Name: Robert Williams
Age: 59
Race: Terran Human
Gender: Male
History: Williams was born on Jefferson Colony to a prostitute in that colony's capitol city after the fall of the Terran Alliance. He entered the Merchants Guild at the age of fifteen as a novice and - after his first year - attained Imperial Citizenship and became a Clerk. After four years working for an Aruul conglomerate based on Jefferson, he was able to strike out on his own, using funds he had carefully invested to lease a cargo ship and start his own company... The Blue River Shipping Company. He promptly began smuggling drugs onto worlds where they had been outlawed, making enormous amounts of money in the process while just barely squeaking past his yearly audits. At the age of 30, he suddenly used the cash he had put together to fund the founding of two colonies in the resource-rich Myciel System. Since then, the Blue River Corporation has become a major exporter of the heavy metals used to shield the fusion reactors in privately-owned ships. However, his lack of attention to the human rights of his workers and his heavy-handed tactics in putting down the resulting revolts have earned him a bad reputation in the Merchants Guild, who already had their eyes on him for some questionable audits early in his career.
Personality: Ruthless, cold, and brutal all describe him, but at the same time fail to do so. He is a diagnosed sociopath, incapable of feeling meaningful emotion toward anyone other than himself, and he is a well-known lush, indulging himself in all the pleasures of the flesh afforded him by his position.
Abilities: He is a flash-point genius, meaning that he tends to show brilliance when he is cornered. A case in point is the fact that he has managed to evade Imperial Audits several times in the past, despite the illegal manner in which he obtained his early funding. In addition to that, he has a gift for gathering talented men and women around himself, and because of that he has never lacked for a strong power base.
Appearance: He appears to be a stocky man with brown hair and brown eyes in his early twenties due to several rejuvenation and longevity treatments. He tends to wear slate gray Terran-style business suits at work and a loose bathrobe while relaxing at home.
Age: 59
Race: Terran Human
Gender: Male
History: Williams was born on Jefferson Colony to a prostitute in that colony's capitol city after the fall of the Terran Alliance. He entered the Merchants Guild at the age of fifteen as a novice and - after his first year - attained Imperial Citizenship and became a Clerk. After four years working for an Aruul conglomerate based on Jefferson, he was able to strike out on his own, using funds he had carefully invested to lease a cargo ship and start his own company... The Blue River Shipping Company. He promptly began smuggling drugs onto worlds where they had been outlawed, making enormous amounts of money in the process while just barely squeaking past his yearly audits. At the age of 30, he suddenly used the cash he had put together to fund the founding of two colonies in the resource-rich Myciel System. Since then, the Blue River Corporation has become a major exporter of the heavy metals used to shield the fusion reactors in privately-owned ships. However, his lack of attention to the human rights of his workers and his heavy-handed tactics in putting down the resulting revolts have earned him a bad reputation in the Merchants Guild, who already had their eyes on him for some questionable audits early in his career.
Personality: Ruthless, cold, and brutal all describe him, but at the same time fail to do so. He is a diagnosed sociopath, incapable of feeling meaningful emotion toward anyone other than himself, and he is a well-known lush, indulging himself in all the pleasures of the flesh afforded him by his position.
Abilities: He is a flash-point genius, meaning that he tends to show brilliance when he is cornered. A case in point is the fact that he has managed to evade Imperial Audits several times in the past, despite the illegal manner in which he obtained his early funding. In addition to that, he has a gift for gathering talented men and women around himself, and because of that he has never lacked for a strong power base.
Appearance: He appears to be a stocky man with brown hair and brown eyes in his early twenties due to several rejuvenation and longevity treatments. He tends to wear slate gray Terran-style business suits at work and a loose bathrobe while relaxing at home.
