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| - Personality wise, Zin is very intelligent but also ruthless and manipulative - using some of the prisoners to do his bidding and work but allowing others to simply 'run wild'. He has no regard for any of the prisoners, however, such as when he ignored Nestov's plea for help after nearly getting killed - as well as allowing a Nodulian inside the body of Adam Curtis to be murdered by one of his henchmen as part of a scheme to frame Cole for murder. The only time he did seem to care was when he required them to get something for him (as Krace explained during his and Cole's escape from a military facility, Cole actually helped him while Zin would have left him to die). He also has no regard for humanity - ordering their deaths (such as when he orders Mederan to kill those in his way when trying to buy land) or personally bringing about their end, such as when he killed Mel in the pilot episode, forcing Cole to use his powers to re-energize her life force to save her. Zin was shown to be interested in replicating Cirronian abilities in biological or mechanical ways. This is shown such when he makes a prototype hyper-time simulator (which Cole gains after the death of its carrier, Krace) and later a gun that can be used to completely neutralize a Cirronian's powers. He is the only Vardian in the series who can manipulate energy like Cole does, presumably due to experimenting on himself. Zin's energy manipulation ability seems to be more advanced, however, as he is able to freely shoot spheres of energy as a ranged attack, which Cole is not capable of doing. Cole knows about Zin before the events on Earth, explaining that Zin was one who he trusted but also was not the kind of man to be 'pushed anywhere'. Zin also clarifies this during one of his brief meetings with Cole; stating that although they are now enemies, he did value the friendship between them.
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