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| “ | There are people, even some of my own staff, who say I am a monster for what I brought to this station. They say the Marker is manipulative - that it influenced my decisions. They don't understand that what I did, I did for this community - for our species. Titan Station was a dead husk before I breathed life back into it with government research grants. That research - into unimaginable sources of energy, into manufacturing techniques and efficiencies far beyond all previous understanding - is the only hope that remains for mankind. | „ |
| ~ Tiedemann justifying his actions. |
| “ | They told me that you were necessary; that your mind was the purest! I spent years sifting through your demented brain! This is not how it was supposed to happen! (...) We had it under control! Clarke, this is not our fault! We were so close to understanding it. It's all those bodies you let in here; it's triggering a Convergence event. But we never expected this many bodies! | „ |
| ~ Tiedemann panicking as Isaac Clarke inadvertently triggers a convergence event. |
Hans Tiedemann is the secondary antagonist of Dead Space 2. He is the Director of Operations for Titan Station and the head of Project Telomere, an EarthGov project focused on studying Marker-related phenomenon, a program Tiedemann believed was the key to saving the resource-stricken humanity from extinction by harnessing the energy of the Markers.
During the Necromorph outbreak on Titan Station which was triggered by the Unitologists, Tiedemann disobeyed his orders to cover up the incident, instead choosing to evacuate as many civilians as possible. Seeing Isaac Clarke and Nolan Stross as a threat to his plans, Tiedemann hindered them at every turn. His predictions would come true, as Clarke was manipulated by the Marker to trigger a convergence event.
He was voiced by Lester Purry.
Biography[]
Hans Tiedemann was the highest civil authority present on Titan Station at the time of the Necromorph outbreak. A letter from him found later in the game lists his position as Director of Operations aboard the station.
Repeating videos of him can be seen in certain areas of the station, urging its residents to evacuate and declaring martial law. Graffiti-covered posters of him can also be seen, indicating that he was not well loved among the station's population, the Unitologist portion of it, anyway.
He is Isaac Clarke's primary human antagonist throughout the game, and he utilizes numerous automated subsystems as well as teams of Security Officers to halt Isaac's progress throughout the Sprawl. There is also evidence of him being controlled by someone going by the alias Overseer. The Overseer had sent a log detailing disappointment in the station evacuation and promise retribution against Tiedemann for authorizing it.
Despite his numerous attempts to kill Isaac and his heavy-handed attitude, Tiedemann seems to see himself as a protector of the station's residents. In one audio log he is heard to say that his family had a long-standing history as runners of the station and that he wanted to protect the station and its population from the Necromorph infestation. This may be the reason he ordered the evacuation in an attempt to save as many people as he could from the Necromorph outbreak on the sprawl despite being ordered not to launch one. It is unknown exactly how many people survived their escape from the Sprawl. Multiple shuttles are seen leaving the station in the earlier scenes of Dead Space 2, some crashing into each other but others making it out apparently unscathed. It is not known, however, if those shuttles/ships were carrying any Necromorphs or the insane.
After hampering Isaac at every turn, Isaac finally pushes into the Government sector with the help of Ellie. Isaac unleashes the Necromorphs upon all of his security personnel to finally confront him in front of the new 100 story tall Marker. At this point Tiedemann has sustained horrific wounds from an earlier explosion caused by the Marker, which has left him badly burned down his right side to the point that his skull and muscle tissue is showing.
Shouting at Isaac in rage and impaling him with several Javelin spears, he says that "The research in that Marker is worth every life we just lost! I won't let you throw all this away". Isaac, however, gains the upper hand and breaks Tiedemann's arm and impales him in the neck with his own Javelin Gun. Isaac can then choose to execute him with a shot to the back of the head which completely decapitates him, electrocute him, shoot him anywhere else in the body, or leave him to die from his neck wound. It's assumed that he never saw the apparition of Nicole Brennan as she never looks down at him during his death and it's possible that only Isaac could see due to his hallucinations.
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Trivia[]
- Tiedemann serves as the supervisor of the security unit in Dead Space 2's multiplayer.
- Marker symbols can be seen on his body, as their marker symbol on his forehead that translates to "Pain". This is a reference to him being in complete pain, as his body was covered in horrific wounds from the explosion.
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