Gary Schwartz (SG)

G.B. Blackrock is the multi-millionaire industrialist behind Blackrock Industries, a huge megacorporation with numerous subsidiaries. He is a wiz at finance, and is used to getting his way whatever he sets out to do. He has been known to wring success out of even the most dismal-looking endeavors. He enjoys being one of the most powerful men on Earth, and is generous and kind to his underlings as long as they produce. He hires only the best, and expects them to work as hard as he does. He owns a small fleet of private jets, and buys and sells companies as routinely as most Americans buy soft drinks. The destruction of several of his key installations by the Decepticons, and the injury of his top engineer Josie Beller, have created a hatred of the Decepticons in G.B. Blackrock -- one for which he is willing to use his vast resources to gain revenge.

Canonical/Pre-MUX/Theme History:
Blackrock was one of the first humans to feel the presence of the newly-arrived Shockwave, who attacked a highly efficient oil-drilling platform developed by Blackrock Industries and designed by Blackrock employee Josie Beller. The attack left Beller paralysed, and Blackrock blamed himself for the incident. The invasion of Blackrock's aerospace plant soon afterward caused Blackrock to believe that he had been specifically singled out by the giant robots, which he did not yet recognize as aliens from another world. Blackrock eventually leaned the truth about Transformers, and with Josie Beller is looking for alternatives to get them off his lawn planet.

OOC Notes

 * G.B. Blackrock was named after writer Bob Budiansky's friend Gary Bennett Schwartz. It is presumed that this is what his initials stand for. (Note also that the name "Schwartz" means "black" in German.)

Players
G.B. Blackrock is often temped by Bzero, but is available for application.