[]
Simmons would become the legal guardian of Sherry Birkin, daughter of the late Umbrella scientist William Birkin. He also allowed Sherry's close friend, Claire Redfield to visit her whenever she wished, likely assuming that allowing Sherry a close relationship to someone despite the need to keep her safe would reflect better on him. Unknown to him, Claire was suspicious of Simmons, and tried to warn Sherry about him by even sending a letter which never arrived.
By 2009, the year Project Ada succeeded, Sherry was made a seemingly spontaneous offer after the only known threat to her, Albert Wesker, was dead. She was made a government agent and would report directly to Simmons, finally giving her freedom after 11 years of protective government custody, while aiding against the bioweapons that had caused so much damage before. Simmons realized how much he could inevitably benefit from a skilled agent with regenerative capabilities, despite how he felt about her benevolent personality.
Betrayal in Edonia[]
By 2012, issues began to arise for Simmons, the first coming from the mercenary Jake Muller, son of the late Albert Wesker. He was informed about Jake's existence and how he was operating as a mercenary in Edonia. Considering Wesker's viral existence, Simmons believed that Muller would have the same antibodies as his father, which could be used to enhance the C-Virus, or create a vaccine for it. In a twofold step to prevent the creation of the vaccine, he sent Sherry Birkin and Carla Radames to Edonia to confirm that Jake has the antibodies and escort him to The Family. He also secured Jake's cooperation by agreeing to his $50,000,000 asking price.
Unknown to Simmons, Carla was planning to betray him, and had sent a B.O.W. to capture them. He was later informed of Sherry and Jake's "deaths," unaware that Carla stolen them to enhance the C-Virus.
Assassination of President Adam Benford[]
Nearly 6 months after the failure in Edonia, he receives another threat; The U.S. President Adam Benford had decided to reveal to the American people about the Raccoon City Incident and the government's involvement in bioterrorism. Afraid that it would ruin the US's reputation as well as The Family, Simmons tried to convince Benford against his decision, but his mind was made. In order to prevent such from happening, Simmons kidnapped the sister of DSO agent Helena Harper, and blackmailed her reporting a false alarm on an agency radio channel, creating an opening for the president to be exposed on C-Virus spread by Lepotitca, a zombie created during Project Ada. Unknown to Helena, Simmons had already infected her sister with C-Virus and was planning on pinning the blame on Helena.
After cutting all ties to his lab under the cathedral, Simmons had his scientists begin transporting cocoons with useful mutations in them. One such cocoon contained a Lepotica, which was planted outside the hidden entrance to lab in case Helena made it back. However, one Lepotica seemed to have hatched early while the ships were being loaded, and infected numerous staff before dying. The gas even reached into the catacombs below and began bringing the long-dead back as well.
The plan could not have gone any better as Helena's attempts at pinning the blame on Simmons were easily scoffed off with his high-ranked position. Helena's partner, Leon Kennedy was also used by Simmons as a scapegoat for the president's assassination. Now in control, he put Operation: Bacillus Terminatei into motion again to destroy Tall Oaks and any evidence of his involvement in the process.
To Simmons' surprise, the real Ada called him before the operation; informing him that Carla had betrayed him and was planning to destroy the world with her Neo-Umbrella organization. Simmons promptly left for China, learning from his sources that Leon and Helena had faked their deaths thanks to Hunnigan, and were pursuing him. He sent a Family agent to infect the pilot with a Lepotica strain of C-Virus to ensure it crashed. He also got a call from Sherry, who explained that she and Jake had escaped captivity in China. Simmons set up a meeting point to retrieve them.
Infection & Death[]
Still reeling from the realization that "Ada" betrayed him the second time, Simmons made his way to the Kwung Leng building in Koocheng, where he set his meeting with Sherry Birkin. Much to his surprise, he and his Family soldiers were confronted by Leon, Helena, Sherry and Jake, with Sherry questioning Simmon's involvement with President Benford's assassination. After attempting to accuse Leon, Simmons admitted to being the real culprit before ordering his men to kill Leon and Helena, and capture Sherry and Jake. Suddenly, Simmons was assaulted by a stray J'avo working for Carla, who managed to shoot him with a dart containing an enhanced strain of the C-Virus before being gunned down by Simmons's men.
Enraged beyond reason for this betrayal, Simmons makes an escape by stumbling onto a passing train, with Leon and Helena following close behind. He'd be contacted and taunted by Carla before noticing Leon and Helena behind him, further enraged at their pursuit of him instead of "Ada". He tried to justify his actions by saying that the global political order would have collapsed if the president revealed the truth about Raccoon City. After cursing Carla once more, he'd succumb to the effects of the C-Virus and transform into a canine-like monster, relentlessly attacking the two agents. During their fight, he'd also morph into a centaur-like form, and even demonstrate the ability to return to a humanoid form. Though he believed himself to have the upper hand with his mutation, he's eventually worn down by the agents as a Family-owned helicopter flies overhead. The Family decides to abandon Simmons due to his mutation, causing him to become so distraught that he fell off the train and was sucked under the wheels, causing the train to careen off into the bay along with Leon and Helena.
The two agents encountered Simmons again at the Quad Tower plaza, with the real Ada Wong also arriving in a helicopter. Still mistaking Ada for Carla despite the latter being long dead, Simmons curses Ada for disobeying him and using Jake's blood to enhance the C-Virus. He then mutates again, this time into a form similar to a T-Rex as he attacks the three. After being severely weakened by the combined assault, Ada made her escape as Leon and Helena followed her up to the roof of the Quad Tower.
Simmons's desire for revenge drove him on as he stalked Ada up to the tower building, confronting her on a connector between two of the towers. She was able to fend him off for a time while Leon and Helena aided from a distance, but Simmons would quickly shift his sights to the two new targets and proceeded to attack them as they attempted to climb the elevator cables. Ada returned the favor by providing cover-fire, preventing Simmons from hurting the two and drawing his attention to her. Simmons gained the upper hand after briefly knocking Ada unconscious, leading Leon to rush to her aid against him. He'd proclaim his obsessive love for Ada as the fight continued, cornering and taunting Leon as he was about to finish him off. While he was distracted, Ada stabbed Simmons with one of her crossbow bolts and jumped off the building with him, using her grappling hook to save herself while dropping Simmons.
Simmons manage to survive the fall and followed Leon and Helena to the roof of the Quad Tower. In a desperate attempt to repair his accumulated damage, he began absorbing C-Virus infected zombies and changed into a scorpion-like form, though this attack was short-lived as he was quickly weakened and swarmed by the zombies. As the two agents continued forward, Simmons once again mutated into a massive fly-like form, and continue his assault until he finally cornered them just outside the heliport. Any damage Leon and Helena inflicted was quickly repaired by absorbing any nearby zombies, but the agents would quickly gain the upper hand after tricking him into absorbing zombies that had been impaled by lightning rods, causing him to be struck by lightning. Eventually, they would manage to repel Simmons long enough to reach the helipad where the helicopter Ada previously used was waiting for them.
In his final attempt to prevent their escape, Leon and Helena used a rocket launcher left behind by Ada against Simmons, dislodging him from the roof of the tower and forcing him back into his humanoid form as he fell. He was then impaled through the abdomen by an obelisk in the center of the plaza, attempting to transform one more time before finally succumbing to his injuries. As he bled out, his blood pooled around the obelisk and formed the logo of the Umbrella Corporation, ironically symbolizing the heinousness of his actions, as well as the US government's connections to Umbrella.
Appearance[]
At first Derek is a fairly attractive, well-built middle aged man with slicked back light brown hair, a Van dyke beard, hazel eyes and fair skin. He wears a white suit with black shoes and a golden ring on his index finger. Upon being infected, however, he gains large cracks across his body that expose bare muscle. The excess heat from his infection also burned away most of his clothes, excluding his pants and shoes. When he transforms, his body horrifically splits apart and morphs into whatever he wants to turn into, as well as breaking the law of conservation of matter (presumably via rapid mass cellular division).
- Beast: Derek's first form resembles a large, quadrupedal beast with nine beady eyes and bone armor. Upon closer inspection, his human face can be seen on the beast's back where the shoulder blades should be.
- Centaur: Derek's second form is very similar to his first, the main difference being that the beast-like head is replaced with a large, bony neck with Derek's head mounted on the front.
- Dino: Derek's third form greatly resembles a T-Rex, though instead of a proper head, it has a gaping jaw with a giant eyeball in the center. Similar to the beast form, Derek's face acts as the shoulder blades.
- Scorpion: Derek's fourth form is very similar to his humanoid form, although he now has a large grown coming out of his back that loosely resembles a scorpion. He also sports retractable tentacles that allow him to absorb others that are infected with the C-Virus.
- Fly: Derek's fifth and final form resembles a massive fly with glowing red eyes. Upon absorbing enough biomass, this form mutates and becomes even bigger, having thicker mandibles and orange glowing growths on his leg joints.
Powers & Abilities[]
Powers[]
At first Derek Simmons was a regular human with no special inhuman traits. However, when forcefully injected with an enhanced strain of the volatile C-Virus, Derek gains powers that make him a truly formidable threat towards Leon, Helena & Ada.
- Shapeshifting Mutation: Unlike most other victims of the C-Virus, Derek seems to have control over his abilities, fully retaining his sentience and controlling what he turns into. However, these transformations seem to cause him a great deal of pain as his body violently contorts into whatever he chooses to turn into. Interestingly, Derek can also return to a more humanoid form both willingly, or if shocked into doing so. However, even in his "human" form he struggles to move and speak as his body releases steam due to the rapid cellular growth.
- Superhuman Strength: Derek's original strength has increased phenomenally due to the C-Virus, allowing him to throw Leon several feet in his humanoid form, completely derail an oncoming train in his Centaur form, and pick up and throw vehicles in his Dino form.
- Superhuman Durability: Also due to the C-Virus's influence, Derek can shrug off being shot and beaten multiple times by Leon, Helena and Ada, though his Dino and Fly forms' eyes are notable weak points.
- Superhuman Speed: Derek's Dino form manages to keep up with a military hummer, and his Centaur form can outspeed a train.
- Regeneration/Absorption: Derek has been shown to survive egregious wound ranging from gunshots to being shredded under a moving train. Absorbing biomass from others infected with the C-Virus enhances this regeneration. However, there is an extent to his healing factor as he meets his ultimate end when he's impaled by an obelisk.
- Wall-Climbing: Derek has displayed the ability to climb up walls in his Beast and Fly forms.
- Bone Weaponry: In his Centaur form, Derek has been shown to be able to create crude weapons from his head, such as a large bone blade or several limb-like structures that can rapid-fire bone shards.
Quotes[]
| “ | Did I hear my name? | „ |
| “ | Simmons: The president spoke highly of you, Agent Kennedy. Leon: Likewise. He told me you'd been friends for 30 years. |
„ |
| ~ Derek accusing Leon & Helena of assassinating the President and causing the terrorist attack in Tall Oaks |
| “ | Leon: Give it up, Simmons. We've got you. Derek C. Simmons: You still chase me while that woman is on the loose? |
„ |
| ~ Derek being Confronted by Leon and Helena making terrible excuses why he killed the president and eventually succumbing to his virus infection |
| “ | You... have no idea... what would happen If I die? | „ |
| “ | No! How could my Family abandon me? | „ |
| “ | I know what you did, Ada! You disobeyed me! You took Wesker's son away! You used that bastard's blood... to make the virus... stronger! | „ |
Trivia[]
- Simmons displaying several forms in his final battle in his disposal is similar to William Birkin before him, which no coincidence given that Derek's C-Virus was created through combining both G-Virus (Birkin's source of viral mutation) and T-Veronica Virus.
- Each of his mutated forms represented an aspect of himself:
- His humanoid form is covered in large cracks, showing how the man he appears to be is a facade.
- His beast form represents his base desire for Ada Wong and his self destructive actions.
- His dino form represents his foolishness and lacking thought for consequence, both of which cause more death and destruction.
- His fly form represents his annoying persistence and tendency to not die.
- When attacked by Carla, Simmons says the phrase "She got me, well played". Later in the game, Carla says this phrase as well.
