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John Smethells
Steward
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Biographical information
Residence England, UK
Physical information
Gender Male
Hair colour Black
Aboard the Titanic
Affiliation
Occupation Steward
"You've been in your cabin the whole voyage. A touch of the mal de mer, was it?"
—John Smethells

John Smethells is the straight-laced prim and proper English steward of Frank Carlson and Willi Von Haderlitz. Smethells has worked for the White Star Line since 1892, and has never met a passenger he couldn't help.[1]

In game, Smethells acts as a tutorial to provide the player with instructions on how to play the game as well as provide general assistance and direct the player to their next objective.

Second Mission[]

When Carlson awakens back in 1912, Smethells arrives and enters the cabin to deliver a message from Carlson's Titanic contact, Penny Pringle. He suggests that Carlson remembers his personal items of a watch and bag before instructing him to ring the bell by the cabin if he needs additional assistance. For most of the mission afterwards, Smethells can be found just outside of the Purser's Office.

Later on in the game, Smethells is spoken with mandatorily when he delivers a message from Willi to Carlson about meeting in the Squash Court, remarking that it is most irregular for it to be open at this hour. If Carlson does not receive the ring from Willi during their subsequent fencing matches, Smethells can later gift it to him instead.

Smethells also can be found outside the Turkish Bath with Third Officer Morrow in the aftermath of Willi's murder by Colonel Zeitel. He finds the incident 'regrettable', warning Carlson that it is an unpleasant sight inside.

Smethells is initially very helpful to the player however becomes increasingly annoyed by Carlson constantly wandering the ship and associating with second class Penny Pringle; where he once openly accuses them of plotting larceny together.

After the Titanic strikes the iceberg, Smethells is not seen again and cannot be summoned for assistance in Carlson's cabin. It is presumed he goes down with the ship, as all of the First Class bedroom stewards did on the real Titanic, however unused dialogue exists within the game’s files of a final conversation with Smethells before Carlson leaves the ship.

Quotes[]

Trivia[]

  • Smethells is played by Terry Sneed.

Notes and references[]

  1. On the original Cyberflix website, Smethells was said to have "been with the White Star Line for 20 years and has never met a passenger he couldn’t help."
Passengers of the RMS Titanic
First Class  Thomas Andrews | John Jacob Astor | Madeleine Astor | Sasha Barbicon | Consuelo Borebank | Molly Brown | Eric Burns | Stephanie Burns | Archibald Butt | Helen Candee | Frank Carlson | Daisy Cashmore | George Quincy Clifford | Andrew Conkling | Beatrix Conkling | Henry Gorse-Jones | Ribeena Gorse-Jones | Benjamin Guggenheim | Henry B. Harris | J. Bruce Ismay | Georgia Lambeth | Charles Lambeth | Claris Limehouse | Mrs. Limehouse | Buick Riviera | Max Seidelmann | Isidor Straus | Leyland Trask | Willi von Haderlitz | Alfred Zeitel
Second Class  Penny Pringle | Edgar Troutt | Esther Hart
Third Class  Edward Hacker | Jack Hacker | Shailagh Hacker
Crew  E.J. Smith | Lift Attendant | Third Officer Morrow | Seaman 1 | Seaman 2 | Seaman 3 | John Smethells | Stoker | The Purser
Stowaways  Vlad Demonic
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